identifying the suspect who held four people hostage at a texas synagogue for nearly 11 hours saturday. president biden calling it an act of terror. now chilling new audio released of the gunman ranting during that standoff. also this morning, voting rights legislation stalled on capitol hill, but republican senator mitt romney says there is growing bipartisan support for some changes, those to the electoral count act. we ll have more on that and what it means in a moment. let s begin with our wondwinter storm coverage. polo sand volume live in pittsburgh. dianne gallagher, it s the ice, the heavy snow wreaking travel havoc there this morning. what are you seeing? reporter: you mentioned travel havoc, jim, look, yesterday out of charlotte s international airport, 90% of the flights were canceled. a little bit better today with just over a third canceled but significant travel issues threw the carolinas. this is why. you see this slick ice on the ground, you can hear it,
plus, if you haven t seen these pictures, you want to. and underwater volcano near tonga has ree resulted for the third time in four days, those pictures captured by satellite. a massive eruption over the weekend sparked tsunami advisories across the u.s. west coast. and in china, major changes now to the winter olympics, which are less than three weeks away. amid coronavirus concerns tickets will not be sold to the general public but distributed by authorities instead. the country s zero covid policy has meant stringent restrictions, new lockdowns, beijing reporting its first case according to its numbers of the highly transmissible omicron variant just this past saturday. we begin first with the winter storm wreaking havoc across the eastern united states this morning. cnn s dianne gallagher is in charlotte, north carolina. polo sandoval is live from pittsburgh. we begin with polo. it s a tough mix, right, because you have the snow, it melts, turns to ice. tell us what
pandemic of the unvaccinated, the chosen unvaccinated. the cdc saying an alarming spike in cases and deaths could be on the way very soon because tens of millions of americans who could be vaccinated refuse to do so. here is a headline you may have seen earlier this week. the air force discharging 27 people for refusing to get the vaccine. the first service members to be removed for disobeying the mandate to get the shot. but i want you to know the real headline you probably missed. 27 people left. well, guess what, as of december 10, the pentagon says that more than 96% of all active duty personnel have gotten at least one dose of the vaccine. that is great news. so let s get the latest from miguel almaguer in los angeles. miguel? reporter: stephanie, good morning. we re looking at a convergence of several issues. delta is hammering hospitals across the nation. omicron cases are now beginning to circulate here in the u.s., and now we have this grim prediction from the cd
thinking. donald trump using one of his precious few days outside the courtroom to campaign in minnesota ahead of any swing states. so does the former president really think he can win a state that s disappointed republicans for more than five decades? plus, the u.s. is throwing a lifeline to thousands of palestinians at risk of starvation, courtesy of a makeshift effort to get food and fuel into gaza, but getting the supplies there is just step one. workers have to figure out how to get it to the people who need it in the middle of an active war zone. and sentencing for the man convicted of brutally attacking nancy pelosi s husband with a hammer set to start any minute now. why federal prosecutors are pushing for much more than the recommended time behind bars. first, it is a rare weekday away from court for donald trump, who was given the day off to attend his son s high school graduation in florida this morning. later today, the former president is heading to the mid
Transcripts for CNN CNN Newsroom With Poppy Harlow and Jim Sciutto 20220117 15:00:15 archive.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from archive.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.