good friday morning to you, it is christmas eve eve. i m jim sciutto. let s begin with the massive winter storm slamming the u.s. with dangerously low temperatures, record-breaking wind chills and heavy snow, only becoming stronger today. the storm stretching from the canadian border to the mexican border is expected to become what s known as a bomb cyclone as it moves into the great lakes today with intense pressures matching that of a category 2 hurricane. right now across the country hundreds of thousands are without power, travel plans upended for many going into the holiday weekend. more than 3,100 flights canceled already today. dozens of governors creating emergency response plans heading into this holiday weekend including opening temporary warming shelters just to get people out of the cold. i will speak with one of those governors, kentucky s andy beshear in just a moment. let s get to our team covering what s being called a once in a generation storm. we begin in u
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Ah ah, ah. Hello in welcome to cross stock where all things are considered. Im Peter Lavelle. It is said talk is cheap, but loose talk about dirty bombs is nothing less than dangerous with both russia and ukraine preparing for new offensive. The west is not shy, talking about Nuclear Weapons. Is the west thinking the unthinkable . Ah cross sucking the unthinkable. Im joined by my guess peer, emanuel tom and in brussels. He is a lecture at lee Oh University and in pens mania. We have ted see he is a conflict consultant and retired Us Foreign Service officer. Hi, gentleman crosswalk, rules and effect. That means you can jump anytime you want, and i always appreciate, i mean, its head 1st intense many. Are you looking at the 3 of us right now . Were pretty much the same generation um and we grew up being children of the cold war. Not to think about the unthinkable. Having loose talk about Nuclear Weapons. But here we are, ted. Its almost in a casual way. Its being referenced in the media
Can you feel the excitement . Were just an hour and a half away from the Oscar Nominations, so whos in, who got snubbed . Were going to bring it to you all live. The action is right here coming up. Among our guests this morning, connecticut senator Richard Blumenthal will be joining us, new york congressman joseph crowley, dr. Sanjay gupta is with us, the dog whisperer, cesar milan and comedian jay thomas joins us as well. Its thursday, january 10th. Starting point begins right now. Good morning, welcome, everybody. Our starting point this morning, the majority of the United States now dealing with a severe and deadly bout of the flu. The cdc reporting that influenza cases are widespread across 41 states. More than 2200 people reported hospitalized. Here are the hardesthit states. Pennsylvania, south carolina. Each reporting 22 flurelated deaths. Massachusetts declaring a medical emergency. 700 confirmed cases in boston since october. Rates ten times higher than what they saw last year