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>> this does appear to be a very large russian attack on multiple locations across this country. >> we're not going to allow comments from russia to dictate the security assistance that we provide to ukraine. for parents, it's important to understand that this is a highly contagious illness, rsv, and there is no medicine for it. we are confident that the occupant or occupants of that vehicle had information that's critical to this investigation. >> announcer: live from cnn center. this is "cnn newsroom" with kim brunhuber. it's friday, december 16th. 4 a.m. in the northeastern u.s. where millions are waking up to winter storm warnings. that same massive weather system that spawned a deadly tornado outbreak in the south isn't done with the u.s. quite yet. some 3 feet of snow has already

fallen in the plains where blizzard conditions are expected for the next few hours at least. in the northeast, the slow-moving storm could bring a foot of snow to parts of pennsylvania, new england h. in some places freezing rain. i'm joined by meteorologist britley ritz. it sounds pretty hectic. take us through what we're expecting. >> quite a few travel delays. that is already what's happening. heavily populated areas dealing with heavy snow. across upstate new york, that's where the heaviest is at the moment. rain for new york city on up into boston which as you know can cause some travel delays in itself. the best thing and best advice i can give you isis slow down as this moves on over all across the region. we'll watch this closely here where of course it will bring in the chance for snow, but also the opportunity for still freezing rain as we move through. of course, my system has locked up on me here so i can talk

about what we expect. we do have some freezing rain all across the mid-atlantic on up into new york. several reports over the last 24 hours. in fact, 3/10 of an inch apart from maryland which can cripple a city itself. we need to make sure we're slowing town there. there you see the reports. from all the way up into new york down into virginia. numerous reports. again, several of them through maryland where we picked up 3/10 of an inch. what that does is just knock out power. you'll see those areas sparked up there, lit up. winter storm warnings still in effect for much of new england. these are areas that of course will be dealing with snow over the next 48 hours. rain chances will stay on the coast line. much warmer there. as we back up and into saturday, you see the great lakes still dealing with scattered snow showers, but as for snowfall totals, the great lakes, not so much. somewhere over in ontario and

lake erie could pick up a foot of snow. watertown, buffalo tapping into that. the higher elevations through the northern parts of the appalachians are talking about picking up 18 to 24 inches when it's all said and done through saturday. even though we're not getting a lot of snow across the northern plains and upper midwest, roughly another 2 to 4 inches, that's going to cause record snow. winds over 35 miles per hour expected. that's why we're focused on the northern plains. kim? >> thanks so much, britley ritz. we appreciate it. >> no problem. u.s. officials are warning americans to protect themselves to get vaccinated. cases of covid, flu, rsv have put a strain on health care facilities across the country. on thursday u.s. president joe biden said the white house is resuming the at-home covid tests

program. take precautions right now. >> here's what we know. we've seen in each of the last two winters covid cases rise up. we're seeing -- obviously we're in the middle of probably the worst flu season in a decade and a lot of rsv out there still. what happens next is very much up to us, anna. i think if we -- people go out and get their flu vaccine, people go out and get their updated covid vaccines, things will be much better. if that doesn't happen, there's more concern and risk out there. >> even with all of that urging, the cdc reports only 14% of eligible americans have updated covid boosters. this sr. with all seven states see high, very high levels. now to the ukraine where new missile attacks are reported in cities across the country this

morning including kyiv, odessa and kharkiv. then there's this dramatic video from thursday. this video posted on social media is from the luhansk region which is occupied by russia. a local telegram suggested an ammunition depot may have been hit. neither russian nor ukrainians have reported on that. to the north, kharkiv, they've hit a warehouse with no connection to the military. cnn's will ripley is live in kyiv. nina dos santos is standing by in london. will, first to you. tell us about the latest missile

strikes. >> reporter: so there appears to be a missile attack underway. we have not been given the all clear yet. not only here in kyiv, but in odesa and sumi and kharkiv. there have been two here and reports of two people killed and five others injured including two children, all of whom are being treated at hospital right now. it was just earlier this week that unicef said the constant attacks by the russians are putting not only the physical health but the mental health of every single child here in ukraine at desperate risk. to think about it, we were just at a shooting at a children's soccer tournament yesterday. pieces of a drone strike when they shot the drones down, they rained down near the football pitch where these kids from all over ukraine, including some of the hardest hit areas were just playing soccer and trying to have somewhat of a normal

