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nightmare before christmas, snow, ice and a dangerous winter blast sweeping across the u.s.. as thousands of flights are canceled, we are live in the cnn weather center with what's coming next. plus, the january 6th committee releases its final report on the deadly attack on the u.s. capitol. laying out the case against former president, donald trump. and for the first time, vladimir putin uses the word, war, to describe his invasion of ukraine. we begin this hour in washington, where the house committee investigating january 6th has released its final report. without specifically mentioning donald trump, the panel concludes, anyone responsible for an insurrection should be

barred from holding public office. the report goes on to detail a concerted effort by trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 election. chapter titles include the big lie, i just want to find 11,680 votes, and a coup in search of a legal theory. the committee outlined a scheme to submit fake electors from states trump lost, and at least 200 attempts by trump and his inner circle to pressure state election officials. the report includes testimony that trump wanted to walk from the white house to the capitol on january 6th. and it says the trump -- should've canceled trump's rally at the ellipse, because of the risk of violence. more now from cnn's justice correspondent, jessica schneider. >> nearly two years after the january 6th attack on the capitol, the committee tasked with investigating all aspects of that attack has finally released its report. it comes nearly two days after

the committee expected to release it, all because of typographical errors and printing issues. but it is nearly 900 pages, with comprehensive narrative of what occurred before, during and immediately after january 6th. most importantly here, it also lays out 11 specific recommendations from the committee about how various agencies and even congress can move forward. he among those recommendations is the committee pointing to section of the constitution, the 14th amendment, section three, that clearly states that anyone who is engaged in an insurrection can be disqualified from holding office. the committee says that constitutional provision should be enforced and while they don't say it directly, the takeaway here is that they believe that donald trump should be barred from holding office again, especially because he has now announced his plan to run in 2024. the committee, separately, is also pushing for passage of the presidential election reform act. that would make clear that vice presidents do not have the

power to overturn elections as trump pressured pence to do. and the committee is also recommending that federal intelligence and security agencies really take a much closer look at the dangers of violent extremism. especially since members of the proud boys and oath keepers were at the forefront of the capitol attack. plus, there's a host of new details in this 800 plus-page report including about how john eastman first contacted donald trump at the white house on december 23rd 2020, almost exactly two years ago to fill trump in on his plan to get pence to overturn the election, of course pence refused to do that. also, how a little known attorney named kenneth cheese allegedly came up with that plot to appoint fake electors in battleground states to try and claim that trump actually won in those states. and crucially here, that fake elector plot is exactly what is now being investigated by state prosecutors, including in georgia, also federal prosecutors for the special counsel's office.

and those prosecutors for the special counsel's office, they have even served subpoenas to election officials in several battleground states, as part of its ramped up investigation. so, the committee wrapping up its report, but still potentially a long way to go on the criminal side. jessica schneider, cnn, washington. >> -- this woman is a civil rights attorney insists -- she joins me now from los angeles. thanks for being here. >> i, elsa. >> all right, this is an 845 page report. i'm curious what stands out to you. having all of these interviews, all of these documents, now turned into a narrative. that takes us through everything that happened before, during and after january 6th. >> yeah, alison, what i think is so revealing about this 845-page report is, you know, the magnitude of what this committee did over 1200

interviews. and throughout the report, it's very clear, the conclusion is, it's one person who was responsible for the january 6th insurrection. and that one person's former president, donald trump, they leave no doubt about his involvement. he being a central figure in the january 6th insurrection. any doubts or any questions about his role are answered in this report. >> okay, you talk about his huge role, obviously, in this. there's all this rich detail. now, it goes off to the department of justice to consider criminal charges against former president trump. and there are a series of recommendations in this report, what do you think is the heaviest evidence against trump? is it likely he could ultimately be criminally charged? >> yeah, i think, alison, the thing that stands out to me, it's very clear that all of the people around donald trump at this time, including some of his most loyal aides in

supporters, made it clear to him, he had lost the election. there was no doubt in their minds. in fact, there's some evidence in the report that he -- the team was going to work on his presidential library. they were getting ready for the aftermath of his presidency. so, any notion that he didn't know or had any doubts about there being this massive election fraud, it really put to rest. the people closest to him let him know, told him in no uncertain terms, he had lost the election. there was no massive election fraud. and despite his efforts to file the many cases that he filed in court, he lost in court. his efforts to revamp the department of justice, that failed. and despite all of those efforts, he continued to persist with the big lie. so, there's been this question about what he knew, when he should've known, whether he acted intentionally. this report puts to rest any of those concerns. >> if he is charged, what

