hello and welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada and around the world. ahead on "cnn newsroom." >> if you stay you are assuming with no guarantee there will be any opportunity to leave. >> the white house is urging americans in ukraine to get out while they can. we're live in ukraine with the latest. plus it's now up to a court to decide whether a russian ice skater could compete further in

the olympics amid a doping controversy. and covid long haulers aren't just living with debilitating syndromes, many are struggling to get back to work. we talk with one researcher who's experiencing this first-hand. the u.s. and other countries have a dire warning for their citizens still inside ukraine, leave the country immediately. this comes as the u.s. military directs 3,000 additional forces to poland to assist american evacuations from ukraine. u.s. national social security advisor jake sullivan says the latest intelligence suggests a russian invasion is more likely than ever. >> we are not saying a that a decision has been taken, a final decision has been taken by president putin.

what we are saying we have a sufficient level of concern based on what we're seeing on the ground and what our intelligence analysts have picked up we're sending this clear message. russia has all the forces it needs to conduct a major military action. >> russia has deployed about 30,000 troops in belarus along ukraine's northern border. the u.s. fears they could launch a rapid assault on ukraine's capital, kyiv, which is relatively close to belarus. u.s. president joe biden spoke about the crisis on friday with nato and european leaders. he and president putin are expected to speak by phone later today. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken says he'll be speaking with russian foreign minister sergei lavrov ahead of that call and again warning any russian aggression on ukraine will lead to more support for kyiv and harsh sanctions on russia. >> if president putin decides to take military action we will swiftly impose economic

sanctions, we'll bolster ukraine's ability to defend itself. we will reinforce our allies on the eastern flank. >> we have cnn correspondents covering this story from across the region. sam kylie is live from ukraine. m.j. lee at the white house. fred pleitgen in bucharest, romania. it was generally thought moskow wouldn't launch an invasion of ukraine until the winter olympics were over. cnn's m.j. lee has more from the white house. >> we are in the window when an invasion could begin at any time should vladimir putin decide to order it. >> reporter: growing urgency at the white house on the looming threat of a russia invasion of ukraine. >> we continue to see signs of russian escalation including new forces arriving at the ukrainian border. >> reporter: national security advisor jake sullivan confirming that vladimir putin could launch an attack even sooner than previously anticipated. >> there is a credible prospect

that a russian military action would take place even before the end of the olympics. >> reporter: this a contrast from prior assessments that russia was unlikely to invade before the conclusion of the olympics. the u.s. now making this chilling prediction about what a russian invasion would look like. >> if a russian attack on ukraine proceeds, it is likely to begin with aerial bombing and missile attacks that could obviously kill civilians without regard to their nationality. a subsequent ground invasion would involve the onslaught of a massive force. >> reporter: sullivan warning in no uncertain terms, american citizens in ukraine must leave now. >> any american in ukraine should leave as soon as possible, and in any event in the next 24 to 48 hours. if you stay, you are assuming risk with no guarantee that there will be any other opportunity to leave and there's

no prospect of a u.s. military evacuation in the event of a russian invasion. >> reporter: the past 24 hours filled with a frenzy of activity at the highest levels of the u.s. government. president biden convening a call with world leaders earlier today to discuss the escalating situation on the russia-ukraine border. biden joining his top national security advisers in the situation room thursday night in an abruptly scheduled meeting. the president spending the weekend at camp david. >> the president will be at camp david, which is fully equipped to have engagements of all sorts including with his national security team or european counter parts. >> reporter: and expected to speak withpute on the phone on saturday. now, that phone call with vladimir putin is the latest sign that the u.s. is still trying to go the route of diplomacy. the last time that president biden spoke with vladimir putin was in december, but we have heard so often from the president and others around him

that they do believe vladimir putin is basically unpredictable and that it is virtually impossible to try to get in his head. m.j. lee, cnn, the white house. >> all right, let's turn now to sam kylie in kyiv. the tensions which were already high seem to be intensifying. what's the latest? >> reporter: well, there has been intensifying responses to these very worrying signals coming from the west in the form of the mayor of kyiv now saying to his population, trying to reassure them that there are evacuation plans, that there are capabilities for emergency energy generation communications. if the communications get cut in the ukrainian capital, and of course they've been reopening and dusting a off those soviet era bunkers designed originally to protect against potential war with nato. now, of course, being used to protect against potential war