childhood existence. that is simply impossible when they are living with this constant barrage of russian attacks. there are thousands of people if not tens of thousands of people sheltering in places at underground stations in kyiv. some appearing on social media. at one point those underground stations were plunged into darkness. we were without power. this is life in a war zone. this is the reality for millions of ukrainians. now after the initial wave of attacks subside, right now the clear and present, imminent danger is for more missiles to fall from the skies or be launched from the russians and incoming. then the danger is the darkness and cold that undoubtedly millions of people will be plunged into as a result for days because of the attack because the temperatures are plummeting here. so people have to shelter in place for the moment, then they have to figure out how they're

going to stay warm and prevent themselves from freezing in the dead of winter even though the official start of winter hasn't started. we're still days away. >> thanks so much, will ripley in kyiv. the u.s. has announced plans to increase training for ukraine's military. nina dos santos is live. walk us through this decision and what it will mean for ukraine. >> reporter: this is a significant decision and it culminates in more training for ukrainian forces to try and repel those barrages of attacks that are increasing that will was talking about with the onset of winter there about to kick in in ukraine which obviously each year contends with many frigid days and nights. it is inconceivable to imagine how people would have to deal with that without power if the critical infrastructure is being hit with these barrages of missile attacks from russia. as such, earlier on in the week

we heard the u.s. was starting to ready plans to deploy irts patriot air miss siem defense systems. there will be a significant upscaling. this is what the u.s. announced. this will include training of 500 ukrainians per month starting, as you said there, kim, in january. it will also include live fire exercises and battalion level maneuver training and squad platoon and company level training as well. so really significant upscaling of training here. this is, by the way, something that the u.s. has intermittently continued to do ever since russia invaded crimea. these training programs are going to be kicking off at the airbase in germany, which is where obviously the united states and its allies have been having various contact group

meetings to keep themselves abreast of the situation in ukraine and to try to help ukrainians with the military hardware that they need for the last year or so. the this is how pentagon spokesmen describes the plan that the united states has to support ukraine in rebuffing this onslaught from russia. >> we're not going to allow comments from russia to dictate the security assistance we provide to ukraine. it's important to remember that russia is the aggressor here and when it comes to escalation, they could de-escalate the situation today by withdrawing their forces and saving countless innocent lives, but clearly they've chosen to double down. >> reporter: from january we're going to see more significant military hardware making its way over to ukraine. when it comes to the patriot missile air defense system, that might take a bit longer to be effective on the ground because

military experts say these need quite large teams to operate and also they need months of training as well, but this is a joint announcement here this week in terms of hardware and also the expertise that's needed on the ground amid ukrainian forces. kim? >> all right. thanks so much, nina dos santos in london. u.s. military support for ukraine, as we mentioned, received a big boost on thursday with the passage of a massive $858 billion defense spending bill. the bill was must-pass legislation already approved by the house. now goes to the white house for the president's signature. among the many provisions are measures to bolster ukraine and nato. house republicans insisted on including language to repeal the military's covid vaccine mandate. the u.s. defense secretary had opposed that but democratic negotiators concluded it was the only way to get the bill passed. u.s. senate has approved a temporary measure to avert a government shutdown at week's

end. without the stopgap bill funding would have expired at midnight. the measure will go to president biden to be signed into law. cutting is only approved through december 23rd but it will buy negotiators more time to hammer out a broader, full year funding deal. a bipartisan framework has already been reached. twitter's new owner elon musk is speaking out about his decision to ban some journalists from the social media site. musk has falsely accused them of sharing his live location and accused them of giving his live coordinates. one is doany o'sullivan. they wrote about a person who tracks his private plane. he thinks that's splitting hairs. >> as everyone wore agree,

sharing real time information about somebody's location is appropriate. everybody would not like that known to them and there's not going to be distinction between journalists and regular people. everyone is going to be treated the same. they're not special because you're a journalist. you're a twitter user, you're a citizen. so no special treatment. you do that, you get suspended, end of story. >> elon -- >> ban or trying to be clever about it. oh, i posted a link to the real time information is obviously -- that is obviously simply trying to evade the meaning. that is -- there's no -- it's no different than showing the actual information. >> he is claiming on social media that i and other

