cnn newsroom starts right now. good morning, it s saturday, december 24th. merry christmas eve. i m whitney wild in for amara walker. and i m martin savidge in for boris sanchez. and you re in the cnn newsroom. we begin with a frustrating start to a holiday weekend. more than 200 americans are under winter alert with an arctic blast with heavy snow and ice. the storm has placed enormous strains on america s energy infrastructure. this morning where more than 500,000 homes and businesses are without power. and authorities in tennessee have ordered 15-minute rolling blackouts to manage demands. now, officials in states are blaming the winter storm for 15 deaths. they re reminding drivers, if you don t need to travel, stay off the road. across the country, snow, ice and powerful winds have caused multivehicle crashes and left drivers stranded on roads and highways. many spent hours in freezing conditions but it is not just the snow and ice. in new jersey, in several co
worth of his holdings, something with major implications for his taxes and the future of his company. but facedith those questions, he s decided not to talk. in a statement, trump said, quote, i once asked if you re nocent why are you taking the fifth amendment. now inow the answer to that estion. when your faly, your company and a the people in your orbit ve bece the targets of an a defense of donald trump by undermining the government using unsubstantiated allegations. trump s own lawyers were doing that just yesterday suggesting that fbi agents searching trump s home were breaking the law. this is a joke. i m concerned that they may have planted something. at this point, who knows? i don t trust the government and that s a very frightening thing as an american. i don t think they would go to the extent of trying to plant information, i think they just make stuff up and come up with whatever they want. that s the way they will have to proceed. they don t have anything.
Michigan and around america. Its time for her to pay and congress is holding her accountable. This is the essence of what the article 1 branch of government should be doing is holding an out of control Administration Accountable to the people. She failed in michigan. And we will not her fail america. This is a warning to the American People, that policies that hurt them will stop with the 118th congress. These policies have not worked anywhere they have been tried and failure means employer takes your pay. This town needs to operate like the real world. I support this resolution and i encourage my colleagues to support it as well. The chair the gentleman yields back. The gentlewoman from ohio, for what purpose do you rise . Ms. Kaptur i just wanted to say in reaction to what i just heard on the floor here, there must be two Jennifer Granholms because the one i know is simply exceptional. I yield to the gentleman from tennessee, mr. Fleischmann. The chair the gentleman is recognized. Mr
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