good morning. welcome to cnn this morning. i m whitney wild. and i m martin savidge. live pictures right now. take a look at buffalo where a blizzard warning is still in effect and will be until tomorrow morning. all of the impacts and when we can see some relief coming up. laying blame of the insurrection at the feet of donald trump. a look at the 845-page report coming up and the legal implications. explain all of that very soon. flu cases are rising, but medications to treat the virus could be hard to come by. the steps the biden administration is trying to take to combat that problem. a devastating setback for girls and women in afghanistan as the taliban exercises its power. that s ahead on cnn this morning. good morning and welcome to cnn this morning. it s saturday, december 24th. we begin with the frigid and frustrating start to this holiday weekend. more than 200 million americans are under windchill alerts with an arctic blast dlinking freezing tempe
guns in this country. we ll bring you all the breaking developments from the supreme court as they all happen this hour. that s right. also this morning, we follow several economic stories. hours from now, we could potentially see the biggest interest rate hike in decades. experts believe that the federal reserve is poised to hike rates as much as 0.75%. that may cool inflation, american consumers would feel the impact in many other ways. mortgages, car loans, credit cards and student borrowing would all become more expensive. also this morning, in an effort to drive down historically high gas prices, the biden administration is putting pressure on oil companies for, quote, concrete ideas, lower rising costs. we are following all of that. also, new details on mike pence to block the certification of the election. vice chair of the committee. congresswoman liz cheney teasing ahead to tomorrow s hearing releasing a portion of a taped deposition with former trump white hou
Former president attends his younger sons high school graduation. For moment it looks like House Republicans would lose control of the floor because so many republicans have going have been going to see Donald Trumps trial. President trump is unjustly not allowed to speak. The judicial system has been westernized. This is a scam, a sham, a show. That courtroom is depressing. One of the most depressing places a better my life. Michael cohen is the prosecutions star witness. Hes the only one that testified the former president has advanced knowledge of the plan to pay off daniels. Is there any sense that you can believe anything Michael Cohen says . The defense will finish cross tomorrow. Good evening, once again bid we are now 172 days away from the election. It was a pivotal week in former president s new york criminal trial. Star witness and ekstrom fixer, Michael Cohen, took the stand and faced heated Cross Examination Were Trump Steen questioned a key part of his testimony. Meanwhil
Think id be alive and so it was really weird turning 18 and having plans to go to college and just all of the things that i get to do now at one point, i didnt know of lucy was going to live or die. And now i know lucy is going to do whatever she wants to do in this world. Every single one of these kids gives us all hope today that no matter how hard your life is, things can get better. One day at a time be sure to tune in tomorrow at 9 00 p. M. Eastern time for the champions for change, onehour special right here on cnn and thank you for watching news night. Laura coates live starts right now well, by now, im sure that youve seen it. The video that cnn and obtain showing diddy assaulting his band girlfriend, Cassie Ventura and 26 in this video to me is horrifying. It is truly shaken myths and my core and how dare anyone treat another human being like this . I have been thinking about this video all day and its really taken me back to my days as they did mastic violence, prosecutor, wa