again, i m more concerned about the ice there. on top of that, we have the wind. what happens when it s windy? you lose power. you don t want to lose power when it s this cold. lucky if your heat is powered by gas or wood stove. powered by electricity, this is a problem. buffalo 70 to 80-mile-an-hour wind gusts. that s comparable to hurricane strength wind gusts we re talking about. major, major wind. chicago, indianapolis, 30 to 50-mile-an-hour wind gusts. that does include all the way into new england as well. back to you. kelly, that sounds like an entire nightmare. almost like god wants you to stay home for christmas. i m not sure. thank you, ma am. great job. now, we will have a report on how the storm is wreaking havoc on americans travel plans in just a moment. don t miss that. let s switch gears now back to washington, which is also sort of a nightmare, where hunter biden has retained a top defense lawyer, amid house republicans growing scrutiny, the biden s
With extremely cold temperatures expected to affect the entire region, after a surge of moisture brings rain, black ice will be possible on area roads.
brilliant generalmanship as well. the russians are learning, and they now have private mercenaries from the vogner group fighting. these are very experienced fighters on the front lines. as a result the lines are essentially holding. the russians are not retaking territory, they haven t retaken bak bakhmut. he was there just yesterday. the fact that he is now there today in washington about to meet with president biden, it is a truly historic and extraordinary moment because this is the president that on the first day of the invasion on february 24th stayed in ukraine, stayed in kyiv in his bunker. his family, his children stayed in ukraine, and that moment instantly made him a symbol of the resistance that has now spread, a resistance that every single ukrainian we ve met is taking part in in their own way, whether it be those who are volunteering, those who are fighting, those who are cooking meals for their neighbors because nobody in the neighborhood has electricity and they re coo
says, we re cooking on a wood stove. ukraine s military monitored russian jets above belarus during the strikes. moscow and minsk staging joint military drills in recent days. kyiv is warning of a possible attack from the north. belarusian president lukashenko announcing his friend and ally, russian president vladimir putin, will be in minsk on monday. two strong men strengthening their alliance. we will never be enemies of russia, we will never look disapprovingly at russia, he says, it if it were otherwise we would be ukraine. this democracy under siege defying danger with a smile. will ripley, cnn, odesa, ukraine. for more analysis we re joined by international security expert maria abdiva, she s a