than half of everyone in the u.s. will face dangerous bitter cold temperatures today. plus, the january 6th committee s final report is out which says that donald trump is to blame for the violence on capitol hill. we ll have more. for the first time, vladimir putin uses the word war to describe his invasion of ukraine. live from london, this is cnn newsroom, with max foster and bianca nobilo. we begin with a huge winter storm bearing down across much of the united states. more than half of the u.s. population, about 117 million people are under windchill and winter weather alerts across the country. dangerous rigid conditions, bitterly cold wind, snow and ice making trip for treacherous travel conditions ahead of the holiday weekend. in south dakota, more than 500 miles of two interstate highways are closed because of high winds and blizzard like conditions. air travel is becoming even more chaotic, as more than 2700 flight scheduled for today have already been cance
trump there would be no january 6th. the final report from the january 6th select committee lays out the case against the former president. just in time for holiday travel, a bomb cyclone bearing down on parts of the u.s.. and with it, a slip of the tongue or the change in foreign policy. for the first time, let reporting uses the w word following the invasion of ukraine, a war. an 18 plump long in vest again, sound doesn t, interviews documents, records and house committee investigating january 6th has been released its full report. 845 pages in all which finds donald trump and his allies took part in a number of schemes to overturn the 2020 presidential election. the report makes 11 recommendations, including one aimed squarely at trump. it says, anyone who incited insurrection should be disqualified and barred from holding public office. the report also urges new laws which would prevent a vice president or other official from overthrowing electors chosen by individual sta
[inaudible] its menendez, all she will be with you from 7 pm eastern for a special two hour look at matt dashed election day. That is where we begin this hour, with the question of Whether American Democracy [inaudible] in two days time, the biggest test yet amidst great amid election day is just the next three days. Think again. Also tonight, young voters [inaudible] now eligible voters this time around. At democracies peril. Actress sofia busch is live tonight to reproductive rights and why it is nonsense to say this election is between the economy. This moment, she says, is nothing short of a national emergency. Good evening, im mehdi hasan. This is perilous and precarious time for american democracy. On the ballot in these critical midterm elections. Of the weekend, it kisses like wisconsin, final early voters were casting their ballots. Election day is now less than two days away. So, tonight, i want you to picture the scene as we take you to a post midterm future. Its january the
[inaudible] it s menendez, all she will be with you from 7 pm eastern for a special two hour look at matt dashed election day. that is where we begin this hour, with the question of whether american democracy [inaudible] in two days time, the biggest test yet amidst great amid election day is just the next three days. think again. also tonight, young voters [inaudible] now eligible voters this time around. at democracies peril. actress sofia busch is live tonight to reproductive rights and why it is nonsense to say this election is between the economy. this moment, she says, is nothing short of a national emergency. good evening, i m mehdi hasan. this is perilous and precarious time for american democracy. on the ballot in these critical midterm elections. of the weekend, it kisses like wisconsin, final early voters were casting their ballots. election day is now less than two days away. so, tonight, i want you to picture the scene as we take you to a post midterm future. i
tell it yourself. i m michael smerconish. the crisis manager wrote a whole book called truth to tell on how to handle a public crisis. davis advice the exact opposite of the approach of the biden white house to date around the discovery of the classified documents in its possession. they didn t tell it early. they waited nearly two months. they didn t tell it all, in fact, a statement released on monday, and the president s words on tuesday, were almost dishonest by omission. and as for tell it yourself, instead of the president telling the full story it has fallen to karine jean-pierre. saying he takes it seriously doesn t make it so. it seems like a series of unforced errors turning what might be a benign situation into something that will surely be the focus of the subpoena power republicans now possess after winning the house. here is how we got here. on november 2, biden lawyers discovered classified documents in an office the former vice president used in washington,