pushes through the midwest. cnn s meteorologist chad myers with the fork. chad? it is a big storm for chicago and detroit. it is snowing all across the southern portion of michigan right now. 1,002. not to correct you, specific flights already canceled this morning. the snow continues. one to two inches per hour before you can get the plows to catch up, the more snow is coming down. this weather is brought by jared, the galleria of jewelry. valentine s day is next week. you better hurry up. the snow for today moves across the northeast, moves into new england. like you need more. and more rainfall into parts of the southeast for the weekend. now, it is going to be a heavy snowfall. we will see spots of a foot of snow. that s deep, deep snow. and also very heavy rainfall. here s what chicago looks like right now. put this in your mind. it is 5:49. traffic is doing like 5.
insists kelly was not fully aware of the allegations until this week. you say fully aware. was he partially aware? i think we all became aware of the news reports that emerged wednesday morning and some of the graphic images. did he know any of this back in november? again, i m not going to get into the specifics. reporter: a source tell cnn, don mcgahn was made aware of the abuse allegations in the fall after the fbi brought up the alleged abuse during a security clearance interview. the washington post reports that mcgahn knew in 2017 that the ex-wives were prepared to make damaging allegations against him. the white house conceding that the response to the controversy this week well short. i think it s fair to say that we all could have done better the last few days in dealing with this situation. reporter: a source tells cnn that the president was not happy with the admission despite
staggering. $20.6 trillion. what does it mean? let that sink in. it is only going to get bigger. much bigger now. if you re a conservative who said excessive did have sit and debt is a power that brings down empires, you should give a damn. and the market obviously jittery overinflation. that can be very inflationary. stick around. the white house defending its handling of the rob porter abuse allegations. this much is clear. several top white house officials, they knew. they knew about the physical abuse allegations for months but did nothing about it. cnn s abby phillip live at the white house with the very latest. abby. reporter: good morning, john. the question is who knew what and when, specifically whether
consequences. perhaps loss of citizenship or a year in jail. getting first reactions on this issue from leaders in president-elect trump s own party. this includes senator john mccain, who just told this to cnn s manu raju. i am not going to comment on mr. trump. i will continue not to comment on mr. trump. reporter: he said the people who burn the flag should be prosecuted. what do you think about that? very close decision on the by the united states supreme court. i do not approve of burning the flag. i think it, there should be some punishment, but right now, the supreme court decision is that people are free express themselves. that way. but i do not approve of it and i think there s other ways for people to express their views rather than burn a flag that so many americans fought and died for. reporter: even lose citizenship over it? even said people should lose citizenship over it? i m not commenting on mr. trump s comments.
the fact they have republican control in both houses. who would have thought? thank you. president-elect s choice for health and human services secretary. a major critic of obama care. perhaps the critic of obama care. how hard would it to be get rid of the program and replace it? chief cnn medical correspondent sanjay gupta joining me live.