with russia once the dominant force within the soviet union. so a twist in that. but there isn't a mass call up of reserves or the home guard. here 30 miles from the ukrainian border effectively the head of what is effectively the national security council yesterday saying it will be protected at all costs. so the ukrainians are beginning to dig in. they are beginning to respond to some of the more energetic signals coming shall we say from the west which include plans to -- instructions to many western and as well as korean and japanese, new zealanders being told to get out of the country by their national governments. and of course there is now -- we're waiting to hear later on today more details on the status of the u.s. embassy here whilst

of course the united states increasing the number of troops being sent to poland to deal partly with a possible evacuation of american citizens who don't heed that order or request to leave the country should there be an invasion. but i have to say here on the streets, kim, things still feel fairly normal. >> interesting. all right, sam kylie in eastern ukraine. thank you so much. meanwhile, a former top nato commander says diplomacy shouldn't be blamed for failing it lower the military tensions. retired general wesley clark who's also a retired cnn military analyst spoke about that on friday. >> this is not a failure of western diplomacy. it is not. the biden administration has done a brilliant job pulling nato nations together. we've met with putin. there's been nothing like this for nato for 20 years in terms of consultation with the west and trying to be reasonable with

mr. putin. he's built-up this force. he's had this option all along. he's going to play it for all it's worth. we don't know if he's made the decision, but let's don't blame ourselves. this all in his hands. >> so as the military tensions grow, questions about when a possible invasion could come. i spoke about that with the director of the eurasia democracy initiative. >> obviously vladimir putin wants to continue making a credible threat, so everything that is happening could be interpreted as either signs of an imminent invasion or a vladimir putin bluff. but part of his bluff is once again to make it seem like an invasion can happen at any moment. this is done while negotiations are happening -- just took place in berlin as part of the normandy talks to try to

renegotiate the minsk agreements. and i think vladimir putin believes this relationship will finally produce fruit. he's finally seeing what he thinks are cracks in the western countries in a united front. president macron's personal initiative to negotiate with putin, it can be taken as a sign like that. there's a precedent for french mediation in 2008 with the war between russia and georgia where the french side helped the russian side cement some of its gains at the expense of georgia. so vladimir putin definitely want to achieve his goals, the main goals. and that is to keep ukraine on a short leash, to keep it from drifting ever closer to nato and the european union. he would rather choose less painful measures such as a full-blown invasion, and i think he's still hoping that this kind of, you know, show of force will bring him what he needs.

>> also said both russia and nato seem to be waiting for the other side to blink in that standoff. coming up on "cnn newsroom," why the u.s. food and drug administration is delaying its meeting on a covid shot for kids under 5 and what parents have to say about it. plus a russian figure skater's olympic future is up in the air after testing positive for a banned substance. latest on the doping scandal next. stay with us. but those e who do venture down into the nuts and bolts... when you wake up and face a challenge, you have to give all of yourselff whwhen you do something, and that's whenn you do your best. when was the last time you took a second to look up at the blue sky and the trees? for the best audio entertainment and storytelling. audible. i've got moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. now, there's skyrizi. ♪ things are getting clearer ♪ ♪ i feel free ♪ ♪ to re my skin, yeah, that's all me ♪

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it is the eighth day of competition at the beijing olympics, and there are several key events we're keeping our eyes on the. the mixed team snow board cross event made its debut at the games today, and it was a clash of the giants when u.s. took on canada in men's ice hockey. more on all of that coming up. but first all eyes on a russian figure skating in the doping scandal overshadowing competition on the ice. the head of the u.s. anti-doping agency says the united states could prosecute any russian individuals allegedly involved in the case of the 15-year-old.

