newsroom, joe biden and vladimir putin deliver duelling speeches, just days before the first anniversary of russia s invasion of ukraine. we re live in poland with the latest. plus, we ll discuss why the earthquake in turkey and syria puts women at risk of period poverty, and how aid workers can better meet their needs. and more than 65 million people, look at this map, are under winter alerts right across the united states. we will have a live report from the weather center. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with paula newton. so in the hours ahead, u.s. president joe biden will wrap his final day in poland, meeting with nato secretary general and leaders of the group known as the bucharest 9 from the eastern part of that nato alliance. this comes one day after mr. biden delivered a rallying cry declaring ukraine will never be a victory for russia. he repeatedly called out vladimir putin by name. and just as he did a day earlier in kyiv, he again vowed un
thank you for joining us. right now, more than two dozen states and 65 million people are on alert as a powerful winter storm hits coast to coast. conditions are slamming flagstaff, arizona, and this man was barely able to stand as the wind gusts whipped the binding snow around him. in 29 states they are in the path for this storm. the snow warnings stretching to southern california. flakes even possible on los angeles beaches. and in utah, miles and miles of dicey driving. you can see cars stranded as crews worked to clear the roads. in minnesota the national weather service is warning of historic snow possibly the most in decades. meteorologist jennifer gray is standing by for us. but first, cnn s adrian brodas is in minnesota. what s happening where you are there? i see some really ice eye streets behind you. reporter: there s a break right now when it comes to snowfall. the plows have been moving along this stretch of highway behind us. but we saw the first phase of thi