right thing to do, and the right thing for the country to help it beat inflation. arrests continue in afghanistan as protests persist against the new ban by the taliban on women and girls attending universities. police in pakistan say at least two people, including a police officer, have been killed in a suicide blast in the capital, islamabad. china insists it has its current covid outbreak under control reporting fewer than 4,000 new cases and no deaths for the third day running. but forecasters warn the true number could be as much asi million, with 5,000 deaths a day. a fierce arctic winter storm has triggered emergency alerts across large parts of the united states, and forced the cancellation of more than 2,000 flights. forecasters say the cold snap could bring the coldest christmas in decades. presidentjoe biden has encouraged everyone to heed warnings and bring forward christmas travel plans where possible. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes reports. this is
wow. thanks so much to you for joining us. ac 360 begins now. the forecast? wretched. the timing? even worse. once in a generation winter storm and this one they say is going to be very, very dangerous. i m in for anderson, john berman here. already nearly half the country s population is shivering under wind chill alerts or has seen temperatures drop as much as 70 degrees overnight. this is sioux falls, south dakota. you know it s cold there when the falls at sioux falls stop falling. because they re frozen solid. you know how widespread the big chill could get when places as far south as tallahassee in florida are forecasting lows in the low 20s. if that weren t enough we re seeing countless blizzard warnings, flood watches, wind and ice advisories and of course thousands of flight cancellations. nearly 2400 already today. more than 2,000 for tomorrow. all of this smack dab in the middle of the christmas travel rush. it s not just snow. it is wind and cold as part o
nightmare before christmas, snow, ice and a dangerous winter blast sweeping across the u.s.. as thousands of flights are canceled, we are live in the cnn weather center with what s coming next. plus, the january 6th committee releases its final report on the deadly attack on the u.s. capitol. laying out the case against former president, donald trump. and for the first time, vladimir putin uses the word, war, to describe his invasion of ukraine. we begin this hour in washington, where the house committee investigating january 6th has released its final report. without specifically mentioning donald trump, the panel concludes, anyone responsible for an insurrection should be barred from holding public office. the report goes on to detail a concerted effort by trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 election. chapter titles include the big lie, i just want to find 11,680 votes, and a coup in search of a legal theory. the committee outlined a scheme to submit fake electors fro
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
good friday morning to you, it is christmas eve eve. i m jim sciutto. let s begin with the massive winter storm slamming the u.s. with dangerously low temperatures, record-breaking wind chills and heavy snow, only becoming stronger today. the storm stretching from the canadian border to the mexican border is expected to become what s known as a bomb cyclone as it moves into the great lakes today with intense pressures matching that of a category 2 hurricane. right now across the country hundreds of thousands are without power, travel plans upended for many going into the holiday weekend. more than 3,100 flights canceled already today. dozens of governors creating emergency response plans heading into this holiday weekend including opening temporary warming shelters just to get people out of the cold. i will speak with one of those governors, kentucky s andy beshear in just a moment. let s get to our team covering what s being called a once in a generation storm. we begin in u