officials expect to have a resolution to the controversy by tuesday. meanwhile the figure skating federation of russia says we do not doubt the honesty of our athlete. "world sport" patrick snell will join us from atlanta. but first let's go to kristi lustout live from hong kong. as we wait on a ruling from the doping controversy, anymore clarity on this doping story? >> yeah, clarity from the international olympic committee. there was a press conference that took place earlier today in beijing, and we heard from an ioc spokesman that said there will be a resolution. i should also point out february 15th is a day that she is scheduled to compete. now all this coming forward after that big revelation on friday according to the international testing agencies saying that the russian figure skater had failed a drug test in december. she tested positive for a banned heart medicine that could be

used to enhance performance. and the result of that test only came to light during olympic competition in beijing in this last week. a number of open ended questions. what is going to happen to team roc, valiyeva and her teammates who won the gold figure skating on monday, will that gold medal be taken away, and also what's going to happen to valiyeva herself? will she be allowed to compete on tuesday? she's emerged as this incredible olympic star, russia's skating sensation. she was for the first time ever for a woman female athlete competing at the games land those quadruple jumps. she's only 15 years old. and now we're seeing her olympic dream turned into this olympic nightmare and it's drawn anger and ire for all over the world including a number of athletes and athlete led organizations. the movement in this statement we'll bring it up for you they write this, quote, valiyeva's

positive test shows, a 15-year-old athlete testing positive for a potentially harmful prohibited substance, unquote. and she's one of the youngest olympians ever to test positive for a banned substance. back to you. >> yeah, really unusual story. thank you so much for that. let's go to patrick snell now, and patrick, after a slow start team usa starting to pileup the gold medals. >> and great story lines as well around team usa. in particular i'm thinking of a snow board star lindsey jacobellis. remember it was 16 years ago in late 2006 and she was in the lead and she fell ending up with silver. earlier this week talk about making amends. the now 36-year-old securing her country's first gold medal victory. this was in the women's snow

board cross final, and now earlier on this day saturday in her fifth winter games, what does she go and do along with her partner, the 40-year-old nick baumgarner, these two with a combined age of 76 years winning the team mixed snow board and jacobellis edging out at the finish line. canada with a bronze medal. have a listen to this, though. >> i've been on this team for 20 years and nick's been on this team for 17. we are like a family, and we know the hard times, and we know how to pick each other up. and we can have empathy for those times when everything's hard or when you're going through an injury. so it just kind of all comes into play when you can push it all together and make it work for you. >> that's an incredible story. baumgarner and jacobellis had a combined one olympic medal only

with these games and now, though, they have five. germany still leading the way with seven gold medals. they picked up a silver medal a short time ago in the women's cross-country. meantime north american ice hockey rivals, sorry to say this, kim, canada and the united states going head to head. remember no current nhl players on the ice at these games. the americans winning this one. this was a group stage matchup and 4-2 in favor of the usa. next up the usa taking on the reigning silver medalists from germany in group play.y.y.y. this was the first game between the rivals. the u.s. men recording their first olympic victory over canada in 12 years. over a decade now, but that streak is over now. >> it's just the preliminary round. canada is playing possum. before i let you go, an american ski star could be missing out on another chance to medal, right? >> yeah, this is significant. we've been following what's been happening with a superstar

skier, michaela shiffrin. the 26-year-old saying a little earlier she hasn't made up her mind definitely if she's to race in the women's downhill event on tuesday after a training run earlier. shiffrin did, though, admit this day had given her what she called a bit more positivity. it's been a really tough and challenging week for her. just to remind our viewers worldwide the three-time olympic medalist causing much shock and surprise earlier in the week when she didn't finish in her favorite disciplines namel y the giant slaolam and slolam. you can see those two disciplines by far her favorite event, not meddling this time around, not finishing. so real concern for her.

