hundreds of thousands without power, more than 4,000 flights canceled. winds so treacherous the airport in buffalo, new york, had to shut down. cnn is live with the havoc being wreaked nationwide. and the january 6th committee out with its final report spelling out why donald trump, in their view, was the one solely responsible for the riot and should be discaqualifi from holding office ever again. new transcripts from the committee. why cassidy hutchinson said she was disappointed and disgusted with her first round of testimony under oath. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with the national lead and this nightmare weather scenario before christmas crippling conditions stretching coast to coast with snow and ice in cities such as seattle and portland, oregon to the massive bomb cyclone system moving east. nearly 180 million in the u.s. are in areas with temperatures below freezing. 70 million are in areas below zero. this system is so powerful meteorologist
is yet to come for the area where you are. yeah. the problem with that, jake, are there are going to be multiple cities from birmingham to jackson to atlanta that will be below freezing for more than 48 hours. if you lose electricity, of course, that means you can t heat your home in many instances an you have the potential for bursting pipes. get to my graphics because i want you to see how cold it dropped in atlanta in a matter of eight hours. it dropped 35 degrees. just an incredible, incredible temperature drop with this emperor from the north that moved in, the cold arctic blast. you can see the seven-day forecast. we stay below freezing through christmas. we are on the verge of the coldest christmas eve ever here in atlanta. 1.2 million customers without power because of this arctic outbreak across the eastern u.s. incredible. look at memphis, 13 degrees there. the windchill that s what it feels like on your exposed skin, negative 2. the electrical company and mayor