charge or charges do you think most likely would stick here? >> i think there are several, obviously, for criminal charges that could be made by the committee. for me, i think the obstruction charge is -- the evidence, there's amount of evidence, overwhelming evidence to support the obstruction charge. we know that trump hired lawyers, in those lawyers council some of the key witnesses, cassidy hutchinson being one of them. in the report they detail how the lawyer basically walked through this process, let her know that if she stuck with the team, if you said the right things, if she remained a team player. that she would be rewarded for giving certain kinds of testimony. she pushed back on that lawyer. she ultimately fired that lawyer. and moved forward to give the testimony that has been very

critical to the investigation. we heard from this committee early on, there were witnesses who had been in many ways intimidated, coerced. so now we know the details, we know that cassidy hutchinson was one of those witnesses. >> about the recommendation, looking to bar trump from holding office again, i'm kerr curious what the likelihood of that is of becoming reality? >> we know, alison, that they're 11 or so recommendations made in this 800 plus-page report. in terms of things, the recommendations that congress could do, including changing the electoral college act so that it's clear that the vice president doesn't have the authority to overturn the will of the people, and as you said, even preventing someone who was involved in an insurrection like donald trump from running for office. this congress that now has

controlled by the republicans will take seriously any of these recommendations or will act on any of these recommendations, but it causes -- and calls into question whether donald trump can continue to move forward with his candidacy and whether he will be indicted by a special counsel that's been selected by the department of justice, we know that it georgia, in particular, continues a robust investigation of his actions to pressure those officials to find those 11,000 plus votes. >> all right, the department of justice picks up the ball from here, thank so much for joining us. >> thank, you. alison >> a huge winter storm is bearing down on much of the u.s. right now. those bitterly cold winds combined with dangerous, frigid temperatures, snow and ice. making for treacherous travel conditions just as we head into the christmas holiday weekend more than half of the population, that's about

hundred 70 million people, are under wind chill and winter weather alerts. across the country. the storm is expected to become a bomb cyclone, with air pressure dropping to appoint equivalent to a category two hurricane. airlines have already canceled more than 2600 flights scheduled for friday, after canceling a similar number on thursday. president joe biden is encouraging people to listen to warnings from the local officials, and stay safe. >> this is not a snow day. when your kid. this is serious stuff. please, take this to storm extremely seriously. >> let's bring in cnn meteorologist, -- i'll tell you what, it's pretty lousy timing for this storm to come just days before christmas. i know people are still looking to buy those gifts, it's gonna be tough. >> it really is. and travel already treacherous out there, through the overnight hours across the ohio valley. and as we wake up in the morning, with this flash freeze,

alison, our temperatures are going to be near record. look at this. 39, that's what it feels like. 39 below zero. in des moines. actual temperature? nine degrees. but what counts is what the wind is factored in. we have wind gusts in cleveland 26 miles per hour. 39 miles per hour in indianapolis. that's enough to cause whiteout conditions, which by the way, likely happening at this moment with snow coming down. wind chill warnings from the northern plains to texas, on up into the mid-atlantic, other areas dealing with advisories regarding, -- this could be potentially deadly. and we're not heeding the warnings themselves. 84 hours, jackson, mississippi expected to be below freezing. this could lead to your pipes starting to freeze up. one of the things you can do, is keep your temperature at your house around 65 degrees, fahrenheit. and open the doors for the pipes to maybe -- so that warmer air can circulate, and make sure that you are allowing your faucets to drip. keep that water moving. another thing, frostbite, if

you are exposed to 35 to 45 below zero wind chills, it only takes 5 to 10 minutes for frostbite to hit. speaking of, we have wind chill values that are going to be below zero for the next three days. and alison, was talking about this, this travel time to go see grandma and grandpa, moment, and or to finish your christmas shopping, you need to make sure you're bundled up. all the extremities. the gloves, the scarves. everything you can do to protect your skin from this kind of weather. blizzard warnings, by the way, still in effect across the northern plains and the great lakes now pushing into parts of new york. right there near buffalo and watertown, visibilities are expected be down near a quarter of a mile, with temperatures, of course, feeling much colder. and snowfall reaching near two feet in some of these locations. elsa? >> i think just gonna say, wrapped in my blanket in the couch. that's where i'm gonna do. >> it's cold in the studio here. >> i know, here. really rich, in the cnn weather center, thanks. >> for more, a lighter bring in

