hello and a very warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and right around the world. i'm isa soares in london. just ahead right here on "cnn newsroom." >> it's pretty clear that this in our judgment is the right responsible step to take. >> we have more tools now to help address the pandemic. >> the science is gray and the science evolves and the skieps changes. across america mask mandates are being ditched and states shift to a new phase in the pandemic. glory and agony for team u.s.a. we are live at the beijing

olympics. the latest drama and all the action for you. plus, a cnn exclusive investigation raises questions about the deadly terror attack in kabul that killed dozens of people during america's chaotic exit from afghanistan. >> announcer: live from london, this is "cnn newsroom" with isa soares. welcome to the show, everyone. it is wednesday, february 9th. a new pandemic norm small emerging in some of america's biggest states. the health officials warn it may be too soon to ditch masks. new york is expected to become the latest in indoor mask mandates that is according to "the new york times" t. will join a growing number of states from california to delaware that have recently announced plans to drop indoor mask mandates. others like connecticut and new jersey are eliminating the mandate from schools.

state leaders say the changes are due to case numbers and officials credit more people getting vaccinated but the u.s. centers for disease control and prevention says infections and hospitalizations are too high to make any guidance changes and a whopping 99% of counties still have high levels of transmission. have a listen. >> we've always said the state and local jurisdictions are the ones responsible for those kinds of policies from afghan policies. right now our cdc guidance has not changed. we have and continue to recommend masking in areas of high and substantial transmission. that is essentially everywhere in the country in public indoor settings. >> with all of this mixed messaging perhaps it's no surprise that americans are split on returns to any sense of normalcy. a new poll says more than half of the country is uneasy of that return to a pre-pandemic life.

56% as you can see there say going back is a large or moderate risk. the u.s. surgeon general acknowledges the country is in a difficult position. >> year three going into this pandemic there are a lot of people who are frustrated, who are tired, who are exhausted and i think we've got to take that into account as we think of the next stages of the response. our goal should be to get to a place where we can pull back on these types of restrictions as often and quickly as possible and as safely as possible. in that process there will be, i think, a very important role that states and localities play in tailoring the approach based on their individual community circumstances. >> meanwhile, life is going to stay expensive for everyday americans. economists at goldman sachs says the cost of groceries will likely remain high for the rest of the year. it's even expected to go up another 5 to 6%. the wall street bank cited a

perfect storm of bad weather, strong demand as well as tight inventory. food and home prices have soared 11% in the last two years. analysts blame covid as well as the worker shortage. meanwhile, new data shows americans have taken out a staggering amount of debt. according to the federal reserve of new york, u.s. household debt went up by $1 trillion last year. that is the biggest annual increase since 2007. mortgages and auto loans were the biggest drivers. while bank stocks are booming on wall street, the dow finished up more than 1% on tuesday. the nasdaq gained nearly 1.3% and the s&p 500 was also higher. investors hoping to keep that rally going today as we look at u.s. futures. all arrows are looking pretty bright on the green.

dow futures expected there half of a percent. nasdaq almost 1% and the s&p just a tiny bit higher. a short-term government funding bill now heads to the senate after the house passed the resolution aimed at averting a shutdown. funding is set to expire next friday but this stopgap bill would extend it through march 11th. this comes as lawmakers continue to work on securing a four year funding agreement. the top u.s. senate republicans pushing back hard on the party's national committee resolution that characterized january 6th as something other than a riot after singling out two party members for punishment. mitch mcconnell's rebuke is a strategy message for republicans hoping to win back control of congress. cnn's jessica dean now reports. >> reporter: senate minority leader mitch mcconnell pushing back on the republican national

committee's resolution censuring liz cheney and adam kin zinger and describing the january 6th. >> we were here. we saw what happened. it was a violent insurrection for the purpose of preventing a peaceful transfer of power after a legitimately certified election from one administration to the next. that's what it was. with regard to the suggestion that the rnc should be in the business of picking and choosing republicans who ought to be supported, traditionally the view of the national party committees is that we support all members of our party regardless of their positions on some issues. >> reporter: a number of senate republicans agreed. >> i just think it's not a good use of their time right now when the goal is to try and get the

house and senate back to be taking or looking back at the last election or taking another poll. >> i've told anyone that the minute you entered the capitol building it was no longer discourse, it was riot. they need to be held accountable for what they did. that's not discourse. >> it could not have been a more inappropriate message, one to sanction two people of character as they did but, number two, to suggest that a violent attack on the seat of democracy is legitimate political discourse is so far from accurate. >> reporter: but house republican leadership would not go that far. >> everybody knows anybody who broke in and caused damage, that was not called for and those people we've said from the very beginning should be in jail. what they were talking about is six rnc members on january 6th who got subpoenaed who weren't even here. >> reporter: you're in support of that resolution?

