scheduled to meet with the justice department next week including delaware u.s. attorney david weiss who left the probe into hunter biden since 2018. the lawyers insists this meeting is nothing to do with fresh disclosures for an irs whistleblower who said the investigation to the president son is being mishandled. california public and congressman darrell issa on the right of your screen is standing by with reaction. first was going to look at thomason with the latest. jon, we could have a situation where hunter biden s lawyers are meeting with the justice department at the same time as his father president biden is announcing he s running for reelection next week. the white house is known to talk about any of this. are not going to talk about 2024 is going to look like you re not going to talk about that from here. an ap poll says 73% of americans do not want the oldest president in u.s. history to run again and the majority of democrats. biden would be 82 at the begi
happening now, dangerous whiteout conditions as a huge and deadly winter storm strikes the northeast. we are tracking this epic weather system as it unleashes record cold, heavy snow, freezing rain, and flooding across the country and creates holiday travel chaos. the other major story that we re following, the january 6th committee s final report laying the blame for the insurrection squarely on former president donald trump. we are breaking down all the top lines from the massive report and whether it paved the way for trump to be indicted. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i m brianna keilar, and you are in the situation room. we are following these blizzard conditions, life-threatening record low temperatures, and treacherous travel all just two days before christmas as a massive winter storm is slamming much of the eastern u.s. we are covering all of the extreme and dangerous weather with our correspondents in
hundreds of thousands without power, more than 4,000 flights canceled. winds so treacherous the airport in buffalo, new york, had to shut down. cnn is live with the havoc being wreaked nationwide. and the january 6th committee out with its final report spelling out why donald trump, in their view, was the one solely responsible for the riot and should be discaqualifi from holding office ever again. new transcripts from the committee. why cassidy hutchinson said she was disappointed and disgusted with her first round of testimony under oath. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with the national lead and this nightmare weather scenario before christmas crippling conditions stretching coast to coast with snow and ice in cities such as seattle and portland, oregon to the massive bomb cyclone system moving east. nearly 180 million in the u.s. are in areas with temperatures below freezing. 70 million are in areas below zero. this system is so powerful meteorologist
counties. that s along the gulf of mexico, southwest corner we pointed out a moment ago. you have 40,000 linemen on the ground. they will need them in order to restore power. dana: they have restored power to a significant portion already. it is impressive the work they ve done. there is a long way to go. 14,000 people in shelters. also a call for everybody to make sure they are being very smart in using their generators in order to protect people from any problems there and from electrocution and also from carbon monoxide. follow those instructions very, very carefully. bill: we are tracking ian and get back to that in a moment. we listened to governor desantis. pine island, sanibel, those are going to be rebuild efforts. the sanibel bridge had breaks in multiple parts of it. it was not where the water and pylons were. those held up well. it is where you had it on the sandbar and it got washed out. dana: the scale of the wreckage is southwest florida is staggering. m
the dangerous arctic blast now slamming across the earth. with it, snow, ice, howling winds and all before christmas. we ll have a full forecast for you. we ll also tell you about in kansas city, delays here. driving in was wild, with all the weather, and, you know. winds and rain. there s the people hoping to fly home for the christmas holidays. may simply not make it. we ll also update you with the travel delays in your world. and there s a not nativity display at the vatican, and it sends a message of hope to the people of ukraine. very good day to you. we begin, of course, with the massive winter storm that s barreling across united states. 11 people so far have died from the storm. at least 200 million people are under winter weather advisories. it s an arctic blast that s knocked out power to more than 1 million homes and businesses. it s brought with it a combination of frigid temperatures, gusty winds, heavy snow and ice. and as a result, hundreds of t