-- the director of communications with the city of naperville, illinois. a suburb just west of chicago. thanks for joining us. >> thanks, alison. >> you are in the fourth biggest city in illinois. talk us through what the weather conditions have been like? what the conditions are expected to be overnight? >> yeah, i mean, it's been just as they thought it would. we've had snow starting around noon. and then the temperatures plummeted greatly, the winds picked up. our snow stopped around 60. but the frigid conditions and the high winds have really, you know, caused our road ways to stay snow covered and very slick. >> yeah, i think the biggest concern i'm assuming for you is not just snow, but what comes after the snow.

that is, those frigid temperatures. also the timing of this storm. we're just days away from christmas. and people feel obligated to go out and shop. what are you telling people to do at this point? to stay safe? >> we have asked them if they don't have to travel, to please stay home. that's first and foremost. and then i think a lot of people are heeding our advice, to be honest. we were able to get out starting at 7 am this morning, and treat our roadways with salt. and then we were able to treat all of them again with some more salt. so, we feel very confident that we are, you know, getting on to our roads. we have asked people if they don't have to travel, please stay home. >> what about people have to travel to get to the airport? >> yeah, obviously, this is that season. lots of people are traveling.

obviously, they should check with their airline first. because both o'hara in -- we're seeing a lot of delays and cancellations. so, with tomorrow's predicted only negative one for the high. best thing to do would be to check with airlines, but if you have to go out and get onto the roadways, one, take a very slow. you know, leave a lot of space between you and the next car. and have things in your car just in case of a stall. have a blanket. have an extra charger for your phone. have flashlights. have layers. so, those are kind of necessary things in this type of blizzard. >> any word yet if any power outages, any concerns as the storm continues to wreak havoc on those temperatures in the next 24 to 48 hours? what about preparations for

those power adages? >> naperville, actually, we have our own electric utility. and 90% of our lines are underground. so, we are very luckily in that we don't have a lot of power outages. but our crews are on standby, and they're ready, just in case something happens with the transformer, or something. something that would cause a power outage. also, or water crews already. because we know when temperatures plummet like this, water main breaks happen we have to get out there and repair right away. >> okay, -- with the city of naperville, illinois. thanks so much for joining us. >> thank you, alison. have a great night. >> you too. russia's president makes a big statement by only saying a three letter word. he calls the war in ukraine what it is, a war. will explore why that could make a big difference in russia.

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time since russia's invasion of ukraine began that president putin has publicly described this as a war, not a special military operation. he has been very careful, the kremlin has been very careful, to maintain that terminology throughout. since the invasion began. but we have heard since those comments were made, from one u.s. official, he said that an early assessment from the u.s. government said this may well have been a slip of the tongue. of course, officials will be watching to see over the coming days of weeks whether this was in fact an accident, or whether we might start to see a shift in rhetoric on president putin, and from the kremlin over the coming days and weeks. of course, this comes off the back of that landmark meeting between president zelenskyy and president biden in washington. we've already heard from the kremlin, president putin saying that neither leader, according to the kremlin, showed any willingness to listen to russia's concerns. of course, russia is now

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house january 6th committee has released its final report. it concludes the central cause of the insurrection was one men, former president, donald trump, that none of the events of january 6th would have happened without him. it says, trump and his allies orchestrated an effort to overturn the 2020 election, including submitting fake electors in the states he lost. the report recommends ending anyone who insights and interaction, should be disqualified from holding public office. unprecedented winter storm is moving across much of the u.s. right now. dangerous, frigid temperatures, bitterly cold winds and snow and ice making for treacherous travel conditions. ahead of the christmas holiday weekend. more than half of the u.s. population, about 170 million people, are under wind chill in winter weather alerts. across the country. the storm is expected to become

a bomb cyclone, with air pressure dropping to appoint equivalent to a category two hurricane. as you can imagine, all of this is bringing havoc to the nation's airports. more than 2700 flights have already been canceled for friday, leaving travelers with few options during one of the busiest times of the year. cnn aviation correspondent, pete -- filed this report from chicago's o'hare international airport. the delays and cancellations here in chicago o'hare international airport look at the cancellation board. more and more flights just keep getting in. buffalo, to new york, l.a., san francisco. the numbers are in the thousands. and will continue on friday, about a quarter of all flights have been canceled here in chicago o'hare, which is a crucial airport for connections. it is a major hub for american airlines it is the biggest hope for united airlines. i gotta go behind the scenes with the united airlines

