good afternoon. i m sara sidner in for victor blackwell. welcome to cnn newsroom. the january 6th committee just released yet another big batch of witness interview transcripts from their investigation into the capitol insurrection. the new list includes interviews with 19 witnesses including the former president donald trump jr. and kimberly guilfoyle, christina baab, stephen miller and those to try to overturn the election like doug mastriano. cnn s paula reid is joining me now. you re going through this. i know it s a lot. there are hundreds of people with many, many pages of transcripts. what has stood out to you so far? reporter: well, we have the support of a big team combing over this. sara, i want to start with some of the revelations in the transcript from donald trump jr. specifically, the transcript reveals new details about text messages that the former president exchanged with then white house chief of staff mark meadows. we ve reported on some of these t
residents. officials fearful people living alone without power may not have survived. buffalo police cracking down on looters. mona kosar abdi in buffalo, rob marciano standing by timing out a major rainmaker for new year s eve. news just coming in from the cdc. the u.s. imposing new covid restrictions on all travelers from china, as the country faces a surge of new covid infections, pushing hospitals to the brink. urgent concerns tonight for the health of retired pope benedict. the vatican revealing today the 95-year-old former pontiff is, quote, very sick. marcus moore at the vatican, where pope francis is asking for prayers tonight. growing frustration at the southern border. after the supreme court extended the trump-era immigration policy known as title 42. will carr reporting on the urgent need for more facilities to cope with the crush of people. new details tonight on congressman-elect george santos, already facing accusations he lied about much of his biograp
action. also tonight, parts of buffalo, new york remain paralyzed by a once in a lifetime blizzard. the national guard now going door to door as the death it will keeps rising and the city struggles to dig out. as the january 6th committee releases a bach of transcripts, i ll speak with adam schiff. stand by for his take on the latest revelations including a claim that trump s white house chief of staff burned documents at the white house. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world, i m wolf blitzer. you re the situation room. let s get right to the southwest airlines meltdown. it s causing major disruptions across the country. our correspondents are covering the impact at major airports to the fallout from southwest and the airline industry. let s go to nick valencia. he s over at the atlanta airplane, the busiest airport of the nation. nick, how are southwest passengers being affected there? reporter: wolf, some passengers flying southwe
house next week, they will hold the administration accountable on this issue. he is here in moments as is jonathan turley with his analysis. first to aishah hasnie who is live for us in washington. aishah, good afternoon. good afternoon to you, trace. as the white house continues to blame republicans in congress for not passing immigration reform, democrat congressman henry cuellar of texas tells mes that an unfair assessment since the administration has the power to change policy today if it wanted to. without due respect to the administration, i agree, we need to do immigration reform. but they can change the policy by having order at the border where they can say they did it for the venezuelans. honestly, i think the homeland security department is struggling with some of the more progressive white house staffers. i hope homeland wins this particular fight. cuellar is responding to republican criticism that there was lack of border funding in that 1.7 trillion omnibu