on to the national stage a little more than a year ago and flirtation before and since with one of this country s two mainstream political parties. first, though, all we learned since last night, which is a lot. some of which, helps further bury false notions about the insurrection that we have all the been literally hearing since day one. for starters, remember the initial refrain subsequently amplified that these weren t really trump supporters but were antifa? in fact, a lot of former president s supporters still seem to make that argument. well, according to page 22 of the indictment, rhodes responded on on his signal chat channel to a claim that antifa broached the capitol according to the indictment, rhodes replied nope, i m right here, these are patriots. keep that in mind as you think back to how many times over the last year, you heard lawmakers try to whitewash the insurrection with variations on the theme that the people who stormed the capitol weren t really the
we played for you this sound last night. here it is again, manu raju asking about his flip flop about the january 67th committee that wants to question him. regarding the creation of an outside commission, you also oppose the select committee. that s not true. go ahead and ask your question. reporter: you said, sure, you d be able to testify. what was the date of that? reporter: that was last year. now you re saying you won t voluntarily cooperate. why should thepublic not conclude that that you re hiding something? great question. i hope everything gets corrected at cnn. one of the reasons they want to talk to the congressman is they want to know his state of mind at the time, talk to people who were talking to the former president has the capitol was being assaulted. here s part of the q & a yesterday. you a unique window into that day. you were one of the few people who spoke to him that day. doesn t the american public have a right to know what the preside
latest. plus, from georgia to maine, americans brace for a dangerous winter storm that could leave millions stranded and without power. details from the cnn weather center. serbian tennis star novak djokovic is spending the night in immigration detention in melbourne, once again, as he fights to stay in australia. now, this is video of him arriving there earlier, following his second visa cancellation. his appeal will be heard tomorrow by three judges in federal court. top-ranked player is hoping to get the visa restored in time to play that grand slam event, right, the australian open on monday. but he will have to defend against the claims that his presence could hurt australia s vaccination efforts. meantime, fellow tennis star rafael nadal spoke to cnn s phil black and said the focus should be on the sport, not jodjokovic. it s important to come back to tennis conversations, in my opinion. there s nobody in the history of our sport more important than the sport by i
volcanic eruption overnight in the south pacific. those are the satellite images you re looking at. they show a massive ash cloud and shockwaves. it happened near the island of tonga. a tsunami has hit the island there, sending waves flooding into the capital. back here in the united states, numerous beaches, marinas and boardwalks on the california coast are temporarily closing as a precaution. just moments ago we learned the white house, along with fema and noaa are, quote, closely monitoring the tsunami advisory situation in case any needs arise. natasha chen is at the santa monica pier in california, but we re going to begin with allison chinchar in the cnn weather center. what do people on the west coast and alaska need to know about this advisory? so where the advisory is and what it details in the forecast are really going to be the key messages here. again, basically all of the area where you see yellow here, the entire west coast of the lower 48, the western coast
let s bring in meteorologist jennifer gray who is tracking the storm for us. where will it hit and when? it s already beginning. look at winter storm warnings, advisories watches, already in place from the upper midwest all the way down to the deep south. it s snowing in places like iowa, and they can see more than a foot of snow in some places and the storm system is going to basically just dive straight down to the south. a lot of areas will start with rain, end up with a little bit of a wintry mix, and then end up with snow. it s very tricky once we get to the deep south how much snow or freezing rain or ice we re going to get across some of these regions, especially places like atlanta. could be sort of a game time call, depending on what we re going to get and when. we also are looking at a crippling ice event setting up most likely around the carolinas, some areas could get up to an inch of ice. and we re talking about travel will be impossible. trees will be down.