freedom to all ukrainians. - wherever we are, we will be together today, and together we will look into the evening sky. and pope francis has called for an immediate end to the war in ukraine during his christmas day message. hello and welcome to bbc news. more than a million americans and canadians are facing christmas day without power as a winter storm continues to barrel its way across north america. the so called bomb cyclone has brought heavy snow, strong winds, and freezing temperatures. at least 20 people have died because of icy roads, and high winds uprooted trees. howard johnson reports. sub zero temperatures. ..whiteouts. .. ..and flooding. from toronto to new orleans, north america is experiencing a winter storm of epic proportions. nearly 250 million americans and canadians are believed to be affected, with more than 1.5 million people without power. thousands of flights have been cancelled and major roads closed, ruining christmas travel plans. a 46 car pile
merck. president biden will announce the purchase of an additional 100 million doses of that johnson & johnson vaccine. an eye on this minneapolis courtroom. it s day three of former police officer derek chauvin s trial. he is charged with murder in the death of george floyd. a fourth juror was seated minutes ago. more on the legal maneuvers coming up. first, our reporters as the house moves closer to passing this covid relief bill. we have garrett haake, carol lee and i want to bring in business correspondent, the one and only stephanie ruhle. garrett, help us understand how this process is going to play out right now. when do you expect we will actually see the house take a vote on this? reporter: i think the house will probably vote late in the noon hour, maybe 1:00 this afternoon. house democratic leaders have scheduled an enrollment ceremony for later this afternoon. they remain that confident that this bill will pass. you are looking at kevin mccarthy having one o