10:00 a.m. eastern, 7:00 pacific. i m jose diaz-balart on a busy morning. charges could come any time against the man suspected of attacking house speaker nancy pelosi s husband paul. we have new details on palm pelosi s condition. plus, we are eight days out from the midterms. both sides are bringing in high-level help. live at the supreme court where arguments in what could be landmark cases get under way with the fate of affirmative action on the line. and breaking overnight, conditions in kyiv dteriorate. 80% of consumers in kyiv have no water. we ll get a live report from the ground meanwhile, back here in florida, residents still in recovery mode one month after hurricane ian devastated communities. we will speak with female fema administrator about that. and we begin this morning with the attack on husband of house speaker nancy pelosi. this morning paul pelosi remains in the hospital and in intensive care surrounded by family, according to a source with know
distracted from the central political headline of this story. that years of republican propaganda and trump fueled fascism led 42-year-old david depapp to break into nancy pelosi s san francisco home, with the intent to harm her. today he will likely be charged with the attempted murder of the speaker s husband who was in the home when he allegedly invaded it. he smashed his way in, a man on a mission, and confronted paul pelosi, but looking for nancy. according to the ap, citing a person familiar with the situation. pelosi told the intruder that he had to use the restroom. he was engaging with him, trying to hold him off, and in the restroom, that s where paul pelosi s phone was charging. that s when he dialed up 911. when police arrived, depap attacked pelosi violently, smashing a hammer into his head and arms, fracturing his skull. he went into surgery. he is expected to make a full recovery. police say zip ties were found at the scene, just like the ones found on those wh
good morning, everyone, i m bianna golodryga. and it is very busy friday in washington. right now we re standing by as a federal judge sentencing former top trump adviser steve bannon. he was convicted this year on two counts of contempt of congress. all of this stemming from his refusal to testify before the january 6 select committee. plus we re on scene watch. the committee could request an appearance from trump. and he has hired a new lawyer to handle a suspected subpoena from the committee. and let s begin with the steve bannon sentencing. cnn correspondent sara murray is outside of the u.s. district court in washington, d.c. the judge this morning said bannon has expressed no remorse for his actions. walk us through how all of this is expected to play out today. reporter: well, sure, bianna. they re getting through the housekeeping items they have to get through before the judge hands down a sentence. what bannon s team was hoping for that he would get probation,
hello, welcome to cnn newsroom. we begin with this monster winter storm. its core is hovering over the great lakes, and its trailing arctic air is causing power outages and dangerous travel conditions two days before christmas. life-threatening windchills have permeated all the way to the gulf coast, over 70 million americans are experiencing below freezing temperatures, that includes the entire state of texas. this video s from kentucky where the governor has just confirmed three people have died as a result of this storm. and this from our affiliate whbq in memphis, tennessee, their high today, 16 degrees. it s usually around 52 this time of year. the city s enforcing rolling blackouts to reduce the strain on their power fwrid. and damaging winds grid. and damaging winds have knocked out power to a million customers nationwide. and look at this the storm system causing heavy flooding in parts of new england. just a harrowing sight for a region expected to hit freezing
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