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will now try to diffuse the situation between russia and ukraine. we're live in kyiv with the latest, and the winter games are on. the first medals being handed out in beijing all while the pandemic still hangs over the competitions. former u.s. president donald trump is focusing his anger once again at the men who stood by his side for four years in the white house. he's firing back at mike pence in the latest salvo over his false claims the then vice president could have overturned the 2020 election in his favor. friday night trump issued a statement saying in part just saw mike pence's statement on the fact he had no right to do anything with respect to the electoral vote count other than being an automatic conveyer belt

for the old crow mitch mcconnell to get biden elected president as quickly as possible. although the vice president's position is not an automatic conveyer if obvious signs of voter fraud or irregularity exists. paula reid has more on the two different views and why the timing right now matters. >> reporter: on friday former vice president mike pence rebuked former president trump in the strongest terms yet saying trump was wrong about the pence's authority to overturn the election january 6th. his remarks come 13 months after the insurrection which again he called a dark day in the history of the u.s. capitol and then called out trump's big lie. let's take a listen what he told the crowd at this conservative event in florida. >> i heard this week that president trump said i had the right to overturn the election. president trump is wrong.

i had no right to overturn the election. the presidency belongs to the american people and the american people alone. and frankly, there is no idea more un-american than a notion that any one person can choose the american president. under the constitution i had no right to change the outcome of our election, and kamala harris will have no right to overturn the election when we beat them in 2024. look, i understand the disappointment many feel about the last election. i was on the ballot. but whatever the future holds, i know we did our duty that day. if we lose faith in the constitution we won't just lose elections, we'll lose our country. >> and pence's remarks take on more significance as we've learned more about the pressure he was facing on january 6th

frump trump and his allies. two of pence's top advisers have recently testified before the commit wrebut not clear if pence will also cooperate with lawmakers. and a split in the gop senate this week when at the rnc's meeting in salt lake city they voted to censure cheney and kinzinger. cheney tweeted in response i don't recognize those in my party who have abandoned the constitution to embrace donald trump. the gop clearly at odds with itself. paula reid, cnn, washington. >> and in that resolution to for for formally censure liz cheney, the group later tried to draw a

distinction between the rioters and those who didn't commit any velns, but it didn't change the resolution. meanwhile sources tell cnn investigators now have records showing donald trump and republican congressman jim jordan spoke on the phone for ten minutes before jordan took the white house floor and reject today the certification of joe biden's presidential win on january 6th. on friday the congressman said he had multiple calls with the former president but couldn't remember if hay spoke that morning. the committee is debating whether to move forward with a subpoena for jordan after he refused to voltarl appear for an interview. in the latest round of diplomacy aimed at preventing a russian invasion of ukraine. president macron expected to arrive on monday. moskow insists it has no intention of sending its forces

into ukraine, but tens of thousands of russian troops with tanks and artillery have taken up positions within easy striking distance of ukraine's borders. melissa, vladimir putin must be thrilled, all these world leaders coming to see him. are we expecting anything concrete to some from these latest talks? >> reporter: the view here in kyiv is that these diplomatic efforts have been working. we've been hearing from the country's prime minister that the show that support and solidarity is having the desired effect, which is to make moskow think twice. the view from here and the assessment from ukrainian authorities is that whilst russia has the ability to invade ukraine it's far from clear whether it has the intention to doing so with the assessment being ukrainian forcers are much they were the spring of last year apart from those new deployments we've seen to

belarus. that leaves open a window of opportunity for diplomacy to work, and that's why they're welcoming the visits. we're expecting the french president to come. he's made it clear any foot, any inch of ukrainian soil taken by russia would lead to a fierce response being one of those nato members to have sent troops to fortify the alliances eastern front especially in romania. so he's being firm and standing in unity with his nato allies on one handch but he said he believes the resurrection of the stalled talks in 2019 does allow for some room for negotiations. it is with the view to carry on those negotiations kick started in paris a couple of weeks ago he's coming to speak to both leaders. i think what's interesting here, kim, there does appear to be some proximity between the russian view and the french one that the old treaties, the old structures are perhaps not fit forred today, and there is some room for negotiation about

looking once again at what treaties might be fit for the 21st century and allow nato and russia and europe to get all the girnties about security they need. making this a european security issue that should be discussed between europeans, kim. >> all right, interesting. we'll be following all the diplomatic efforts. melissa bell in kyiv. thanks so much. lrlt, turning now to the winter games where competitions are moving full steam ahead following friday's opening ceremony in beijg. some 3,000 performers took part, most of them teenagers. the big event was filled with fireworks, light shows and very colorful costumes. the ceremony ended with two young chinese olympians lighting

