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
can t rent a car to go back to boseman. there s no flights back to boseman, no flights to nashville until christmas eve or christmas or like the 26th. so stressed. boy, oh boy. that s the situation at the airport. but then out on the roads, people at home with no elect electricity. good morning, it is friday, december 23rd, poppy and kaitlan are off. sara sidner is with me. i m happy to be here. usually i m out there and you re in here. but it s dangerous and getting worse by the minute. we re covering the blizzard wreaking havoc ahead of the holidays nationwide. living in limbo, migrants braving freezing temperatures for a chance to reach the united states. a cnn report from the border. one man is responsible. the january 6th committee report declares donald trump caused the insurrection. what the panel recommends now. but we begin with this, more than 200 million americans spending the holiday weekend under wind chill alerts as an arctic blast plunges temperatur
good afternoon. i m sara sidner in for victor blackwell. welcome to cnn newsroom. the january 6th committee just released yet another big batch of witness interview transcripts from their investigation into the capitol insurrection. the new list includes interviews with 19 witnesses including the former president donald trump jr. and kimberly guilfoyle, christina baab, stephen miller and those to try to overturn the election like doug mastriano. cnn s paula reid is joining me now. you re going through this. i know it s a lot. there are hundreds of people with many, many pages of transcripts. what has stood out to you so far? reporter: well, we have the support of a big team combing over this. sara, i want to start with some of the revelations in the transcript from donald trump jr. specifically, the transcript reveals new details about text messages that the former president exchanged with then white house chief of staff mark meadows. we ve reported on some of these t
we ll give you an update on that and on the thousands of people without power in washington state after three electrical substations appear to have been attacked as people get together with friends and family over this holiday week, more and more concerns about a rise in cases connected with the triple-demic of flu, covid and rsv. we ve got a look at that in just a minute and the future of title 42 in the hands of the u.s. supreme cou court. a look at how the biden administration is getting ready for what could happen next. and we re learning what the january 6th committee learned and what comes next for the doj investigation into the insurrection we re starting with the winter weather that has already killed dozens of people. those freezing temperatures are going to keep up this week look at officials in eerie county, new york they re announcing 12 more people have been killed by that winter weather meaning 25 people in that county alone have died. nearly 60, 55 total
do you think that the government i m not suggesting federal, state or city, just overall, are you not being well served for the protection of children and your child in particular? i can say this, 57,000 people died in 2020 from fentanyl overdoses and i don t know what 21 and 22. we re just eight months in. so no, i don t think the government at any level has done enough. i think that the current administration has got to stand up and take notice. i think the state of iowa has got to take notice. how many more people have to die before somebody takes it serious? this is worse than the 1970s heroin epidemic. i m calling everyone to action, everybody in the community stand up. the fentanyl pills are ridiculous. 40% of those pills kill people. they re lethal. so i think everybody, the community, the government, the state, the governor, we all need to stand up in solidarity and handle this. dana: i hear you. we grieve with you and pray for your strength. hold onto each othe