viewed justice clarence thomas as key to stopping the certification of the election. the former director of national intelligence is my guest tonight. let s go outfront. and good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, biden s major speech this hour, with just six days until election day, president biden any moment now will deliver a major speech. the topic is the threat to democracy, and it comes on the heels of a violent attack on the house speaker nancy pelosi s husband paul. biden betting this will turn the tide of the midterms. but as he prepares to speak, only 9% of likely voters say voting rights and election integrity are the most important issues to them. 51% say the economy is their number one concern. 51%. and today that issue was front burner. the fed raising interest rates by another three-quarters of a percentage point. rates have been rising at an unprecedented pace with mortgage rates above 7% for the first time in 20 years. you can see the stage
what are you seeing? yeah alex, after a click glance at these two statements, we are learning the big big news here is that there have been more classified documents uncovered from his wilmington home. this is coming from the statements according to richard s of, or the special counsel to the president, as well as bob bauer, president biden s personal attorney. basically, bob bauer is saying that as a personal attorney, he went to the penn biden center, and he and his team, as well as president biden s wilmington, home went to the home, and because he does not have a special security clearance to be able to handle, these he then informed the doj and the national archives, and then richard bauer, the special counsel to the president in his statement says, quote, because i have a security clearance, i went to wilmington thursday evening to facilitate providing the presidents personal counsel found on wednesday to the justice department. while i was transferring it to the doj
holiday. freeze warnings still in effect in several states at this hour. blizzard conditions, at least 26 people have died in the actic blast, across eight state. in a hard-hit erie county, new york, roads remain impassable. still, a very dangerous situation. driving bans are still in place. this was the first time in buffalo fire history that they were unable to respond to calls. we want to remind everybody, there was a period hours straight in which we could not send out emergency service crews, because it was too dangerous. we will talk to that official in just a few minutes. plus, bitter-cold icing over the christmas celebrations in the midwest, east coast and southeast, even florida is feeling the chill, much of the state experiencing its coldest christmas since 1983. let s start in buffalo, new york. polo sandoval is braving is the cold temperatures there. merry christmas. reporter: merry christmas. it is in a recovery process right now, the sun finally came o
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. more than 200 million people in america are under extreme weather alerts, and more than 1.5 million people have no power, as temperatures in some areas are predicted to drop to as low as minus 45 celsius. an arctic storm is approaching, predicted to hit canada and extend down to the deep south and the border with mexico, including texas. this thermal satellite imagery shows the huge spread of the coldest areas with the midwest enduring the lowest temperatures. and this satellite image, from the national oceanic and atmospheric administration, gives an idea of the spread of the cold weather system, with the lowest temperatures underneath the clouds at the top of the picture, across the northern us states and canada. we begin our coverage with this report from our north america correspondent, john sudworth. it couldn t have come at a worse time. america s peak travel season hit by a once in a generation storm. two