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>> reporter: yeah, that is right. we're heading into the important press conference. christi, right now the president is coming off another bad week at the start of 2022. and it is unclear right now of how and when that could get better and the first major setback came from voting rights on thursday when senator sinema of arizona doubled down in her opposition to change the senate rules to allow voting rights legislation a key priority of the president to pass with 51 votes, a simple majority. she and senator manchin, another holdout went to white house on thursday after that speech and talked with the president, a conversation the white house called candid and respectful but it is still unclear whether there is anything that priesidet biden or others could do. and yesterday jen psaki, she acknowledged the difficulties that this administration is facing because of that 50/50 split in the senate because of the narrow margins. take a listen. >> we're dealing with the realities of the fact that we have a very slim majority in the senate and in the house. that makes things more challenging than they have been in the past. he's committed to continuing to fight. you heard him say this week that voting rights, the rights of people to express their views at the polls is something that is fundamental to him and he's going to stay at it. >> reporter: so that was jen psaki on voting rights. but another setback came when the conservative leaning supreme court struck down president biden's vaccine mandate that applied to employers with 100 or more employees, curtailing a key pay that president biden and officials in the white house feel they could manage the pandemic and get more people vaccinated. and so those are two things. i haven't mentioned the record amount of inflation that this white house is seeing and president biden's sinking poll numbers. so a lot of things that are happening are not the way this white house wants to start the new year. christi and boris. >> jasmine, this week the white house released details of the plan to send out millions of at-home covid tests but there are members of his party that are unhappy with that plan. why is that? >> reporter: well they said the president is -- a group of democrats really lambasting him for the progress of at-home testing. they said in a letter that the white house had been, when it came to the pandemic, reactive and instead of proactive, when it comes to testing. this is a real reflection because it is coming from democrats, his own party, of the state -- messy stay of testing that is happening in this country and so i talked to a white house official yesterday and they told me that, listen, their in conversation with the hill all of the time, talking about testing. and of course they share the goal of wanting to get free and accurate testing to people around the country. and of course this comes after the white house launched that website where families could order up to four tests from the website, the federal government will give them out and of course that program starts on wednesday. boris, christi? >> jasmine wright traveling with the president in delaware. thank you so much. this morning we're fortunate to have with us tia mitchell. thank you so much for sharing part of your weekend with us. thursday is going to mark one year in office for president biden and it is been a year full of challenges, right? covid and all of the variants, inflation, and the agenda that stalled, a series of foreign policy issues. what is your analysis of the president's first year? >> well, that is a big question. there is -- there are some things to celebrate. democrats got another round of covid relief that republicans would not have -- it would either have been much smaller or nonexistent in republicans had any ounce of control in washington. democrats got infrastructure done, and many presidents, including trump and obama were unsucc unsuccessful in achieving but there have been a lot of things that the biden administration has not been able to accomplish, the build back better, the voting rights legislation, and the coronavirus recovery is not to the place that i think most american people would have thought we would have been, especially a year after biden got in office. and you know, some of the things that people believe president trump was a barrier to a more robust recovery, well that barrier was removed a year ago. and that unfortunately cases are on the rise and you know there are a lot of factors at play, many of them outside of president biden's control. but i think just in a lot of ways we aren't as far ahead as people hoped once the new president was in place. >> and tia, there is some anger within the democratic base toward the white house on the issue of voting rights. there are activists angry with the president. they argue that administration hasn't really, until recently, had the urgency required to meet the moment on the issue. do you think that anger has caught the white house off guard? >> i don't think that anger has caught the white house off guard. but it looks like the white house has been caught off guard figuring out what to do about it, figuring out a way to appease the activists and the members of the base that really want them to get voting rights done. but also understanding the reality of that slim margin in the senate and the moderates in the senate mainly sinema and manchin who are the road blocks. because the filibuster remains in place. i think they knew that voting rights could be important and i think it is important to the white house. but they haven't figured out a great messaging strategy and they definitely don't have a strategy for actually getting it done. >> charles blow of the "new york times" recently saying that biden was dilly dallying on adjusting the filibuster. he mentioned messaging and trying to address this earlier in the process. what more could biden do at this point to try to sway the two senators that you mentioned that don't want to change the rules of the senate? >> i think, i think he's tried the diplomatic way. there are some people who want him to do more of the bullying and the -- to say, you know, i'll make rough for you. but i don't know if that would work honestly. so, really, it is looking like what -- the only thing that they really can do is hope and pray that they not only retain control in november, but grow it to the point where manchin and sinema's votes aren't so crucial. and that would require all of the stars to align for biden and harris. and in the meantime, unfortunately, i think they are going to have to pivot and that is going to make some members of their base really upset. but there isn't a clear path to getting it done. and there is no incentive right now for manchin and sinema to cave. >> as you said, the stars have to align for them to retain control of both chambers of congress in november. tia mitchell, thanks again for the time. >> thank you. so right now more than 65 million people from the midwest to the east coast are under winter weather alerts as a massive storm is moving towards several parts of the country. rain, snow, sleet, freezing rain, dangerous conditions, frigid temperatures, like you're seeing here in iowa. where roads are also deteriorating as snow moves across the state. >> that does not look good. and that is the picture for so many people. i think more than 65 million people under weather alerts this morning. well in south dakota, officials are asking people to drive with caution. they describe crippling weather conditions that are already causing limited visibility in some very slippery surfaces. the storm is pushing east as boris pointed out. there is a look at the radar right now. setting up what meteorologists say could be an ice storm for parts of the deep south. all the way up to virginia and we know that the south is not always fully equipped