blast of winter weather across the south. more than 4 million people in texas went to bed last night without heat after storms knocked out their power. the question is, how much longer will the frigid temperatures last? it s way too early for this. good morning. welcome to way too early, the show that is tired of winter and ready for pitchers and catchers to report to training. i m jonathan lemire on this tuesday, february 16th. kasie hunt has a well deserved day off. we ll start with the news. house speaker nancy pelosi is calling for a september 11th style commission to investigate the deadly riot at the u.s. capitol. in a letter a house democrats yesterday, pelosi says congress will begin an independent commission to investigate and report on the attack, as well as interference in election proceedings. pelosi also said the house will appropriate additional funds for security at the capitol. additional committees are in the process of scheduling hearing to investigate t
already forced the closure of some schools and public transit. good to have you with us. we are following breaking news out of myanmar where the military has seized power in a coup. the army said on tv they have declared a state of emergency. the military is in the streets today blocking some roads. troops detained several key leaders earlier. they include awning sung suh chi. the u.k., australia and other countries are calling for the military to release the leaders. they claim last year s election was fraudulent. suu kyi s party won by a landslide. cnn s will ripley is joining us with the latest developments. what is the latest on this military coup in myanmar and how damaging could this prove to be for the nation s democratic future? reporter: hey, rosemary. certainly there are a lot of questions whether this fragile democracy and government that just came into power five years ago with the assistance of the military, with a constitution the military helped write, now
live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. with robyn curnow. reaction to donald trump being acquitted in his second impeachment trial is coming in fast and at times furious. you ll remember he was accused of inciting last month s deadly siege on the u.s. capitol. a majority, 57 senators, voted against him. but it wasn t enough to reach the required two-thirds majority. u.s. president joe biden has weighed in saying, quote, while the final vote did not lead to a conviction, the substance of the charge is not in dispute. even those opposed to the conviction, like senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, believe donald trump was guilty of a disgraceful dereliction of duty and practically and morally responsible for provoking the violence unleashed on the capitol. key house democrats were less diplomatic, take a listen. but what we saw in that senate today was a cowardly group of republicans who apparently have no options, because they were afraid to defend their job, resp
trump know that vice president pence was in danger when he then tweeted an attack on his vice president. on mike pence s courage. this is all moving swiftly tonight. and what do we expect to happen next? rachel scott and jon karl standing by with late reporting. the other news this friday night. just 24 hours after president biden said the u.s. has purchased enough vaccine for nearly all americans by the end of july, for the first time since the pandemic, the cdc issuing new recommendations to safely reopen schools using masks and social distancing. and what they re now saying about teachers and whether they need to be vaccinated. also, news tonight on major pharmacies including walgreens and cvs. where can you now get shots, and how soon will the list of pharmacies grow? we re also watching major storms set to hit this weekend. the mid-atlantic and northeast, then a larger system behind it moving right across the country. snow, ice and brutal cold. tonight, 37 states und
the bills and chiefs thriller that became an instant classic that was decided in part by a coin flip. the question many fans are asking this morning, is it time to change the league s overtime rules? it s way too early for this. good morning. and welcome to way too early the show that always calls heads. i mon on this monday, january 24th, we start with the news. as tensions escalate between russia and ukraine, the u.s. state department is ordering all family members and staff of kiev to leave the area now, and citing quote, increased threat of russian military action. the state department says the security commissions, particularly along ukraine s borders are unpredictable and can deteriorate with little notice. it s also urging u.s. citizens and ukraine to leave, and asking not to travel to russia as fears increase as moscow may invade ukraine again. president biden is considering deploying several thousand u.s. troops and war ships to nato allies in the baltics and e