concessions he made to them in order to get their votes? reporter: jake, that is really starting to come into focus. the number of concessions and promises that kevin mccarthy has made over the course of the negotiations has been quite outstanding, and i should caution that this stuff has not been put on paper. there has not been anything put out that we have seen. this is based on the reporting from me and my fantastic hill team. but i just want to walk you through just to give the viewers a sense of what has been agreed to and what a kevin mccarthy speakership could look like. the big one is he agreed for any single member to be able to call for a vote on ousting the sitting speaker. that s something he used to say he would never budge on. now any member could call for that vote. he s agreed that his leadership pack is not going to play in primaries to try to beat conservatives, at least in safe districts. that s something conservatives have complained about in the past.
and this is cnn newsroom. the extreme winter weather threat is most certainly not over yet for millions of americans. relief is around the corner eventually. vladimir putin says he is ready to negotiate over ukraine so long as russia gets what it wants. you will hear ukraine s response to that ultimatum. and china is downplaying the rap pedally spreading covid-19 outbreak. the country s overwhelmed health care system tells a very different story to the official numbers. it is monday, december 26. if you are in the commonwealth country, it is boxing day. a very happy boxing day to you. don t worry if you don t understand boxing day. most of us don t. it is 9:00 in the morning in london, 4:00 in the morning on the east coast of the united states. by the end of the brutal temperatures is in sight. there is relief finally for millions of americans after this historic winter storm which left at least 37 people dead. now, conditions did begin to improve on sunday, and that
soldiers are deploying to help and officials in erie county are sharing this sad update moments ago. i have the very sad news to report that in addition to the 13 confirmed deaths yesterday, the erie county department of health medical examiner has confirmed an additional 12 deaths. bringing the total for the blizzard to 25 deaths countywide. heartbreaking new news out of buffalo. nationwide, more than 1600 flights have been cancelled this morning. more than 2,000 delayed. that is only adding to the backlog from the holiday weekend. but there is progress in terms of power. about 60,000 homes remain in the dark this morning. that is down from more than a million on friday. more than 12,000 of those power outages are in erie county, new york, where officials say the historic storm is responsible as you just heard for at least 25 deaths. most of those killed were in the buffalo area and were found outside or in their cars. and with another 14 inches in snow, a driving ban re
you. i m jim sciutto. a busy day on this monday. the first day of the new year. new details about the 19-year-old suspect who is accused of attacking three nypd officers in times square on new year s eve. we re learning he was interviewed by the fbi and also on a terrorist watch list. officials say in his diary he detailed a desire to join the taliban and to die a martyr. and the man arrested in connection with those brutal stabbing deaths of four idaho college students set to make his first court appearance. now his family is speaking out for the first time. i ve been in touch with his family. as you can imagine, the holidays brutal for them. the january 6th committee releasing a trove of new documents overnight detailing calls by president trump ahead of the insurrection. what sort of payment rudy giuliani requested for his post-election legal services and what the committee wanted to ask former chief of staff mark meadows in a deposition. more on that in a moment.
we are seeing hundred more migrants crossing by the day. sending a false message to the american people. this is the largest prices i have seen in my 35 years doing this job and it is costing lives. todd: griff jenkins has the latest. griff: it turns out eric adams does not like a small fraction. he is now accusing greg abbott of isn t that migrants political ponds. it is the worst type of politics to raise his national profile and you should not be doing it. taking away the respect and dignity of people who are in need. what the texas governor is doing is so anti-american. griff: but abbott is doubling down saying the frustration should be directed the biden administration. governor abbott: i m helping the local communities. sending them up to the northeast. what they have century city. not did the new york mayor ever condemn the biden administration for what they were doing to put those illegal immigrants in new york city. for another they are just a bunch of