top of the hour. i m jim sciutto. in short, it is cold. the powerful winter storm battering the u.s., expected to grow even stronger and colder today, covering nearly half of the u.s. population. parts of the country could see the coldest christmas in decades. sub-zero temperatures hitting hard out west. here is the owner of a local towing company in montana speaking with cnn this morning. it is cold up here. if you ain t prepared for it, it could be really bad. i ve been here 20 years and this is the worst i ve ever felt. wow, tough time to be a towing company. right now hundreds of thousands of people are without power. that is tough in the cold. many of them in the southeast. travel plans upended for many going to the holiday weekend. more than 3500 flights canceled already today and counting. here is the transportation secretary pete buttigieg. lots of things are so important to us around the holidays. our traditions, our loved ones. but of course, the most importan
there are winter storms and then there s this, an historic co coast-to-coast arctic blast packing the power of a category 2 hurricane and whether it s blinding snow or subzero temperatures just about everyone out there is feeling it. more than 200 million americans right now under winter warnings or advisories and looking at that map, the more purple you see, the colder it is. and the timing of this is simply terrible. holiday travel where it s even possible is a mess as you would guess. thousands of flights are canceled right now and you can forget about driving in a lot of parts of the country. in new york the snow and flooding are so bad all n nonessential travel is banned right now and in rhode island, massive waves hammering the coast. street flooding there a big concern. and blizzard conditions are also making for some white knuckle driving in ohio and cleveland. it s going to feel like minus 27 all day. and in the south, well, that s where you ll find a lot of ice and
Years, the independent panels that review the Job Performance of judges named 10 that werent good enough to stay on the bench. Want to guess how many voters fired . Only 3. On average, if your Performance Review says you shouldnt be a judge anymore, you win reelection with 54 of the vote. Voters keep sending judges with failing reviews back to their 6figure jobs paid with our tax dollars, jobs that decide who gets custody of kids, what works. If this surprises you, you are not alone. Will it surprise you . Yes, it does. I dont think that that is the way it should work. Former state Supreme Court justice, rebecca, is an expert on reviewing judges. My suspicion is that those voters didnt even know that there was a donotretain recommendation or didnt care. This years reviews come in repeatatizeself, they e repeats it wont make a difference. Last years judge vallerie hanes included a hostile environment in her courtroom, didnt understand her poor marks, leaving little reason to expect impr
Has already fired that deputy. Now, that deputy turned himself in earlier today. He has already bonded out of jail. Im reporting live in pinellas county, clifton french, abc action news. Thank you, clifton. We spoke to a member of Holmes Family this afternoon. They tell us he has been at home recovering for a few weeks. They did not want to comment on the arrest but they have retained an attorney. The sheriff offered to pay for medical bills for holmes. A woman who ran down a little girl and tried to get away finally under arrest. Ryan raiche is live covering polk county for us tonight. Ryan. Reporter were back here where it happened in auburndale where the little girl was walking on the sidewalk and her bike and a woman swerved across tonight were starting to happened. Were here today for your first appearance hearings. Reporter tonight finally an arrest in the hit and run that she was high on meth. Somebody did something really dumb and it has changed a life forever. Reporter they su
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