the cauldron in the stadium. and despite bamging's best efforts the covid-19 pandemic is still lingering over the games. the olympic committee reported 45 new infections among related personnel on friday. we're following all the olympic news. let's go to will rippley live in taipei. i want to go back to the inclusion of the uyghur athlete in the ceremony. what do you make of it? >> reporter: well, analysts are saying this is a message from china to the united states in reaction to its diplomatic boycott largely due what the u.s. calls genocide of the uyghur where the chinese have setup what they call vocational training camps. the u.s. has called it genocide,

china denies that saying this is fight against terrorism and also giving people an opportunity to integrate into chinese society. nonetheless, china is not avoiding the issue. they put a cross-country skier from there on there. >> thanks so much, will. now we're going to go to andy scholes. we've seen the first medal handed out a short time ago. take us through the highlights. >> in the last hour the first medals of the beijing games have been handed out, and cross-country skiing in norway picking up right where they left off taking the first gold. winning by a wide margin.

austria the bronze. she was suspended for doping. this is the second gold medal for the 33-year-old norwegian juggling the gold back in 2010. now the hockey action was under way and a great start for canada's team. canada beating finland 11-1. finland was the bronze medal winning team just four years ago. canada had won four straight gold medals at the olympics until the americans beat them at the gold medal game in pyeongchang. the u.s. plays the russian olympic committee today. the overwhelming favorite to win a second straight olympic title later on today. the 29-year-old breezed through qualifying earlier in the week. looking to add to his two olympic medals here in beijing. american snow boarder jamie

anderson has begun her quest to make olympic history. the 31-year-old could be the first snow boarder ever to qualify for three. >> my mother is like there's nothing to prove, enjoy, but i think deep down of course everyone going there wants to win the do their best, and for me to win three medals would be absolutely insane. >> olympic gold medalist snow boarder sean white confirming in a press conference a short time ago this will be his last olympic games. just incredible longevity. and, you know, at some point you knew it was going to come to an

end but he confirmed it moments ago this will be his last. >> really an end of an era there. so just quickly looking ahead then for the day, what are you expecting? what are the big highlights you're going to be keeping an eye on? >> you've got some speed skating going on as we speak. those are all fun competitions to watch. and the biathlon is going to give out a medal today, later today. if you want to tune into one event later today it might be the biathlon. always fun to watch those guys ski as fast they can but also maintain their composure with targets. here coming up next on "cnn newsroom" overall covid cases are starting to trend downward in the u.s. so will we see a return to normal in the u.s. anytime soon? i'll ask a medical expert just ahead. stay with us. enough, crohn's! for adults with moderate to severe crohn's or ulcerative colitis, stelelara® can provide relief, and is the first approved medication

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all right, let's take a look at some of your covid headlines from around the world. schools in delhi are reopening

after being closed for more than 600 days in the pandemic. grades 9 through 12 head back and college on monday. health officials say south korea set a covid case record for a fifth day in a row. more than 36,000 cases were reported on friday. the country recently increased social distancing measures in an effort to help curb rising omicron cases, and greece is making it easier for europeans to take a holiday there. starting monday europeans with a tourist vaccination certificate won't have to show a negate covid test to enter the country. greek officials hope it will help boost tourism. canada's capital is stepping up precautions ahead of a second straight weekend of protests by truckers opposed to covid restrictions. ottawa police are deploying dozens of officers to the area around parliament where the protests have going on. police in toronto are also taking precautions ahead of a similar protest there.

meanwhile gofundme has suspended a donation campaign for the so-called freedom convoy citing silence and unlawful activity by protesters. and the u.s. reached another milestone on friday. data from john hopkins university confirmed the u.s. had surpassed more than 900,000 total deaths from covid-19. in the past two weeks there have been more than 2,000 deaths reported daily. the cdc is considering expanding the interval between the first and second doses of if he isser a pfizer and moderna vaccines to eight weeks. a new study shows wearing a mask reduces transmission of covid. your risks are cut in half by wearing a mask versus no mask at all. they're cut even further by 80 perts with an n95 respirator and a surgical mask reduces the risk by 60%.

