top of the hour. i m jim sciutto. in short, it is cold. the powerful winter storm battering the u.s., expected to grow even stronger and colder today, covering nearly half of the u.s. population. parts of the country could see the coldest christmas in decades. sub-zero temperatures hitting hard out west. here is the owner of a local towing company in montana speaking with cnn this morning. it is cold up here. if you ain t prepared for it, it could be really bad. i ve been here 20 years and this is the worst i ve ever felt. wow, tough time to be a towing company. right now hundreds of thousands of people are without power. that is tough in the cold. many of them in the southeast. travel plans upended for many going to the holiday weekend. more than 3500 flights canceled already today and counting. here is the transportation secretary pete buttigieg. lots of things are so important to us around the holidays. our traditions, our loved ones. but of course, the most importan
good friday morning to you, it is christmas eve eve. i m jim sciutto. let s begin with the massive winter storm slamming the u.s. with dangerously low temperatures, record-breaking wind chills and heavy snow, only becoming stronger today. the storm stretching from the canadian border to the mexican border is expected to become what s known as a bomb cyclone as it moves into the great lakes today with intense pressures matching that of a category 2 hurricane. right now across the country hundreds of thousands are without power, travel plans upended for many going into the holiday weekend. more than 3,100 flights canceled already today. dozens of governors creating emergency response plans heading into this holiday weekend including opening temporary warming shelters just to get people out of the cold. i will speak with one of those governors, kentucky s andy beshear in just a moment. let s get to our team covering what s being called a once in a generation storm. we begin in u
Can be both foreign developments and our developments, it all works in a complex, so the more experience we have, the faster our developments will develop and help divert the military from the battlefield, but how is the new type of troops, unmanned systems, affecting these processes now . Do you have contact with the new leader, or is there an understanding of where to develop specifically in ground robotic platforms . The new type of troops is a very, very serious initiative, we already have contact with the leader, of course, because we are a joint initiative, so as the new ridvoisk will use the ground robotic complexes that will be provided for them, it will be just right still all this experience will be used and implemented in the new development, so of course it will be a very big post in the future, mr. Vladyslav, thank you very much for the explanation, for your work that you. Do for our defense forces. Let me remind you that this was vladyslav kosyanchuk, the head of the grou
First, Jessica Boyington has the first alert traffic. Reporter watching 95. Well start with the accident weve been watching pretty much all morning now. 95 northbound around route 320. This is traffic here that is approaching the blue route. To the shoulder, thats blocked on the scene to the next lane over. A slowdown considering were already in the 6 00 hour. Earlier we werent seeing any delays. In ben salem on 95, watch northbound at woodhaven. The ramp is blocked completely with an accident. Not seeing any major delays now. Watching the blue route, 15 minutes southbound from the schuylkill to 95. Speeds into the 60s. Back to you. Wedding bells on the horizon. Breaking news from britains royal family prince harry. Hes engaged to american actress meghan markle. The princes father made the announcement a short time ago. The two were engaged in london earlier this month and will marry this spring. Heres a live picture now from Buckingham Palace. The couple will live in a cottage on the
Interviewed by police. Sharrie, so far the Philadelphia Housing Authority is refusing to release the name of the officer involved in this. City police know this whole thing was indeed an accident. Whether any charges will be filed is unknown and up in the air at this point. Im vernon odom channel6 action news in spring garden. All right, vernon, thank you. Also breaking right now, a shooting investigation is under way in limerick Montgomery County. Chopper6 was overhead as police converged on the unit block of longmeadow road there. Crime scene tape is surrounding a home in the middle of that neighborhood. The shooting happened around 1 oclock this afternoon but we are still waiting on more details. Action News Reporter john rawlins is working to gather that information and well have a live report coming up at 5 oclock. Philadelphia police say the man responsible for a recent rash of child lurings also committed the same crime months ago. 35yearold marwan deeb turned himself in tuesday