>> the rnc has every right to take any action and the position that i have is that you're ultimately held accountable to voters in your district, voters who you represent and we're going to hear the feedback and the views of voters pretty quickly here. >> reporter: still kinzinger and cheney remain steadfast in finding the truth behind that day. >> right now there's just a few of us willing to tell the base voters the truth. there's a lot of people hiding in the sand because the truth is hard and it makes their life a little uncomfortable. i think we have to fight for the soul of not just the party but the country. >> reporter: this is certainly not what republicans want to be talking about as we head into the 2020 mid terms. they want to make that a referendum on the biden administration and they want to be unified with their messaging, not disagreeing with one another. many lawmakers have said specifically on the senate side, republican lawmakers, they want to be looking forward and not back. jessica dean, cnn, capitol hill.

two days of intense diplomacy appear to have strengthened european resolve. the standoff between russia and ukraine remains unchanged. new video with russian military equipment in belarus. french president macron was in berlin tuesday. steps can be taken to de-escalate the crisis. key concern among ukrainian intelligence officials is that russia will use belarus as a theater of operations for the attack. president macron said he has assurances from vladimir putin that that would not happen. >> translator: president macron and i have a very common position on ukraine and all of the whole world that new positions and new approaches from the european leadership.

we stand for the deoccupation of our territory. >> translator: we had an exchange with the president who told me that he would not be the cause of an escalation. the second important element is that there would be no fixed base or deployment of sensitive equipment in belarus. >> let's get more on the story. cnn's nathan hodge is standing by in moscow. i begin with melissa bell in kyiv, ukraine. good morning, melissa. we saw president macron claiming some small victories as he continues this shuffle diplomacy. what is your sense both from your sources but also what you're hearing in kyiv. how much progress has been made so far? >> his efforts were clearly welcomed by the ukrainian president when they met yesterday, isa, who praised him for his efforts to try and bring peace to the region. i think this is something ukrainians have been explaining, officials have been exploring over the past few weeks. how much they want the noise, the tension, the rhetoric

ratcheted down and dialogue in whatever form it might take. macron feels there is another possibility for european tables. there was confrontation between the united states and nato at least in terms of rhetoric. that is on the ability of conversation and what happens on the ground here over the course of the next few days and weeks because as you mentioned, isa, those military exercises continue not only in the black sea to the south but also in belarus to the north. here in ukraine we're going see more and more over the coming days and weeks of ukrainian forces carrying out their own military exercises with some of the weaponry they've been receiving from the west over the course of the last few weeks. so at the moment even as there is talk of deescalation, the fact on the ground is still rather of escalation and of everyone preparing for the worst. so a lot of attention on that,

on what's happening around the country. a lot of attention as well, isa, on what's happening on the front line in ukraine even as everyone expresses hope that the normandy forecast investigations will continue and bear fruit. we've been hearing from the ambassador of the usc who says their guns are locked and loaded on ukraine and is calling on the president of russia to do more for the minsk agreement. >> let me go to nathan. president macron thought putin agreed to military de-escalated. that was disputed by the kremlin. why the confusion? why the misinterpretation here? >> reporter: isa, we have a lot of known/unknowns here. we know we don't know everything that was said behind closed doors between president macron and president putin earlier this week. we've had some readouts of this.

when asked about this possibility of steps towards deescalation the kremlin spokesperson, dmitry peskov yesterday told reporters he was not going to comment on that. further declined to give any details on when russian troops who are now stationed in belarus, he said that there was no concrete date that was given for when they might withdraw and return to their permanent bases. those exercises in belarus are slated to begin tomorrow. they're scheduled to run for ten days as well as i mentioned the ukrainian military is going to be mirroring those exercises with trills of their own and we do have the facts in our possession. we do know from overhead imagery that there are substantial forces that are arrayed around ukraine's borders. russian forces as well as russian warships that interest

tr -- transited into the black sea. the big unknown is what putin's end game is, and that is anyone's guess, isa. >> that's what we've all been trying to figure out from the beginning of this crisis really. nick hodge and melissa bell, thank you very much. still right here on the show. michaela shiffrin skis out of another race. a loanne isis bomber carried ou an a tablg that killed more than 180 people. you'll want to see that exclusive report next. it senses your movements and automatically adjusts to relieve pressure points. and it's t temperature balancig so you both sleep just right. and now, save 50% on t the sleep number 360 limited edition smart bed. plus, 0% interest for 24 months. onlyly for a limited time.