dr. steven brody is the associate executive director at kaiser permanente and joins me now from san francisco. doctor, thank you so much for being here with us. many european countries have lifted or are in the process of lifting their restrictions even though some still have high case counts. i mean, they're saying that the crisis is past and has yet to start living with covid. so when do you think the u.s. can sort of make that pivot toward dealing with it as an endemic disease? are we there now? >> well, we're actually starting to see a waning of the omicron surge which is actually welcome news. reductions in hospitalizations and actual reductions in overall infection rates. and i think what we can expect to see is that with this surge we had a large number of people get infected, unfortunately. that being said a number of people have immunity now at least temporary immunity to the latest variant. in addition to that we have a

large number of the population that has been vaccinated at least partially. and in many cases boosted. so it's a combination of more immunity the hope would be that over time we're going to see less high surges and hopefully increasing, you know, amounts of immunity, which means that we do move into an endemic state. >> you help oversee the care of some 4.5 million patients. is there a danger that we rush, that we drop all the restrictions and then hospitals like yours are in danger of, again, being overwhelmed? >> well, that's a good question. and really the key point here is you want to be realistic. you know, with other diseases like influenza, we don't just simply lift restrictions immediately. what we do is take a measured approach. so when there's a lot of disease present, we take a lot of action. we make sure that people isolate. we make sure that people if they're exposed, quarantine

themselves. and so we'll want to continue that sort of guidance. hopefully with actually a little bit more clarity. >> one thing that might help soon enough, we should see all americans of all ages able to get the vaccine. the fda will now be looking at the data and will vote whether to authorize it for children under 5. so for you what difference would that make in our quest to get back to normal? because the asterisk here is that the vaccination rate falls as you get younger and younger down the age groups, and a recent kaiser poll found that more than two thirds of parents of children around that age group say they'll wait and see about the vaccination or are dempt not planning to vaccinate their young kids. >> so first of all, i think it's critically important and actually a game changer if we're able to vaccinate children that are aged between 6 months and 5 years. the reason being since the start of the pandemic in the united states 1.6 million children of

that age group have been infected, and actually 287 of them have died. so just that alone tells me that it is critical that we get those youngest, most vulnerable of our population vaccinated. but, secondly, just as importantly it's going to allow us to more safely keep schools open because children in that age range are often siblings of children who are in school. and, of course, they're children with parents, and parents need to work. if we want to be able to open up society more effectively i think having those children vaccinated is going to be critical. >> as we talk about getting back to normal it does seem to depend not only on where you live geographically but what race you are. black and brown americans are still dying at much higher rates than others in this country from covid, and are less likely to get some treatments like

anti-virals, for instance. so is there a daerj as we start sort of dismantling our emergency covid response to drop the restrictions that these groups will be disproportionately affected as all the protective infrastructure is dismantled? >> well, it's going to be critically important that we have the right outreach mechanisms as we do, you know, open up society. so making sure that we still have actually the federal necessities available so people have access to testing, for example. that we have equal access to being able to get in and be seen. we are working with our state government to ensure that there's equitable distribution of new therapeutics, whether monoclonal antibodies or the oral therapies. so we can't actually take our sort of i caught the ball even if we are able to say in fact you don't need tests at a

certain point in time but you need able to have access to tests for example if you're getting sick for instance, and to provide that level of clarity that you may not need to test for surveillance, but you need a test when you actually felt symptoms. >> and join me next hour for more with the doctor and we'll discuss if it's too soon to start lifting restrictions in the hopes of moving out of the emergency phase of the pandemic. again, that's next hour. european leaders are scrambling to diffuse tensions between russia and ukraine while the u.s. fears an invasion could come at any time. and people in russia don't see it that way at all. i'll speak with a journalist in moskow about the kremlin's messaging to its people and the so-called party-gate scandal haunts the british prime minister. stay with us. and it's temperature balancing so you both sleep just right. and now, save 50% on the sleep number 360 limited edition smart bed. plus, 0% interest for 48 months on all smart beds. ends monday

welcome back to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada and around the world. i'm kim brunhuber. this is "cnn newsroom." france's president will spearhead the latest diplomatic efforts to diffuse tensions with ukraine. emmanuel macron is expected to offer some sign of deescalation between the borders. ssian president vladimir putin is currently in beijing for the start of the winter olympics. it was the first time in two years that chinese leader xi jinping has met a world leader in person. cnn's nic robertson has the latest from moskow. >> reporter: well, president putin's trip to beijing and meeting president xi of china proving to be a huge boost for

