♪ losing all control ♪ here we go here we go ♪ we've got to rock ♪ easy come easy go now we on top ♪ ♪ feel the shot body rock the u.s. president says he's not keeping anything under wraps, but a report from "the washington post" says he concealed details of his meetings with russian president vladimir putin. the u.s. secretary of state heads to saudi arabia for a face to face visit with the crown prince and the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi is sure to come up. the run for the white house in 2020 gains another candidate. julian castro may not be the only texan who wants to be president. there are a few out there that want to be president, i believe. we'll be hearing from them. welcome to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world, we're live in atlanta, georgia, i'm

natalie allen. >> i'm george howell from cnn's world headquarters. "newsroom" starts now. 4:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast. a new report raises new questions about the u.s. president and his russian counterpart vladimir putin zeroing in on the private conversations the two men had, a lot of what has been said remains between the two of them. >> the latest reporting comes from "the washington post" which says mr. trump went to extraordinary lengths to conceal the details of his meetings with mr. putin. that included on at least one occasion confiscating the notes from his interpreter and not allowing the interpreter to discuss the meetings with anyone else in the administration. the u.s. president calls the allegations ridiculous and adds he has not kept anything under wraps. >> the u.s. president attacked the familiar foe "the new york times." on friday, the paper published

an article alleging the fbi was so concerned about president trump's actions following the firing of former fbi director james comey that it opened an investigation into whether he was secretly working on behalf of russia. here's how the president responded earlier on another network. >> are you now or have you ever worked for russia, mr. president? >> i think it is most insulting thing i've ever been asked, and i think it is the most insulting article i've ever had written, and if you read the article, you see they found absolutely nothing. >> mr. trump there speaking on an opinion show. he and his surrogates speaking much of the day on saturday, defending against the articles. >> cnn's boris sanchez has that part of the story for us from the white house. >> reporter: president trump launched a barrage of tweets on saturday morning responding to reporting in "the new york times" that shortly after he fired former fbi director james comey, the fbi launched an

investigation, a counterintelligence investigation, to find out whether president trump had wittingly or unwittingly begun working for the russian government, potentially against american interests. cnn has confirmed that that investigation was in fact opened. we should point out the president tweeted this, quote, wow, just learning the failing "new york times" of the corrupt former leaders of the fbi, almost all fired or forced to leave the agency for some very bad reasons, opened up an investigation on me for no reason and with no proof after i fired lying james comey, a total sleaze. the president's own behavior after firing comey is according to "the new york times." what set agents off and raised red flags into the president's behavior and led to the opening of this investigation notably one of those instances involved the letter that was drafted in may of 2017 before comey was fired that listed the president's reasons for firing the now former fbi director. that letter was apparently blocked by former white house

counsel don mcgahn who threatened to resign if it was released. we know that letter is now in the possession of special counsel robert mueller and is part of his inquiry into whether the president committed obstruction of justice by firing james comey. now others are coming to the defense of the president including secretary of state mike pompeo who on a sunday morning talk show called reporting in "the new york times" ludicrous. listen to this. >> i'm not going to comment on "new york times" stories, but i'll say this, the notion that president trump is a threat to american national security is absolutely ludicrous. >> just to clarify, since you were cia director, did you have any idea that this investigation was happening? >> margaret, margaret, margaret, i've answered this question repeatedly, indeed on your show, the idea that is contained in "the new york times" story that president trump was a threat to american national security is silly on its face and not worthy of a response. >> the press secretary, sarah sanders, also weighed in late on

friday evening, putting out a statement that called james comey a disgraced partisan hack and also said that the reporting in "the new york times" was absurd. boris sanchez, cnn, at the white house. let's talk more about this now with steve moore and robert english, steve, a cnn law enforcement contributor and retired supervisory special agent for the fbi and robert, an expert as a deputy director of school of internationalrelation s via skype from los angeles. thank you for your time. this latest reporting that the u.s. president allegedly concealed details of his private meetings with vat meladimir put claim that would be out of the ordinary for senior officials to not know what was said except for the president's interpreter who allegedly instructed not to discuss what was said. what does that mean for national security in your view for everyone else who was apparently left out of the loop?