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gold. she clip muched the top spot in women's snowboard. today also brought another stunning disappointment for american skiing star mikaela shiffrin. she skied out of the first slalom run to save from crashing out of the first run of giant slalom. let's bring in coy wire. let's start with the disappointment from michaela shiffrin. how is she doing? >> reporter: not well last time we heard from her, but i think she'll be okay, isa. crashing out for a second consecutive race. these were her two favorite events, isa. skiing out. she was going full gas. she had planned the most aggressive line so there was no room for error. that full throttle mentality has always brought her the best results. now she's second guessing everything in the last 15 years. skiing, race mentality. she slipped on the course. based on her comments, she's slipping mentally. she had plans of medaling in all five alpine events.

now she's 0 for 2. if anyone can calm the mind and reset and pull off something special, it is definitely shiffrin. now speaking of something special, petra lajova, winning slovakia the first alpine gold. she edged out the austrian in the slalom by .08. 1:44.89. vlhova was in second and she flew on run two. it was a course that her coach said as petra vlhova wins gold for slovakia. team u.s.a., first gold medal on the board of these beijing games. lindsey jacobellis. fifth olympic games winning her first ever gold. she gets redemption for a late fall in the 2006 games. uncontrollable emotion as you can imagine, isa, after crossing

that line. inspiration for us. 36 years old. she is the oldest american woman to ever win gold at a winter olympic games. never give up. never give in. >> indeed. congratulations to her. i like that you ended on an upbeat note. thank you very much. now a different sort of victory for one oliympics fan. former "saturday night live" star can't stop posting her unfiltered games. she was stopped because she kept getting blocked. p jones started a commentary during the 2015 games in rio. she has amassed a large social media following. nfl commissioner roger goodell will hold a state of the league news conference ahead of the week in the super bowl.

he's expected to address allegations of racism in the league. goodell is said to have sent a memo to all of the coaches saying it's unacceptable. he met with civil rights leaders to discuss their concerns. 70% of nfl players but only two head coaches are black including lovie smith who was hired monday by the houston texans. >> i realize the amount of black head coaches there are in the national football league. mike tomlin and i think there's me. so there's a problem. i mean, it's obvious for us. but there's a problem. what are you going to do about it? >> former miami dolphins head coach brian flores is suing the nfl and three teams alleging racial discrimination. the pentagon puts the blame for last year's deadly attack outside of kabul's attack on one

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he. now to a cnn exclusive. last august at the height of the chaotic u.s. withdrawal, a deadly attack at kabul airport killed 13 u.s. service members and at least 170 afghans. pentagon investigation into the attack released friday said everyone died as a result of the blast, the work of a lone suicide bomber. a four-month cnn investigation into that attack raises serious

questions about whether that has been investigated fully. nick peyton walsh has our report and a warning that this contains graphic images. >> reporter: a blast into the crowd. >> dead people. i saw a lot of hands, legs without their bodies. >> reporter: at least 170 afghans and 13 u.s. troops died after an isis suicide bomber struck outside kabul airport. the pentagon investigation of the attack released friday said everyone died in the blast. >> the single explosive device killed at least 170 afghan civilians and 13 u.s. service members by explosion civilly directing ball bearings through a packed crowd and through our men and women. >> reporter: there was this brief glimpse of the bomber. cnn spent four months investigating the incident,

reviewing medical records and analyzing video, photos and audio at the scene and speaking to over 70 witnesses and families of the dead. doctors, hospital, staff and survivors who insist some of the dead and wounded were shot. the analysis and testimonies raise hard questions as to whether the bomb can explain all the deaths. >> the soldier came directly and they started firing. they start firing. >> reporter: cnn spoke to doctors and medical staff at five hospitals who spoke of seeing or treating what they say were gunshot wounds. an italian run emergency hospital told cnn in a statement about that evening, their doctors assessed, quote, gunshot wounds on nine victims who arrived dead in the hour after the blast. seven were shot in the head, they said, but there was no autopsy done. that is rare in afghanistan. they assessed the appearance of the wounds.

