this in a way that is very useful, particularly for talking to his core base of supporters. let s look at what s ahead in the next two years. now, with government divided, a republican-controlled house and democrats controlling the senate, will anything get done, or will the next two years be dominated by congressional oversight investigations? well, we re certainly going to see a litany of investigations. you know, benghazi times infinity is how it s been described. that s going to cover everything from hunter biden s laptop to the origins of covid-19 to afghanistan to charges of a politically motivated doj. and i do think that some of these probes have the potential to embarrass the white house and its associates even if that s as far as they go. but i think a big open question is how cooperative the administration will be with these investigations. of course we saw the trump white house just totally shut down and refuse to hand over documents, to offer testimony to comply with s
oh, my god. reporter: the storm already dumped around four feet of snow south of buffalo, prompting the nfl to move the buffalo bills sunday game to detroit. high mark stadium left completely covered in white. the storm is expected to hit the city hard on friday night. the national weather service and new york officials warning the snowfall will produce life-threatening conditions into the weekend. it can turn very quickly. reporter: even with the warning, some people in buffalo don t seem too worried. we live in buffalo. it s expected. that s all i could say. we ve been through this before. to me, it s no big deal, but my family wants everything done. reporter: officials reminding people to stay inside and off the roads, saying there is a travel ban in south buffalo with many flights in and out of the region canceled. please stay indoors. do not go out unless it is an absolute emergency. reporter: national weather service forecasters explain lake-effect snow is fuelin
also on their way. translator: today in kherson two special help points were opened. while electricity is being restored in the city, people can charge phones, get warm, have some tea. communications are available there, star link or similar. we know it is very difficult for people as the occupiers have destroyed everything before fleeing. we will reconnect everything, restore everything. all right, let s talk more with cnn s scott mcclain joining me now from london. good to see you, scott, so power restored in many places, but the weather is turning, and there s going to be rolling blackouts. they re going to severely impact life in ukraine. you and i were there in february and march of this year, and the cold is brutal. the cold is brutal without, you know, these rolling power cuts that you described. and so this is something that ukrainians have not been through before despite the fact that
as this becomes a special counsel investigation, what are the political ramifications? well, laila, i think everything was careening toward the selection of a special prosecutor. the justice department wants to insulate itself from politics as much as possible, and attorney general merrick garland is very much an institutionalist. so unless the doj was just going to drop this case altogether, i think what we saw was the likely move. i do question the timing maybe a bit, less than a week after trump s announcement for 2024, especially if the objective is to obviate the appearance of a politically motivated investigation. i do think to some extent, it plays into trump s hands in the short term, who s already smearing this effort as a witch hunt. and in the long term, if any indictment is handed down, it increases the chances that it would occur in the heat of the 2024 election. but either way, this is going to loom over the trump campaign much like the mueller investigation defined the
investigations. that violated really long-standing norms, and so the question now is will the biden white house do the same. but i think in terms of policy, you re right. everything s just going to kind of grind to a halt with republicans taking over the house. it s going to be event very difficult to get any legislation through. as you know, young voters came out in force these midterms. will we see that reflected in government? will we see a generational change? that s a really good question. i guess we are seeing a leadership change in the house on the democratic side with nancy pelosi stepping down. but, you know, i m not sure if sort of the if you think about sort of the youth vote favoring more progressive policies, if that s really going to happen. you know, the fact that democrats did do better than expected in the midterms, i suspect, will be used by progressives to make the case that their agenda is ascendant,