viewers watching from around the world, i m laila harrak, and ahead on cnn newsroom former president donald trump s tax information is finally about to go public after his years-long fight to keep it secret. what we can expect to find out in the coming hours plus one of russia s largest strikes yet. that s ten months into the war, russia launches dozens of missiles into ukraine, just days before the new year. and remembering a football legend. tributes pour in from around the world for pelé. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom we have laila harrak. we begin with the latest chapter of a legal battle that has been playing out in washington for years. in the coming hours, u.s. house lawmakers will release some of former president donald trump s tax returns. he refused to make them public when he ran for the white house, breaking with a presidential tradition going back decades. and he fought every effort to get them released, calling it an abuse of power and a
welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. i m whitney wild in for christine roman. a dangerous new storm system headed to the west coast with heavy rain, mountain snow. the pacific northwest will get it first. california gets it tomorrow. right on the heels of the storm that shut down a stretch i-70 in colorado for nine hours leaving drivers stranded. meteorologist chad myers is live in the weather center. chad, these storms have millions of people under alerts right now. there is no relief. there are still two more in the west to come on shore monday into tuesday. the storm that was in denver has taken its energy and focused it down here near lake charles. bumpy weather in houston and beaumont. we ve had two to four inches of rainfall and snow in the high sierra. more snow, more rain and flooding. flash flood watches for rising rivers in parts of california and then when you get up to the higher elevations, winter storm warnings are posted. i m
strikes on ukraine. power facilities in key cities taking a direct hit and leaving residents in the dark and cold. also tonight, we re digging through a new batch of just released january 6th transcripts including testimony by donald trump jr. and we re getting new insight into melania trump s mistrust of her husband s inner circle. and the southwest airlines meltdown drags on now for an eighth day. with thousands more flights canceled. will southwest get back to a full schedule tomorrow as the company claims? welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin this hour in ukraine after one of the biggest russian missile assaults since the start of the russian invasion. let s go straight to the capital, kyiv. our senior international correspondent ben wedeman is on the ground for us. ben, so what are you seeing and hearing over there? reporter: well, what we heard at about 9:00 this morning l
Morning before a brace for the conditions with the raincoats and umbrellas. A downpour soaked parts of oakland this morning making it messy for drivers, even flooding some streets. All right, take a look outside at the eastern span of the bay bridge that it looks dry, it looks like the roadway is try and the surface of the bridge is moving quite well. Lets head over to mark tamayo and see how things are looking out there. Its a very productive week weather wise. Multiple storms and the storm sequence over the past few days with those numbers adding up with todays system and the heaviest rains for most areas, that was this morning. But santa rosa with a surge of moisture earlier this evening. Look at that, they are up to one inches over the past 24 hours in oakland and close to. 75 inches. Redwood city about. 52 with those amounts tapering off. Were not just talking about a few here in the bay area and we still have another system thats coming on board for tomorrow. For halloween. But a
As it rained they did take cover under their umbrellas and coats. People strolling along. Anyway. I think most people enjoyed it. Did you hear complaints . No, i loved it. So did i. You would hear complaints if people complained, wouldnt you . I usually do. One more system and it will be here this evening. There will be some rain moving in. This will not be a big system but enough to give us some rain and temperatures pretty cool. After today looks pretty quiet. Everything coming in off the west. Could be a few showers. It will give us increasing clouds later. Its here, on its way. Sun in the morning, some sun. Then increasing clouds, and light rain this evening, heavier to the north. 50s on the temp. Little coolness after yesterdays cold front. Kelseyville 43. 48 outside napa. This system has to sweep through and that will give us rain by this afternoon and tonight. 60s, one more system, sal. Sal, if you had headlights in your rear view, that was me as we came into the building. Yes,