hello, everyone. i m kate bolduan. at this hour, we re tracking this massive winter storm sweeping across the united states. it is impacting the vast majority of americans today. just two days before christmas. the storm is bringing blizzard conditions. i mean i don t need to say it. you could see it. blizzard conditions and ice freezing rain and very strong winds to cities coast to coast. areas near the great lakes could see up to three feet of snow like buffalo. but the cold, record-breaking and life-threatening. more than 200 million americans are under windchill alerts. the storm has not knocked out power to at least a million customers so far and travel is starting to get back. more than 3700 flights have been canceled today and more than 2,000 others have been delayed. that is not even to speak of what the roads are like right now. we re going to get to. we have reporters stationed across the country. let s start with meteorologist al alice isson chinchar. up an dow
outfront next, israeli troops inside gaza city tonight. the defense men stir saying hamas fighters are coming out of underground tunnels. the first americans have been allowed to leave gaza, which includes the american pediatrician barbara zincd and her husband. we ll tell you what happened inside that courtroom with the sketch artist. digging into the new house speaker s past. his work with the group that promoted conversion therapy and a long record of anti-gay comments. let s go outfront. and good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, we begin with the breaking news inside gaza city. the israeli defense minister tonight saying that there is intense fighting inside gaza city, one of the most densely populated cities in the world. gaza city, of course, is the biggest city in the gaza strip. the defense minister of israel yoav gallant says they have described hamas fighters as coming out from underground tunnels, from underground buildings, from underground
tweeting, i have my story to tell and it will be told next week. one part of the new york republican s background now in question. his family history. my grandparents survived the holocaust. i m very proud of my jewish heritage and my grandparents story. my grandfather fleeing ukraine and stalin s persecution and going to belgium and finding refuge there, marrying my grandmother and fleeing hitler, going to to brazil. reporter: but those claims are contradicted by sources reviewed by the k file, including family trees, recording on jewish refugees and interviews with multiple genealogists. as i joke, i m jewish. i come from a jewish family. my mother s family is jewish. i group up and i was raised roman catholic. a professional jeanneologist said in an email, there is no sign of jewish and or ukrainian
because of the lawn he painted with the trump sign and the rap as well. what he found is he also had a history of posting, you know, qanon phrases and hash tags, as well as he was part of in videos around the capitol on january 6th and attended the stop the steal rally. you know, majuwsky is a fire brand. it was unexpected that he won this race. the reason this matters is this is a winnable race for republicans. they re facing off with a democrat who is represented the toledo area for a long time, and is vulnerable in the newly drawn district. there are republicans in d.c. who are concerned that these kind of allegations against him, the stuff that he s posted, the sillier stuff, the rap, could turn off voters in this district, and make it easier for captor to win. majuwsky did not respond to the story posted by the k file, and tweeted that if cnn is coming after me, it seems like i m