afghan military hospital a doctor recorded two other victims that were, quote, dead due to gunshot injuries and blast injuries from the airport attack. then there are the survivors. one afghan survivor was treated in the u.s. military's own walter reed hospital. he showed us his medical records asking to be anonymous for his safety. they recorded a gunshot wound to the left chest and blast injuries. >> i realized that the blood is coming from my face like water from a tap. i was hit by a bullet in my face in my right jaw here and the blood extracted from this part of my throat. >> dead and wounded flooded into hospitals. we spoke to a doctor who treated at a hospital, one of the biggest in kabul. he said he pulled bullets out of four injured patients from the

airport that night. he said he found gunshot wounds on many other dead bodies he examined suggesting the number of people shot may be much higher. he asked we hide his identity for his safety. >> there was two kinds of injuries, people burned from the blast with lots of holes in their bodies but with a gunshot you can see just one or two holes, in the mouth and the head, in the eye, in the chest. i removed bullets from four or five patients. >> reporter: u.s. military investigators insist that was not the case. >> there were absolutely no gunshot wounds. during the course of our investigation we found no evidence that post blast u.s. service members killed other u.s. service members or afghans. >> reporter: but investigators admit they did not talk to any afghan civilians. >> during the course of our investigation we did not have an opportunity to speak with afghans on the ground. >> reporter: yet dozens of

afghans assert there was deadly gunfire after the bomb hit here at abby gate. we built a 3d model of the scene. here's the command outside the gate 45 minutes before the blast. and then just before the device detonated it packed and the marines are bunched up. the u.s. military said the device was sophisticated and sent ball bearings flying into a dense crowd surrounding the bomber at the time of ignition and could be reasonably expected to have killed more people. here's one of those ball bearings removed from a victim's shoulder. the u.s. military told cnn that doctors might have mistaken wounds made by these ball bearings to bullet wounds adding they were too similar to tell apart without the studying of the inner organs which they could not do in a mass casualty event. a doctor who said he pulled

bullets out of four patients, he disagreed. >> according to my four years of surgery in afghanistan, it's different. when a ball bearing enters the body it makes a big hole different from a sharp bullet. when a bullet enters it makes a small hole with a specific border and when it leaves it makes a big hole. >> other staff at his hospital told cnn they, too, have seen bullet wounds. there is no dispute there was some shooting. some in this video three minutes after the blast. not seeing who's shooting. u.s. marines are tending the region. children are being carried away. some crowduched for cover. u.s. military investigators released drone video that started just after this. it is patchy but they said their

analysis of the footage showed nobody running away in panic from gunfire or any evidence of shooting. the u.s. and u.k. militaries have said there were three bursts of gunfire at some point after the blast. u.s. troops noticed a suspicious military male across the canal. u.s. says they fired four warning shots. u.k. official told cnn their troops on top of the tower fired warning shots at about the same time to prevent a crowd surge. the british fired 25 to 35 rounds over the crowd from two positions. another marine team fired again, this time at a male on a roof armed, they said, with an ak-47. investigators couldn't say how many rounds they shot. the u.s. and british military saying all the shots were fired over the crowded canal but did not hit anyone. that's important to remember that none of the dozens of eye

witnesses we've spoken to have recalled seeing any other gunman, be it isis or taliban, in that scene in the aftermath. the u.s. official also said no other gunman fired in the aftermath. one talked to cnn news according to a firefight by an assailant. >> he's blown off his feet, has his wits about him. shot in the shoulder and puts the opposing gunman down. >> reporter: the marine spoke in error adding no other troops' investigators recall that incident occurring. they recall troops opening fire and they say civilians were hit. >> i hit from -- i was falling to my hands.

i put it on other dead people. >> reporter: you saw soldiers on the wall of the trench shooting down into the trench? >> yes. she shoot to the trench. >> reporter: when the shooting started, did you see it, did you hear it? >> translator: yes, i saw the soldiers exactly. some came to save their own colleagues, others stood there, fired directly towards people. >> reporter: he says he was also in the trench hit in the hand by the blast and tried to flee. >> i went to my cousin. we run together. i tried. i succeeded but i think my cousin was killed. soldier came. they started firing. >> reporter: when did you find out he was dead? >> in the morning time.