we'll see how it pans out moving forward, kim, but we're definitely staying. >> big disappointment there. patrick snell, thanks so much. appreciate it. police in windsor, canada, warn they could start making arrests after demonstrators appear to be ignoring a judge's order to stop blocking a bridge that's a critical link between the u.s. and canada. the injunction was issued in hopes of ending a blockade at the ambassador bridge, the busiest international crossing in north america. canadian officials say it's time for the border blocking demonstrations to stop. >> it is illegal and punishable to block and impede the movement of goods, people and services along critical infrastructure. >> i think that that will help remove the illegal block aids at border crossings that have threatened not only the canadian economy but thousands of jobs that depend on that very active

cross-border trade. >> the protesters have been so disruptive that a state of emergency in ontario was issued on friday. and the mayor of ottawa says he expects to see more demonstrators in the capital this weekend. and do stay with us. in the next hour i'll be speaking with an expert how extreme right-wing politics are playing a part in the canadian trucker protests and spilling into other countries. parents in the u.s. will now have to wait a few months longer to get their youngest children vaccinated against the coronavirus. the food and drug administration is postponing an advisory panel meeting on authorizing the pfizer covid vaccine for children under 5. it had been scheduled for next tuesday. pfizer says it needs more time to gather data on whether three doses of its vaccine may be better than two doses and hoping to have results by early april. child vaccinations for age groups already authorized have been slowing in the u.s.

vaccinating those under 5 could help raise overall numbers and there are about 18 million children age 6 months through 4 years. analyst dr. lena wen is a physician and a mom, and here was her reaction to the fda announcement. >> i feel like i just got gut punched. i mean, this is really difficult because our children, kids under the age of 5 are the only group still not eligible to be vaccinated and tee be protected at this point. and so it's extremely frustrating especially if we look at the time line if now the data are not going to be available until april, that means our kids may not be able to be fully vaccinated until june. that's a really long time to wait. that said, i still think the fda came to the right decision because their job is to make sure, make absolutely sure that the vaccines they authorize are safe and effective. and i never thought it made that much sense to approve two doses expecting that a third is going to work. you either have the data or you

don't. in this case if we have to wait until april to get the data for three doses let's wait until then to be absolutely sure. >> all right, here's a look at some covid-19 headlines making news around the world. south korea reported a record high number of covid cases saturday. officials recorded nearly 55,000 cases. this is the third day in a row more than 50,000 cases have been reported. hong kong also reported a all-time record number of cases. on friday 1,335 were reported, all but two locally transmitted. hong kong's previous high came on wednesday. and france is loosening some of its mask rules. starting february 28th masks will no longer be require in establishments where a vaccine pass is necessary for entry, but masks will still be mandatory on public transportation and spaces where the vaccine pass isn't required. u.s. and russian leaders set to speak later today as tensions ramp up over ukraine. but while the two presidents

prepare to talk, u.s. troops work to send a message to their allies in the region. that's ahead. plus a very important update to the cnn investigative report on the deadly kabul airport bombing. stick with us.

welcome back. to all you watching us in the united states, canada and around the world. this is "cnn newsroom." the u.s. and other countries are urging their citizens in ukraine to leave immediately because a russian invasion could happen at any time. the warning comes as the u.s. military directs 3,000 additional forces to poland to assist american evacuations from ukraine. the white house has confirmed

u.s. president joe biden will speak with the russian leader later today. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken says he'll speak with his russian counterpart ahead of that call. so as a possible invasion hangs over ukraine, the u.s. is moving to reassure its nato allies, as we just mentioned washington has been sending thousands of troops to europe including to romania. as fred pleitgen reports their goal is to send a message to both u.s. allies and moskow. >> as russia has just kicked off massive military drills with belarus right on the border with ukraine, the u.s. is not backing down, sending an additional 1,000 troops from the second cavalry regiment to romania. >> our mission here is to reassure the allies and show faith that we are here to support and deter aggression. >> reporter: the reinforcements setting up here are only part of a larger deployment of thousands of troops order by president

biden. that also includes additional combat aircraft both for air policing and for deterrence. with deployment of forces here the u.s. says it wants to send a clear message to both its allies and adversaries that the united states remains fully committed to collective defense on nato's eastern flank. u.s. troops will be training with allied nato forces to make sure the alliance can operate as a single, coherent force in case of aggression from russia. >> if the time were ever to come they know we can trust us and we can trust them. >> reporter: the u.s. says russia already has well over 1,000 troops along ukraine and vladimir putin could order an attack at any time even though russia claims it would not. the next days could be critical. nato's secretary-general told me in an exclusive interview. >> russia is increasing both the number of troops but also the readiness and the capability to