journalists shared the precise live location of his jet and therefore that's why he kicked us off, because we caused danger to him. in my case, i didn't. we had just posted stories about what was happening, him shutting down those accounts but, look, i think the bigger issue here is of course this is supposed to be the guy who's the free speech absolutist. what is more concerning here though is independent journalists, freelance journalists all around the world, many of whom are covering abuses and ongoings at musk's other companies, tesla, spacex. many journalists rely on twitter to get their work out there, particularly if they are independent freelancers. >> cnn issued a statement calling the compulsive and unjustified suspension concerning but not surprising. it should be an incredible concern for anyone who uses the platform.

we've asked twitter for an explanation. u.s. federal judge in texas has put a hold on the biden administration's plan to end the so-called remain in mexico program. the trump era policy allows the administration to send certain citizens back to mexico. previously they were either detained or released into the u.s. while their immigration proceedings played out. we explain how we got there. >> reporter: the policy of the united states going back many years through administrations of both parties was that when a person seeks asylum in this country, generally speaking those legal proceedings can face months, years. people were allowed to wait here in the united states. in 2019 the trump administration changed that. they said now a person has to remain in mexico. that could be potentially very dangerous. the northern regions tend to be controlled by drug cartels, could be very dangerous, could be a deterrent.

on joe biden's first day in office he ordered his department of homeland security, take a look at this. homeland security came back and said, we're going to get rid of this policy. we're not going to let people wait in mexico. >> the u.s. immigration court system has hit a new record. a backlog of more than 2 million pending cases. miami-dade county in florida leads the way followed by harris county, texas, and los angeles, california. the wait time for asylum seekers is 4.3 years. it's been more than two weeks since a u.s. college student went missing in france, but one group said it's still holding out hope for his safe return home. more than a month after four university of idaho students were stabbed to death in their off campus home, some family members are frustrated with the slow pace of the investigation. that's ahead. stay with us.

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residential fire has killed at least 10 people in france. it broke out in an eight story building in a suburb a little

after 3:00 local time this morning. five children are among the dead and more than a dozen are injured. at least four people are in critical condition. a witness was alerted to the fire by children shouting from a fourth floor balcony. the cause of the fire isn't known. more than a month after four college students were stabbed to death at their home, some family members of the victims are frustrated. they've gotten very little information about the investigation from authorities and fear the case is going cold. we have the story from idaho. >> it's sleepless nights. it's feeling sick to your stomach. >> reporter: kristie gonsalvas,

sick to her stomach. when law enforcement reached out to the public for information about the white hyundai. >> you found out about the white car from a press release? >> yes, yes. police have been trying to communicate with the gone sal vezs. >> we are pro police. >> they want to hold authorities accountable for what they say is a lack of information. >> trust us has really been the theme. trust us. we're making the right decision. trust us. well, you know, that only goes so far. >> reporter: throughout the investigation police have said they're making progress and they're not releasing developments to protect the investigation. >> time will tell whether that

was a wise decision or not a wise decision. i would be more concerned about catching the individual than i would be about preserving the case. >> either way, a void of information has made it hard for the community to move forward. some are still fearful. which is why christopher schwartz started offering free self-defense classes. >> with the fears people had, it was only right to offer it. >> reporter: the demand for the classes so overwhelming, all of the spots filled up in 32 hours. as students leave town for winter break, they hope people come forward. >> i think people all around america, the students be at the college and university will be thinking about this and provide information if they still have it. >> reporter: something a grieving mother holds on to. are you confident the police

will solve the crime? >> i have to be. the u.s. college student who's missing in france was originally scheduled to be back home tomorrow. american institute of foreign studies says it's still hopeful kenny deland will be found. deland went missing in late november. he was later seen on security video at a store about an hour away before vanishing without a trace. they issued a yellow notice this week which is usually done to help locate missing persons. michigan's attorney general says three members of a militia group have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms for their roles in a plot to kidnap governor gretchen whitmer. they must serve minimum sentences of 7 to 12 years. she calls this a powerful

