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ever meet. and the fbi reveals new information about the suspected hostage taker. in the meantime, tough weeks ahead in the battle against omicron as post holiday cases spike. this is a very difficult time during this surge. we re seeing high case numbers and hospitalization rates. the good news is there are parts of the country where we re starting to see a plateau and in some cases, an early decline in cases. good evening. i m poppy harlow. we begin with severe weather, snow, freezing rain, tornados in the southwest and in florida particularly a massive storm has more than 80 million people under winter alerts. the storm will march to new england after battering the south across the southeast. 180,000 homes and businesses without power after the weight of freezing rain and high winds brought down big trees as you see and across the country, air traffic is snarled on this day before the martin luther king junior holiday. nearly 3,000 flights have been cancelled ....
cutting covid quarantine from 10 to 5 days may be premature, we begin this hour with the winter storm plowing across the eastern united states. right now more than 80 million people on winter weather alerts across the east, the storl will exit the south tonight and march across new england across the southeast some 180,000 homes and businesses without power, trees brought down, heavy winds and the rate of freezing rain and snow as well, and across the country, traffic snarled on this day before the martin luther king jr. holiday, flights ka canceled today and many delays. not used to snow, let alone this much, right? reporter: that s right, and underneath all this snow is a lot of ice, the word of the day has been travel. air travel, with more than 90% of the flights out of the charlotte s airport cancelled but if you look at the live drone footage showing the interstates around charlotte, it s the roads, all across the state at this point, more than 200 accidents thr ....
the fourth time in just a month. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. good to have you with us. well, we begin with a brutal winter storm that s been hammering much of the southeastern u.s. with freezing rain and snow. and the northeast is next. as many as 80 million americans were under winter weather alerts on sunday, stretching from georgia to maine. and the effects of this system could cause problems for days to come. states in the appalachian region are seeing heavy snowfall and high winds. parts of north carolina got as much as a foot of snow, or about 30 centimeters. and at least 25 counties declared a state of emergency. down in florida this system spawned tornadoes on the west coast, which destroyed at least 28 homes and damaged dozens more. downed trees and power lines knocked out power to nearly 300,000 customers across the southeast on sunday. more than 150,000 along the east coast are still in the dark. and more ....
tomorrow is still up in the air. a brutal winter storm pounds the u.s. as millions prepare to assess the damage. the details from cnn s weather center. plus, north korea launches four missiles. we are live for you this hour in tokyo. and the australian open is finally underway without tennis star novak djokovic. we ll have a live report from melbourne on what this means for the tournament. announcer: live from london this is cnn newsroom with isa soares. welcome to the show. it is monday, january 17. a brutal winter storm battering much of the southern united states with freezing rain and snow is heading north. as many as 80 million americans were under winter weather alerts stretching from georgia to maine. the effects of the system could cause problems for days to come. states in appalachia region are seeing heavy snowfall and high winds. parts of north carolina got as much as a foot of snow. that s about roughly 30 centimeters. that means 25 counties decl ....
good morning to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. it is monday, january 17th. i m john berman. brianna is working nights this week. here with me, kasie hunt. great to see you, john. great to be back. you have had kind of an adventure. it has been an adventure, yes. i had brain surgery back in october. this is my first day back, and i m thrilled to spend it with you. i m so glad you re here. i know you just want to know the news, so i won t bug you. great to have you back. thanks, john. r50 million people are facing weather alerts as a storm batters the east coast. freezing rain, ice and snow stretching as far as florida. governor kemp staying for people to stay off the roads. high winds and sleet across northern georgia. more of the same in north carolina, where conditions turned deadly. a tractor trailer slid off the highway killing two people. multiple tornados touched down in southwest florida. in south carolina, the nati ....