Whiteout conditions are already here. Ice, wind, snow, power outages. Millions tonight feeling the impact of the onceinageneration storm. Plus, we have Breaking News. More transcripts just released from the January 6th Committees investigation. Everyone from the president s daughter to his Attorney General in a Top White House lawyer, what they all had to say, and how the committees final report puts the blame squarely on donald trump. And shocking government numbers out of china about covid cases. New infections reportedly in the hundreds of millions this month alone and growing. Lets go outfront. Good evening, everyone. Im kate bolduan in for erin burnett. Millions are trying for the holidays as snowy conditions caused a massive pileup of roughly 50 cars. We are told at least one person died in this crash. And its not just in ohio, its across the country. Cars sliding, being abandoned on the streets of memphis, tennessee. Today more than 5,000 flights have been canceled due to severe
This christmas sunday, as we wrap up 2022, we cant ignor the fact that its been a toug year over the past 12 months, theres been a recurring theme and the stories weve covered. The fight for democracy here and abroad we have witnessed th resilience determination of th ukrainian people as they continue to resist russia invasion over in a wrong, the death o mahsa amini sparked mass protests and civil unres against the ruling regime. Here in the u. S. , voters pushe back pushed back at the ballot box. Overcoming ideological differences to reject election denialism. And as we head into the ne year a new poll by ipsos showe that 65 of adults worldwide say theyre optimistic tha 2023 will be a better year for them then 2022 earlier, i spoke with the most reverend Michael Curry and dr. Barry see black. Chaplain of the senate who reminded us that in a worl that can often seem dark, ther is always one thing that can provide light and guidance hope the most reverend Michael Curry presiding portio
we have live reports first straight ahead also key takeaways from th january six committees intensive 800 plus-page report and we re gonna take you liv to ukraine, where there are ne taxes as president zelenskyy returns from his first trip to the united states since russia wag war. but, let s start this hour for you with the severe weathe across the country looking like less of a winte wonderland and you probabl guessed, it more like nightmare for many the dangerous storm has caused nearly 20 deaths across te states more than 1 million people are without power this christmas eve, from north carolina t maine. the big concern right now, freezing temperatures, not allowing snow and ice to mel away, to get off those roads that you see right there check out what it looks like i buffalo, new york, all of this you can imagine leading to bad news that airports, not only o the roads getting from a to b. passengers remaining strande after thousands of cancellations and delays a air
seems a little odd that the black kid are there with a white santa. it s all good. to each his own. you was scared of santa. he s got the cutest things. you can t really see my phone. there s a black santa and white santa stocking that we found. ryan, you re the best. thank you. cnn this morning continues right now. so glad that you could join us this morning on the eve before the eve of christmas. good morning, everyone. poppy and kaitlan are off and i m here with the lovely and smart and talented sara seidner. i was wondering where you were going with that but you re good. we re going to catch you up on the five big stories this morning. more than half the population is under winter storm and wind chill alerts as a major storm moves across the country. it s not like a snow day when you were a kid. this is serious stuff. please take this storm extremely seriously. more than 820,000 power customers are in the dark, thousands of flights have been cancel
hundreds of thousands without power, more than 4,000 flights canceled. winds so treacherous the airport in buffalo, new york, had to shut down. cnn is live with the havoc being wreaked nationwide. and the january 6th committee out with its final report spelling out why donald trump, in their view, was the one solely responsible for the riot and should be discaqualifi from holding office ever again. new transcripts from the committee. why cassidy hutchinson said she was disappointed and disgusted with her first round of testimony under oath. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with the national lead and this nightmare weather scenario before christmas crippling conditions stretching coast to coast with snow and ice in cities such as seattle and portland, oregon to the massive bomb cyclone system moving east. nearly 180 million in the u.s. are in areas with temperatures below freezing. 70 million are in areas below zero. this system is so powerful meteorologist