signal. two plotters said they deeply regretted their actions that day. >> i regret that i ever let hate, fear, anger into my heart the way i did. >> i would like to apologize for the stupid comments i made. i never meant her any harm. >> two other men, including the alleged ring leader will be sentenced later in federal court and could face life in prison. the u.s. is sharing more details about the 1963 assassination of president john f. kennedy. the national archives released more than 13,000 previously classified documents thursday, including all of the remaining information the cia said it has that's directly related to jfk's murder. the 1964 report said lee harvey oswald acted alone when he shot and killed kennedy.

it's prompted a lot of conspiracy theories. it could take days to learn what's in the newly released files. as if inflation isn't bad enough, there was other bleak news about the u.s. economy. next, stock markets plunge as the fed makes a gloomy prediction for next year. that's coming up. stay with us. with red currants p we wish you a happy hoholiday, only at ihop. new gingersnap apple french t toast, part of our new holiday menu. try all three flavors.

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welcome back to "cnn newsroom." i'm kim brunhuber. let me bring you up to date with the top stories this hour. millions of people in the u.s. waking up to winter storm warnings. some 3 feet of snow has fallen in the plains where blizzard conditions are expected for the

next few hours. it could bring a foot of snow to parts of pennsylvania and new england. this i missile attacks in ukraine. they saw missiles and heard explosions as air raid sirens sound. u.s. financial markets are hoping to rebound from a steep drop on thursday but right now the dow has that. trading has been underway for 90 minutes in european markets. you can see they are in necktive territory. asia, hang seng's index is higher. tokyo's nikkei is higher. british and eu regulators are taking a cue from washington on their efforts to tame the highest inflation in decades. they each raised interest rates by half a percent on thursday.

inflation on both sides is still in the 10% range even though it did take down last month. there's a concern more interest rate hikes will push economies into a recession which is already looming in brittain. regulators say they don't have much of a choice. >> we decided to raise interest rates today and expect to raise them significantly further because inflation remains far too high and is projected to stay above our target for too long. >> the first dilemma were the figures that were released this week. it's going to come down. it's very good news. there's a long way to go. >> inflation is still a concern here in the u.s., of course. thursday's stocks dropped on other big news.

the markets nose dived after the federal reserve predicted the u.s. economy will barely grow next year. the economic prospects are now becoming more clear and more grim. >> reporter: this was the day when reality seemed to seep in. as interest rates rose in europe, the ecb and the bank of england both raised rates by half a percentage point. of course, we have the rate rise from the u.s. only 24 hours earlier. the reality that's seeping in is that next year is going to see even higher rates with slower economic growth. some might call that stagflation, others won't use that term and others won't admit the reality there will be a recession in the united states. whichever way we cut it, the markets are unhappy because of what they see as the higher interest rates now moving very firmly into that phrase,

restrictive territory. the very goal of these higher rates is to slow down economic activity. and we saw that in the u.s. with the latest retail sales numbers, which were down. we know that the consumer is starting to get exhausted. even though it might be christmas, if we look into 2023, i'm afraid the economic omens are not that good. richard quest, cnn, new york. british nurses walked off the job for the day on thursday with as many as 100,000 members of the uk's largest nurse's union participating in the historic strike. the nurses want a pay raise that's 5% above the inflation rate. a total of 19% hike. they also say they're calling attention to the crisis in the country's national health care service after years of falling pay and declining standards.

>> this group, they want to be in there. i don't want them to be here. i want them to be in there. we've got no choice. if we continue to sit in there and endure the conditions that are going on, they won't exist anymore. >> it's more difficult to recruit nurses. where i used to have in the double figures 15 people applying for one job, now i might have to kind of put the job out several times before i get anybody and that's the difference is that people don't want to come into nursing anymore. >> the nurses will strike again on tuesday. u.k. is seeing a wave of industrial action this month. transportation, border workers, teachers, baggage handlers and paramedics have gone on strike or plan to do so. president biden says he supports the african union during the g20 saying, quote, africa belongs at every table.

that came on the final day of the u.s./africa summit with the u.s. pledging billions in investments. some african leaders remain skeptical of america's resolve. here's what the president said on thursday. >> the choices that we make today and have made in this decade and how we tackle these challenges in my view will determine the direction the entire world takes in the decades to come. the united states is all in on africa and all in with africa. >> biden said the u.s. was prepared to invest some $55 billion in african nations over the next three years. he intends to visit africa sometime next year. painful moment for the families who lost loved ones in the halloween tragedy in south korea. right now some of them are visiting the site of the incident for the first time since it happened. that's ahead. 12 hours!! not coughing? hashtag still not coughing?!