>> well, it is not absolutely unprecedented. and probably listeners, our viewers know, for example, of what occurred under the presidency of richard nixon. the extraordinary secrecy that he and henry kissinger went to conceal the preparation for the dramatic change in relations, the recognition of people's republic of china. that was all kept secret for fear that if it leaked, opponents would raise a human cry and undermine that initiative before it got off the ground. trump is no nixon. his team is not full of kissingers. while we have seen this secrecy before, the difference here, it is not in the interest of any evident, competent, well thought out and important breakthrough in relations. instead, it is this fumbling around, mainly with russia, but not only, right? so trump has also tried to conceal the details of meeting

with mexican leaders, with others. across the board he's seeking to avoid embarrassing leaks because there so much that is embarrassing. >> this is a president that puts a great deal of focus on leaks. he's frustrated with the fact that leaks do happen, coming out of washington, d.c. and, steve, this plays right into the reporting from "the new york times" the other day that the fbi launched an investigation into the president because they were concerned that several of his actions could be construed as a national security risk. what about private meetings? could that also be considered a threat? >> well, i have to agree with professor english because i do believe that presidents have the latitude, obviously to keep certain things secret. i mean, the other thing is i -- when i had interpreters, i would be very careful about what i would discuss in front of an interpreter. however, if you are doing -- it really is -- what is your motive for hiding this? and if it is just to hide leaks,

i mean, that's what got secretary of state in so much trouble trying to avoid things that could be accessed. so, yeah, i think it is troublesome. the -- and it could cause the fbi to want to open an inquiry. was technically a preliminary inquiry according to the times rather than a full fledged investigation. >> robert, there has always been the question who plays chess the best when it comes to vladimir putin. mr. putin himself known as a formidable adversary, who had his wins and losses against previous u.s. presidents. as for this president, apparently discarding the knowledge and experience of some of his best officials to instead prefer this one to one approach in dealing with mr. putin, does it leave mr. trump vulnerable to being manipulated in a meeting like that? >> it does. but then again, aware of trump's weaknesses, his foibles, suspicious of collusion and all

the rest, the potential vulnerability because of financial dealings, the congress and the entire washington establishment have taken extraordinary steps to limit trump's powers to act on that and do anything that would damage u.s. national security, hence the increased sanctions, the constant scrutiny, and this pushback. so if putin looked forward to a malable american president in trump who would do his bidding, he got more -- he got too much of it. he got one so malleable, so suspicious, generating so much suspicion, that the rest of the establishment has pushed back and he hasn't been able to do anything. >> steve, this question to you, the simple headline in play with this investigation, questioning whether a u.s. president could somehow be working on behalf of russia to say that statement is profound to say the least if indeed proven to be true. as an investigator yourself, how significant is it that's where

we were, that this investigation was launched. >> it is profoundly important that the fbi would be concerned enough to want to look into the possibility. yes, i think we have to measure this and realize what was open was a preliminary inquiry rather than a full investigation. there is a significant difference. and the other thing we have to realize is that the only people in the fbi after comey was fired who could have opened an investigation, an espionage investigation of the president of the united states would have been the acting director and the deputy assistant director in charge of counterintelligence and that would have been andrew mccabe and peter strzok who both have asterisks next to their name right now. and so the one thing i want to ask, as an investigator, is what happened to the preliminary inquiry? because within six months, it either has to be closed or converted to a full

investigation. and i'm very curious as to what became of the preliminary inquiry. >> steve moore, robert english, again, we appreciate your time and perspective today, thank you. >> thanks. >> another story we're following, u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo will meet with the saudi crown prince on sunday. he says he will address the murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi with mohamed bin salman. >> he was killed last october in the saudi consulate in turkey by men with close ties to the saudi crown prince. >> our ben wedeman is covering the story for us, he joins me now live from cairo and hello to you, ben. what is mr. pompeo expected to say in his meeting with the crown prince? >> reporter: well, we believe that, natalie, he will be addressing, for instance, the u.s. attempt to get its allies in the region to line up in this effort to confront what they claim is the growing iranian

footprint in the region. we got a good sense of the tone that secretary's going to take while in the kingdom during an interview with the saudi-backed television station al arabiya where he described saudi arabia as a great ally and partner of the united states. now, in addition to iran, what the united states is trying to do at the moment is organize a conference on iran in poland for the 13th and 14th of february. obviously he's going to get the saudis to sign up, attending that one as well. another project that the secretary is working on is this so-called mesa, middle east strategic alliance, an attempt to create an arab nato. that is something of a long shot given the disunity among the arab states. all i have to do is look down

