just ahead, epic snowfall in california, measured in feet. so much snow, some ski resorts closed. cars buried, roads shut down, some people trapped in their homes as another major system barrels towards the state today. millions of americans will wake up this morning without a pandemic era benefit that helped them buy groceries, even as inflation has caused food prices to soar. plus at least three dozen people are dead after two trains collide head-on in greece. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. thanks for being with us. well, california under blizzard warning. parts of the gelden state have been buried in up to 7 feet of snow over the past few days as a freezing cold system moves inland over the u.s. on tuesday, 23 million americans were under winter weather alerts with many of those in california. the surprise snowstorms are also bringing high winds streaming across the southwest, and more snow tracking up across the pacific northwes
and millions more worldwide. now new revelations about the mysterious origin of covid. mark esper is here live. f-16s are not the key capability of that offensive. sean penn pleads with president biden to send fighter jets to ukraine or the actor says there will be, quote, blood on our hands. sean penn joins me and president xi and his military leadership have doubts today about whether they could accomplish that invasion. and china, russia and the united states reach a critical point in the ukraine war, the cia says beijing is having second thoughts about potentially invading taiwan and a significant admission from the head of fox news, acknowledging the host on his network promoted election lies. what this means for the billion dollar lawsuit against fox news. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, and this is a special edition of t the situation room. tonight, new questions around the center of the co
doubts today. about whether they could accomplish that invasion. as china, russia, united states reached a critical point in the ukraine war. the cia says beijing s having second thoughts about potentially invading taiwan. and a significant from the head of fox move. rupert murdoch acknowledging the hosts on his network promoted election lies. what this means for the billion dollar lawsuit against fox news. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the. world i m wolf blitzer and this is a special edition of the situation room. tonight, major new questions right at the center of a deadly coronavirus pandemic. that may change so many lives. where did covid-19 come from? the white house weighing in the same thing on the u.s. energy departments assessment. that the lethal virus most likely came from a lab leak in china. emphasis on the caveat here. cnn sources tell us that the assessment comes with quote, low confidence. tonight they say withi
supremacist violence is the greatest domestic troor threat today. speaking of threats, former president trump took an ominous term when asked what happened if he is indicted for mishandling classified documents. and a marathon negotiation session prevented a rail strike. it left some of those workers wondering what exactly they have gained from the deal. good morning. welcome to way too early. on this friday. september 16th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. a federal judge has appointed a special master, or third party, to review the documents that the fbi seized from former president donald trump s mar-a-lago home and club in palm beach, florida. judge cannon named raymond deery as the special master. he is a senior u.s. district judge for the eastern district of new york. trump s attorney s proposed him and the other side submitted they re professional. judge cannon specifically laid out the special masters duties including a privileged revie
as washington accuses china of considering to send lethal aid to russia. china has reapedly pushed back on that allegation while accusing washington of pouring weapons into ukraine. china claims to be a neutral party into the war in ukraine as it continues this no limits relationship, this alliance with russia. on friday, china released that 12-point position paper on peace for ukraine, calling for an end of hostilities, calling for talks. but a number of western leaders criticized that plan. and with this state visit under way, that criticism will come to the foreonce again. back to you. all right. kristie lu stout joining us live from hong kong. many thanks. still to come, more talk of covid origin theories from u.s. officials. hear the theory the fbi says holds the most weight, just ahead. plus, growing concerns over food insecurity as a pandemic era meal assistance program ends here in the united states.