breaking news. cnn confirming legendary singer david crosby has died. he was 81 years old. plus, a secret meeting between the director of cia and ukraine s president. we hear from a russian official bravely speaking out against putin. and desantis s statement. we are following some breaking news this hour. the legendary singer and songwriter david crosby has died. the grammy winner, two-time rock and roll hall-of-famer was the founder of the birds, crosby, stills and nash. crosby was 81 years old and we re going to have much more ahead in just a few minutes on his life and legacy. there s a song that they have that speaks to us all. we ll be speaking to our own bill leer who interviewed him to mark the 50th anniversary of woodstock which was actually crosby, stills and nash s second gig. so all of that coming up here as we confirm that sad news that will bring so many memories to everyone. i want to gbegin though with th secret meeting with the cia chief bill burns and vo
wow. thanks so much to you for joining us. ac 360 begins now. the forecast? wretched. the timing? even worse. once in a generation winter storm and this one they say is going to be very, very dangerous. i m in for anderson, john berman here. already nearly half the country s population is shivering under wind chill alerts or has seen temperatures drop as much as 70 degrees overnight. this is sioux falls, south dakota. you know it s cold there when the falls at sioux falls stop falling. because they re frozen solid. you know how widespread the big chill could get when places as far south as tallahassee in florida are forecasting lows in the low 20s. if that weren t enough we re seeing countless blizzard warnings, flood watches, wind and ice advisories and of course thousands of flight cancellations. nearly 2400 already today. more than 2,000 for tomorrow. all of this smack dab in the middle of the christmas travel rush. it s not just snow. it is wind and cold as part o
how quickly and how easily it came off, how much better i felt, what a change it made so fast. i feel like anything is possible after accomplishing what i ve done with golo. it s the top of the hour on cnn newsroom. i m alisyn camerota. i m victor blackwell. the department of justice just delivered a major blow to the new gop-controlled house. in a letter to chairman jim jordan, the department signaled it may not fulfill house requests for information on ongoing investigations. as you know, there are now special counsel investigations into how president joe biden and former president trump handled classified material. cnn s sara murray and jessica dean join me now. what does the letter from the justice department say? reporter: jim jordan has asked doj for all kinds of things, all kinds of documents and staff briefings and in this letter, they re saying, thank you so much for your interest, but here are the guidelines around what we re going to be able to give you a
objections sources telling fox news migrant encounters have top half a million just since october 1st, folks while nearly 180,000 were expelled under title 42. the vast majority of them are still in the country. in the meantime we are also learning more about president biden s frustration behind the scenes. according to the new upcoming book coming out, biden fumed and dropped f-bombs as the crisis intensified with no clear solution in sight. the president has not been of the border still and not in his life and he didn t want to answer questions when pressed about by our own peter doocy, watch. mr. president do you want to stop at the border? julie: a fed up senator lindsey graham says the president needs to get down there asap in so many words. it is so unconscionable for him not to go to the border and listen to the agents and people trying to control the border, what life is like along our southern border. the fact he doesn t go shows to me he is disconnected and he
pass a $1.7 trillion spending bill. that s trillion with a t, folks. republicans calling it a terrible christmas gift for americans already feeling the pain from high inflation. listen. we re two days away from christmas. the christmas season is a season of giving. but in congress, it appears the season of giving will line the pockets of democrats special interests and stick the hard-working americans with the tab. in moments, new york republican congresswoman nicole malliotakis. but first to senior congressional correspondent chad pergram reporting live from capitol hill where all of the action is happening today. chad? anita, the house and senate are now aligned on the omnibus. the vote 225 to 201. one democratic nay. alexandria ocasio-cortez. nine gop yays. most gop members railed against the bill as republicans claims the majority on january 3. in 11 days, this all changes. we re going to reclaim this body s integrity and service the american people. after this in