the street from here and see the headquarters of the arab league, which is a very good example of arab disunity in action. natalie? >> all right. back to jamal khashoggi for a moment. we know that this administration has stayed close to the crown prince over this story, but what about the trial of those accused of killing him? turkey, of course, wanted that trial in turkey, is pompeo expected to address any of that? >> reporter: well, we did also get hints of that from his interview with al arabiya, where he said the united states expects that saudi arabia will hold those responsible for the killing of jamal khashoggi. at the moment, well, on the 3rd of january, a trial began in saudi arabia of 11 individuals accused of involvement in the murder of jamal khashoggi. they are apparently asking for

the death sentence of five of them, but we don't know exactly who those 11 people are. we do know that there were 15 members of the saudi hit team that went to istanbul on the 2nd of october and subsequently murdered and dismembered "the washington post" columnist. apparently among those are people who, as you mentioned, are closely affiliated with the saudi crown prince, and the cia itself said that there is a high probability that mohammed bin salman was the one who issued the order to kill jamal khashoggi. nonetheless, it has been made clear, for some time now, that as far as the trump administration is concerned, saudi arms purchases are far more important than the murder of saudi citizens. natalie? >> all right, ben wedeman for us in cairo, ben, thank you.

the partial u.s. government shutdown showdown, politics for some, but real for hundreds of thousands of others, including airport security agents who protect passengers from all kinds of threats, now they feel insecure over the ongoing shutdown. listen. >> i don't know how long we are equipped for it. and being pregnant, i can't just pick up a job. >> here is the thing, she's 13 years on the job, pregnant, and compelled to work without pay. the story ahead. plus, the man accused of kidnapping 13-year-old jayme closs and killing her parents is in police custody. but a motive remains a mystery. t-mobile knows dancing is better when you include a partner. singing is better when you include a friend. and unlimited is better with a phone included. it's true. forty bucks with the other guys, doesn't include a phone.

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a new week, the u.s. government shutdown and no end in sight. got to feel for the workers and the services that are affected as well. 800,000 workers suddenly left without their regular paycheck since before christmas. >> here is the thing, now this is the longest government shutdown in u.s. history. and now a white house official confirms to cnn the administration's preparing for the shutdown to continue through

february. that's more than six weeks from now. >> on saturday, president trump tweeted that he had planned to reopen the government but he provided no details of what that might be. let's take a look at some of the impacts of the shutdown having across the u.s. 51,000 security screeners at airports are now working without pay. many have been calling in sick. this has been having a serious effect on air travel. the staffing shortage is so bad at the miami airport, one of the concourses had to close. >> in fact, the concourse i use, just a few days ago. thousands of border patrol agents are also working but not getting paid. they operate at legal points of entry where smuggling is a chronic problem. some agents even suing the trump administration over their missing wages. >> the safety of the nation's food supply also at risk. the shutdown has forced the food and drug administration to stop some of its inspections,

removing a critical line of defense in protecting the public's health. every time there is a recall of a tainted food item in grocery stores, it is because of the fda. >> and cherished national parks being ruined because employees have been furloughed like joshua tree national park in california, plagued by trash, sewage, illegal off road vehicles and illegal camping. >> it is a national treasure, and get this, this is even more disgusting. vandals chopped down one of the park's prized namesake trees because no one was there to stop them. >> wow. >> some airport security screeners should be getting a little money to tell you about. the government says it will pay them for one of the days of work, back when the shutdown first took effect. it also promised a $500 bonus to uniform security employees who showed up for work during the holidays. >> but it probably will not do much to relieve the strain and

fear many of those families are now living through. for more about that, here is cnn's diane gallagher. >> reporter: it is aria smith philips routine before work. >> coffee for my husband, fix my child's lunch, get his backpack together. >> reporter: wrangling a 4-year-old while six months pregnant, not easy. but working three weeks without pay with no end in sight -- >> i'm not getting anything. and i was expecting that. >> reporter: -- makes it even harder. >> i grew up at tsa, 13 years. 13 years on monday. >> reporter: along with thousands of other transportation security administration officers, aria has been working throughout the partial government shutdown. but today is payday and her check isn't coming.