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experts say north korea could be taking its ballistic missile technology to the next level. they say leader kim jong-un attended a test on thursday. it was a success which western experts said it could be significant. yo pyongyang has been using liquid fuel. experts say north korea would be a number of steps away from using the engines in the ballistic missiles. asian state media report at least 16 people have been killed following a landslide at a camp site in kuala lumpur. right now families -- victims families are

commemorating their loved ones who died in a horrific tragedy during halloween celebrations in south korea. a memorial service in seoul for the 150 people who were crushed to death. paula hancocks is standing by near the site of the memorial service and she joins us live. paula, a sad and poignant day for families of loved ones. they've been visiting the site. take us through the scene right now. what are they seeing and what are they telling you? >> reporter: well, kim, what we're hearing and seeing at the moment is the names of all those that were lost in that crowd crush being read out to the families and the friends that are congregated here. there are also some of the first responders who were first on the scene desperately trying to save

lives that are coming here to pay their respects and they want to show their support for those left after 158 lost their lives in that halloween crush. in the alli close to the stage behind me is filled with notes, messages. there's a make shift memorial that started a month and a half ago the day after the tragedy. that is still going at the subway exit as well. everybody wanting to show support for those affected by this tragedy. >> reporter: a painful look at the last hours of their daughter's life. they look through photos on her phone trying to piece together how she became one of the 158 victims of seoul's halloween crowd crush. >> translator: i can't look at the photos. they make me cry. >> reporter: the 25-year-old was photographed at 9:35 p.m. inside a bar, then outside in the

increasingly crowded back streets. 951 her father said she messaged friends saying she was going home. 10:07 the last photo she took with her friend. her friend who survived said the slow moving crowd suddenly moved past them sucking them into the alli way. >> reporter: they made frantic phone calls to hospitals and police. 1:00 the following afternoon they were asked to come and identify their daughter's body at a hospital morgue. >> translator: the image keeps coming to me. >> translator: it snowed yesterday and it's cold. she's buried outside. it makes me sad. >> reporter: unanswered questions and anger. >> translator: i hope the truth will be revealed soon. we don't know how my daughter died, how her body ended up there. >> reporter: a special investigation is there. there were calls for crowd control four hours before the

tragedy. so far two police officers have been dismissed and arrested, accused of destroying evidence. the chief of police in the area has been suspended. one police officer who wants to conceal his name for fear of retribution. >> translator: there was too much pressure. i assumed they had already died. people in second and third layers were fading, crying for help but we couldn't pull them out. >> reporter: it was too late and safety planning should have been made in advance. >> translator: the problem is the people who should be responsible are not taking responsibility. the direction of the investigation is not looking up, only down. there may have been mistakes trying to save just one more life, but if you blame us, who would want to do this job? >> reporter: political in fighting and finger pointing has no place in the home where she grew up. they read every birthday card, pour over every photo, struggling to cope with the life

changing tragedy that should never have happened. the kim, it is heartbreaking to see how long it took to read everyone's name out. 158 lives lost on a night when many are supposed to be celebrating. some of those names are being read out. you can also hear cries from some of the bereaved families who are listening and sitting, wanting to be part of this memorial. dozens of those families are now supporting each other as they wait to see what happened, how this possibly was able to happen. obviously a very emotional evening for many here. >> just heartbreaking. thanks so much. paula hancocks, appreciate it. we're getting some new revelations from the final episodes of "harry and meghan." up next, how the royal family might react. stay with us.

