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cnn newsroom starts right now. good morning, it s saturday, december 24th. merry christmas eve. i m whitney wild in for amara walker. and i m martin savidge in for boris sanchez. and you re in the cnn newsroom. we begin with a frustrating start to a holiday weekend. more than 200 americans are under winter alert with an arctic blast with heavy snow and ice. the storm has placed enormous strains on america s energy infrastructure. this morning where more than 500,000 homes and businesses are without power. and authorities in tennessee have ordered 15-minute rolling blackouts to manage demands. now, officials in states are blaming the winter storm for 15 deaths. they re reminding drivers, if you don t need to travel, stay off the road. across the country, snow, ice and powerful winds have caused multivehicle crashes and left drivers stranded on roads and highways. many spent hours in freezing conditions but it is not just the snow and ice. in new jersey, in seve ....
like i ve been punished for something that i didn t even do. as the government prepares to publish a report into the deaths of two toddlers, we ask, are social workers properly supported to decide who s at risk and who isn t? it s absolutely critical that social workers do their work. it s delicate, it s complex but it s absolutely essential. because, if we don t do it, the stakes for children are incredibly high. my name s louise tickle. i ve spent years investigating how and why some children are removed from their parents care. the family i m about to meet suffered the tragic loss of a very young baby a year ago. children s services became immediately involved and removed two other children from the household, which has taken an enormous toll on the whole family. we ve got that one. oh, gosh, that s in the hospital. yeah. literally, you had just given birth there. yeah, just after the c section. tiffany lives in herefordshire. in march last year, mid lockdown, she t ....
..and children who feel they ve been let down. this whole process has felt like i ve been punished for something that i didn t even do. as the government prepares to publish a report into the deaths of two toddlers, we ask, are social workers properly supported to decide who s at risk and who isn t? it s absolutely critical that social workers do their work. it s delicate, it s complex but it s absolutely essential. because, if we don t do it, the stakes for children are incredibly high. my name s louise tickle. i ve spent years investigating how and why some children are removed from their parents care. the family i m about to meet suffered the tragic loss of a very young baby a year ago. children s services became immediately involved and removed two other children from the household, which has taken an enormous toll on the whole family. we ve got that one. oh, gosh, that s in the hospital. yeah. literally, you had just given birth there. yeah, just after the c secti ....
(EL PASO COUNTY, Colo.) An outpouring of support from the community has brought an overwhelming sense of gratitude to a family in need after their wheelchair-accessible van which their special needs daughter relies on for transportation, was totaled after an alleged drunk driver hit them head-on. On Wednesday, March 27, Eric and Nancy Malan […] ....
Natural gas in the theater with electricity, heating oil, those prices are even up higher. some folks using heating oil costs more than 50% than last year. everyone across the country is facing higher prices. just depends on where you are. what the temperature is, and your home. there are many factors but the bottom line, it s going to cost a lot more to heat your home than two years ago. you combine the increases of the last two years, it s going to make energy barely affordable for many americans. about 1 in every 6 american families is behind on their utility bill. a new $1.7 trillion federal spending bill contains about $5 billion for assistance. is that enough? actually, it s $6 billion. it s another $1 billion from congress at the last minute. it might be enough. we re not sure, it s more than last year. if a family needs help, go to a ....