>> reality is, the fear of not knowing when i'm going to receive that check. and then this is going to cause a ripple effect on our income here. >> reporter: aria says her husband's job helps to ease their financial burden, but that's not the case for many of her colleagues at the airport in little rock. >> we have a list of food pantries you are able to contact. >> reporter: that's not always been up there? >> no. no. >> reporter: and the longer the shutdown lasts, expenses like home repairs, stuff for the baby, day care, they become more difficult to swing. >> i can't tell the day care worker, hey, i can't pay you. that's our biggest fear, the unknown. so i don't know how long we are equipped for it, and being six months pregnant, i can't just go pick up a job. >> reporter: a veteran officer, aria doesn't want to find another job, saying she takes her mission seriously, no matter what. >> i wouldn't clock in if i'm not going to get the 100%.

so i go in, i give them 100% and not getting paid is really hard. >> reporter: especially, she says, when the president says this shutdown is all about national security. >> shouldn't we be part of that partial shutdown, the one who receives pay? i think we're pretty essential. >> reporter: does back pay help if it comes three months later? >> back pay does not help if it comes three months late, i'm already three months behind. >> reporter: she hopes it ends soon, so she can spend maternity leave bonding with her daughter instead of looking for a new job. diane gallagher, little rock, arkansas, cnn. >> the suggestion that you call your creditors and say, hey, there is a shutdown, i'll pay you when i can, that doesn't work. because you're 30 days late, you're 60 days late, that's what happens. >> yeah. going to keep compounding as well. >> yeah. now an update to a story we brought you about an explosion at a bakery that rocked paris on saturday. at least three people died in

that blast. officials are blaming a natural gas leak, two firefighters who rushed to the area when residents smelled the gas were among the killed. a spanish citizen also died. s dozens more were injured ther officials say 84,000 demonstrators marched nationwide, up from 50,000 last weekend. the protests began two months ago to oppose higher fuel taxes, but they're now broadly aimed at government bopolicies. police clashed with people protesting at times, they fired water cannon and tear gas at those who reportedly threw objects. a saudi teenager has a new home in canada after fleeing her allegedly abusive family. she had tweeted that she feared that she was sent home -- if she were sent home she would be

killed for renouncing islam. >> her pleas sparked attention across the world. on saturday, the 18-year-old was welcomed in toronto by canadian foreign minister chrystia freeland after canada granted her asylum. >> it was her choice to come out and say hello to canadians. she wanted canadians to see that she is here, that she's well, and that she's very, very happy to be in her new home, although she did comment to me about the cold. i told her it does get warmer. >> it does get warmer. she arrived in canada from thailand where the u.n. designated her a refugee a few days ago. a historic government shutdown, and new questions about donald trump's relationship with russia. a look back at the past week and we'll speak with an expert, what

we can expect in the week to come. plus, you're not seeing double, you're seeing 2020, which castro brother wants to take on the u.s. president ahead. stay with us. wenit gave me a leafput in the names almost right away. first. within a few days, i went from knowing almost nothing to holy crow, i'm related to george washington. i didn't know that using ancestry would be so easy.

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details of his meetings with the russian president vladimir putin. u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo will meet with saudi crown prince mohamed bin salman on sunday. he says he will address the murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi. on saturday, he told reporters u.s. cooperation with saudi arabia is very important. he also says america will hold khashoggi's killer responsible. a white house official confirms to cnn the trump administration is preparing for six more weeks, six more weeks of partial government shutdown. it is already the longest shutdown in u.s. history. some 800,000 federal employees are now into their fourth week of working without pay. >> kind of a showdown as well, because people are expressing their understandable frustration. it is the start of a new week, but the partial shutdown and bombshell headlines about the u.s. president will set the agenda. here is how it played out last week. on monday, press trump digs in

on his threat to declare a national emergency, which would take money from disaster funds to build his border wall. >> it is against this backdrop he addressed the nation from the oval office on tuesday. despite the buildup, he stopped short of calling an emergency. democratic leaders give their rebuttal immediately afterward. >> on wednesday, mr. trump again meets with congressional republicans to shore up support for his border wall. but he storms out of a white house meeting with democratic leaders after they refuse to back his demand for $5 billion. house speaker nancy pelosi later says she thinks the white house meeting was a setup. >> then on thursday, the u.s. president heads to the state of texas, mccowan, to bolster his claim that there is a crisis there. mcallen is considered one of the safest border cities in the country. >> on friday, president trump holds a round table discussion at the white house to discuss border security, but it is soon

