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
ice, wind chill alerts. plus, the january 6th committee just released the final report recommending donald trump be barred from ever holding office again. and for the first time in public, vladimir putin says what the world has known all along, he s wagging war on ukraine. it is friday. welcome to our viewers in the you states and around the world. i m christine romans. let s begin with this. a christmas gut punch from mother nature as a once in a generation storm blasts across the country with the worst yet to come. more than half the u.s. population is under some kind of weather alert. from florida west to washington state. more than 200 million people are under wind chill alerts. more than 80 million under winter weather alerts. more than 40 million other bracing for high winds. needles to say it is a mess for holiday travelers. thousands of flights were canceled thursday. nearly 2700 flights already canceled today with hundreds more delayed. and look at power outage
Ukraines Kharkiv Region a day after russia sent troops across the border to break through defensive lines. This comes as President Biden gives the go ahead for more aid to ukraine. The most powerful solar storm in more than two decades hits the earth triggering spectacular celestial light shows in many parts of the world. These storms occur when the sun emits large clouds of particles. The dutch entrant at the Eurovision Song Contest in sweden will not perform in the final later today. It follows reports Thatjoost Klein is being investigated by malmo police, after a Television Employee complained about threats made against her. Hello, everybody, a very warm welcome to talking Business Weekly with me, aaron heslehurst. Lets go take a look at what is on the show. Ai presents what we think is potentially an existential threat to artists, to the Music Industry, to our culture, really. How do you like your music . Downloaded, streamed 7 or if youre old school, maybe a dash of vinyl or cd .
The artists, the Record Labels, or the tech giants . Im going to be discussing all of that with these two the head of the organisation working to protect the rights of recording artists, and the big boss of the swedish Entertainment Company behind the virtual show, abba voyage. Also on the show the Healthy Business generating healthier profits. The boss of the global supplement company, h h group, dispenses his wisdom on why our appetite for vitamins is growing. Wherever yourejoining me from around the world, once again, a big hello and a warm welcome to the show. You know, its been called musics second digital wave. The first saw the move from records and cds to downloads and streaming, with the rise of the streaming giants like spotify, amazon and apple. Now advanced tech, such as Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality and avatars, are fueling new opportunities to boost profits with everything from virtual concerts to songs written by robots. This time, though, its not the artist a
Apparently mutual with trump regularly expressing his admiration of putins strength. Today, however, The American President seemed to place his russian counterpart on the other side of a purported war against Western Civilisation. During a speech in the polish capital, warsaw, he called on russia to stop destabilising ukraine and other countries and to end support for hostile regimes such as those in syria and iran. With the pair due to meet tomorrow at the 620 summit in hamburg, newsnights diplomatic editor mark urban has been exploring The American President s apocalyptic warning. Its the president s second visit to europe and todays speech was billed as a big Foreign Policy moment. Given in warsaws Krasinski Square in front of a memorial to the 191m uprising against the nazis, an appreciative audience had been brought in by the polish government. It fell to the first lady to do the warm up. The president of the United States, donald] trump. And with that, trump set out his stall of