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christy, knowing how unreliable the figures are that often come out of china officially, are you even able to get a true understanding of the number of covid infections there? >> yeah, at this moment, we don't have that. that's the concern is rising, about the true scale of a covid-19 infection across china. as you pointed out, official figures are unreliable for a number of reasons, especially right now, they're unreliable because china is carrying out less testing them before, as it unwinds from years of its zero covid policy. and not only that, we also that china has recently narrowed its definition of what constitutes a covid related death. now, according to the official figures for this month, for december, china's only officially reported eight covid related deaths. which is surprisingly no low number, given the evidence that has been mounting, showing surging infections and even deaths across the country. for example, in the capital, beijing, a cnn team there has

filmed evidence of a packed in completely overwhelmed crematorium. there's no hospitals in the city, also overwhelmed. in fact, medical workers from other cities and other provinces are now going to beijing in order to pitch in and to help. there are also reports of pharmacies saying they are running out of fever and cold medicines. people are getting scared, many people feel desperate, i want to share with you one response from a resident in beijing who told cnn this. her name is -- she said in the past five days, i had many symptoms, couldn't buy any medication to treat sore throat, coughing, or fever. none of the medicines are available, she tells us. the u.s. secretary of state, anthony blinken, is calling on china, as well as other nations, to offer up information about the covid-19 outbreaks. he cites a number of concerns, public health concerns, economic concerns, but also deep concerns about the possibility of another variant emerging. we have this statement from u.s. secretary of state said in

a press conference overnight, he said, anytime the virus is spreading or is moving around, there is the possibility that a new variant develops. that variant spreads even further, and it comes in hits us or other countries around the world. secretary blinken, alison, also spoke to the chinese foreign minister, wang yi, on the phone. emphasizing the need for transparency. back to. >> kristie lu stout in hong kong, thanks very much. brazilian football legend, paley, will spend christmas in são paulo at a hospital there due to his worsening health. his daughter said in a message on instagram, it's best for him to continue receiving care with doctors nearby instead of spending christmas at home. the albertan stein jewish hospital said wednesday, police cancer is progressing, and he's experiencing kidney in cardiac dysfunctions. which require greater care. time for a quick break, for our viewers in north america, all have more news in just a moment. for international viewers,

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welcome back, i'm alison kosik, you're watching cnn newsroom. a dangerous winter storm is moving across the u.s. right now. bringing biting cold winds, frigid temperatures and snow and ice to some 170 million people, more than half of the population. more than 2700 flights scheduled for friday have been

canceled, adding to the chaos from thursday, which saw similar number of cancellations. the storm is expected to become a bomb cyclone, with air pressure dropping to appoint equivalent to a category two hurricane. governors in several states have declared states of emergencies, but what's being called a once in a generation storm. cnn's omar jimenez reports from chicago. >> it's not just snow. it is wind and cold as part of a huge winter system descending on to the u.s. just days before christmas. over this week, more than 80% of the country's population will see at or below freezing temperatures. some places, wave a low, like denver, where the temperature dropped nearly 40 degrees in just an hour, hitting negative 15 by thursday morning. or wyoming, where estate driver took this video, zero visibility, and temperatures 60 degrees below zero.

elsewhere, parts of the midwest are doing what they can to keep up. one of the biggest concerns and winter systems like this, is the roads. this dome is part of what it takes in a city like chicago. you are looking at 50,000 tons of salt inside that crews come in and out of over the course of the day to try and help keep these roads somewhat manageable. the city has about 400,000 tons of salt in more than 300 vehicles in its arsenal to fight back on this second official day of winter. >> the goal is to keep up with it, but we're going to be fighting that wind. we could have a conversation with those young drivers, you know, those first-time drivers, kids coming home from college, trying to get home, just had that conversation with those young drivers because this is a little different type of event. >> reporter: cold temperatures and snow are nothing new to places like chicago, minneapolis, and buffalo. >> some meteorologists are calling this a once in a

generation event. >> reporter: even atlanta is forecast to have wind chill in the negatives friday. >> communities across the state are about the same temperatures they haven't experienced in a decade, or more. >> reporter: the message is the same. even for places used to dealing with bad winters, the combination of snow, wind gusts up to 50 miles per hour, and the demand to get home for christmas that could mean disaster, especially on the roads. aaa estimates the majority of those traveling this holiday week will be driving. >> it's not like a snow day, you know, when you are a kid. it's dangerous and threatening, this is really, very serious weather alert here. >> now, you can see the snow, but you can also see me. fear for officials here, as the snow subsides in the overnight hours, and basically lays on the ground, very pretty, like it does behind me, the wind is going to turn things ugly pretty quickly, whipping around

