whiteout conditions are already here. ice, wind, snow, power outages. millions tonight feeling the impact of the once-in-a-generation storm. plus, we have breaking news. more transcripts just released from the january 6th committee s investigation. everyone from the president s daughter to his attorney general in a top white house lawyer, what they all had to say, and how the committee s final report puts the blame squarely on donald trump. and shocking government numbers out of china about covid cases. new infections reportedly in the hundreds of millions this month alone and growing. let s go outfront. good evening, everyone. i m kate bolduan in for erin burnett. millions are trying for the holidays as snowy conditions caused a massive pileup of roughly 50 cars. we are told at least one person died in this crash. and it s not just in ohio, it s across the country. cars sliding, being abandoned on the streets of memphis, tennessee. today more than 5,000 flights have
weather wreaking havoc this holiday weekend, many in the united states are facing their coldest christmas in decades. right now more than 175 million people are under windchill alerts. the arctic blast extend interesting montana all the way down to, get this, yeah, florida. some temperatures in the midwest dipping into the negative 30s, even atlanta is seeing negative windchills. the bitter cold proving extremely dangerous. at least 15 people have lost their lives across the country so far. in tennessee, people are seeing intermittent power disruptions as the bone-chilling weather pushes the state s power grid to the absolute max. more than 840,000 customers are now without power nationwide. whiteout continues make it too perilous to travel. new york officials are issuing a driving ban for several counties amid blizzard conditions there, and if you are trying to fly this weekend, i got to give you some good luck and a prayer because pacific raceways than 1,700 flights have be
it is heavily redacted to protect sources, potential witnesses, as well as the ongoing investigation of not just the president but also, quoting the document now, all potential criminal confederates. that said, there is much it does reveal, starting with what investigators believe they would find beyond the 15 boxes that were returned to the government in january. quoting again, there is probable cause to believe that additional documents that contain classified ndi or that are presidential records subject to record retention requirements currently remain at the premises. we should note ndi stands for national defense information. the affidavit goes on to provide a preliminary assessment of what was in the january material. quoting again, 184 unique documents bearing classification markings, including 67 documents marked as confidential, 92 documents marked as secret, 25 documents marked as top secret. 25 top secret documents. just to put that in perspective, i want to read y
good friday evening to you. jim sciutto here sitting in for anderson. tonight making sense of the unprecedented look we ve just gotten into what until now was almost unimaginable, the criminal investigation of a former president. it follows the equally unprecedented court-approved search of a former president s home. today under orders from the same federal judge who approved that search warrant, the justice department released the affidavit backing the warrant. the document laying out the government s case that a search could yield evidence of a crime or even multiple crimes. it is heavily redacted to protect sources, potential witnesses, as well as the ongoing investigation of not just the president but also, quoting the document now, all potential criminal confederates. that said, there is much it does reveal, starting with what investigators believe they would find beyond the 15 boxes that were returned to the government in january. quoting again, there is probable cause
disaster in a live report. this is cnn newsroom. in we are getting our clearest look into the classified documents kept at donald trump s mar-a-lago resort. details what federal investigators expected to find. that has been properly taking materials, evidence of obstruction. donald trump insists he did nothing wrong and calls for the release of the affidavit s of refuse from the fbi and justice department. meanwhile, president biden is mocking his claims of declassified documents. here he is. two i want to know if i can declassify everything in the world? [ inaudible question ] it depends on the document and how secure. jessica has more on what the affidavit reveals. reporter: president trump kept them at mar-a-lago for months. the top-secret stuff can get people killed. it is completely alarming. reporter: the doj is revealing the boxes that contained classified. 92 are mark sigrid 25 are mark top-secret park visitors. otherwise on properly identified. particul