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foreign trip since russia's invasion began. the house committee votes to makes six years of donald trump's taxes public. we'll discuss what this means for the former president. and 70 billion people are under winter alerts in the united states as a phenomenon known as a bomb cyclone develops. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> for ten months, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy has delivered messages of determination and defiance from inside his country, amid russia 's unrelenting assault. but at this hour, he is traveling outside the ukraine for the first time since the war began and is headed to washington. i was visited in the hours ahead with a meeting at president joe biden at the white house, as well as an address to a joint meeting of congress. the white house says mr. biden invited his ukrainian counterpart to underscore the

united states enduring commitment to ukraine. in a tweet, mr. zelenskyy confirmed he is headed to the u.s. to, quote, strength and resilience and defense capabilities. now, the visit will coincide with an announcement by president joe biden of another aid package for ukraine, totaling almost two billion dollars, which will include the highly advanced patriot missile defense systems. now, cnn's oren lieberman has details from the pentagon. >> in the next ukraine security assistance package, they were expecting when ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy visits washington, visits the white house, where expected the u.s. to announce two crucial systems that fell to different roles. the first of the patriot air defense system, one of the most advanced u.s. systems for air defense. and crucially, a long-range system. that will sit almost like a dome on top of the systems the u.s. has already provided. the medium range nasams system and then some of these shorter systems, such as stingers and

manpads that ukraine has already used for aerial defense. that's on top of what other countries have provided. patriots have their challenges though. they are large, complex systems. so the training, maintenance, sustainment, all of that will take time to learn. and that's part of the process here. the other crucial system that we're learning about, the precision bombing kids known as joint direct attack munitions. that allows ukraine to turn quote unquote dumb bombs into precision guided bombs. we have seen their use with great effect, precision guided munitions. for example, the himars system, the ex albert guided artillery systems, all of the have been critical for ukraine success on the battlefield so far. this will largely fill a similar role, these jdams. they can be used on a variety of different bombs, 500 palm bombs, 2000 pound bombs, the relatively annexed spence of according to boeing, only $22,000 per kit. fraction of the price of the game lars munitions used with

himars and other high-end munitions i've been provided to ukraine. yet, they fill that role of precision bombing that can be due at range. so you don't have to get in very close. the standard jdams have range about 15 miles, and some of the extended range have a range of 40 miles or more. it's unclear exactly what the u.s. will provide at this point. of course, these have to be air lawn. they are launch from fighter jets. so, ukraine will have to figure out a way to mount these on soviet-era fighter jets they have, so that they can use them, and then find a way to be able to control them from a soviet era cockpit. but crucially, ukraine has so that ability already. they've done it with the u.s. provide anti greater missiles. and i have to do it again here to make this work. or liebermann, cnn, the pentagon. >> and cnn's clare sebastian joins us live from london with more. clare, this would be, and is shaping up to, be zelenskyy's first overseas trip since the russian invasion began. what is on the agenda for this very much landmark visit?

>> well, i think it has to be something big to justify this, kristie. and we've seen the patriot missiles that oren was just referencing would be that. you'd remember at the very beginning of this conflict, when the u.s. offered to evacuate presents lynskey, he said i don't need a ride, i need ammunition. and that really has been the hallmark of the way he has govern this for. he has stayed in the country, continuing to meet with troops. just that visit yesterday to bakhmut. i think the timing of this is crucial. 300 days exactly since the start of the conflict, coming when the new u.s. congress is set to take effect on january 3rd. we know that there have been signs for the republican majority in the house that they may not be as quick to approve new ukraine aid. so doing this now will be an opportunity for him to go -- garner that bipartisan support to carry out this sort of pr exercise. it also comes at a time when russia continues to bombard ukrainian civilian energy infrastructure and civilian

facilities and things like that. and when ukraine is also very worried that this might proceed a new ground offensive from russia, starting as early as in the new year. now, president zelenskyy did not officially confirm this trip until just about an hour ago. but he did, as i say, visit the frontline and back mood yesterday, where he was presented with a flag by ukrainian soldiers to give to the u.s. congress. have a listen to what he had to say. but >> [interpreter] it is a complicated situation. the enemy increases the numbers of its troops. our boys are braver, and we need more sophisticated weapons. we will pass on gratitude from our boys to the u.s. congress and u.s. president for their support. but it is not enough. >> that would be quite a visual if he brings the flag that he was presented with the u.s. congress. president zelenskyy continuing to be a master of the sort of public relations of this war, kristie. >> it will be quite a visual, and also one wonders what it will mean for the battle as

