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
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
consequences if lawmakers fail to raise it. a bill to eliminate the irs will soon come to the house floor. it s the result manufacture deals that kevin mccarthy made in order to become speaker. and also ahead, former president trump offers up a in you reason for why he had hundreds of classified documents stashed at his palm beach country club. they were cool keepsakes. we ll trin to explain that just ahead. we ll try to explain that just ahead. good morning. welcome to way too early. the united states is expected to reach the debt ceiling today. that means the country s borrowing limit is maxed out. that forces the treasury department to take extraordinary measures to keep the payments going through early june and prevent the united states from defaulting. there is little progress on capitol hill to resolve the problem. white house, senate democrats and republicans are all refusing to budge on the stances. the white house is warning that there should be no negotiat
emerging, horrendous hamas attack and the taking of hostages, but now that the united states is working with israel and trying to assist in locating hamas and understanding hamas structure, we understand they have a gap in capabilities. that s republican congressman mike turner of ohio with a candid assessment of israel s strategy. it s a sign more hostages could soon be freed. we ll have the latest out of the middle east just ahead. plus a preview of an important hearing today in washington that could determine what donald trump can say about his federal election interference case. and also ahead, we ll remember the life and legacy of former first lady rosalind carter. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday morning. i eemg jonathan lemire. thank you for joining us for this short thanksgiving week. with less than one year to go until the 2024 presidential election, for the first time ever new np be c news polling shows donald trump leading job.
september. but if that timetable holds, he should be fine for the french open where he is always the favorite. let s turn to the nba. we ll start in memphis. the grizzlies trailing the cleveland cavaliers in the final seconds of regulation. he comes to the screen. three seconds. two seconds. three. this is over! stephen adams tips in the game winner with 16 seconds remaining and the grizzlies hang on to beat the cavaliers. 115-114. that matches a great win. not much of a possession for the cavaliers. let s go to denver. the nuggets launched a 15th straight victory at home. they re good. 122-118 win over the minnesota timberwolves. led by a 31 point performance,