overshadowed by "the new york times." it breaks the news that mr. trump was see yetsecretly under investigation by the fbi in 2017 for actions that may have benefited russia. >> then saturday, another bombshell report, "the washington post" reporting the u.s. president went to extraordinary lengths to conceal the details of his interactions with the russian president, vladimir putin. >> let's get some perspective now. scott lucas is a professor of international politics at the university of birmingham, in england. scott, always good to see you. considering we just laid out the week, where do you want to start with this interview? >> well, how do you deal with wave after wave that keeps crashing? let's pull it all together. combine the government shutdown with the revelations about how deeply donald trump may have, may have been tied to the kremlin, donald trump in the eyes of many, is a threat to america. that's not just me speaking, that's not just democrats, we're talking about current and former

u.s. officials who now are looking at two converging stories. the first is this record-setting shutdown that trump is determined to continue as you just reported. >> right, and now we have the -- of course, the story from the new york times about the fbi -- oops. i think we lost scott. scott, are you there? >> i'm here. hopefully we reconnected. >> sorry about that. we have this story from "the new york times", you were addressing it, but, of course, the white house says that is absurd. and they're really talking no more about it. >> well, of course, the white house would say that. you're in the going to say, put your hands up and say, you're right, donald trump is an agent of the kremlin. but you'll notice that last night, when he appeared on another channel, he did not deny the stories. he simply said he was insulted by them. you're talking about a story,

these two stories, first of all, that donald trump was under investigation by the fbi, on counterintelligence, not just criminal, but counterintelligence matters and the story he's been withholding from his officials, that isn't coming from former officials, there are current officials who are saying this. and that's because u.s. agencies are now worried about donald trump being a threat. they, of course, are worried about the government shutdown as you have been discussing, but they are now worried that you have a president whose first priority has been, for whatever reason, personal, financial, political, his first priority is to protect his relationship with the foreign power. and the reason why we're going to get more wave upon wave upon these stories is we're getting close now i think to robert mueller, special counsel, bringing in his findings. i think those findings will be serious indeed. i wouldn't dare to predict how far they go in terms of criminal activity, but i think officials know that with mueller coming in, they're saying, okay, now is the time to prepare. not just for what this may say

about picking up the pieces after donald trump may be forced from office before the end of his first term. >> to the shutdown for a moment. he's adamant, he stormed out of the meeting, pelosi said she thinks it is a setup. the democrats seem to be stuck as well because they do not want or believe in this border wall. do you really believe they will keep this government shut down for the weeks we're hearing? >> this isn't a two-sided issue. the democrats are not stock in the sense that they with many republicans have proposed additional money for effective border security. they presented this to donald trump before the shutdown on december 21st, $1.3 billion for border security, he rejected it. last week, the house passed the bill with republican support for $1.3 billion for border security, mitch mcconnell will not allow it to be discussed in the senate because donald trump will reject it. there is one person and one

person only who is holding americans hostage, including those 800,000 workers who are not being paid, including those millions who worry about tax refunds, worry about their forms, worry about their stocks, that one person who is mainta maintaining the shutdown because he wants $5.7 billion for his vanity project is donald trump. >> so what does he go from here on that, scott? >> he's in the bunker. he's in the bunker along with certain advisers like steven miller and i think they decided they're not going to come out. they're going to dig in and somehow hope that they'll have this wave of support from americans who will decide that all the damage is worth it if you have, quote, the wall. i think they're wrong. but until they come to that recognition, or until perhaps more importantly mitch mcconnell stops protecting him, and allows the senate to also pass a bill to reopen the government, they'll stay in that bunker for weeks and even months. >> we'll see what the effect that has on mitch mcconnell and the republicans who continue to

stay on the side of donald trump. scott lucas, we always appreciate your insight, thanks. >> thank you. well, speaking of others who would want to be president, it is official now, a young popular texas democrat is running for president, but it is not who you might think. not beto o'rourke. >> no, in this case, it is the former chief of housing and urban development julian castro announcing his white house bid. dan america has more from san antonio, texas. >> reporter: julian castro announced his presidential campaign on saturday, here in san antonio, where he was born and raised, across the street from the church he was baptized in. he made his family's legacy and history here in the united states where his grandmother immigrated to the united states in 1922 after her parents were killed during the revolution, a center point of his candidacy and he referenced his grandmother when he announced and made his campaign official. take a listen to what he had to

