tonight from the heart of times square, this is cnn s new year s eve live with appearances by usher, ellie golding, kevin hart, patti lupone, patti labelle, jean smart, john stamos, jennifer lewis, amy sedaris, tenacious d, nick cannon, ava max, samuel l. jackson, plus more surprises. and now live from new york city, your hosts, anderson cooper and andy cohen. and welcome, everybody, to times square in new york city. anderson cooper here. i m andy cohen. they brought us back for another year. they did. yes, they did. with stipulations. some stipulations this year. we ll get into that. yeah. there s fine print. yes. it is a balmy night here in new york. it s almost like 50 degrees. yes, it is. i was schmitzing. i got rid of my coat. we were all prepared for it to get colder. the crowd has been assembling for hours here in times square. very wet very wet. i would call them flaccid, the crowd. okay. it s early. not the word i would use.
Top of the hour on cnn newsroom. Im victor blackwell. And im bianna golodryga. President biden is in florida to rally democrats ahead of the midterms. Meantime two major developments in the two separate investigations involving the former president the Supreme Court has just rejected senator Lindsey Grahams request to block a subpoena into the 2020 election in georgia where a District Attorney is demanding that he testify before a grand jury. The Committee Investigating the january 6th insurrection they could be one step closer to getting former President Trump to testify. The committees in discussions with President Trumps attorneys, and he has an obligation to comply and we, you know, treat this and take this very seriously we havent made determinations about the format itself but it will be done under oath, it will be done potentially over multiple days, we have significant questions based on the evidence that we developed and as i said what we know already about the extent to which
thanks for being with us. i m fredricka. cnn newsroom continues with jim acosta right now. newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we re following multiple developing stories this hour. zip ties and duct tape. a new cnn exclusive reporting into the hammer attack on paul pelosi. we re learning what else the suspect took as he shouted, where s nancy. in south korea, at least two citizens are among 154 people killed in a massive crowd surge in seoul. we re live on the ground again in the capital city, as investigators now try to piece together exactly what led to this horrific tragedy. but first, we begin with breaking news out of india, where at least 60 people, including some children, are dead after a pedestrian bridge collapsed. more than a dozen other people were injured when the bridge fell into the river below. you can see it, just incredible footage. the video from the scene shows people desperately bringing to the fallen structure. it s not clear what caused the co
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
the following is a cnn special report. multiple capitol injuries. multiple capitol injuries. an assault on democracy. the capitol has been breached. an attack on the capitol, fueled by a president s lies. this election was stolen. trump wanted the crowd to turn into a mob. inspired by a delusion, an enraged mob of true believers attempting insurrection. you are a traitor. we were in a medieval battle. trump s soldiers. there is a sea of nothing but red, white, and blue. patriots of trump. trump s true believers. i feel like he was anointed by god. i don t think joe biden is the president. new exclusive interviews. the sound surrounded us but then once they started banging on the door, that s all i heard. new details. overran the capitol. i never dreamed that he would ever do anything like that. new denials. you call january 6th a peaceful protest? i do. and why it s not over. in fact, it is just getting started. tonigh