well. clare sebastian, we'll leave you at. that thank you for joining us. we'll talk again soon. now to washington, where six years of donald trump's tax returns will finally be made public. the white house, or the house ways and means committee, they voted to release the documents from 2015 to 2020. now, the panel says trump was not properly audited by the internal revenue service under the mandatory presidential audit program. and a company reports the former president claimed huge operating losses to reduce his tax liabilities to zero. and it raises questions about millions of dollars in charitable contributions. cnn's chief congressional correspondent manu raju has the details. >> now, it's been years since house democrats have came to power in 2019, demanded donald trump's tax returns, went to a court fight that donald trump took all the way to the stream court to try to shield those tax returns from becoming public. he lost that fight.

ultimately, those returns turned over the democrats just a matter of weeks ago. but in a party line vote, the house democrats, in their final days in power, the ways and means committee voted to release those tax returns from six years, six recent years. as well as not just his individual returns, but his business returns as well. that vote, 24 to 16, along party lines to release both a report from the committee investigating this as well as all of those returns. now first on the report, there were two that released late on tuesday night. one of which is a committees investigation that found the mandatory presidential audit system that the irs employs for all sitting presidents. they say that it was dormant during the trump years. they say that is an essential program, because they need to -- ensure that the president is not compromised in any way by signing legislation into law. but they said it was not essentially a news until april

of 2019. that is when richard neil, chairman of the ways and means committee, a democrat, started to inquire about donald trump's tax returns. they say at that point, that's when the irs audit program kicked into gear. they say it never was completed over the six years of returns that they ultimately obtained. now, there's a separate report by the joint committee on taxation analyzing those returns. it raises some questions about some of the deductions that donald trump took. suggested that perhaps more investigation might be warranted. it did not make a judgment one way or another. but it got into the numbers of his deductions, his losses, and the income he reported. but we expect a lot more, including all details of those tax returns in the days ahead. right now, the committee is trying to redact some of the sensitive security information, some of the confidential information like social security numbers and the like. once that is done, they will be released. and it will come out before democrats are no longer in power in the house. january 3rd is when republicans

take over. republicans attacking democrats for misusing their power and releasing donald trump's returns. donald trump's spokesperson also attacking committee democrats. nevertheless, they are moving forward. and also moving forward on legislation to mandate, mandate how presidents are audited under the abiding r s. and that something nancy pelosi in her final days as speaker plans to bring to the floor. montage, cnn, capitol hill. >> let's discuss with norman eison. he's a cnn legal analyst and former house judiciary special counsel in trump's first impeachment trial. he joins us from washington, d.c.. sir, thank you very much for joining us. first, we have to address that revelation of the irs failure to audit, after the vote, house democrats revealed that the material they obtained shows that the irs failed to audit donald trump's tax filings during his first two years in office. this is something that is mandatory for sitting

presidents. so, what happened here? >> that's right, kristie. there was a major breakdown of the presidential audit program when it comes to donald trump. and i think that's one of the reasons that these returns are being released. the house ways and means committee is putting out a report detailing that there were failures to do the required oversight, that the irs is supposed to do over every president, to make sure that they don't have financial conflicts and they're following the tax law. and didn't happen with donald trump. we're going to need to ask some very serious questions about why did he get special treatment once he was in control of the government. that's one of the reasons that we need to get these tax returns out in the public, to backup this very important revelation, and very important report that the committee put out. >> let's talk about the decision to release, because you know, republicans, they

have been rallying against hard, saying it would set a dangerous precedent, saying it could be used to target political enemies. let's put this debate to rest. where the debates return for political reasons, or is there a legislative purpose, and what is that? >> i worked up on the hill. i know chairman neal and the majority members of this committee. and the chairman and his membership have been extraordinary and careful and how they have handled this with patience and with discretion. the only precedent that we should be worried about is the precedent of an american president taking over the government and then not getting audited as required by law. or kristie, the president of a presidential candidate and president not releasing their tax returns. a break by donald trump with all modern presidents. when i worked in the white house as a lawyer my job included releasing president

