cnn newsroom starts right now. good morning, it s saturday, december 24th. merry christmas eve. i m whitney wild in for amara walker. and i m martin savidge in for boris sanchez. and you re in the cnn newsroom. we begin with a frustrating start to a holiday weekend. more than 200 americans are under winter alert with an arctic blast with heavy snow and ice. the storm has placed enormous strains on america s energy infrastructure. this morning where more than 500,000 homes and businesses are without power. and authorities in tennessee have ordered 15-minute rolling blackouts to manage demands. now, officials in states are blaming the winter storm for 15 deaths. they re reminding drivers, if you don t need to travel, stay off the road. across the country, snow, ice and powerful winds have caused multivehicle crashes and left drivers stranded on roads and highways. many spent hours in freezing conditions but it is not just the snow and ice. in new jersey, in several co
it is noon eastern, 9:00 pacific. i m sarah sider in in for the lab tpous fredricka. we begin this hour with bad news. it is blanketing the united states. at least 15 people have been killed due to the icy weather across multiple states. you re looking at a crash there. new york state police are warning people to stay off the roads amid white-out were conditions. they say search and rescue obviously hard to move about is moving extra slow due to the blizzards. new york governor kathy hochul said first responders may not be able to reach you if you need help. it is absolutely dangerous for anyone to be on the roads. and that includes our emergency vehicles. so our national guard, our first responders, our ambulances, our fire trucks are all getting stuck in the snow as well. in fact,, almost every fire truck in the city of buffalo is stranded. it is stuck in snow. right now more than 100 million people are under wind chill alerts. the arctic blast extending from montana do
coming up we ll have more on that story coming up. the president appeared hesitant to announce his run in 2024. does he still appear to be leaning that way? i ve not made that final decision but it s my intention to run again. we have time to make that decision. kevin: in the meantime, the president is focused on issues that really matter to voters. coming into question tonight with a new monmouth university poll showing a staggering 63% of those surveyed saying they wish biden would get the memo and focus on what really matters. that story is just ahead.in tige claims made by mr. biden during his speech about the economy friday, claims that aren t quite standing up to scrutiny. lucas tomlinson has more. hey, l.t. reporter: president biden took a shot from republicans. it s mega-maga trickle down. mega-maga trickle down. the kinds of policies that failed country before and will fail it again. reporter: the university of pennsylvania says it could cost more than $1
had a permit to do so. speaking before hearing the culture secretary s views, the greek prime minister, who is facing an election, warned voters return was not imminent. translation: if the greek people trust us again, - i believe we could achieve this target after the elections, with full respect, of course, to the obvious red lines that all greek governments have posed. one red line could be accepting the sculptures back on loan. but the law prevents the british museum from returning ownership to greece, even if it wanted to, unless the culture secretary changes her views, for now, a short term loan looks like the only option on the table. katie razzall, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. rain, rain, more rain. sorry, everybody. look at how we closed out the day in somerset. and look at where the rain is at the moment. it s pushing in from the south west. the wind is going to strengthen as well, gale force gusts overnight. the heaviest of the rain at the moment is ac
them back. this is american voices. hello, everyone i m julio castro in for alicia menendez. we begin this hour with president trump s rage against democracy. and those calling it what it truly is, a danger to democracy. saturday in wilkes-barre, pennsylvania, trump ranted for more than two hours at a rally for pennsylvania s gubernatorial candidate doug mastriano and gop senate candidate doctor oz. it was the former guy s first public rally and speech since the fbi search at mar-a-lago last month. as you can imagine, it quickly devolved into nothing more than a tirade against the man who beat him, president joe biden. he called biden an enemy of the state and the fbi and the department of justice, vicious monsters. well it s pretty much always the case, trump is clearly more angry at biden-than-normal after biden gave a primetime speech last week and philly, trying a clear line between maga and mainstream republicans. and this morning, just hours after donald trump muddy t