a massive bomb cyclone as it s known, winter storm, plowing a dangerous path across central and midwestern states bringing life threatening cold and wind chills as low as negative 70 degrees. you heard that, negative 70. snow and frigid temperatures disrupting holiday travel, forcing airlines to cancel more than 1300 flights this morning across the u.s. plus overnight, a remarkable show of unity on capitol hill. if you missed it, quite a moment to see. ukrainian president zelenskyy handing nancy pelosi and vice president kamala harris a ukrainian flag bearing signatures of ukrainian soldiers from the battlefield. president zelenskyy s mission on his historic visit and speech to congress to make the case directly to the american public as well as to lawmakers about the need for sustained aid to
creating a system that is orderly that, is fair,en that res and that respects due process. we can do this. we can be fair and protect american jobs and american workers. final question. the supreme court now injected itself into this. what is the potential outcome from that on title 42 specifically? can the supreme court extend that in effect overrule the president? they can certainly keep the stay, they can certainly keep title 42. that is the health statute that has been used to keep out asylum seekers. they can keep that in place temporarily. ultimately, no matter what the supreme court zshgdoes, jim, wed congress to fix this. ultimately, title 42 is not an immigration statute. steve miller and donald trump used it in a way that blocks immigration. it s a health statute. we need congress to give us a real immigration policy that we can work with going forward into
here, allison. thank you so much. back here in washington, we re getting new details this morning from the white house on how effective it believes ukrainian president zelenskyy was in making empassioned case to the american people and to congress. jeremy diamond joins me now. quite a moment last night in washington to watch these comments live. does the white house believe he was able to move some of the more skeptical folks about continuing ukrainian aid? they believe this was a powerful moment and effective case that president zelenskyy made. and, frankly, this is going to be a powerful speech regardless of the timing. because of the symbolism of the ukrainian president making his first trip outside of his country since the beginning of that russian invasion 301 days ago. but the timing was also critical. because the president zelenskyy s visit comes at an inflection point in ukraine where they re dealing with a very hard winter ahead as russia continues to cripple their