obama's tax returns. those are the kind of precedents we should worry about. i think the committee is doing the right thing by backing up there very important report with the evidence. that's what we do up on the hill. that's what they're doing here. it is not partisan. >> so years of donald trump's tax returns will soon be released to the public. we do have to wait, because redactions are being carried out. so is social security number won't be revealed, et cetera. but it will soon be released to the public. you know, trump on truth social claim you can't learn much from tax returns. but norm, what will we be able to learn? and what will you be looking out for? >> kristie, the house of representatives has released just tonight a detailed analysis, almost 40 pages long, of these tax returns. and associated papers. it's not just the tax returns. it's the other materials that the irs has turned over under

u.s. law. so, those, that analysis raises questions about what were donald trump's actual assets? but what was his income? what were his deductions? did he take more deductions than he was entitled to? did he overstate his? income and these kinds of questions about whether his deductions were properly documented. did he follow the law? but donald trump, it always comes down to that question, our principal that no one is above the law. in this case, it is tax. law and i will be looking to see whether the law was broken here. his company was already found guilty in a new york court of two tax fraud charges. and now, we're going to ask the question, does that apply to donald trump or not? we need to study the actual returns to determine the

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now a storm known as a bomb cyclone is developing right now over the u.s. in about 70 million people are under a winter weather alert. that number is expected to grow over the coming days, cnn meteorologist derek van damme is tracking the storm for us. >> that is, right all of the ingredients coming together for a blockbuster winter storm, this is a multi faceted storm for potential for blizzard conditions, flash freezes, and an arctic outbreak like i have never seen before. the storm means business. we have 70 million americans under some sort of winter letter alert, through the late -- likely to see those expand coverage as we go forward in

time. we have windchill alerts stretching from the border of canada all the way to the gulf of mexico, 75 million americans under winchell alerts as we speak. here is a look at the term known as a bomb cyclone, we will certainly meet this criteria with the strengthening and deepening low pressure system associated with our storm. here it is, in its infancy, yet it is still impacting the specific war northwest. is going to gather some steam over the course of the day today and by the time it reaches the northern sections of colorado, denver, you'll see the temperature drop 50 degrees fahrenheit in a few hours from thursday into friday. cold front, moves east, we'll see the first flakes of snow flying in chicago by thursday midday, and then we will start to see when this storm means business. it wraps up, intensifies, going through that bomb cycle that we are talking about, and it is really the wind that is concerning here, and the cold arctic air behind it. both of those are gonna factor together, reduce visibility to near zero in many instances,

and we will likely see more flight cancellations if not complete closures of airports. this is where we anticipate the heaviest, snow down wake from like ontario, but still a considerable amount of snow for places like minneapolis, st. louis, as well as chicago. now, check out these forecast wind gusts. you can spot the cold front right, there as it races eastward. we are going to see the wind pick up thursday afternoon for chicago o'hare, but then really start to howl overnight into friday morning and that is when we anticipate the worst of the snowstorm as it sets up shop across the great lakes. temperatures are going to be very, very cold. the storm means business. national weather service using terminology like life-threatening wind chills, where you could be outside on any exposed skin and receive frostbite in less than five minutes. 80% of the country, any state in the lower 48, will feel the arctic air and temperatures below freezing about 50 million

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welcome back. despite the losses and ongoing setbacks in ukraine, moscow's military reach is continuing to expand elsewhere, including

building new bases in the arctic. cnn's nick paton walsh reports. >> up here in the arctic, you would not get the feeling that russia's military is crippled by its catastrophic invasion of ukraine. to moscow, this ice quickly receding with climate change, is vital to its defense and future. these new satellite images obtained by cnn reveal the changes that key military installations over the last year, and show that, despite the damage done to russia's military from their invasion of ukraine, they are still expanding up near the arctic circle, fast. towards the, east domes have been built from this october and last. work here to over the last year on the runway in nicholas coy airfield near the arctic circle. and five new and radars that they claim confined stealth

jets emerging out of nowhere, here. this new building, and one radar station near in our way, emerging since june of last year. in an exclusive interview, nato's chief is aware of the growing threat. >> what we see now is a significant russian military buildup in the high, north as we see russia reopening old soviet bases, military sites, but also testing novel weapons in the arctic and the high north. >> the arctic has vital to russia not only for oil and gas, but also of its nuclear defense. the kremlin is also urgently launching new atomic icebreakers to ensure it retains influence over a shortened trade route from the pacific to europe, open up from climate change. the war in ukraine is led to changes on both sides. russia sent 75% of its arctic