in winds that are supposed to pick up in the overnight hours, and through friday. that, again, officials fear could reduce visibility significantly, especially on the roads. it might be taking to try and get home for christmas. omar jimenez, cnn, chicago. >> the extreme winter weather in life-threatening conditions are reaching all the way to america's southern border. u.s. border officials are warning migrants to stay away. below freezing temperatures are expected in the region throughout the next several days. authorities stressed, no one should risk their life or that of their loved ones by being exposed to the elements. this as many migrants are sleeping out in the cold in camps along the border as they wait to find out the future of title 42. the trump era policy allows the u.s. to expel migrants in the name of covid prevention. the policy was set to end this

week, but the supreme court has put that on hold for now. the u.s. senate has passed a massive 1.7 trillion dollar government spending bill, averting a shutdown for now. it will keep critical operations going across several federal agencies, but the house still has to sign off before funding runs out at the end of the day on friday. the bill includes about 45 billion dollars in emergency aid to ukraine, and nato allies, plus another 40 billion to respond to natural disasters in the u.s.. republicans were not happy with the result. >> i think whatever we're adding a trillion dollars of debt, borrowing money for my grandchildren, of course i'm disappointed. i think we could've gotten much better deal done. if we went over to the house side. and we came back to a situation where we address one bucket at a time. >> mccarthy was clear, publicly, and he was at our lunch

yesterday, that he would welcome the opportunity to do some real work in the house. >> the senate has now officially wrapped up its business for the 117th congress, the chamber will reconvene january 3rd. the u.s. economy grew much faster in the third quarter than experts previously thought. the commerce department released its final reading thursday, it found that u.s. gross domestic product grew at an annual pace of 3.2% between july and september. the previous estimate was 2.9%. the stronger than expected -- was due to increases in exports and consumer spending. [bell ringing] >> u.s. stocks took a dip, due in part to thursday's gdp report. investors are concerned that the stronger than expected showing could prompt the federal reserve to raise rates more than expected in the new

year. the main three indices fell with the dow dropping more than 700 points before rebounding to end the day about 350 points in the red. the former ceo of the bankrupt crypto company, ftx, is now three on a 250 million dollar bond. sam bankman-fried appeared before a judge in new york on thursday, the judge agreed to a bail proposal presented by prosecutors and lawyers, the terms include bond, an electronic monitoring bracelet and being on house arrest at his parents home in california. it's bankman-fried's first appearance on u.s. soil since his arrest last week in the bahamas. he's accused of stealing billions of dollars from customers of his defunct crypto trading platform. arraignment for those charges will happen at a later date. the next generation of artificial intelligence is here. it's called chat gp t.

it's a chat bot that can provide thoughtful and humanlike and sometimes an echo responses to questions. it already has more than 1 million users after debuting just a few weeks ago. tom foreman has more. >> allowing cars to drive themselves, composing songs that mimic popular tests. producing this digital painting that that took the top awarded a colorado art show. this is all the work of artificial intelligence. computers that don't just do what they're told, but in a sense, think, learn and create. and right now, chat gpt is rattling the a. i. world. turning out stunningly humanoid writing, just ask this man, a renowned author and professor of media culture. >> it is writing better than most of my students right at this point. a college freshman. so, i am impressed with that. >> how does it work?

chatgpt been filled, in a sense, with a massive amount of information. imagine the biggest library you can, then programed and trained by humans to process and spit it out in conversational phrases. so, ask for 1000 words on the early days of automobiles, and in seconds, it responds in the late 1800s and early 19 hundreds, automobiles were relatively primitive by today's standards. or primarily used by wealthy individuals or businesses. asked to write a song it in the style of jerry seinfeld. i'm just a standup comic, telling jokes on stage and make him laugh and that's all i do. but sometimes life a joke, it's below. and i take the mic and say, who knew? it's not perfect. but it can debate, composed essays, solve math problems, well, it looks right. write computer code, answer follow-up questions, even admit mistakes. and all that means chatgpt, and more advanced ai like it, could

replace people in all sorts of positions. >> this could potentially save time and resources, but it could also lead to a loss of personal connections and a decline in the quality of these types of interactions. >> we know that because everything he said just there was written by chatgpt. when asked about potential problems with itself. >> the answer it gave me about the dangers of chatgpt, that sounded like a pretty good television guest timmy. >> sometimes it makes mistakes, just gets things wrong. it acknowledged far, only in 2021. soviet something from six months ago, it has no idea what you're talking about. but as it continues to update and improve, this is very likely to change our world in a very dramatic way. tom foreman, cnn, washington. >> thanks for joining us, i'm

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