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
Im katty kay in washington Christian Frasers in london. Mexicos Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray has said that his country will not accept new unilateral Us Immigration proposals, and will not hesitate in approaching the United Nations to defend immigrants. He went on to say that the new us proposals would be the main point of discussion for upcoming meetings, which will take place between mexican officials, us Secretary Of State Rex Tillerson and department of Homeland Security secretaryjohn kelly. White House Press Secretary sean spicer spoke of a positive relation between the governments ahead of that visit. I would argue that we have a very healthy and robust relationship with the Mexican Government and mexican officials. And i think they would echo that same sentiment. President nieto has echoed that as well. But i think the relationship with mexico is phenomenal right now and i think there is an unbelievable and robust dialogue between our two nations. Our north america editor, jo
Of public funds, but he rejects calls to step aside. Karen pence, 350, not content is, 256, so the contents have it. Contents. The British Government suffers a first defeat on brexit legislation. The House Of Lords backs an Opposition Amendment which could delay theresa mays timetable. And read my lips. A rare glimpse into the president s big speech preparations. Youre watching one hundred days with Katty Kay In Washington and Christian Fraser is in london. It was a very different donald trump who addressed Congress Last night less flame thrower, more president. He was still tough on immigration and terrorism but there was a surprising splattering of optimism, too. Even the odd call for unity. And it seems people here liked it. In fact, so favourable were the Morning Headlines even from what he calls the failing New York Times that an often irascible president could find nothing to moan about. On his twitter page was this thank you, and in bold type, too lets have a listen to some of w
Has a right to control who enters oui has a right to control who enters our country and to keep out those who would do us harm. Security services explain how theyve prevented 13 potential Terror Attacks in the past four years. In france, pressure grows for Francois Fillon to withdraw from the president ial race, but former Prime Minister alainjuppe says hes not prepared to step in. And 30 years after the zeebruge ferry disaster, relatives, survivors and rescuers return to remember the 193 people who lost their lives. Its five oclock. Our main story is the question over the future of thousands of vauxhall workers in the uk, following the news that the business has been bought by the French Motor Group Psa, which owns peugeot and citroen. Vauxhall has two factories, in luton and Ellesmere Port, and many morejobs rely on the plants. The business secretary, greg clark, told the commons that psa would honour its commitments to the workforce. And the head of psa said he had confidence in the
But refuses to stand aside. His party seems to be stuck with him now that alain juppe has party seems to be stuck with him now that alainjuppe has ruled himself out. And peugeot buys the failing arm of gm motors. What happens tojobs in the uk . It has taken the white house above to produce its new revised travel order. This one will come into play in ten days and wouldnt wean a temporary freeze on visas from people travelling from these six predominantly muslim countries. It also places a 120 day freeze on refugee arrivals. Iraq has been removed from the list. Syrian refugees, green card holders and visa holders are exempt. 0n the decision to exempt iraq, here is rex tillerson. Iraq is an important ally in the fight to defeat isis, with their brave soldiers fighting in close Co Ordination with americas men and women in uniform. This intense review over the past month identified multiple Security Measures that the State Department and the government of iraq will be implementing to achie