land forces to ukraine, as senior western intelligence official told me that it's navy is almost untouched, semi detached from the war. they added, also from strikes an airfield deep inside russia, jets have been dispersed around its territory, some to the north, boosting the effects of their presence in the arctic. nato is also sending its messages. what you are seeing here looks like a norman airdrop of the supply palette, but it is an unprecedented exercise over norway by u.s. special forces this year, dropping off a cruise missie, greatly increasig its range near russia. shaken by recent sabotage of baltic sea pipelines, nato is now focused on protecting norway's energy infrastructure. now norway, not russia, supplies about 13% of the gas exports to europe. >> since the sabotage in the baltic sea we have doubled our

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expected to have an appearance at the courthouse on friday which should be, if all goes to, plan his final court appearance in the bahamas, it least for the foreseeable future. there has been an ongoing fight over his extradition to the united states, and on monday he looked confused in the courtroom and other courtrooms in the confused as his attorneys appeared to be on a very different page than his u.s. attorneys, who had said that extradition was a likely outcome to his case. but, by monday afternoon, sam bankman-fried attorney said that they had spoken to their client and that he had agreed to be extradited. it was unclear what happened on tuesday, why the continues to be a delay. we saw attorneys going in and out of the courthouse behind me, but no clear answers on when the extradition will happen in until the announcement came that there will be a hearing on

love name on wednesday. an extradition could happen as early as wednesday afternoon. this is the end of bankman-fried's stay in the bahamas, as someone who is considered at the very top of the cryptocurrency game, he will be leaving the bahamas we expect on a u.s. federal private plane, something that he is used to traveling on, but certainly in a very different manner. when he arrives in new york, we expect that he will be booked their. he is facing eight charges, and could lead to over a century in prison. there will be the discussion over whether or not he can make bail. a judge will decide in the united states if he is a flight risk. but at this point, sam bankman-fried is green to go home and we expect that an extradition hearing will be held on wednesday, it is what officials have said and they will finally decide whether sandbag meant fried will head back to the united states to

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the american public is finally about to get a look at donald trump's tax returns. the house ways and means committee voted to release six years of records in 2016 to 2020. a report by the joint committee on taxation to returns raised questions about millions of dollars in charitable donations, and it claims that trump reported huge losses from year to year to reduce his tax liability to zero. a spokesperson for the president called the release an unprecedented leap by a lame duck presidents playing a losing political game. now in another big heading for donald, trump sources say that the house committee investigating the u.s. capitol riots and trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election has started handing over evidence from its probe to the justice department, a panel is recommending criminal charges against the former president and others. cnn's sara murray has more. >> as the january six committee investigating the attack on the u.s. capitol repairs to release its final report on wednesday,

and begins to release the transcript, we're learning that sources familiar with the matter that they have already begun sharing transcripts with the department of justice. this is significant because the doj has asked for this from the committee, and we've also learned that jack smith has sent another letter to the community just this month. they've said they have started handing over materials related to mark meadows, the former white house chief of staff, including the mark meadows text messages that the house select committee obtained. they have also handing over information related to john eastman, he is an attorney that worked on these very election scenes with the former president and they have begun heading over information related to the electors. this is important, the committee is now handing the ball over to doj, doj has had this robust investigation, but is wanting to make sure it can get as much evidence as possible from the house committee. sarah murray, cnn, washington. >> the taliban has released to americans who have been detained into afghanistan since

august. they were arrested while filming in kabul. it is not immediately clear what led to the release, but the u.s. state department it appears to be a goodwill gesture. carly atwood has. more >> to americans who are detained by the taliban in afghanistan have been released, heading to qatar, on their way to safety and security. of course, the biden administration is welcoming their release, we know that one of them is -- he is a u.s. filmmaker, detained back in august. we are not naming the other person, due to a request from their family. but it is noteworthy that this comes that the same day the afghan-led government is banning all women from attending university. ned price said that that is indefensible there will be consequences for the taliban due to that decision. kylie atwood, cnn, washington. >> now china is narrowing its definition of covid related

deaths in the face of an unprecedented surge in cases. the count will now include patients who have died from respiratory failure directly caused by the virus. that decisions raises real concerns that officials are trying to keep the true scale of the outbreak under wraps. selina wang reports from beijing. >> china has only reported a few covid deaths since abandoning its zero covid policy, but what we see on the ground tells a different story. >> there is a long line of cars that snakes across the entire area, waiting to get to the cremation area. it is completely full, cards i'm speaking here because there are many cars patrolling the entire area. but i'm speaking to a man who says his close friend past way from a fever. the hospital did not say why. he's been waiting here for hours. he has no idea if his friends body can even get cremated today.

