united states and all around the world. i am rosemary church. just ahead on cnn newsroom, hanging in the balance, controversial u.s. border restriction, title 42 is here to stay for now, at least. the reaction from the u.s. mexico border. stranded by southwest airlines, thousands of flights have been grounded. the ceos message for travelers. and, from one extreme to another, why warmer weather could actually be bad news for the united states. good to have you with us. well, the u.s. supreme court has ruled to keep title 42 temporarily in place while legal challenges play out. it s preventing the biden administration from winding down the trump era border policy after 19 republican led states filed a lawsuit, saying, this would result in a migration catastrophe. title 42 allows border agents to turn away migrants in the name of covid prevention, and with no clarity on when it will be lifted, thousands of migrants and americas southern border are wondering when they will be abl
also tonight, the hurricane is forcing the january select committee to postpone the hearing that was scheduled for tomorrow. this as the panel had some big decisions to make and some new questions to answer. plus, russia is claiming victory after the sham annexation votes. what is vladamir putin s next move as russians protest and thousands plea his military draft? welcome to the situation room. i m pamela brown. let s get to the newest forecast for hurricane ian and the damage it will be doing by this time tomorrow. jennifer, what is the latest on ian s power and path? pamela, we are within that 24-hour window where this storm will make landfall as a category 3, winds of 120 miles per hour, but gusts are up to 150 miles per hour now and moving to the north at 10 miles per hour. this storm is going to run parallel to key west within the next hour or so. you can see very close right there, so they are going to get the worst of the weather. but the worst is to come, b
coy, nice to see you. have a great day. thanks for joining me. i m christine romans. new day starts right now. way in south korea, i m john berman with brianna keilar. it s one of the deadliest disasters to ever hit that country at least 154 people killed in a crush of halloween party goers in seoul. pictures shared on social media show the crowd crammed into an alley. 26 foreign nationals including two u.s. citizens are among the dead. witnesses saying the narrow streets were jammed with people trying to enjoy the first halloween weekend without covid restrictions. ivan watson is live for us on the scene in seoul. do investigators have any idea what triggered this surge? reporter: just sheer mass humanity in the alley ways just steps from where i m standing right now. this is an impromptu memorial that has cropped up in the 24, 48 hours since the disaster. as you can see, people paying their respects, flowers, handwritten notes, candles, photos of some of the victi
lay out the cases for us. reporter: arguments in the two cases are teed up for this morning. the supreme court will once again re-examine affirmative action but this time with the solidly conservative court it is quite likely that the justices could ban affirmative action once they release their opinion sometime next year. this is all happening as the groups fighting to end the consideration of race in admissions they have been quite outspoken. diversity as important as it is, cannot come at expense of asian americans. reporter: these asian american students are leading a fight against affirmative action. it s time for asian americans to break up with woke diversity. they re at the center of a law enforcement against harvard, accusing the school of discriminating against asian americans to make more room for hispanics and blacks. calvin yang claims he was denied admission to harvard because of his race. it shows there s a trend here. a trend where asian americans
monkeypox outbreak. this is what we are watching at this hour. thank you for being here. i m cait baldwin. what could be the final hearing of the investigation into the insurrection, a key witness is a former spokesperson of the oath keepers. committee members are promising that the testimony and others will help connect the dots linking members of donald trump s inner circle to the extremist groups and now, another wildcard. former strategist to trumpkin steve bannon is willing to testify days before his contempt trial is set to begin also at this hour, live pics from the white house as he will be holding an event to mark the passage of the bipartisan gun safety bill marking a big achievement for washington even though cities and families around the country, continue to deal with gun violence every day. we will bring you that from the white house, when it begins. but let s start with the insurrection hearing what are we expecting from tomorrow? reporter: they have tried