embarrassing, pennsylvania democrats elected a dead man. they knew they were doing it. they did it anyway. this would seem to defeat the idea of representative democracy, which is that you vote for people so that they can represent you. but party leaders in pennsylvania were not embarrassed. they were proud, quote: well we are incredibly saddened by the loss of representative tony deluca they said in a statement. we are proud to see the voters show their confidence in him and his commitment to democratic values by reelecting posthumously. in other words, electing a guy who can t possibly represent you is not an offense against democracy, it s the essence of democracy. now, it s not a typo. they put that in a press release and actually makes kind of sense when you remember it was also in the state of pennsylvania that democratic party leaders backed a senate candidate called john fetterman long after he had suffered a massive stroke and could not longer talk or communicate cle
we have live reports first straight ahead also key takeaways from th january six committees intensive 800 plus-page report and we re gonna take you liv to ukraine, where there are ne taxes as president zelenskyy returns from his first trip to the united states since russia wag war. but, let s start this hour for you with the severe weathe across the country looking like less of a winte wonderland and you probabl guessed, it more like nightmare for many the dangerous storm has caused nearly 20 deaths across te states more than 1 million people are without power this christmas eve, from north carolina t maine. the big concern right now, freezing temperatures, not allowing snow and ice to mel away, to get off those roads that you see right there check out what it looks like i buffalo, new york, all of this you can imagine leading to bad news that airports, not only o the roads getting from a to b. passengers remaining strande after thousands of cancellations and delays a air
it means for you and your money. john: right now we are waiting to hear from the white house council office spokesperson, ian sams, expected to talk about the probe into president biden s classified document scandal. also waiting for karine jean-pierre to talk to reporters at about 2:30ish, sort of, with everything that s going on today. she might want to bring with her her biggest binder yet, there s a lot to talk about. sandra: the first chance for the white house to respond to the fbi search for classified documents at the president s beach house. john: we are also expecting questions at the briefing about the high stakes meeting at the white house in just about an hour s time. the president face-to-face with house speaker andy mccarthy. did i say andy again, kevin mccarthy, as the biden white house gets the first dose of a divided washington, d.c. yes, i ll call him david osman as well. i m sorry, i m excited, so much happening. john roberts in washington. sandra:
tonight. at least 24 people have been killed in in three mass shootings in california in a little more than a week. california governor gavin newsom visiting another stricken community today. he says the second amendment is becoming a suicide pact. half moon bay community famous for annual pumpkin festival and art galleries. authorities say on monday afternoon 66-year-old chin lou zhao opened fire at the mushroom farm where he worked. killing four co-workers and injuring a fifth as children who lived on the property looked on in horror. he drove to another farm three miles away where three more bodies were found. five men and two women killed were all of asian or hispanic dissent. translators were brought in to provide a description of the shooter and his car, and, within hours an arrest after deputy spotted the alleged gunman sitting in his vehicle outside the sheriff s substation with a legally purchased semiautomatic handgun. the subject was still seated in the vehicle
top of a new hour on cnn newsroom. i m victor blackwell. it s good to be with you. president biden is in pennsylvania again giving remarks against the backdrop of a crumbling bridge. now undergoing repairs. the president said it s just one of the examples of how his administration has improved aging infrastructure across the country. as a result, pennsylvania has been able to repair fern hollow bridge in less than a year and by christmas god willing, we ll be walking. i m coming back to walk over this sucker. although my staff said to me, do you realize how many times you have been to pittsburgh? i said, no. they said, 19. i said, bobby, don t tell them scranton. the president is now heading to philadelphia for a private campaign event with john fetterman who is locked in one of the nation s most contentious midterm races. cnn s senior white house correspondent phil mattingly is at the white house. cnn congressional correspondent jessica dean is in philadelphia. all rig