>> it is not just in beijing, social media shows crematoriums and funeral homes around the country overwhelmed. in this funeral home, the man is saying that it is going insane. here, it is packed with cars and vans carrying bodies stretch all the way into the distance in front of this crematorium in -- and families wait and stand in their morning close out this funeral hone. with no idea how long they have to wait before their beloved one loved ones could be cremated. a new study by hong kong researchers estimates that nearly 1 million people in china could die from covid if they do not take necessary public health measures like increase vaccinations. long lines like these are forming outside of hospitals, people wait for hours outside in the cold rain. crowds form outside of hospitals, ground zero of the original outbreak. >> this is a designated

hospital in beijing, there is been a string of elderly patients and wheelchair is being led into this hospital. i spoke to a man who's been waiting outside who's waiting for an elderly family member, who says very sick with a high fever from covid. but he said this hospital is running out of beds base. >> are you busy? i asked a covid worker outside the hospital. >> yes, extremely busy he tells me, we've morgan to the evenings. did a lot of people die here i ask? yes, every day he says. but it is all because of covid? >> yes, and people with underlying conditions. the country's covid tragedy has suddenly swung from one extreme to another. this is what china's metropolis looked like a month ago during a mass covid lockdown. a ghost city. but now, not only has it listed its lockdown, but the government announced on primetime television that people who have covid, as long as they are only mildly sick or

asymptomatic, while they can return to work. but people are still scared to go out, restaurants, and shopping malls barely have any customers. subways across major cities are eerily empty. but, none of this as top chinese state media from hailing the strategy as victory after victory. as the chinese people feel that they are suddenly left to fend for themselves. selina wang, cnn, beijing. >> experts say that a shortage of fever medication in the u.s. could last through the spring. those products are flying off the shelves right now because of high rates of respiratory infections across the country, as well as supplier challenges. pharmacies across the u.s. are limiting sales of the drug and directing customers to stores for supplies of children's medications. buenos aires through the party of the year to celebrate argentina's world cup champions and everyone was invited.

the government declared a national holiday for tuesday's victory parade and check that out. as a result, an estimated 4 million people flooded into the streets to celebrate the country's first title since 1986. the street parade as amends as scale as you see in your screen, if you get out of hand especially when to, man they jumped from an overpass bridge on to the teams open airbus. a bold move, the parade was later halted and leonel messi and his teammates. they were forced to move their party to the air. what does that mean? well, stefano pozzebon has more from buenos aires. >> in the end leonel essay and his teammate of the national football team of argentina were not able to complete the day parade as they were planning to do on an open bus cruising through the streets of buenos

aires. with the world cup trophy,. that is because simply because there were too many people on the streets and after spending more than three hours to do just 25 kilometers from the international airport, the team decided to jump on the helicopter. and instead they did a fly over the ocean of people that gathered in and around the one-dosers to celebrate the victory and the qatar 2022 war camp. it was late on tuesday. the party and won a service is still going and it is perhaps a sign of how much this victory is felt in a nation. it is really a big breach there football but it's also finding some relation, some relief and some pride at a deep travel economy is in dire straits. , but for the past three days this country really put on a

party like no other before. for cnn, this is stefano pozzebon, buenos aires. the new york yankees are reportedly re-signed outfielder aaron judge for the largest free agent contract in baseball history. that is according to espn and mlb network, which says that the deal is worth 300 and $60 million over nine years throughout the 2031 season. this record contract is fitting for the and be the soc sal -- who's coming off an historic season. judge is expecting to be on hand at yankee stadium in the hours ahead. it is almost 2023 and new york times square is gearing up to celebrate. this massive sign to celebrate the new year is already there. those have been put tall roman numerals will be on display throughout friday, and later the sign will be moved to the top of one times square, where

it will light up at midnight on january the 1st. and that wraps up this hour of cnn newsroom, i'm kristie lu stout, thank you so much for watching. you stay with us, i will be back with more news after this short break.

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