the high, not expected to go above zero, but it s going to feel significantly colder because of those wind gusts with the windchill predicted at negative 25 degrees. now colorado s governor has activated more than a hundred national guard members to help with the preparations. libraries, recreation centers staying open for the warmth, and the denver coliseum which you re allowed to see behind me will come into a 24-hour warming center, and keep in mind, victor, because the immigration crisis is playing out here, we have had an influx of migrants here in denver. the city is under order right now, and the shelter capacity is strained. a lot of the migrant families in addition to anyone who needs to get out of the cold will be taken to the coliseum behind me. victor? all right. thank you, lucy. cnn s derek van dam is tracking the tomorrow. what s the big concern for the next ten days?
1,000 interviews about the attack on the u.s. capitol in 2020. 2021 i should say. and why they believe the former president should be criminally liable for his role in the riots. c cnn s senior crime journalist katelyn polantz joins us. reporter: in the summary that the house select committee released, they basically wrote a grand finale about their concerns and the witnesses they were paying closest attention to, and the testimony that was really most important to them. one of the areas that they said was most important was everything that they were told about president donald trump s desire to travel to the capitol on january 6th because they say that all of that testimony bears on trump s intent around what was happening in the riot that day. so that s what they re identifying as important. that seems to be an area we should be looking for, and they
when republicans take over the chamber next year, and now these transcripts are really going to be a key piece of evidence in the hands not only of prosecutor, but also defense attorneys, journalists, and hist historians. cnn has learned that that special counsel jack smith has actually sent a letter to the committee asking for all the evidence that it has collected. the committee has been sharing some of that, and going forward, even trump s attorneys, they want to see these transcripts too. as they said, they conducted approximately a thousand interviews. they will release hundreds of transcripts and it s interesting which ones get released. we re all standing by. paula, thank you. top of the hour on cnn newsroom. good to have you. i m victor blackwell. right now, president biden and ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy are meeting at the white house. this is zelenskyy s first overseas trip since russia invaded ukraine. he said he made the trip to
a powerful and potentially dangerous winter storm is threatening millions of americans, and it could disrupt travel during this busy holiday week. windchill alerts stretch from the canadian border to the gulf of mexico. look at this map. cnn is live in denver. which could see temperatures plummet by as much as 60 degrees by tomorrow morning. so i see the hat. i see the vest. it s not too cold yet, but how are folks there keeping warm? reporter: yeah, that s right, victor. we re not feeling it yet. it s about 50 degrees as we speak, but that bitterly cold arctic blast is quickly approaching. the winds are already picking up, and in just a few hours, temperatures are expected to plummet. now denver is predicting its coldest day in 32 years. by tomorrow, the low expected to be around negative 10.
what she called a special night for democracy. it ll be interesting to see how many senators are there. it looks like they will be here when he speaks later tonight. convicter? victor? some of them are trying to beat the weather as well. jessica dean on capitol hill. thank you. this special aid package that biden is expected to unveil today will include a patriot missile system. this has been a longstanding request of ukraine s to defend off russia s air attacks. we re going to continue to strengthen the ability of ukraine in air defense and we re going to provide you with a patriot missile battery, and training your forces to be able to accurately use it. cnn s oren liebermann is with us. explain why this is the system that s so important to ukrainians. they have been asking for this for so long. reporter: it s not just the capability behind the patriot