act and to conduct aggressive actions on very short notice. so the number of troops is going up while the warning time is going down. >> reporter: and the secretary-general tells me that's exactly why the additional support is so important. >> i strongly welcome the deployment of more u.s. forces because the united states is the biggest ally and they contribute thousands of troops but also of course it sends a very strong message of the iron clad commitment of the united states to nato. >> reporter: both the u.s. and nato say they hope diplomacy can prevail, but they're stepping up preparations in case it fails. fred pleitgen, cnn, bucharest, romania. cnn has learned at least eight westerners are being held by the taliban in afghanistan. sources say at least one american and seven british citizens have been arrested by taliban forces over the last two

months. no formal charges appear to have been lodged. meanwhile u.s. president joe biden signed an executive order releasing $7 billion in assets in central banks. half will go to victims in the country and half to 9/11 terror accounts. 13 u.s. service members and at least 170 afghan civilians died in the attack. newly released documents are raising larming questions about the military probe. nick paten walsh has our report, and we just want to warn you some video there might be disturbing. >> the u.s. military insists nobody was shot after a bomb detonated here at the abbey gate

of kabul airport in august. the pentagon says all the casualties, more than 180 were killed by the lone suicide bomber. they have disputed the findings of a cnn investigation based on medical records, doctors at several afghan hospitals and 19 survivors who saw people shot or were shot themselves that raised serious questions about the military's findings and whether gunfire hit afghan civilians. the military maintains u.s. marines and u.k. troops fired on just three occasions, all harmless warning shots over the heads of the crowd. >> we respect the reporting of cnn clearly, but we're going to standby the investigation which did not find any conclusive evidence that there was gunfire of any kind by american troops on afghan citizens. >> reporter: the more evidence has emerged in nearly 2,000 pages of documents from the u.s. investigation released over the

weekend. while military investigators admit not speaking to any afghan civilians, the papers reveal what the u.s. military survivors of the blast told them what they heard and saw. firstly, one marine said she joined other marines opening fire in the aftermath but did not know what she shot at. >> i went in and saw a lot of marines shooting. there was a lot of smoke. i couldn't see where they were firing. they grabbed me and i started firing my weapon as well. i don't know what i was firing at. >> reporter: other marines who were at the blast site reported seeing rounds impact around them. one said i saw marines return fire. i heard three distinct shots hit the back windows of the tower. the third round impacted right in front of my face as i was closing the ballistic glass window. >> reporter: another quote read --

>> i could hear sporadic rounds snapping overhead for about five minutes. i didn't see any traces but i saw sparks when bullets would impact things. >> reporter: another -- >> i saw ricochets, never saw a shooter. >> reporter: another read -- >> i saw the shots hitting around us. >> reporter: some interviews are done in a group, and with the names redacted it is hard to determine how many troops are talking in each group or their rank. within the documents some u.s. military personnel say they did not fire at all despite the chaos and possibility they were under attack. others report not hearing gunfire. much of the testimony is consistent with the conclusions of the investigators, but some interviewees do describe the impact of bullets near them while the u.s. investigators said the only shots fired went over peoples heads. a u.s. military spokesman said the above marine statements were, quote, deemed less credible partly because of the junior rank and inexperience of

some coupled with the likely impact of the blast on their recollections. he added, investigators had contradictory information from several credible sources, and that there are conflicting statements as well as inconsistent evidence saying the investigators drew conclusions based on a preponderance of all the evidence collected. u.s. military investigators have also said no bullets were pulled from patients treated in the aftermath. a person with u.s. combat medic experience on duty that night were called differently. >> originally a lot were gunshot wounds but they were actually because of shrapnel, but there were some gunshot wounds. >> reporter: the u.s. military speeksman told cnn this medic was not in the operating theater and that surgeons who were did not report removing bullets from patients.

