happening now, dangerous whiteout conditions as a huge and deadly winter storm strikes the northeast. we are tracking this epic weather system as it unleashes record cold, heavy snow, freezing rain, and flooding across the country and creates holiday travel chaos. the other major story that we re following, the january 6th committee s final report laying the blame for the insurrection squarely on former president donald trump. we are breaking down all the top lines from the massive report and whether it paved the way for trump to be indicted. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i m brianna keilar, and you are in the situation room. we are following these blizzard conditions, life-threatening record low temperatures, and treacherous travel all just two days before christmas as a massive winter storm is slamming much of the eastern u.s. we are covering all of the extreme and dangerous weather with our correspondents in
wow. thanks so much to you for joining us. ac 360 begins now. the forecast? wretched. the timing? even worse. once in a generation winter storm and this one they say is going to be very, very dangerous. i m in for anderson, john berman here. already nearly half the country s population is shivering under wind chill alerts or has seen temperatures drop as much as 70 degrees overnight. this is sioux falls, south dakota. you know it s cold there when the falls at sioux falls stop falling. because they re frozen solid. you know how widespread the big chill could get when places as far south as tallahassee in florida are forecasting lows in the low 20s. if that weren t enough we re seeing countless blizzard warnings, flood watches, wind and ice advisories and of course thousands of flight cancellations. nearly 2400 already today. more than 2,000 for tomorrow. all of this smack dab in the middle of the christmas travel rush. it s not just snow. it is wind and cold as part o
comcast business. powering possibilities. hello, everyone. it is the top of the hour. thanks so much for being with us. i m kate bolduan. it is the storm impacting pretty much everyone in one way or another across the country today. more than 200 million americans under windchill alerts and holiday travel plans are getting much more complicated by the hour for so many people. life-threatening cold has pushed all the way to the gulf coast and the mexico border and with more than 70 million americans facing temperatures below zero today, blizzard warnings remain in effect for more than 11 million people, mostly near the great lakes. areas near buffalo could see up to three feet of snow. they ve been getting walloped already this season and making matters worse, the damaging winds that knocked out power for more than a million customers from texas to new england, all of this is wreaking havoc on typically one of the busiest travel days of the year. more than 3,900 flights have
public outreach to state officials to try to get them to overturn their election results. the gop electors are on the governor s certificate. i m not going to get into a political debate. reporter: the investigation also discovered a nearly 23-minute phone call between someone at the white house and john eastman on the same day the conservative attorney wrote a now infamous memo laying out how pence could block the certification of the electoral college vote. state election officials ignored or violated state law in order to put vice president biden over the finish line. we know there was fraud. reporter: the call came after eastman emailed a trump assistant that he wanted to talk to trump to update him on our overall strategic thinking. trump latched onto this theory and used it to press his reluctant vice president in the days leading up to january 6th. mike pence is going to have to come through for us. reporter: the committee is also calling for lawyers
classic inspiring america. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening it is happening. the dreaded winter storm putting holiday plans literally on ice for millions is under way. a stunning 105 million people under some kind of winter weather alert right now from blizzards to rain and floods, fierce winds to life-threatening cold the storm system has it all weather service forecasters in buffalo bracing for what they re calling a once in a generation event. as we come on the air, wind-driven snow has moved from the plains into the midwest, and temperatures are falling through the floor. in denver, the thermometer plunging 37 degrees in 1 hour the most dramatic drop there ever 37 states including those in the deep south are under windchill alerts as real feel temperatures fall below zero in many places and as feared christmas travel plans for millions in jeopardy right now. well over 2,000 flights in and out of u.s. airports canceled with more expe