president putin's position. he got reinforcement on his central message that nato should stop moving eastward, that the united states causing all the disruption at the moment. he got buy in from president xi on that. both of them issuing a joint statement talking about a deeper strategic coordination, that in that there would be a message for the world not just on the security front but on the economic front as well. president putin getting some big economic deals signed, one of them on oil, but also talk between the two leaders on future cooperation on hi-tech, on green tech, of course russia needs a lot of support there, but this is an important piece of messaging for president putin that he can do business with china. it may not cover all the deficit that he might have if there were heavy sanctions as promised by the united states and european nations if russia invades ukraine, but signaling there

that he does have another economic partner who can make up some of that potential shortfall. meanwhile, back home the united states getting huge criticism for saying that russia was planning a full operation involving actors, involving blood that would then be used to precipitation an incursion, a russian incursion into ukraine. the foreign minister sergei lavrov, calling that delusional saying there have been more and more of these things that clearly people didn't believe them, and heavy trolling as well for the states department spokesman ned price on russian tv where a reporter asked him for a question for more details about these allegations of a false flag operation. ned price not giving those details, and here the russian media playing that up, this is just another empty claim by the united states. nic robertson, cnn, moskow. recent polling by the independent center gives us a

sense how russians view what's going on. so when asked who's to blame for tensions centered on eastern ukraine half of those surveyed responded with the united states and other nato countries. 16% point the finger at ukraine, and only 4% accuse russia. the rest pointed mostly to the self-styled break away regions or had no opinion. now, despite that russians are showing a degree of optimism about the outcome. only 3% expect there to be a war with the country of ukraine. but the majority say war is either unlikely or rule it out all together. for more on this let's bring in the journalist the investigative editor at the medusa project and joins us moskow. thanks so much for being with us. i want to start with the perception that seems to be the dominant view in russia the u.s. and nato is to blame. does that reflect what they're seeing on state and social media

because the russian language content on social media pushing stories about ukraine being the aggressor has increased 200% from the daily average a month before to an average of nearly 3,500 polled today. that's pretty significant. >> i would say thank you for having me on, and i would say, yeah, this is the general line in russian state media today, which is kind of shifting its delivery in the past eight years which used to be focused quite centrally on ukraine as the biggest -- as russia's biggest adversary. and for hours every day all the major national networks would spend hours explaining how aggressive ukraine is, how it's overtaken by nazis, and ukraine is at the same time russia's

biggest existential threat and at the same time kind of a wayward brother. but now i think there's a general shift in -- in that general line in that ukraine is no longer even has any agency in the russian state media's eyes. it's just a puppet. >> i wanted to ask you about that shift because some of images are quite stark. i mean, you've written the diet of the state propaganda russians are being fed now is very different than it was during the 2014 invasion of ukraine. so just take us back then. what kind of images and stories were russians seeing and hearing in the news and on social media in the prelude and during the invasion? >> well, one particular image i was looking at just now a clip from a recent russian tv that

ukrainian gates are preparing to attack the break away region. that's the way they're putting it because russian propaganda kind of blends it all together, the state sponsored homophobe yo and ukrainian sentiment into one. it's not that much out of the ordinary. i would say the rhetoric is a bit more subdued, which when the entire state media was in overdrive. it was just more hysteria 24/7. and now it's more -- i wouldn't say it's a beating of the war drums but just a low hum. >> so what do you make of that difference then? the mood seems completely different. does that give us a sense of optimism that we might not see an invasion like we did before? >> i think last time eight years

ago -- about eight years ago today in spring and summer 2014 when russia was invading ukraine -- we're not talking about an invasion of ukraine. it's been ongoing for eight years. and it was already riding a massive wave of patriotic euphoria on the back of, you know, annexation of crimea from ukraine. and it was already using the invasion of ukraine was rising on that wave. and they were -- it wasn't just all top down imposed by the region. people were quite energized by that feeling. there were people in the streets. there were volunteers signing up to go fight in these, you know, break away regions for the pro-russian forces.