yet a document show u.s. personnel at times describing scenes similarly to afghan survivors. and raise, yet, further questions as to whether the u.s. military was fully investigated. nick paten walsh, cnn, london. researchers are trying to understand why some people who catch covid don't fully recover. after the break we'll talk about long haul covid with the scientist investigating the syndrome after developing it herself. adding lysol laundry sanitizer kills 99.9% of b bacteria detergent alone, can't. i'm jonaththan lawson here to tell you about life insurance through the colonial penn program. if you're age 50 to 85, and looking to buy life insurance on a fixed budget, remember the tee ps. what are the three ps? the three ps life insurance on a fixed budget are pric price, and price.

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we know covid-19 can cause serious illness and some sufferers are reporting illness weeks and months after they tested positive for the disease. symptoms can include brain fog,

fatigue, hair loss, a distorted sense of smell, headaches and that's not a complete list. in canada an estimated 20% to 50% of those who contract the virus will experience long-term symptoms according to the cdc. my next guest is a researcher with a unique perspective on long covid. her interest in the condition is more than just academic. she sufferers from long covid herself. now she's using her expertise to learn more. she hopes to follow 120 long haulers and answer these questions, whether the severity of laupg haul covid is related to rheumtulogical complications triggered by the illness, why some patients develop auto immune-like conditions and who's at risk most of developing them and whether vaccination plays a role in the severity of long haul symptoms and whether most people see a change in their symptoms over time. an assistant professor of medicine at mcmaster university, a lead researcher into a study of long covid and joins me now

from toronto. thank you so much for being here with us. you've been affected by long covid for more than a year now. what sort of effects have you been experiencing? >> i've been going through some fatigue, headaches that keeps on coming in and going out, and mostly fatigue. that's just been the worst of everything. there's lots of blood pressure issues, and what's really worrying is you never know when you're going to get hit again. so some weeks are good, some weeks are bad. and all you have do is just listen to uriyou're body and wa it out. >> you've used the word worried, even though you're a scientist when these things hit you maybe part of your brain is able to see it from a dispassionate, scientific, removed, but you're also experiencing it viscerally,

emotionally. how has that been trying to balance those two? >> you know, it's a conflict. being trained in immunology you do know that viruses are notorious for leaving a little bit of a rem independent for these issues that can be dysregulation in your immune system that can have these after effects and general feelings of unwell. when that stays for longer and keeps knocking you around because you do take your health for granted especially when you're young, it leads to anxiety. and there would be one part telling me you know what this is, but then there's this other side and it's worrying because after all it's your health, right? >> ayyeah, absolutely. you put together a team to study long covid and study patients

who have it. what's the question you're hoping to solve here? >> we're particularly interested and the team we have together with the doctors with me, we're trying to understand there's long covid patients who may have immune dysregulation in the form of rogue antibodies that's within our body as a response to the virus when you were initially infected. and whether that would be something that accumulates with time or if that actually ends up with clinical symptoms and becomes a diagnosis for life. i don't believe every long covid patient will become sick throughout their parental life. and of course there's a big factor we'll all get better, but there might be an unfortunate

subset we have it for life and requires medical intervention. >> so many people will be affected by this. we do have long haul covid treatment centers, but there's often a yearlong waiting list, and many people have written to me saying doctors are telling them right now there's not much they can do for them. it must be so frustrating, but you're confident there will one day be a treatment or many different treatments depending on the symptoms or underlying causes, i guess. but in the meantime what is needed to deal with this backlog of so many people who need help? >> look, kim, i don't believe there's going to be a one size fits all kind of therapeutic intervention because if you look at the way long covid is showing, it's showing as a constellation of symptoms. some people come up with neurocognitive issues and some people come up with shortness of breath and some people come up with gastrointestinal problems.

it's sending the right people to the specialists, and the specialists they are dealing with it. even the research going on, they're also have the specific questions they're trying to answer. so i believe as a society we are all part of this pandemic and i think as a society we'll get out of it together. >> we'll leave it on that hopeful note. best of luck with your research and recovery. thank you so much. >> thank you so much, kim. and for more information on her research on long covid you can head to her team's page on mcmaster university's website and you'll find a link, a study on long covid. well, super bowl is almost here and with it record hot weather. after the break we'll go to the cnn weather center for details on this rare winter-time heat. stay with us. it can't prevent triggers, like stress or changes in weather. you can't prevevent what's going on outside,

