ever meet. and the fbi reveals new information about the suspected hostage taker. in the meantime, tough weeks ahead in the battle against omicron as post holiday cases spike. this is a very difficult time during this surge. we re seeing high case numbers and hospitalization rates. the good news is there are parts of the country where we re starting to see a plateau and in some cases, an early decline in cases. good evening. i m poppy harlow. we begin with severe weather, snow, freezing rain, tornados in the southwest and in florida particularly a massive storm has more than 80 million people under winter alerts. the storm will march to new england after battering the south across the southeast. 180,000 homes and businesses without power after the weight of freezing rain and high winds brought down big trees as you see and across the country, air traffic is snarled on this day before the martin luther king junior holiday. nearly 3,000 flights have been cancelled. foll
information about the suspected hostage taker. a battle ahead in the case of omicron as cases spike. we are seeing high case numbers and hospitalization rates. the good news is there are parts of the country where we re starting to see a plateau and in some cases an early decline in cases. good evening, everyone. thank you so much for joining me. i m poppy harlow in new york tonight in for pamela brown in the cnn newsroom. a long weekend for many americans is proving to be no holiday thanks to a huge winter storm. right now 80 million people are in winter weather alerts across the east. the storm will kpexit the south tonight and begin its march up through new england. the carolinas have been especially hard hit. north carolina s governor said some areas of 12 inches of snow and the added danger of ice underneath, more than two dozen counties have declared a state of emergency. across the southeast, some 280,000 homes and businesses are without power tonight. and the we
first when stewart rhodes, the head of the oath keepers and another defendant, edward vallejo pleaded not guilty to seditious conspiracy. now, you know these men are two of the 11 suspects accused of plotting to basically try to use force to top congress from carrying out the job of certifying the presidential election. you know, the thing we all assume will happen after a free and fair election. and that same thing that s part of a peaceful transition of power. the kind of thing that stops us from being addict tatership when someone says, you know what, no, i would rather stay right here. the reason the charges are so serious, well, because the stakes are too high not to be and believe me, i know from experience that charges alone won t convince a jury. proving your burden is no cakewalk. why? well, for the same reason i just said, the stakes are too high and it remains to be seen frankly of whether the government can meet its burden of proof on these charges, but i tell you
assume will happen after a free and fair election. and that same thing that s part of a peaceful transition of power. the kind of thing that stops us from being addict tatership when someone says, you know what, no, i would rather stay right here. the reason the charges are so serious, well, because the stakes are too high not to be and believe me, i know from experience that charges alone won t convince a jury. proving your burden is no cakewalk. why? well, for the same reason i just said, the stakes are too high and it remains to be seen frankly of whether the government can meet its burden of proof on these charges, but i tell you, evidence like this little tidbit right here, if it gets in, well, let s just say it will help their case. you know, on november 10th, after the election was called for biden, rhodes, he was bragging about how men positioned outside, he had them outside of washington, d.c. prepared to engage in violence on trump s command. we have men already s
back to normal. sometime we can venture beyond it, to leave the known and take the first steps. so let us not return to what was normal, but reach toward what is next. what was cursed, we will cure. what was plagued, we will prove pure. what we tend to argue, we will try to agree. those fortunes were forsworn, now the future we foresee. where we weren t aware, we re now awake. and those moments we missed are now these moments we make, these moments we meet. and our hearts once all together beating, now all together beat. come, look up with kindness yet, for even solace can be sourced from sorrow. we remember not for the sake of yesterday, but to take on tomorrow. we heed this old spirit in a new day s lyric. in our hearts we hear it, for auld lang syne, my dear, for auld lang syne. be bold same time this year, be bold same time. for when you honor yesterday, tomorrow ye will find. know what we fought for, not to be forgot, no for none. it defines us, binds us as one. come ove