show, live from miami, florida. we ve got lots of news to cover and lots of questions to answer, so, let s get started. supreme showdown. the united states supreme court is now set to decide whether the twice impeached, quadruple indicted, one term disgraced ex president has accused of engaged of interaction, can remain on the republican primary ballot in colorado. how this key ruling could entirely reshape the 2024 presidential election. and before criminal trials the president faces. with a democracy still americas sacred cause, it s the most urgent question of our time. it s what the 2024 election is all about. democracy on the ballot. in his strong strongest trump takedown yet, president biden remind americans what s at stake in one of the most critical presidential elections of our lifetimes. as the nation process to remember the violence at the u.s. capitol three years ago today. and later, painting the pain away. the former u.s. capitol police officer returning t
shooting. and the platinum jubilee celebrations in the u.k. minus the guest of honor. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with michael holmes. welcome, everyone. the war in eastern ukraine now being described as a grinding slog with neither side appearing to make any significant gains in recent days. ukraine concedes russian troops have made some modest in roads in and around the key city of severodonetsk but were pushed back from nearby towns. britain s defense ministry says it expects russians will control all of the luhansk region within two weeks. the international red cross said the scale of destruction defies comprehension. but ukraine claims its forces have progressed into the southern kherson region. as the conflict surpassed 100 days ukraine s president, volodymyr zelenskyy, remained confident of the outcome. translator: we have been dedefending ukraine for 100 days. victory shall be ours. glory to ukraine. now, the human toll in ukraine
winds could cause black ice, vehicle pileups, and power blackouts. joining me now from scranton, pennsylvania, is nbc news correspondent george soliz. george, a lot colder than what you and i are used to, so give us the latest. this big storm system heading where you are, actually, in pennsylvania. how are people in your area getting ready for this potential storm? yeah, this is a good opportunity, katie, for people to pick out the shovels, test out their snow blowers. in the scranton area, we re expecting 4 to 8 inches of snow. some pockets seeing up to a foot of snow, so, obviously, a lot of people on notice. that s a little bit closer to the coastline of new york, new jersey, unfortunately, they re not going to get that white, winter wonderland they were expecting. they might see a little bit of snow, but that s going to move over into some rain. still, though, obviously, good habits to make sure that your equipment is stopped, all your supplies or stop, because there s another st
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escape the flooding, the interstates, themselves, have become places from which people have had to be rescued. five people are confirmed dead in houston, alone, so far. most of them found dead in submerged cars. a total of 19 people are believed to have been killed all together so far in texas and oklahoma combined. a number of people are still missing. so the human toll of the disaster is yet to be fully known. the mayor of houston, anese parker says the city has impounded thousands of abandoned cars already. more than 750 at last count. they believe the number of properties destroyed in houston, alone, stands at more than 4,000 destroyed properties. beyond the five people confirmed dead in the city limits there are, again, more people still missing. the weather forecast in houston is for scattered thundershowers tonight and through the end of this week and then another storm system heading in next weekend. joining us now is the mayor of houston, anise parker. mayor parker i know this