good morning. welcome to cnn this morning. i m whitney wild. and i m martin savidge. live pictures right now. take a look at buffalo where a blizzard warning is still in effect and will be until tomorrow morning. all of the impacts and when we can see some relief coming up. laying blame of the insurrection at the feet of donald trump. a look at the 845-page report coming up and the legal implications. explain all of that very soon. flu cases are rising, but medications to treat the virus could be hard to come by. the steps the biden administration is trying to take to combat that problem. a devastating setback for girls and women in afghanistan as the taliban exercises its power. that s ahead on cnn this morning. good morning and welcome to cnn this morning. it s saturday, december 24th. we begin with the frigid and frustrating start to this holiday weekend. more than 200 million americans are under windchill alerts with an arctic blast dlinking freezing tempe
interview with john fetterman showing how he relies on closed captioning as he recovers from a stroke. what are voters going to say? i will talk to the democratic candidate for governor in arizona. i will speak with the top democrat on the senate foreign relations committee leading the push to freeze relations with the saudis over their decision to limit oil supply and help russia. president biden will make saudi arabia pay for giving putin an economic life line. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington where senate republicas are standing by herschel walker despite reporting that he pressured a woman twice to get an abortion. are you saying a denial to any knowledge of an abortion? flat out denial, lie. a lie, lie, lie. you know what s sad about it? what was it? a receipt and had a check and all that. it isn t showing anything. it isn t showing me having saying something about an abortion. that s what s terrible. with me now is ellison barber and cha
reporter: chairman bennie thompson publicly claiming the january 6th house select committee will not refer former president trump or anyone else to the justice department for criminal prosecution. what i prefer that we complete our work and seal that work with the department of justice. and they will make that call after that. reporter: even without a referral, the justice department would prosecute. but some committee members feel those comments are premature. we have had a discussion about that. i thought we discovered that decision until we concluded our investigation, at least that s my understanding. reporter: vice chair liz cheney pushing back on thompson s statement. writing in a tweet, the january 6th select committee has not issued a conclusion regarding potential criminal referrals. despite the discord in the committee, attorney general merrick garland said he s monitoring its findings. i am watching. and i will be watching all the hearings. and i can as