say. >> when my grandmother got here almost 100 years ago, i'm sure that she never could have imagined that just two generations later one of her grandsons would be serving as a member of the united states congress and the other would be standing with you here today to say these words, i am a candidate for president of the united states of america. >> reporter: before julian castro has a shot at president trump, he's going to have to win the democratic nomination and he admitted to me in an interview that that could be a long shot. he could have issues with money. he also may have issues resonating outside of places like san antonio. his campaign says he will travel to iowa in the future and he will play across the country, but that could be an issue. another issue for him is the fact that beto o'rourke, the popular former congressman who ran for senate unsuccessfully in 2018, but captured the imagination of democrats is considering a presidential run. in an interview with cnn after he announced his campaign, castro said that while he's not

worried that beto o'rourke could get into the race, he obviously would like him to stay on the sidelines. >> i would rather be the only democrat running from texas. but, you know, i think that we're going to have a crowded primary. we don't know who is going to run. and so everybody is just going to have to go and put out their vision. and go and do the hard work of campaigning and reaching voters. >> reporter: and now the real work begins. on sunday, he'll travel to puerto rico for his first post announcement event, latino event, in puerto rico. he will travel to new hampshire where he will meet and mingle with a number of top democrats in the state. they, of course, have questions for him, he says he has anzor to give them. dan america, cnn, san antonio. the mystery surrounding the abduction of an american teenager, the suspect apparently never met jayme closs before, but he's accuseded of kidnapping her and killing her parents. also, heavy snowfall has

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in barron, wisconsin, a great sense of relief now that jayme closs is free from her kidnapper and out of danger. >> but serious questions remain about the 13-year-old's abduction, the man accused of the crime and the motive. cnn's ryan young is there. >> no matter where you turn in this community, everyone here was looking for jayme closs. that's the thing that people have been talking about. how did this end this way? how did a little girl end up getting away and escaping from her captor and making it to a road where she could find someone to help her? that's the big story right now. even when the sheriff had his news conference, there were people from the community who decided to come in and hear for themselves. but the next part about this is

the investigation. why did jake patterson pick that home? that is something the sheriff and investigators are working on. the sheriff did detail to us that they believe jake patterson used a shotgun to blow open the front door and then go inside and murder jayme closs' parents before kidnapping her. he also told us the detail about they believe the 21-year-old man shaved his head so he would not leave any dna evidence behind. listen to the sheriff talk about the next steps and this investigation. >> right now we're looking for 88 days of evidence. so we're looking for receipts, where the suspect may have been over the last 88 days, did he take things with her, did she go with him to the store, did he buy clothes for her, did he buy food? time frame, so we can gather any other video evidence. >> reporter: so you heard the sheriff say there is more work to be done. especially at this house and around this community, people are smiling. in fact, we talked to the aunts

of this young lady, they say they could not wait to get their arms around this young lady. this story will be remembered for quite some time, especially here where people were putting their hearts into trying to find jayme closs, someone everyone considers a survivor. reporting in barron county, wisconsin, ryan young, cnn. >> she certainly is. well, a deadly winter storm is moving across the united states. >> especially affecting people in the state of missouri, killing four people and stranding many other motorists. the storm dropped 12 inches, about 30 centimeters of snow on the city of st. louis. look at that. it is now heading east toward washington, d.c. and the mid-atlantic region. let's get more information about what's happening, all the snow that scommin ins coming. our meteorologist derek van dam is here. >> we're focusing our attention on the nation's capital, into baltimore, philadelphia, new york. looks like you're going to be spared the brunt of the storm. still, waking up to a wintry,

wintry mess along the east coast. cincinnati, give credit to that runner there, running in the snow. that's incredible. but they are also dealing with slick roadways in cincinnati. several inches have piled up in that city. but that's actually not where the heaviest of snow is expected through the course of the day today. the nation's capital may get 8 to 12 inches of snowfall on top of what is already fallen from this storm. here is the map, see the storm system across the southeast, lots of cold air in place, high pressure located over the northeast, that's helping usher in the arctic blast. that is allowing for impressive snowfall totals from the midwest all the way to the mid-atlantic. here is some of the numbers we dragged out. harrisburg, 17 inches. st. louis, a foot of snow already for you. jacksonville, illinois, 14 inches of snowfall. this is a storm system on our radar, it is coming to an end across the midwest. st. louis to cincinnati, a few more hours of the heavy wet