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europe's highest and most active volcano erupted in spectacular fashion late on thursday. have a look here. this was the scene from mount etna in italy.

plumes of smoke rose to 8 kilometers over sicily. lava flowed from the crater nearly 3,000 feet above sea level. but geologists in the area said it had ceased and there were no injuries. while this super bowl sunday could go down as the hottest super bowl on record -- we're talking about the actual temperature, not the game. nearly 20 million people in southern california are under heat advisories this weekend. experts say the temperatures will be 15 to 20 degrees fahrenheit, above normal in some areas. we could see new record hot weather sets the next couple of days. a meteorologist joins me now with the latest weather conditions there. in some parts of the country it'll be snowing but clearly from those numbers we're seeing not in l.a. >> yeah, the warmest super bowl on record was 84 degrees back in 1973, and as you mentioned we now have a heat advisory in

southern california where temperatures will be in the 80s nearing 90 degrees through tomorrow. what could we see this super bowl weekend? well, temperatures will be in the mid-80s on saturday, but then on super bowl sunday also in the mid-80s, right around 84 to 85 degrees. so this will certainly be a top 5 super bowl for us in terms of the record heat. it could potentially become number one. as you can see with it hour by hour, we will be in the low to mid-80s, right around that kick off. it's not just southern california that will be dealing with possible record heat. there are 30 possible record highs in jeopardy from southern california onto northern california and even portions of of oregon, nevada and arizona, too. this is for this super bowl weekend. notice it will continue right into sunday and for some of us even monday, too. a cold front will sweep through and help cool those temperatures

down once we get into the middle half of next week. expanding the view even further you take a look at the national image, frigid air is dropping down from canada on into the northern plains, the midwest, the great lakes where we do have wind chill advisories in effect for a lot of us in this area. temperatures are going to be feeling like they're well below zero in portions of of the midwest and great lake. just in the last 24 hours minneapolis is seeing their temperature drop 40 degrees. minneapolis getting up to barely 9 degrees on sunday. and you can see green bay will be in the teens. st. louis, you'll be around 27 degrees today and then 34 degrees tomorrow. but we do have really warm heat, really warm temperatures across the midatlantic and the northeast, kim. eventually all that up here across the great lakes will be pushing in. so get ready like new york city it will cool down for you. >> yeah, a bigas thanks so much.

really appreciate it. well, speak of football from the nfl a feel good story from one of philly's finest who made good on a promise. that's philadelphia eagles safety anthony harris taking 11-year-old audrie to her father-daughter dance. now, she lost her father and grandfather last year, and when the dance came up at church audrie's mom reached out to anthony harris to take her. the loss in his own family inspired him to say yes. >> when covid really hit, you know, i lost a loved one, and i shared a photo of me, you know, going to the game. and i had cleats in memory of my grandfather who passed away. when i got the message about potentially, you know, being able to take her to the dance, i thought it would be a great way to uplift her, you know, utilized my platform i've been blessed with to try to be a blessing to others. >> harris traveled all the way

to austin, texas, to escorta-degree and even told "the washington post" he put audrie's hair and make-up on his own tab. a great story. before we go, wordle is one of the fastest growing online puzzles, but for one illinois woman it might have saved her life. 80-year-old denise holt shares her results from the puzzle with her daughter every day. last sunday she didn't send her score, so her daughter was surprised. she texted her mom, got no response so she called the local police and asked them to do a wellness check. when cops showed up they discovered holt had been held hostage in her own home for nearly 24 hours by a naked intruder armed with knives. remarkably and thankfully she was physically unhurt and the intruder is now facing felony charges. all right, that wraps this hour of "cnn newsroom." i'm kim brunhuber. i'll be back in just a moment with more news. please do stay with us. when you watch a chef do it,

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