than half of everyone in the u.s. will face dangerous bitter cold temperatures today. plus, the january 6th committee s final report is out which says that donald trump is to blame for the violence on capitol hill. we ll have more. for the first time, vladimir putin uses the word war to describe his invasion of ukraine. live from london, this is cnn newsroom, with max foster and bianca nobilo. we begin with a huge winter storm bearing down across much of the united states. more than half of the u.s. population, about 117 million people are under windchill and winter weather alerts across the country. dangerous rigid conditions, bitterly cold wind, snow and ice making trip for treacherous travel conditions ahead of the holiday weekend. in south dakota, more than 500 miles of two interstate highways are closed because of high winds and blizzard like conditions. air travel is becoming even more chaotic, as more than 2700 flight scheduled for today have already been cance
for the gifts you won t forget. happy holidays from mercedes-benz. see your mercedes-benz dealer today for exceptional offers. welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. i m john vause. coming up on cnn newsroom. just one man. without donald trump there would be no january 6th, the final report from the january 6th select committee lays out the case against the former president. just in time for holiday travel, a cyclone bomb is bearing down on much of the u.s.. a slip of the tongue or a change in foreign policy? for the first time, vladimir putin uses the w word as in, war in ukraine. live from cnn s center, this is cnn newsroom with john vause. > an 18 month investigation, thousands of interviews, documents, emails, phone records, and the house committee investigating january 6th has finally released its full report. it s 845 pages long with the main conclusion donald trump and his allies took part in a number of schemes to overturn the 2020
ice, wind chill alerts. plus, the january 6th committee just released the final report recommending donald trump be barred from ever holding office again. and for the first time in public, vladimir putin says what the world has known all along, he s wagging war on ukraine. it is friday. welcome to our viewers in the you states and around the world. i m christine romans. let s begin with this. a christmas gut punch from mother nature as a once in a generation storm blasts across the country with the worst yet to come. more than half the u.s. population is under some kind of weather alert. from florida west to washington state. more than 200 million people are under wind chill alerts. more than 80 million under winter weather alerts. more than 40 million other bracing for high winds. needles to say it is a mess for holiday travelers. thousands of flights were canceled thursday. nearly 2700 flights already canceled today with hundreds more delayed. and look at power outage
top of the hour. i m jim sciutto. in short, it is cold. the powerful winter storm battering the u.s., expected to grow even stronger and colder today, covering nearly half of the u.s. population. parts of the country could see the coldest christmas in decades. sub-zero temperatures hitting hard out west. here is the owner of a local towing company in montana speaking with cnn this morning. it is cold up here. if you ain t prepared for it, it could be really bad. i ve been here 20 years and this is the worst i ve ever felt. wow, tough time to be a towing company. right now hundreds of thousands of people are without power. that is tough in the cold. many of them in the southeast. travel plans upended for many going to the holiday weekend. more than 3500 flights canceled already today and counting. here is the transportation secretary pete buttigieg. lots of things are so important to us around the holidays. our traditions, our loved ones. but of course, the most importan
it s pretty icy and very slick. like even in the areas that have been plowed really well, if you get about 40 miles per hour, you start sliding around. we rented a cabin for the week this week but we had to cancel it because we were worried we wouldn t get out of there later or get up the driveway. so we actually stayed home this week instead of going on a trip. that s the perils of winter but this is something else. wrong. look at us. hey! this is going to be trouble. it s about to be on. sarah and i have known each other forever. poppy and kaitlan are off, sara sidner is with us. are you ready for the weather? no. this is why i m here. this suit it s hot. it s hot. thank you. millions of americans coast to coast bracing for extremely low temperatures, dangerous wind chills and power outages. it is serious out there. we have reporters across the country covering the storm. plus the january 6th committee releasing the final report and placing the