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biden/trump rematch. 60% want someone other than donald trump and democratic leaning voters want someone other than president biden. we sat down with top democrats. >> there's a cnn poll that just came out that shows there's little appetite on both sides for a biden/trump rematch in 2024. you're stepping aside. do you think president biden should step aside for a younger generation? >> i think president biden has done an excellent job as president of the united states. i hope that he does seek re-election. he's a person with a great vision for our country. he's been involved for a long time, so he has great knowledge of the issues and the challenges we face and he's the most

empathetic president. he connects with the american people. the vision, the knowledge, the strategic thinking is all here. the empathy is from the heart. and i think that he's been a great president. >> he's done an excellent, excellent job. >> reporter: right now donald trump is the only republican who has announced. he could be the nominee. he could be president again. you've been through the first presidency. you've been through january 6th. what would it mean if donald trump was re-elected president? >> the american people have gotten wise. >> i don't think we should talk about him while we're eating. >> at 80 years old joe biden is the oldest u.s. president in history. donald trump is 68 -- 76,

rather. u.s. lawmakers have been calling for greater restrictions on tiktok citing what they perceive as chinese security threats. banning the social media platform as one of the billion users worldwide from u.s. government devices. >> i think that tiktok is a national security issue. i would caution any parents letting their parents use it. i think it gives the chinese communist party an opportunity to spy on all of us. >> the magic of tiktok, there's a lot of good things on ticktock. the magic of tiktok is that the algorithms can be manipulated so i'm concerned that this could be used as a propaganda tool of the communist party of china. >> these are states that have banned the app on state issued devices. idaho and new hampshire governors were the latest to join in. the fear is user data could end up in the hands of the chinese government.

u.s. house just brought puerto rico one step closer to becoming a u.s. state. >> 133. the nays are 191. the bill is passed. >> thursday the house passed the bill that would give puerto ricans a full vote for sovereignty in association with the u.s. only congress can grant puerto rico statehood. the latest and final episodes in the harry and meghan documentary series offer the best yet of the bad blood brewing. the duke and duchess of sussex allege there was jealousy, lying, screaming. max foster has a look at the breakdown. >> good morning. it's 6 a.m. on the 14th of march and we are on the freedom

flight. we are leaving canada and we are headed to los angeles. >> reporter: the palace may have been spared in the first drop of episodes, but this time harry and meghan didn't pull any punches. >> everything that's happened to us was always going to happen to us because if you speak truth to power, that's how they respond. >> reporter: in the final episodes of the couples' netflix docu-series, harry took aim at his brother. >> it was terrifying to have my brother scream and shout at me and my father say things that just simply weren't true. my grandmother quietly sit there and take it all in. >> reporter: the couple sharing their perspective on the royal rift which in their words pushed them out of the fold. it started during their tour of australia back in 2018. so successful it created jealousy in the palace, they say. >> the issue is when someone is marrying in, it should be a

supporting act is then stealing the limelight or doing the job better than the person who's born to do this, that upsets people. it shifts the balance. within four hours they have to lie to protect my brother and yet for three years they were never willing to tell the truth to protect us. >> reporter: meghan says the stress of the media coverage was too much. last year saying she didn't want be to live anymore. >> it was like all of this would stop if i'm not here. and that was the scariest thing about it, is it was such clear thinking. >> reporter: but she also suffered physically because of the stress of the worldwide coverage and in british newspapers, including the daily mail which published a letter she wrote to her father. >> i believe my wife suffered a miscarriage because of what they did. i watched the whole thing.

now do we absolutely know that the miscarriage was caused by that? of course we don't. the stress that that caused, the lack of sleep and the timing of the pregnancy, how many weeks in she was, i can say from what i saw that miscarriage was created by what they were trying to do to her. >> reporter: the family's response? well, on thursday they showed a united front at a planned engagement and the palace said they had no plans to comment on the series. max foster, cnn, london. that wraps this hour of "cnn newsroom." thanks for watching. i'm kim brunhuber. "early start" is up next. bye, bye cough. later chest congestion. hello 12 hours of relief. 12 hours!! not coughing? hashtag still not coughingng?! mucinex dm gives you 12 2 hours of relief

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here we go. right now on "early start," parts of the northeast about to get hit with the first big snowstorm of winter. air raid alerts across ukraine. people scramble for shelter as missiles hit key cities just

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