i called my family and say, it's okay. he is murdered. >> reporter: how was his body? what were the injuries on his body? >> they were just shooting, two bullets hit in this side and taken out from this side and another one on shoulder. >> reporter: one survivor didn't want to be identified and said he was also in the trench. he said he saw his cousin shot in front of him. medical reports we cited earlier confirm his brother and cousin were declared as having been shot. >> translator: maybe five minutes after the blast i tried to help my brother and cousin out of the canal but i wasn't able to. they were alive until that point but when the firing started, a bullet hit one of them in the head. this is what i saw with my own eyes. he died right there on the spot. >> reporter: a total of 19 survivors cnn has interviewed said they saw people shot or

shot themselves. the u.s. military said the witnesses we spoke to had, quote, jumbled memories from a concussive event and are doing the best to piece together what their brain is unlikely to remember clearly and that no other facts backed up claims people were shot. the volume of testimony from afghan survivors does present questions as to how so many witnesses could make such similar claims. >> i feel like i know the area. >> reporter: cnn hired a forensic blast analyst and a war crimes investigator chris hobbs smith to see what the scene could tell us about the bombing. >> it does, indeed, look as though the bomb was filled with ball bearings. >> reporter: it was small. >> small device. there's nothing of the concrete infrastructure of this area that has been damaged by a big blast. i do not believe that bomb was big enough to kill 180 people at all. >> reporter: that remains under contention, and there were other

experts who believe a bomb could have killed all of those people. pentagon investigation aims to provide answers for families lost. in afghanistan the survivors of blast and others dispute the american narrative and suffer the memories. >> every night is a nightmare for me. i cannot sleep. it's very terrible for me. i try to remember all of my hopes, all of my wish. >> reporter: now to say it has been startling when i and the reporting team working on that have listened to the volume of testimony from afghans who survived that incident to hear the consistency of the events they describe and the trauma they experienced there, isa. >> nick, the testimonies in your piece, they do raise some very hard and very serious questions. what is the pentagon saying in response to this sflegs. >> reporter: well, they are insistent that the bomb killed

everyone, which they say is technically feasible. they do, as you heard in the piece there, describe the testimony of the afghans we spoke to in the dozens as essentially affected by the impact of the blast. jumbled memories is the phrase they would use and they do insist that nobody was shot in the aftermath, but this is extraordinary gap, isa. i spent 3 1/2 hours in the pentagon in january listening to their case, exchanged emails repeatedly since then. there is a gap between what they seau curd based on interviews solely with u.s. personnel who were at the scene and what the many afghans we spoke to who the u.s. investigated except they did not speak to for their investigation, what they say actually occurred. and the question, of course, they pursue their investigation further to take into account the things that afghan survivors have said and the claims that they have made or do they rely simply on the testimony of the personnel who were there for the u.s. themselves? a stark choice and a very

difficult memory for the afghan. >> nick peyton walsh. thank you very much. appreciate it. we will be right back. catch when your totone might undermine your message, and it offers s suggestions to make you sound more confident. - let's explore a few solutions. - [narrator] tryry grammarly today at grammarly.com.

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crowds marched through the streets in minneapolis, minnesota, protesting last week's police shooting of 22-year-old amir locke. they plan to do it again today. they are demanding police accountability as well as justice for other black men killed in police incidents. we are learning more about what caused officers to enter amir locke's apartment. they were actually looking for his cousin in connection with a homicide investigation before the deadly shooting. locke's family says his cousin wasn't in the apartment and because of no knock warrants their innocent son is dead.

a third day of jury selection begins in just a matter of hours in the federal hate crimes trial of the three men convicted of killing ahmaud arbery. on tuesday 17 potential jurors were asked to return and a judge says with jury selection moving faster than expected, opening statements could come as early as next week. the three white men were convicted in a state court of murder in november for chasing down and killing arbery. an unarmed black man while he was jogging in brunswick, georgia, in february of 2020. the university of california has agreed to pay more than $243 million to settle claims by hundreds of people who accused a former ucla gynecologist of sexual misconduct. he denies any wrongdoing and is awaiting trial. that payout is in addition to another $73 million settlement

to settle a class action lawsuit. tensions are growing in canada where truckers are defying two weeks of a protest of a covid-19 mandate. on tuesday the so-called freedom convoy displayed one of their boldest moves yet by blocking one of the busiest crossings in north american trade. we have the story. >> reporter: the situation here at the ambassador bridge may, may be starting to resolve itself. it's about noon on tuesday there's been a trickle of traffic from the canadian side to here in detroit. that's windsor, ontario, just over my shoulder there. police in windsor are trying to deal with the protesters as best they can, arresting them when they can, trying to corral them and keep them away from the access to the bridge. on the u.s. side they've essentially shut down the bridge. they've shut down all access until the canadiens can move the