snow, but look at the mid-atlantic, you can see it pivoting over the delmarva peninsula. by the way, we have over 50 million americans still under a winter storm warning or winter weather advisory. that does stretch from st. louis through cincinnati and that includes much of virginia into the carolinas as well as maryland and into delaware. this is the beauty of radar imagery. you see clearly where the snowfall is taking place. baltimore, philadelphia, into the nation's capital, right along that i-95 corridor so heavily traveled. but look a little bit to the south. you see that shading of purple. that's actually ice. so not only do we have a problem with snow piling up quickly, but the potential for a full on ice storm is taking place across virginia. virginia under a state of emergency at the moment because of this ongoing winter storm threat that is taking place as we speak. now, i talked about up to a foot of snow in the nation's capital. they have seen several inches. here's the ice we're expecting

south and west of richmond, could accumulate over half an inch. with the potential of bringing down tree limbs and electrical poles as well. this is a real problem for this area. storm moving east, will exit the region quickly through the course of the end of the weekend. >> ice, never a good thing. >> no, we're all too familiar with that in atlanta. we don't like that obviously. >> don't deal with it very well. >> that's right. >> derek, thank you. a medical miracle in the democratic republic of congo. an ebola survivor beats the odds and gives birth to a healthy baby girl. a story of hope and survival coming next. welcome to the place where people go to learn about their medicare options before they're on medicare. come on in. you're turning 65 soon? yep. and you're retiring at 67? that's the plan! it's also a great time to learn about an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. here's why...medicare part b doesn't pay for everything. this part is up to you.

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welcome back. against all odds, an ebola survivor in congo has given birth to a healthy and ebola free baby girl. >> the delivery is being called a medical miracle. pauline chu has this story. >> reporter: baby silvana is barely a week old but she is a survivor. she was bjoorn in an ebola treatment center. her mother was infected with the deadly disease while pregnant and came to the clinic in

december for treatment. the survival rate for pregnant women infected with ebola is extremely low and even worse for their babies. her mother says it is a miracle they both survived. >> translator: i thank god for allowing know have a safe birth. now i'm recovered. i do not have any diseases and the baby was born healthy. >> reporter: this latest outbreak of ebola began six months ago and killed nearly 400 people, almost two-thirds of those infected. so doctors say the baby's birth on top of her mother's recovery is against the odds. >> this was something that was close to unheard of in last epidemic, and so that was really something exciting to see a woman give birth to a child after it appears she survived ebola. >> reporter: for now, the baby is healthy and shows no signs of ebola. but the treatment center says they will closely monitor the infant until the 21-day

incubation period for the virus is over. >> translator: we did a sample on the newborn, we took a sample of the woman who gave birth and we took a sample from the amniotic fluid which made us fear a process of release of the virus and after testing the result did indeed come back negative. >> reporter: doctors say they hope she stays as she is now, swaddled in pink and safe in her mother's arms. a tiny glimmer of hope in the fight against a deadly disease. pauline chu, cnn. >> an incredible opening night for actor and playwright lin-manuel miranda and the cast of "hamilton". >> had to be great for him. they received a standing ovation in puerto rico on friday as they kicked off a 23-performance run of the hit broadway musical. the show is raising money for arts programs in the u.s. territory, which is struggling, of course, after two devastating hurricanes a year and a half ago. >> this was particularly

emotional for miranda. he reprised the role he created, the u.s. founding father alexander hamilton on the island where his own father was born. listen. >> people are going to come here hopefully because of "hamilton" and spend money and leave their hotels and spend money at small businesses on the island. that's what i hope. that's what i've been pushing. they're also going to see blue tarps and see how much work is left to be done. >> the benefit is already a huge success. tickets sold fast and range from $10 to $5,000. is he not only talented, but such a good person. >> absolutely. absolutely. so great to see in puerto rico. >> absolutely. >> thanks for being with us this hour. i'm natalie allen. >> i'm george howell. let's do it again. another hour of news right after the break. stay with us. what do harvard graduates

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