hello, welcome to cnn newsroom. we begin with this monster winter storm. its core is hovering over the great lakes, and its trailing arctic air is causing power outages and dangerous travel conditions two days before christmas. life-threatening windchills have permeated all the way to the gulf coast, over 70 million americans are experiencing below freezing temperatures, that includes the entire state of texas. this video s from kentucky where the governor has just confirmed three people have died as a result of this storm. and this from our affiliate whbq in memphis, tennessee, their high today, 16 degrees. it s usually around 52 this time of year. the city s enforcing rolling blackouts to reduce the strain on their power fwrid. and damaging winds grid. and damaging winds have knocked out power to a million customers nationwide. and look at this the storm system causing heavy flooding in parts of new england. just a harrowing sight for a region expected to hit freezing
thousands more people are waking up to the news they will soon be out of a job. after google s parent company alphabet announced it is slashing a whooping 12,000 jobs worldwide. that s more than 6% of its workforce according to cnbc. it s one day after microsoft announced 10,000 layoffs. so what s driving these signature job cuts and what does it say about our economic climate? president biden marking the halfway point of his first term in the white house under a cloud of controversy. the president finally broke his days long silence about classified documents from his time as vice president found in his former office and home. i have no regrets. i m following what the lawyers have told me they want me to do. it s exactly what we re doing. there s no there-there. how will that response land with congressional republicans eager to launch investigations? plus, a look at the very first march for life happening in washington since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade
No other president has been indicted like this. Trumps lawyers arguing he should be immune, basically totally immune because he was president during those efforts. That is a new relatively made up claim which they lost unanimously before the respected d. C. Court of appeals. Keep that in mind. That is the recent precedent and context for today, and you may remember that was the now infamous hearing where the trump lawyer openly claimed that as President Trump could have a license to kill american opponents. That was the kind of chilling talk that many, many people across the spectrum rebuked then. That kind of talk was back today with grave questions about murder and coups and trumps lawyer saying its okay or it all depends. Lets say this president , who ordered the military to stage a coup. Orders the military or orders someone to assassinate him, is that within his official acts. I think it would depend on the circumstances. It would depend on the hypothetical. It raises questions. O
ahead of the island s general election. alloa our top story this hour china s government is battling to contain a wave of grief and anger after a doctor who was punished for raising the alarm about the coronavirus died in hospital hundreds of thousands of people have used social media to pay tribute to dr lee when young who reportedly fell ill after treating a patient many accuse chinese officials of trying to stage a cover up and of putting politics before public safety the government in beijing is saying that it will investigate while also racing to contain the epidemic that so far killed more than $630.00 people on the chinese mainland and been to other deaths reported in the philippines and in hong kong more than 31000 people have been infected on mainland china with at least 320 cases and 27 other countries and territories meanwhile the world health organization says that demands of mosques gowns and gloves have shot up by more than $100.00 times causing a supply glut of
Start recording with her mobile phone when a man attacked her. Start recording with her mobile phone when a man attacked herli switch the recording on my phone and the light as well, and i thought, if he sees i am recording, i said, i am recording you, i am recording you, he will run off, it would scare him off, and he wouldnt want to get caught. But he didnt care at all. We will hear from 19 year old lilyanne. It is an incredible story. Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until i this morning. Also do you think Music Festivals should provide drug Testing Facilities to allow people taking Illegal Drugs to check whether those drugs are safe . If you take drugs, if you go to festivals let me know what you think. Our top story today. Seven weeks after a General Election was called, Polling Stations across the uk have opened for millions of people to cast their vote. Police forces say there is increased security in some areas following the recent Terror Attacks in manchester and lon