ice, wind chill alerts. plus, the january 6th committee just released the final report recommending donald trump be barred from ever holding office again. and for the first time in public, vladimir putin says what the world has known all along, he s wagging war on ukraine. it is friday. welcome to our viewers in the you states and around the world. i m christine romans. let s begin with this. a christmas gut punch from mother nature as a once in a generation storm blasts across the country with the worst yet to come. more than half the u.s. population is under some kind of weather alert. from florida west to washington state. more than 200 million people are under wind chill alerts. more than 80 million under winter weather alerts. more than 40 million other bracing for high winds. needles to say it is a mess for holiday travelers. thousands of flights were canceled thursday. nearly 2700 flights already canceled today with hundreds more delayed. and look at power outage
off-limits to you and all other american citizens who don t work for the government no matter what you heard the point of the system is not to protect the country from foreign adversaries. the point is to take power of the voters and the officials they elect and hand that power to the bureaucracy in washington. it s dangerous. for once we can report some meaningful push back against this deceit. kevin mccarthy became speaker of the house last friday. he is pledgeing to let americans see all that happened at the u.s. capital on january 6th, 2021. that means releasing 14,000 hours of surveillance footage from day that has remained hidden. i think the people should see it. i watched what nancy pelosi did. she politicized it. the first time in the history as a speaker not allowing a minority to appoint to a committee. to pick and choose. i think the american public should see what happened instead of a report written for a political basis. i want to be thoughtful about it bu
that means they re off limits to you and all other ordinary american citizens who don tericn work for the government. you re not allowed to sewhe thet despite the fact they belong to you. now, no matter what, you may have heard the point of the system is not to protect the country from foreign adversaries under the administration. we don t even bother to do that anymore. now, the point the system is to take power from the voters and the officials they elect and hand that power to the permanent bureaucracy in washington.lect and hand that it s infuriating and over time it is dangerous. us. but for once, we can repot some meaningful pushback against this regime of secrecy and deceit. kevin mccarthy of californii tha decei became speaker of the housee last week, last friday, and in . one of his first big policy changes, he is pledging to let americans see, quote, all that l happened at the u.s. capitol on january six . 2020 one . and that means finally 14,00 releasing the rou
even when we get to the stub stations substations, we find there is structural damage and it is frozen. those are the biggest challenges. what is happening on treacherous roads, trying to clear them, getting people that are stranded in vehicles, we recovered many of them. also what is happening inside the homes, we have vulnerable senior citizens we re trying to get to. we restored power to 300,000 people. i do want to point to the successes. ho however, there are still 23,000 people in buffalo. we ve been trying to plow the way to the stations, help them manage the restoration of power. so we don t have an estimate. we did have power back on in a large part of the city. it went out again because the infrastructure was not able to withstand the storms around it. so that has been the challenge. so i am hoping in the next day, but we can make no guarantees because just when you think the day is getting brighter, mother nature comes back and hits us once again. we have enough
hello, welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world. just ahead, midterm elections are just around the corner here in the united states. we will hear the final pitch to voters from republicans and democrats. a huge political comeback in brazil. a former president is set to return to office. but not all of his opponents supporters accept the results. plus, a nation in mourning. we are learning more about the victims of the deadly halloween crowd surge in south korea. we will bring you a live report from seoul. live from cnn center, this is cnn news room with rosemary church. good to have you with us. in just eight days, american voters will decide key races at the state and national level including the contest for control of congress. 218 seats are needed to control the house. and right now, it looks like republicans have a slight lead with 212 likely wins. in the senate, about a third of the seats are up for grabs and republicans cours