cnn newsroom starts right now. good morning, it s saturday, december 24th. merry christmas eve. i m whitney wild in for amara walker. and i m martin savidge in for boris sanchez. and you re in the cnn newsroom. we begin with a frustrating start to a holiday weekend. more than 200 americans are under winter alert with an arctic blast with heavy snow and ice. the storm has placed enormous strains on america s energy infrastructure. this morning where more than 500,000 homes and businesses are without power. and authorities in tennessee have ordered 15-minute rolling blackouts to manage demands. now, officials in states are blaming the winter storm for 15 deaths. they re reminding drivers, if you don t need to travel, stay off the road. across the country, snow, ice and powerful winds have caused multivehicle crashes and left drivers stranded on roads and highways. many spent hours in freezing conditions but it is not just the snow and ice. in new jersey, in several co
his attempt to overturn the election. someone who knew what he was doing. according to congresswoman liz cheney, he had every reason to know that what he was doing was wrong. the argument seems to be the president trump was manipulated by others outside the administration. that he was persuaded to ignore his closest advisors and that he was incapable of telling right from wrong. this, of course, is nonsense. president trump is a 76-year- old man. he is not an impressionable child. the first time the public were shown testimony from pat cipollone, who spoke to the panel friday. going to start by asking you if you agree with all of the individuals that there is no evidence of no election fraud sufficient to change the outcome ? yes, i believe that. did you believe that the president should concede once you made determination based on the. did you form the believe that the president should see the election loss of a certain point after the election. well, yeah. i w
advisors. and that he was incapable of telling right from wrong. this of course is nonsense. president trump is a 76-year-old man, he is not an impressionable child. today, was the first time the public was shown the testimony of principle on who spoke to the panel last friday. start by asking you a few questions, mr. cipollone. more than bill, bore all of the election i agree with that. did you believe, mr. cipollone, that the president should concede once you made determination based on investigations since you credited the doj did but did you have in your mind a president should concede the election laws that a supreme point during the election? again, i was the white house counsel, some of those decisions are political, so to the extent that if your question is, did i believe he should concede the election at a point time, yes, i did. i believe that was i believe in due process. that would be in line with my thinking on these things. the mcconnell spee
good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. two former trump white house officials will be key witnesses at thursday s january 6th hearing on trump s 187 minutes of inaction during the violent riot. nbc news has learned, former deputy national security adviser that will testify in person. he resigned after the insurrection, and has already given closed-door testimony to the committee. one of my staff brought me a print down off a tweet by the president, and the tweet said something to the effect that mike pence, the vice president, didn t have the courage to do what should ve been done. i read that tweet. and made a decision at that moment to resign. that s where i knew that i was leaving that day, once i read that we. also appearing on thursday, former deputy press secretary, sarah matthews. she also resigned after the riot, and testify to the committee behind closed doors already. we had all talked about, at that point, about how it was bad, and you know, th
and it s not just mass shootings, it is every day violence. we ll take a deep dive into the gun epidemic breaking our country. as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. two two former trump white house officials will be key witnesses at thursday s january 6th hearing on trump s 187 minutes of inaction during the violent riot. nbc news has learned, former deputy national security adviser, matthew pottinger, will testify in person. he resigned after the insurrection, and has already given closed-door testimony to the committee. one of my staff brought me a print down off a tweet by the president, and the tweet said something to the effect that mike pence, the vice president, didn t have the courage to do what should ve been done. i read that tweet. and made a decision at that moment to resign. that s where i knew that i was leaving that day, once i read that tweet. also appearing on thursday, former deputy p