protesters out. protests growing from early in january back to ottawa where they had loud and boisterous protests here on the bridge. we should note even though a lot of truckers are involved in the protests, a lot of people blocking access to the bridge are people in their own cars, private cars, their own pickups and small cars, passenger cars on the canadian side. this has to resolve itself soon. both countries very concerned about this particular border crossing because there is so much commercial traffic that comes over it. about 40,000 cars and trucks, commercial trucks a day come over this bridge. about $300 million or over $300 million cross over this bridge so it cannot go on forever. most of that traffic, in fact all of this traffic is either waiting in the wings to cross the bridge or it's being directed to other crossings of port huron or there's a tunnel at detroit where they can get

through where non-commercial vehicles can get through. so traffic is moving. they can get through, but because this particular bridge is so important to both sides of the border, it will have to get resolved soon. now it's a waiting game to see how long the canadian police take to move out protesters on that side of the bridge. back to you. >> thank you very much. new zealand protesters demonstrating against vaccine mandates sought inspiration from the toronto protestors. they were unmasked and camped outside the building. the protests kaemp ahead of justin trudeau. the prime minister is awaiting commentary. many agree with how she handled it. still ahead this hour, rare

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welcome back. let me give you some of our top business headlines. reporting nearly half a million vehicles saying they spontaneously catch fire even when not running. they're urging users to park away from buildings. the issue is in the antilock brakes. it can apparently short circuit and start an engine fire. they own a controlling interest in kia and they share a lot of engineering although they operate separately in the united states. new york couple is charged with conspiring to launder $4.5 billion in cryptocurrency stolen in a 2016 hack of a virtual

currency exchange. federal agents arrested the two on tuesday and so far officials have seized $3.6 billion of those funds. the u.s. attorney general called it the department's largest financial seizure ever and shows cryptocurrency is not a safe haven for criminals. tiktok is making moves to fight back against dangerous content. the social media platform plans to enlist the creators to ask users to give more thought to what they're watching. tiktok is interesting to promote things like food disorders as well as hate speech. there were viral hoax and this is to prioritize safety,

inclusion and identity. parts of the u.s. have been dealing with brutal winter weather this year but now california is under a rare february heat watch. cnn plegs pedram javaheri has the latest on what to expect this morning. good morning, pedram. >> good morning. heat advisories in place through super bowl sunday with temps to reach 91 degrees. this is the first time they've issued a heat advisory in the month of february. records for that go back to 2006. into the middle and upper '80s. 68 is what is normal this time of year. it will be 28 going into super bowl sunday. could be the warmest super bowl on record. the record for that is 84. forecast kickoff time on sunday, 85. notice there are 20 records across the u.s. either tied or broken over the next several

days. you can thank this ridge of high pressure, off shore component of winds. they warm by compression down to the mountains. of course, you have to get your way across southern california. we see the records set. that's the trend the next couple of days. beyond this, generally quiet conditions. perhaps within a few areas of snow showers on the eastern great lakes. significant player. light amounts of accumulation which for middle february here, not unheard of. that's about it. arctic air comes in later this week and it sets up shop this weekend in the great lakes. temperatures in the 30s in chicago, 64 in memphis. los angeles, there it is. >> thank you very much, pedram. finally warmer weather. and it was a great night for adelle on tuesday. she swept the top categories at the u.k. awards including song

of the year with this hit. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> i shall be singing that for the rest of the day. that is "easy on me," the lead single of her latest album. she got the album of the year and she got artist of the year award. she was spotted wearing a substantial diamond ring. some speculating the singer may be engaged or maybe she just likes, you know, gem stones. who knows. that does it here for me on "cnn newsroom." i i'm isa soares. coverage of the mask mandate on "cnn newsroom" with christine romans and laura jarrett. bye-bye. one prilosec otc in the morning

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good morning, everyone. it's wednesday, february 9th. 5 a.m. here in new york. thanks for getting an "early start" with us. i'm christine romans, welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. we begin with a turning point in the two-year struggle with covid. new york's governor kathy hochul is expected to end the state's indoor mask mandate for businesses today. that's according to "the new york times." >> new york would join a number of other blue states, new jersey, oregon, connecticut, delaware and california in now lifting mask rules,