After his partner was killed during a shooting over the weekend in harlem. Weve got the latest on the Violent Crime wave sweeping this country, and what lawmakers and Law Enforcement are doing about it. We start this mornings broadcast with President Biden warning that a russian invasion of ukraine would quote change the world. This morning, he is weighing new steps to make sure that does not happen. On tuesday, biden says hes considering hitting Vladimir Putin himself with sanctions a move the kremlin says would effectively end relations between washington and moscow entirely. On the military side, the pentagon is in the process of identifying 8,500 u. S. Troops that could be sent to europe. The United States has already sent its latest shipment of Grenade Launchers and antitank launchers to ukrainian forces. There is still hope that diplomacy can save the day. Political advisers from russia, ukraine, germany, and france are meeting in paris. The first time russia and ukraine have hel
Ever meet. And the fbi reveals new information about the suspected hostage taker. In the meantime, tough weeks ahead in the Battle Against Omicron as post holiday cases spike. This is a very difficult time during this surge. Were seeing high case numbers and hospitalization rates. The good news is there are parts of the country where were starting to see a plateau and in some cases, an early decline in cases. Good evening. Im poppy harlow. We begin with severe weather, snow, Freezing Rain, tornados in the southwest and in florida particularly a massive storm has more than 80 Million People under winter alerts. The storm will march to new england after battering the south across the southeast. 180,000 homes and businesses without power after the weight of Freezing Rain and high winds brought down big trees as you see and across the country, air traffic is snarled on this day before the Martin Luther king junior holiday. Nearly 3,000 flights have been cancelled. Following the path of the
Cutting covid quarantine from 10 to 5 days may be premature, we begin this hour with the Winter Storm Plowing across the eastern United States. Right now more than 80 Million People on Winter Weather alerts across the east, the storl will exit the South Tonight and march across new england across the southeast some 180,000 homes and businesses without power, trees brought down, heavy winds and the rate of Freezing Rain and snow as well, and across the country, traffic snarled on this day before the Martin Luther king jr. Holiday, flights ka canceled today and many delays. Not used to snow, let alone this much, right . Reporter thats right, and underneath all this snow is a lot of ice, the word of the day has been travel. Air travel, with more than 90 of the flights out of the charlottes airport cancelled but if you look at the live Drone Footage showing the interstates around charlotte, its the roads, all across the state at this point, more than 200 accidents throughout this storm tod
Tomorrow is still up in the air. A brutal winter storm pounds the u. S. As millions prepare to assess the damage. The details from cnns weather center. Plus, north korea launches four missiles. We are live for you this hour in tokyo. And the Australian Open is finally underway without tennis star Novak Djokovic. Well have a live report from melbourne on what this means for the tournament. Announcer live from london this is cnn newsroom with isa soares. Welcome to the show. It is monday, january 17. A brutal Winter Storm Battering much of the Southern United States with Freezing Rain And Snow is heading north. As many as 80 million americans were under Winter Weather alerts stretching from georgia to maine. The effects of the system could cause problems for days to come. States in appalachia region are seeing heavy snowfall and high winds. Parts of North Carolina got as much as a foot of snow. Thats about roughly 30 centimeters. That means 25 counties declared a state of emergency. Now
More suspected missiles. The fourth time in just a month. Were live in tokyo with the details. Announcer live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. Good to have you with us. Well, a brutal winter storm has been battering much of the southeastern u. S. With freezing rain and snow. And the northeast is next. As many as 80 million americans were under Winter Weather alerts on sunday, stretching from georgia to maine. And the effects of this system could cause problems for days to come. States in the Appalachian Region are seeing heavy snowfall and high winds. Parts of North Carolina got as much as a foot of snow, or about 30 centimeters. And at least 25 counties declared a state of emergency. Down in florida this system spawned tornadoes on the west coast, which destroyed at least 28 homes and damaged dozens more. Downed trees and power lines knocked out power to nearly 300,000 customers across the southeast on sunday. More than 150,000 along the east coast are still