more suspected missiles. the fourth time in just a month. we re live in tokyo with the details. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. good to have you with us. well, a brutal winter storm has been battering much of the southeastern u.s. with freezing rain and snow. and the northeast is next. as many as 80 million americans were under winter weather alerts on sunday, stretching from georgia to maine. and the effects of this system could cause problems for days to come. states in the appalachian region are seeing heavy snowfall and high winds. parts of north carolina got as much as a foot of snow, or about 30 centimeters. and at least 25 counties declared a state of emergency. down in florida this system spawned tornadoes on the west
recent missile launches. while it s not exactly known at this point if these frequent missile tests will be a pattern this year, the two countries, the u.s. and north korea, seem to be at a deadlock. the biden administration has made it known that they are all for dialogue and engagement but will not drop sanctions as a price to sit down with the north. while north korea also wants the dialogue to take place but is adamant that the biden administration must first display its goodwill by dropping sanctions. rosemary? all right. blake es ig joining us live there. appreciate it. one of tonga s more recognizable citizens is raising money to help out his home country after tsunami waves crashed into the islands. that story straight ahead. and china s economic numbers for 2021 are in. the reasons why growth is slowing. back with that in just a moment.
called a home wrecker. arthur miller is a risky proposition romantically and professionally for marilyn. he is a married man who was subpoenaed by the u.s. government. are you a member of the communist party? she doesn t realize she s heading into a storm. hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. you are watching cnn newsroom, and i m rosemary church. just ahead, treacherous road conditions are a major concern for millions of americans as a vicious winter storm pummels much of the east coast. djokovic deported. the australian open is now under way without the world s top tennis player. plus north korea test-fires more suspected missiles.
enough shots in arms. and while that happens, of course, hospitals in this country are overburdened. so what more needs to be done to add incentive to those still not vaccinated? how do you convince them that this is the best way to go? yeah. this has been the challenge of the last i would say six or so months here in the united states. there is so much vaccine misinformation, so much of a sort of poisoning of the national discourse on vaccines that a lot of people remain confused and remain unconvinced. we know the one thing that works is vaccine mandates. when businesses put in mandates, when towns and states put in mandates, we know that that really moves the needle. and so i m encouraging more businesses to require vaccines of their employees. it will be good for their employees, good for their customers, and really good for all of the community and society. and of course the supreme court decided that that wasn t going to happen, that those
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