than half of everyone in the u.s. will face dangerous bitter cold temperatures today. plus, the january 6th committee s final report is out which says that donald trump is to blame for the violence on capitol hill. we ll have more. for the first time, vladimir putin uses the word war to describe his invasion of ukraine. live from london, this is cnn newsroom, with max foster and bianca nobilo. we begin with a huge winter storm bearing down across much of the united states. more than half of the u.s. population, about 117 million people are under windchill and winter weather alerts across the country. dangerous rigid conditions, bitterly cold wind, snow and ice making trip for treacherous travel conditions ahead of the holiday weekend. in south dakota, more than 500 miles of two interstate highways are closed because of high winds and blizzard like conditions. air travel is becoming even more chaotic, as more than 2700 flight scheduled for today have already been cance
trump there would be no january 6th. the final report from the january 6th select committee lays out the case against the former president. just in time for holiday travel, a bomb cyclone bearing down on parts of the u.s.. and with it, a slip of the tongue or the change in foreign policy. for the first time, let reporting uses the w word following the invasion of ukraine, a war. an 18 plump long in vest again, sound doesn t, interviews documents, records and house committee investigating january 6th has been released its full report. 845 pages in all which finds donald trump and his allies took part in a number of schemes to overturn the 2020 presidential election. the report makes 11 recommendations, including one aimed squarely at trump. it says, anyone who incited insurrection should be disqualified and barred from holding public office. the report also urges new laws which would prevent a vice president or other official from overthrowing electors chosen by individual sta
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
hello, everyone. i m kate bolduan. at this hour, we re tracking this massive winter storm sweeping across the united states. it is impacting the vast majority of americans today. just two days before christmas. the storm is bringing blizzard conditions. i mean i don t need to say it. you could see it. blizzard conditions and ice freezing rain and very strong winds to cities coast to coast. areas near the great lakes could see up to three feet of snow like buffalo. but the cold, record-breaking and life-threatening. more than 200 million americans are under windchill alerts. the storm has not knocked out power to at least a million customers so far and travel is starting to get back. more than 3700 flights have been canceled today and more than 2,000 others have been delayed. that is not even to speak of what the roads are like right now. we re going to get to. we have reporters stationed across the country. let s start with meteorologist al alice isson chinchar. up an dow
good friday morning to you, it is christmas eve eve. i m jim sciutto. let s begin with the massive winter storm slamming the u.s. with dangerously low temperatures, record-breaking wind chills and heavy snow, only becoming stronger today. the storm stretching from the canadian border to the mexican border is expected to become what s known as a bomb cyclone as it moves into the great lakes today with intense pressures matching that of a category 2 hurricane. right now across the country hundreds of thousands are without power, travel plans upended for many going into the holiday weekend. more than 3,100 flights canceled already today. dozens of governors creating emergency response plans heading into this holiday weekend including opening temporary warming shelters just to get people out of the cold. i will speak with one of those governors, kentucky s andy beshear in just a moment. let s get to our team covering what s being called a once in a generation storm. we begin in u