Sky. The Rocket Launch that mesmerized millions. And the confusion, chaos and crashes it caused. And good evening and welcome to World News Tonight. Im tom llamas, in for david. And we begin with that deadly winter wallop, striking the day after christmas, as millions of americans travel for the holidays. Snow falling from coast to coast. Eyepopping accumulations in parts of pennsylvania and upstate new york. More than 50 inches in some spots. And its not just snow. Wind chill alerts in 20 states. This time lapse video from duluth, minnesota, where temperatures hit 21 degrees below zero. Causing steam and fog to rise from lake superior. Treacherous driving conditions tonight. Four killed in one Interstate Crash in kansas. Slow going from the great lakes through the northeast. And a frightening moment at bostons logan airport, when a jetblue Passenger Plane skidded out after landing in slick
conditions. Airline delays stacking up tonight as that arctic blast moves east. Abcs alex perez
These aircraft come in close proximity to one another. All right, ryan brown reporting from the pentagon. Thanks very much. Remember, important programming note. Stay with cnn later tonight for a very timely debate on tax reform. Thats coming up, 9 00 p. M. Eastern. Thats it for me. Thanks for watching. Erin Burnett Outfront starts right now. Outfront next, breaking news. North korea firing what could be its most powerful missile yet, one that could reach washington, d. C. Plus, the president s reality show. Today, trump staging a white house meeting like an episode of The Apprentice playing roulette with a Government Shutdown. And trump going after senator Elizabeth Warren, raising questions about what he said about his own heritage. Why did he say hes of swedish descent when he actually isnt . Lets go outfront. Good afternoon. Im erin burnett. Outfront tonight, breaking news. North korea with a record breaking Missile Launch that potentially puts washington,
d. C. In range. Kim jongu
Obscure the larger truth. If the ideological gulf between the president and steve bannon is small. This is not a fight over ideas, its a fight over who deserves credit for an election win. Talk about missing the point. If the legacy of 2016 is not a single person, any person, its a set of ideas, the ones that reflect the hopes and their needs and the fears and the aspirations of a badly mistreated american middleclas middleclass. Those voters came to the polls because they wanted real borders, higher wages, they were dispirited by the opioid epidemic, why wouldnt they be. They were sick of being lectured by Political Class of washington that despises them and holds them in contempt. They were the other country, but they had come to recognize that it is hard to make the rest of the world better and very easy to make it worse. Above all, they voted for leadership that promised to put Americans First above any foreign nation or domestic interest group. That is the real legacy of 2016. At
To deal with immigration. But first the senior senator from arizona has endured insult after insult this week. At one point labelled songbird john, a reference to his time as a p. O. W. And while discussing votes for cia director gina haspel who mccain opposes, white house special assistant kelly sadler said, quote, it doesnt matter, hes dying anyway. Heres the white houses apology for those comments. Does the white house not think you need to condemn these remarks or comments again, im not going to validate a leak one way or the other out of an internal staff meeting. Are you saying she didnt say this . Again, im not going to validate a leak out of an internal staff meeting one way or the other. No, no, sorry, heres the white house apology. I think the remarks are awful, but lets look at this in context. That was said in a private meeting inside the white house. Thats not like you might Say Something really nasty about me off the air, it doesnt have
that much impact. You come on air a
Times that the kind of people involved in that not a hardened old corkoecorey lewendowski wasn hardened. But he wasnt digital either. By the way, im going to talk about how to identify trolls. We talk so much about them. I feel like theyre the ones that theyre the ones who have the ready made pictures with the graphics and their youre on to something. Im on to you. All right, ill see you in a little bit, thank you, katie. Were watching two major stories today involving the white house, Cyb Cyberattacks and the threats back in the spotlight. And the intelligence official that testified that trump has yet to make any official order
to testify on social cyber attacks. This marks nearly two weeks since the Never Again Movement started. Students from Majory Stoneman Douglas High School are on capitol hill today meeting with federal lawmakers and demanding action nationwide. Sarah Huckabee Sanders was forced to address some of these issues. The president still supports raising the age limit