hundreds of thousands without power, more than 4,000 flights canceled. winds so treacherous the airport in buffalo, new york, had to shut down. cnn is live with the havoc being wreaked nationwide. and the january 6th committee out with its final report spelling out why donald trump, in their view, was the one solely responsible for the riot and should be discaqualifi from holding office ever again. new transcripts from the committee. why cassidy hutchinson said she was disappointed and disgusted with her first round of testimony under oath. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with the national lead and this nightmare weather scenario before christmas crippling conditions stretching coast to coast with snow and ice in cities such as seattle and portland, oregon to the massive bomb cyclone system moving east. nearly 180 million in the u.s. are in areas with temperatures below freezing. 70 million are in areas below zero. this system is so powerful meteorologist
is just ahead. and a live look at wall street. futures board is back in the green following a volatile session yesterday. we ll look at the challenges the fed chairman now faces in trying to bring down inflation. good morning. welcome to way too early thank you for starting your day with us. there is a lot to cover this morning after a stunning day in washington and new york. first, we learn that new york attorney general latisha james filed a lawsuit against donald trump, the trump organization and three of trump s adult children. accusing them of fraudulent financial practices. we also learned of new developmentes from the house select committee investigating the january 6th insurrection. the wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas has agreed to speak to the panel in the coming weeks. and finally, a major victory for the justice department and federal investigators. an appeals court is allowing the doj to resume its criminal probe of classified documents seized
welcome back to our viewers and united states and around the world. i m john, those cnn center in atlanta. it is now 1 am on the u.s. u.s. east coast. the entire state of florida, embarrassing for the hurricane in. a massive storm stretching 100 miles across, which early made landfall on western cuba. knocking out the islands electricity grid causing a nationwide blackout. 11 million people right now in the dark waiting for more process to damage. as of this hour, no reports of any fatalities. since leaving cuba, it has gone in strength fueled by the warm waters of the gulf of mexico. as it heads to florida, now category three, sustained winds of about 120 miles per hour. along with life-threatening storm surge, florida is facing catastrophic flooding, strong powerful winds, all day long, tuesday, visitors across the state to make landfall, now expected sooner than first forecast, and further to the south. but in some parts, it has always been felt, conditions tore throughout
hello, and welcome to our viewers joining us from the united states and all over the world. you re watching cnn newsroom. i m kristie lu stout. it is now 2 am on the u.s. east coast. almost the entire state of florida is bracing for the impact of hurricane ian, a monster storm stretching 700 miles across and getting stronger. causing a nationwide blackout in cuba, ian is turning in the gulf of mexico as a category three hurricane with sustained winds just shy of a category four. and along with life-threatening storm surge, florida is facing catastrophic flooding and powerful winds. now, conditions will deteriorate throughout the night ahead of the expected landfall in the coming hours. more than two and a half million people are under some form of evacuation warning. state authorities say the time to leave is quickly running out. people in southwest florida, this is going to likely make landfall as a category 4 hurricane. there will be catastrophic flooding, and life-threat
hurricane. this storm will only continue to intensify. if you want to leave, now is your last chance. the entire state is going to be touched by this storm. it s going to be in our stream. it s going to be in our canals. it s going to be in our stormwater drains and dishes. i m not scared. i m prepared though. you can already start to see what it is doing to the waters in the gulf just slamming these waves up against the sea wall right here. it is wednesday, september 28th. 4 a.m. here on the u.s. east coast where a monster category 3 hurricane is at this hour churning towards florida and parts of the state are already feeling the effects. now these are images from key west where major flooding is being reported and hurricane force winds and strong storm surge warnings are already out there on the coast. now right now it s all hands on deck. thousands of national guard members as well as urban search and rescue teams are mobilized ahead of the hurricane s expected