there's nothing like that now. and it's clear, you know, the public opinion is very much against any war. >> so then what do you make of the accusation from the u.s. that russia's preparing an elaborate false flag operation, the fake graphic video with staged explosions, corpses, actors and so on as a pretext for an attack on ukraine, and russia's denied it, of course. >> well, to be honest i'm more alarmed by, for example, the agency jumping the gun and publishing a newswire saying that russia invades ukraine. if a major u.s. agency can do that, a soldier on either side on the border can do that, too. and that's a lot more dangerous i think than any state run operations. and i'm pretty sure somebody somewhere is probably preparing

a false flag operations, but you've got to understand there's a lot more players than just the russian military. there's the, you know, russian mercenaries who may or may not be under complete control of the russian military, and there's a lot of people involved. it's not all centrally controlled, so it may not be, but, you know, the fact that, you know, the u.s. hasn't presented one piece of evidence of this false flag attack being prepared, it undermines the faith in the u.s., not in russia. >> interesting. well, listen, thank you so much for your expertise on this in moskow. really appreciate it. >> thank you for having me. downing street is in full damage control mode as one close aide of prime minister boris johnson after another heads for the door. so have a look at this. these were some of the newspaper headlines this week calling the

exodus a melt down and a bloodbath. johnson lost five close aides in two days. as his office works to shake off the blow back from the so-called party-gate scandal. so salma, yesterday i was talking about the four aides are left now adding another person today. this continues to be bad news for boris johnson. >> reporter: absolutely. you're looking at a prime minister now weaker than ever before, less popular than ever before, who's quite literally fighting for his political survival. five top aides, the chief of staff, the top secretary, the coms chief. these are major hits for any administration to take especially within a 48-hour period. if you look at the larger picture for weeks now prime minister boris johnson has been plagued, mired in this party-gate scandal. you've looked at weeks of bad headlines.

you now have the summary of one of two investigations which has been released, the sue gray report accusing the government -- not accusing. finding the government having had failure of leadership, failure of judgment, excessive drinking at the workplace. i mean all of this together should be more than enough to take down any prime minister, kim. but johnson soldiers on. now, why is that? because it's up to his party the conservative party to push him out of office, and they have yet to reach that threshold. the threshold would require 15% of conservative lawmakers that's 54 torrey lawmakers to submit letters of no confidence triggering a vote to push prime minister boris johnson out. now, there are a small handful of lawmakers that have come forward and submitted those letters but still nowhere near that threshold. now, why is that you might ask? well, there's a couple of reasons here. prime minister boris johnson is seen as a political survivor. he's a charmer, a charismatic

man, a winner within his own party and there are few alternatives to him. so for now it seems his party unwilling to take those steps to push him out, but when you look at every day a prime minister who's getting weaker and weaker, you think at some point it must run out. >> we'll keep following the twists and turns of this. thanks so much. a jury has found lawyer michael avenatti guilty of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft for stealing from his former client, stormy daniels. now, you may remember that daniels is the porn star who said she was paid hush money to cover up a sexual encounter with former u.s. president donald trump. the charges against avenatti revolve around a book deal he helped to negotiate for daniels. prosecutors detailed how he secretly got her literary agent to move $300,000 into an account he controlled. avenatti says he's disappointed and plans to appeal the verdict.

millions in the u.s. are dealing with the aftermath of a massive winter storm. plus a race against the clock in morocco to save a little boy who's been trapped in a well for days. we'll have the latest straight ahead. stay with us. i don't just play someone brainy on tv - i'm an actual neuroscientist. and i love the science behind neuriva plus. unlike ordinary memory supplements, neuriva plus fuels six key indicators of brain performance. more brain performance? yes, please! neuriva. think bigger.

in morocco rescuers are making slow but steady progress in their efforts to save a boy trap in a well. so what you're looking at right now are live pictures of the rescue site in northern morocco. rescuers are using heavy machinery as you can see there in an attempt to reach the 5-year-old. the rescue operation is risky. a race against the clock to try to save a young boy in morocco who's been trapped in an underground well for days. on tuesday the 5-year-old fell into a well in the town of

northern morocco. his mother says he was playing in the area when he disappeared. the well approximately 75 centimeters or 17 inches at the top was small enough for him to fall into but too narrow for anyone to reach him. now he's stuck about 30 meters or 100 feet down. an all out rescue effort was launched. bulldozers and heavy machinery was brought in. broadcasters have been leave streaming the work as they dig a second hole to try to save him. a camera lowered into the well show pictures of the boy alive. rescuers have also sent water and oxygen down through a tube. workers say they're going as fast as they can first digging down and then over to get closer to the child's location. but it's meticulous work. drilling too aggressively collapse the walls around the world. one rescuer says the most complicated matter is the landslide with the machines operating and teams working hard

