thank you for joining us. right now, more than two dozen states and 65 million people are on alert as a powerful winter storm hits coast to coast. conditions are slamming flagstaff, arizona, and this man was barely able to stand as the wind gusts whipped the binding snow around him. in 29 states they are in the path for this storm. the snow warnings stretching to southern california. flakes even possible on los angeles beaches. and in utah, miles and miles of dicey driving. you can see cars stranded as crews worked to clear the roads. in minnesota the national weather service is warning of historic snow possibly the most in decades. meteorologist jennifer gray is standing by for us. but first, cnn s adrian brodas is in minnesota. what s happening where you are there? i see some really ice eye streets behind you. reporter: there s a break right now when it comes to snowfall. the plows have been moving along this stretch of highway behind us. but we saw the first phase of thi
Our government does not want the truth to come out about what level the dkingdom of saudi arabia played because it s a very inconvenient truths. we d have to de-couple that relationship and address a lot of indelicate items about weapons sales and oil markets and everything else. so it s the complexities of the two countryies geopolitical issues. please keep us posted on how this case develops because it is very important. we ll definitely have you back. our time is a little tight this afternoon because of the breaking news. as always, really appreciate your time. and please keep us posted on all these developments. it s such an important case and important that justice finally be done for the families of the 9/11 victims. brett eagleson, thank you so much for your time. we appreciate it. absolutely. thank you for having me. all right. they were badly injured in an infamous russian attack on a train station. now a ukrainian 11-year-old and
Problems when you talk about ice. especially once we get into half an inch of ice, we will see impossible travel. we could poebl see pour autoages and trees coming down as well. here s the snowfall total. additional snow to comp. could see an additional 8 to 12 inches across minneapolis. so this is far from over. stay off the roads. that will do everyone good. thank you to you. president biden is now on his way home after he rap raleighlied support for ukraine nearly a year to the day after russia s invasion. biden began his overseas trip with a surprise visit to kyiv. and ended it by meeting with the leaders of the eastern flank. these are the countryies on russia s doorstep and they fear they could be next.
To see this through. is there any suggestion that other gulf states may follow suit and do what saudi arabia has done on the vaccination idea? it would be interesting to see if other countries also follow suit. for a country like the uae, for example, where i am, they have adopted, dubai has adopted a far more relaxed policy whereas abu dhabi, the capital of uae, is planning to apply a similar programme or apply similar rules where they will make it mandatory for people in the city to be vaccinated, otherwise they won t be allowed access to public or private establishments. there are other strategies that governments in these countries have used. for example, they have not been made mandatory by law but then they have made sure some places are out of bounds for people who are not vaccinated. it will not be surprising if other countryies also follow suit
To be. the demographic has changed. it s no longer the single adult from mexico. it s now women and children, families coming from guatemala, honduras and el salvador. unless we address the underlying conditions in those countryies which cause these women and children to flee, we will bang our head against the wall trying to secure our border. it s heart did tbreaking to of the mothers separated from their children as they come into the united states. i visited south texas ten to 12 times. i spent hours with these kids asking them why they came here. to understand what motivated them to leave. those of us here in washington have an obligation to enforce the law. but i think we need to tand the consequences of our actions on a very personal level. i know from my own personal experience, i could not separate a child from its mother or father. i couldn t do that to secure our border. while i have you, quick