Whiteout conditions are already here. Ice, wind, snow, power outages. Millions tonight feeling the impact of the onceinageneration storm. Plus, we have Breaking News. More transcripts just released from the January 6th Committees investigation. Everyone from the president s daughter to his Attorney General in a Top White House lawyer, what they all had to say, and how the committees final report puts the blame squarely on donald trump. And shocking government numbers out of china about covid cases. New infections reportedly in the hundreds of millions this month alone and growing. Lets go outfront. Good evening, everyone. Im kate bolduan in for erin burnett. Millions are trying for the holidays as snowy conditions caused a massive pileup of roughly 50 cars. We are told at least one person died in this crash. And its not just in ohio, its across the country. Cars sliding, being abandoned on the streets of memphis, tennessee. Today more than 5,000 flights have been canceled due to severe
hundreds of thousands without power, more than 4,000 flights canceled. winds so treacherous the airport in buffalo, new york, had to shut down. cnn is live with the havoc being wreaked nationwide. and the january 6th committee out with its final report spelling out why donald trump, in their view, was the one solely responsible for the riot and should be discaqualifi from holding office ever again. new transcripts from the committee. why cassidy hutchinson said she was disappointed and disgusted with her first round of testimony under oath. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with the national lead and this nightmare weather scenario before christmas crippling conditions stretching coast to coast with snow and ice in cities such as seattle and portland, oregon to the massive bomb cyclone system moving east. nearly 180 million in the u.s. are in areas with temperatures below freezing. 70 million are in areas below zero. this system is so powerful meteorologist
whiteout conditions are already here. ice, wind, snow, power outages. millions tonight feeling the impact of the once-in-a-generation storm. plus, we have breaking news. more transcripts just released from the january 6th committee s investigation. everyone from the president s daughter to his attorney general in a top white house lawyer, what they all had to say, and how the committee s final report puts the blame squarely on donald trump. and shocking government numbers out of china about covid cases. new infections reportedly in the hundreds of millions this month alone and growing. let s go outfront. good evening, everyone. i m kate bolduan in for erin burnett. millions are trying for the holidays as snowy conditions caused a massive pileup of roughly 50 cars. we are told at least one person died in this crash. and it s not just in ohio, it s across the country. cars sliding, being abandoned on the streets of memphis, tennessee. today more than 5,000 flights have
weather wreaking havoc this holiday weekend, many in the united states are facing their coldest christmas in decades. right now more than 175 million people are under windchill alerts. the arctic blast extend interesting montana all the way down to, get this, yeah, florida. some temperatures in the midwest dipping into the negative 30s, even atlanta is seeing negative windchills. the bitter cold proving extremely dangerous. at least 15 people have lost their lives across the country so far. in tennessee, people are seeing intermittent power disruptions as the bone-chilling weather pushes the state s power grid to the absolute max. more than 840,000 customers are now without power nationwide. whiteout continues make it too perilous to travel. new york officials are issuing a driving ban for several counties amid blizzard conditions there, and if you are trying to fly this weekend, i got to give you some good luck and a prayer because pacific raceways than 1,700 flights have be
russia and the united states. will ripley is out on the frgrod in kyiv. reporter: no time for jet lag for volodymyr zelenskyy. the phones are working, just back from his whirl wind washington trip. zelenskyy told ambassadors in kyiv the biden white house is working on a whopping $45 billion aid package. he says the real work for ukraine is just beginning. translator: we must sleep less than the enemy, think more than the enemy, risk more effectively than the enemy, and communicate with the world better, he says. reporter: the kremlin s pr machine launching its own propaganda blisz after publicly calling the ten-month-old conflict a war for the first time thursday, russian president vladimir putin wants the world to see his war machine firing on all cylinders. defense minister sergei shoigu