with no food or sleep. crowds have gathered at the scene where there's a helicopter standing by to take him to the hospital. and there's been an outpouring of support on social media where the hashtag save raon is trending across africa. raon's grandmother says he's very much loved here in the village not only at home. rescuers are hoping their efforts will soon pay off and they can return little raonto his family. a powerful cyclone is headed straight for madagascar. how residents are preparing for yet another dangerous storm after the break. stay with us. migraine attacks? qulipta™ can help prevent migraine attacks. it can't prevent triggers, like your next period or stress. you can't prevent what's going on outside, that's why qulipta™ helps what's going on inside. qulipta™ is a pill. gets right to work to prevent migraine attacks and keeps them away over time.

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are you a christian author with a book that you're ready to share with the world? get published now, call for your free publisher kit today! well, just weeks after a deadly tropical storm hit madagascar the island is bracing for another dangerous cyclone. it'll make landfall on the east coast of the country in just a few hours. on friday residents in madagascar's capital prepped for the storm's arrival prasing

bricks and rocks on the roofs. the cyclone is expected to bring significant winds and flooding along with storm surge along the coast. while millions of americans are dealing the aftermath of a massive winter storm the heavy snow and ice created dangerous driving conditions from new mexico to new england. in oklahoma local government say they've been working tirelessly to cleanup the slick roads, and the same goes for pennsylvania. pittsburgh is still dealing with power outages and dangerous conditions caused by flooding, freezing rain and snow. if there's any consolation, there are fewer flight consolations today. only 940 so far compared to 4,000 on friday. let's bring in meteorologist karen maginnis. what are we looking for? >> reporter: it looks like a deep freeze now. most of that active weather ms is well-off shore, but in its wake much colder temperatures even though we'll see less in the way of snowfall, more in the

way of ice. you might get a brief little shower or snow shower coming up in the next couple of hours, also a bit of leftover snowfall across west virginia. but it's pretty much all said and done. but when you look at the path and the degree that we did see that snowfall and ice and gusty winds all the way from the deep south right across the north central texas and into the central tennessee river valley from the great lakes into north eastern new england where significant snowfall occurred -- as a matter of fact bangor almost a foot of snowfall just for the day. and we have five states all the way from tennessee into new york where we have almost 200,000 people without power. we'll see those numbers go down as they restore the power gradually, but it is very cold. and as a result of the cold air it is going to be frightful for folks who are still dealing with

these power outages. and look at the current temperatures right now. in boston it's 21, but it feels like it's 11 degrees with the gusty winds there. new york city 24 degrees, so you can see just how cold those temperatures are. buffalo, this is not a wind chill. this is the actual outside air temperature. it is 11 degrees. water town, new york, it's 5 degrees. not a wind-chill factor. well, it's going to take a cup of days but by the beginning of the workweek those temperatures are going to be back to near normal levels. we'll see about 40 degrees coming up on monday for new york city. that looks pretty good. take a look at dallas, though, it struggles a bit. temperatures in the 50s, probably should be in the 60s. want to mention what's going with the tropical cyclone. this is knocking on the door of madagascar. they are reeling from tropical cyclone ana several weeks ago that took the lives of at least 80 people. it's going to move across

madagascar. this is the coast of mozambique. it's going to weaken, but with all that rain we're looking at mud slides and land slides, also destructive winds. we could see power outages. it's going to have a major impact, kim, across this region. and it's within six hours of making landfall there. >> all right, we'll be following that. karen maginnis, thank you so much. appreciate it. a state trooper went the extra mile or a few extra feet anyway to keep a cat from running away. have a look at this. he did a flying belly flop to fetch the feline after he pulled a van over on the highway and found controlled substances inside. the cat made a break for it but the trooper showed his cat like reflexes and caught the cat before it reached the woods. well, three fishermen

survived after their boat capsized and sank off the massachusetts coast. one of them telling our affiliate they held onto the floating hulls of their boat in the freezing water. >> the whole boat flipped over, we got thrown in the water, and i remember swimming away from the boat because i didn't want to get pulled down in the suction. >> shaken, bruised but alive. he and his crew mates were treated in the hospital for hypothermia. and a woman onshore is being praised for calling police when she saw the boat rollover. the crew members weren't wearing life jackets or survival suits. that wraps this hour of "cnn newsroom." i'll be back in just a moment. for more news please do stay with us.

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