back to their habitat, because when you take them out of their habitats, they re kind of creatures of nature, so they need to be out in their habitat. good morning. i think this is a question that everybody has been asking, like, all of these animals disappearing in the cages being tampered with. what the heck is happening at america s zoos. we have two monkeys that went missing in dallas. 12 squirrel monkeys taken in louisiana and an exotic toucan stolen in florida. we re going to have much more on this. and this cnn exclusive, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu making several major headlines in his one on one sit-down with our very sewn jake tapper. was israel behind the mysterious attack on iran s sites and weapons program, and will netanyahu become a mediator between russia and ukraine as this war rages on? also this morning, we have new revelations in the brutal police beating of tyre nichols, as his family and the city of memphis is preparing to mourn today
have been empty for more than six weeks. reporter: as for this family it s frustrating and it s scary. first we couldn t feed our children because of the infant formula shortage and now we re facing another challenge with being able to take basic care of them. reporter: athena jones, cnn, new york. hello. i m kristen fisher. welcome to cnn newsroom. this massive winter storm system is barrelling towards the east coast this hour, and this arctic chill is straining the power grids, closing airports from coast to coast, and causing deadly road conditions on one of the busiest travel days of the year. look at this video that we just got in from hamburg, new york. snowing and flooding on the coast at the same time. deep floodwaters across new england are a huge concern heading into the weekend as temperatures continue to drop, and nearby buffalo, officials have closed the airport and canceled all flights. you can see why. over 70 million americans are experiencing belo
liberal district red, he also joins us coming up on america reports. john: but we begin this thursday on capitol hill where congress is it is moving closer to a government shutdown as republicans shut down securing the border, i am john roberts and happy friday eve do you. when he was welcome at john, i am gillian turner, i am in for sandra smith today with just eight days to go until veteran federal government runs out of motor to make money, house majority leader says he sees this as a moment for his party to strike on border security after nearly two years of record-breaking numbers and migrant crossings. john: the top republican in the house is urging his caucus to go against unless they address the crisis. coverage now kellyanne conway is standing by. but first, teicher has day is live and the border, really has turned into a headache for the democrats. hey, good afternoon to you. yes, you could say that, the border crisis has really turned into a big, major, mid
got, less than a thousand power outages, but also just be prepared in case something turns or something happens this afternoon. ainsley: down in florida, desperate search and rescue efforts are underway this morning. at least ten are confirmed dead. but officials warn that number will likely be higher. the damage i saw was on fort myers beach. but they have been more than 700 confirmed rescues and is likely many more than that. ainsley: florida s governor will give a press conference, at 8:45 a.m., with an update on ian. we ll bring you that life. you will see some before-and-after shadows showing the intent of the damage fort myers. a crew is being sent down to prevent all the looting. can you believe that people would actually steal from other people when they are out of state? brian: more than 2 million people across florida still have no power. we have team coverage this morning. fox weather correspondent robert ray is live in fort myers with a look at the damage.
draw. colorado is a beautiful perfect rectangle. wyoming also rectangle. very easy states to draw, right? utah also easy, it s a rectangle with a notch. new mexico is easy. it s a rectangle with a notch in its notch. some states are very easy to draw even if like me you cannot draw at all, but when your state s borders are formed by mountain ranges or by rivers in particular, your state by definition is hard to draw well because its borders are all wiggly. perhaps none more so than the wigglest, kentucky, bordereded by the great mississippi river and over the whole wiggly top of the state it s the ohio river. and on the northern part of that wiggly arc where the wibble-wobble border sticks out the most there at that spot this week you will find an american political miracle because there at the northern pokey bit of kentucky that sticks out like it s trying to start a fight, there at covington, kentucky, there is the southern end of a huge double layer cantilevered truss brid