to deal with weather like this. particularly ice storms. cnn's allison chinchar is live from the weather center. talk about the complexity of the moving parts, allison? >> i have agree. the south not the best place to have the winter weather. but in their defense, no one could drive on ice. and that is the biggest concern of the storm. yes, we do have snow and a lot of it. you have areas of iowa, north dakota, already with over a foot of snow. even the capital of iowa picking up over 9 inches so far and that is the key because you still have a lot of snow. you could see the transition taking place around st. louis and kansas city. so crossed over into rain and more precip and it is sliding down to the south and then slide off to east. so we're going to have a lot of different impacts here. you have a ton of areas under winter storm watches, winter weather advisories and winter storm warnings and this ice storm warning across south carolina and georgia so that carolina and georgia is the focus unfortunately for the ice of the ice storm for this particular area. here is a look at the forecast radar. again you have nashville, little rock, memphis, huntsville, charlotte, and they will start with rain and see the change over into snow and then you'll see sleet and freezing rain mixed in as well and that is what you don't want to have. this by far is going to be the biggest issue we encounter over the next 48 hours. ice and a lot of it. again all of the pink areas are about a quarter of an inch. but then you start to see the numbers go up. half inch, maybe even as much as an inch of ice. again, that is more than enough to cause major accidents on the highways, ground planes, not to mention cause some pretty widespread power outages and that is likely what will happen in some of the areas. yes, snow will accumulate on the back side once the cold air begins to filter in. so you'll have some decent snowfall from nashville to charlotte and down to atlanta. in the southern appalachians, in excess of a foot of snow there. but then the system gradually starts to slight up the he'd to the mid-atlantic and the northeast are going to see issues as we transition into sunday going into monday as well. >> allison chinchar. quickly, i have a quick question. when you talk about half an inch of ice. how long does it take for that to dissipate or melt and do the temperatures in those areas that are coming in after this support that or are you looking at days of ice on the road? >> right. so for some of the areas, they may not get above freezing monday or even tuesday. so tit is going to be for carolina and georgia north, it is going to be a while. for areas like say atlanta georgia where the temperatures aren't going to be quite as cold or they'll warm back up on monday or tuesday. yes, that will allow some of the ice to melt but then at night you're going to get cold again so a lot will refreeze back again. so again, i think for a lot of the areas, you're talking about a couple of days of dealing with some of these issues. >> all right. fireplace and hot chocolate. >> a little bit of bourbon, christi. >> that is too. you're going to get me on bourbon before it is all said and done. >> thank you so much. >> thanks allison. >> this morning fire crews are battling an 11-alarm fire at a chlorine manufacturing plant in new jersey. this could be seen from miles away. chlorine was found in a portion of the building. but we're told it is not under control. most of the structure where the fire started last night has collapsed. one firefighter was hurt. they had to be transported to a nearby hospital. crews drafted water from nearby river to try to supplement the tremendous amount of water needs. the new jersey governor phil murphy is asking residents who live in the area to keep their windows and doors closed in the meantime as a safety measure. novak djokovic has been detained for a second time. up next, we'll tell you why australia is calling the unvaccinated tennis star a threat to public order. and later, the u.s. said russia is up to some of the old tricks during fears of an attack on ukraine. what could president biden do to stop it? 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>> reporter: you're right, boris. and he made abundantly clear if you mess with novak djokovic, you are messing with all of serbia. he put out a tape yesterday that will surely do nothing to improve relations between serbia and australia. they say why did they issue him a visa in the first place. now he doesn't -- he doesn't seem bothered by the decision of the australian judiciary. his issue is with the politicians and that they were over turn this finding that it is amazing that australia often preaches about the rule of law. he's suggesting that this is all because of the upcoming australian election. a bid to win political points. there are also some questions though here in serbia about no novak's positive pcr test that the government tried to clarify. the i.d. number on the test corresponded with tests at a different lab. there were questions about the qr code which for a time when you scanned it showed up as negative. they blamed that on an overwhelmed server. but here is the question that is still outstanding for novak volk vick, he said that he didn't know about his positive test or was not informed about it until after he attended an event maskless with children on december 17th. the government said there is simply no way that he did not get a email and text message telling him that he was positive before that event ever took place. christi and boris. >> scott mcclain, we appreciate it so much. thank you. stephanie miles is with us now. she writed for tennis news site open court. i know you follow this so closely. paula hancock, she mentioned it, the fact that this is now in the hands of the federal court there. talk to us about what that really means for him? does this mean that what they say goes and any appeal is off the table? >> that is basically what it means. it sort of skips a step and djokovic's people were for this full bench and the government was not. ultimately the decision that they come to will stand. and i think they could appeal to the high court, which for a case like this apparently is just a completely insane thing, but nothing about this whole thing, including the president of serbia is particularly sane. so i would say, i would say let's not exclude any possibility. >> okay. we are hearing from other players now about all of this. how transparent have they been about the feelings about the situation but also about djokovic himself. >> well it is a very, very tricky thing. because many of them were here last year when they couldn't speak a word about how hard quarantine was without having people come down on them. so certainly to support djokovic right now basically means you support not being vaccinated in their eyes. and as the tournament starts, they don't want to get people on their back. so i think generally the aussie players will say we've through a lot. naomi osaka said i know what it is like to have people talk about me so i'm going to try to stay positive about this. but i know most of the players just want it to be done with. it is sucking all of the energy and the oxygen out of the australian open room. and this is a huge tournament. for viewers that are not major tennis fans, there are four major tennis -- you've probably heard the wimbledon but there are the australian open and it is a huge event it is about all of australia and asia-pacific and asia so it is a massive undertaking. and this is basically, all we're talking about is whether novak djokovic is in the roach motel. it has to end. e either he's going to play monday night or he's not. everybody wants to know so they could get on the tournament. >> where do you think that leaves him for future competitions if he doesn't play? 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