hello, everyone. i m kate bolduan. at this hour, we re tracking this massive winter storm sweeping across the united states. it is impacting the vast majority of americans today. just two days before christmas. the storm is bringing blizzard conditions. i mean i don t need to say it. you could see it. blizzard conditions and ice freezing rain and very strong winds to cities coast to coast. areas near the great lakes could see up to three feet of snow like buffalo. but the cold, record-breaking and life-threatening. more than 200 million americans are under windchill alerts. the storm has not knocked out power to at least a million customers so far and travel is starting to get back. more than 3700 flights have been canceled today and more than 2,000 others have been delayed. that is not even to speak of what the roads are like right now. we re going to get to. we have reporters stationed across the country. let s start with meteorologist al alice isson chinchar. up an dow
We begin this hour with Breaking News on the economy. There is new data sugg the american job market remains strong. This morning, the govnmt reported that employers added a whopping 336,000 jobs last month. Thats nearly double t 170,000 Jobs Economists had predicted. The Unemployment Rate held steady at3. 8 . And when you break it down,he hispanic Unemployment Rate fell 0. 3 . While the black Unemployment Rate rose 0. 4 . Were keeping a close eye on the white house where the president is set to speak about this jobs report and national manufacturing. Well bring you those remarks when they begin. Joining us now, dominique chu. Whats behind the numbers . Not many people at all were forecasting for this kind of job growth pointed out by the doubling of jobs created over the forecast. What this does suggest is that the u. S. Economy is still extremely resilient and thats a good thing. Theres a lot to unpack. But the big takeaway from this report, the economy is growing in some ways and no
Tired of the Drama Questioning why any of this has happened. He worked with the democrats, so what, to get things done, then he gets kicked out, and now nobody can do anything. Thats wrong, stupid. Plus, former President Donald Trump now trying to Short Circuit The Civil Fraud Trial In New York by asking a judge to put it on hold. Prosecutors pushing back hard. Were going to tell you what they said. And then one day after this horrific Missile Attack that killed dozens of ukrainian civilians, another russian attack rips through a multistory building killing a 10yearold boy and his grandmother, the boy found still wearing his spiderman pajamas. Local officials saying dozens more were hurt including an 11monthold baby. Were going to bring you the latest on that in just a couple of minutes as well. We want to start on capitol hill where we see lawmakers on the house floor just for about two and a half minutes or so today earlier, barely time enough for a prayer and the pledge of allegianc
we had hostages and ironic. and we had a combination of inflation and stagnant growth many thought not possible. i will never forget it. interest rates had gone through the moon as the fed under carter put it, bulb okeechobee at the head of the fed and get an handle on inflation for interest rates were soaring. many market funds are bringing huge returns on the market funds were opening storefronts of the main streets of the country. i remember in washington and it was a tough time for a lot of people. carter could be a tough guy in some ways. although i must tell you on a personal level i want moderated a discussion between him and gerald ford. they traveled the country together. and had w will recall debates bt they weren t there quite friendly. i did it at my daughter s college at the time. i said something about it in a e fewer marks i made before and i mention the fact i bought my daughter a set of radial tires because at the time he came up to me after words and come to
A roundup of the days events. The most powerful men in hollywood, ceo chairman of cbs les moonves under fire. And we hear from the reporter who broke the story, ronan farrow. Heres abcs chief National Affairs correspondent, tom llamas. Reporter tonight les moonves, one of most powerful men in hollywood, under investigation by his own company, cbs, after allegations of sexual misconduct. The accusations from six women from encounters that happened 20 years ago that range from inappropriate kissing to sexual assault, surfacing tonight in a new yorker expose by ronan farrow. In the article actress and writer Illeana Douglas tells farrow, what happened to me was a sexual assault, and then i was fired for not participating. She recounts an incident in moonves office. Moonves office. In a millisecond, he got one arm over me, pinning me, she said. Moonves was violently kissing her, holding her down on the couch with her arms above her head. Producer Christine Peters recounts a similar experie