hi, everyone. i'm jessica dean in washington.

there are winter storms and then there's this, an historic co coast-to-coast arctic blast packing the power of a category 2 hurricane and whether it's blinding snow or subzero temperatures just about everyone out there is feeling it. more than 200 million americans right now under winter warnings or advisories and looking at that map, the more purple you see, the colder it is. and the timing of this is simply terrible. holiday travel where it's even possible is a mess as you would guess. thousands of flights are canceled right now and you can forget about driving in a lot of parts of the country. in new york the snow and flooding are so bad all n nonessential travel is banned right now and in rhode island, massive waves hammering the coast. street flooding there a big concern. and blizzard conditions are also making for some white knuckle driving in ohio and cleveland. it's going to feel like minus 27 all day. and in the south, well, that's

where you'll find a lot of ice and it is catching memphis drivers off guard. >> we have seen four cars spin out of control that car right there, that vehicle, that suv is the lone one that is just stuck and it can't move because of the ice. not only is this ice on this road hard to drive on, but it's absolutely impossible to walk on. >> it is so dangerous, the memphis mayor just telling cnn that the city will begin rolling blackouts because power companies there struggling to keep up with demand. we'll get a forecast in a moment but first we want to go to polo sandoval in buffalo, new york. just for everyone watching, we were going to get the forecast first but, polo, this shot is so awful and looks so brutal we wanted to get to you first so we could get you back inside. tell us the latest and let's get you back inside. >> reporter: hey, jessica, it's important to tell our viewers here and around the world talking about the visibility or

the lack thereof here in the city of buffalo right now. just for some perspective i'm about 40 yards away from our colleague's camera. you may not be able to see me because of these blinding conditions. what has happened and i'll slowly make my way toward the camera. but what we have seen here over the last six hours, jessica, are these conditions that have been deteriorating just by the minute. earlier this morning we started with temperatures in the upper 30s with barely a drizzle then it was a matter of time that the system would continue to make its way east and just a few hours ago is when we really began to feel it and this is the result and this is why authorities here in erie county, new york, say that it has gotten -- the visibility has gotten so bad that they're actually pulling the massive plow trucks off the streets. i'm going to make sure that there are no vehicles coming. we made hour there's nothing that is actually flying around to show you this but to tell our

viewers just how bad it is. i've stood in hurricanes and i've stood in tropical storms and stood in winter storms. this really is a combination of both. and so the concerns here for authorities are not just the blinding conditions but also the potential for flooding and some of the coastal communities, as well. that's why authorities are telling people who live in those parts of the community here near lake erie to simply stay home and those who are thinking about actually braving the roads to stay in place at least for the rest of the day, these conditions are going to continue into tomorrow, jessica, back to you. >> absolutely incredible images there and you really paint the picture of how dangerous and severe this weather is, polo, you guys take care there on the ground. thank so much. out west to denver, colorado. lucy kafanov is there and the windchill we're told is hovering around minus 20. so how is it going there? >> reporter: well, i hate to be a disappointment to you and our

viewers, jessica, because about 24 hours ago it was so cold we were tossing boiling water into the air to make snow. we were making popsicles out of wine, an incident with a frozen banana. i don't have props for you because the temperature has finally climbed above zero to a sweltering 2 degrees fahrenheit. this is after nearly 40 ecute h temperatures. you can see behind me folks are walking around on the streets, things are slowly getting back to normal and feels a lot colder, of course, than the temperature on the thermometer because of those windchills so you still need the layers but we'll walk around and show you what it looks like in denver after the snowstorm passes us, like life returning back to normal. it was so cold, again, the coldest day in 32 years in denver that folks needed to find a warm place to stay. we're talking about homeless people as well as this massive influx of migrants we've seen

here in denver in the past month, nearly 2,000 people arriving from central and south america and so denver had opened this massive coliseum to be used as a 24-hour warming center. the demand last night was so strong they had to open two more emergency shelters. those will be closed by saturday afternoon, again, because we are returning to warmer more normal temperatures. we might even hit 50 around christmas, which is great news for us and unfortunately, not very good news for you on that side of the country as that arctic blast pummels the east coast. >> we're looking at what comes after what polo was just showing us, all right, lucy, thanks so much. let's bring in meteorologist derek van dam for the latest forecast now. derek, what are you seeing? >> yeah, jessica, well, polo's shot is mind-boggling. he's receiving what are considered blizzard conditions, reduced visibility under a quarter 3450i8 for three hours, winds of 35 miles per hour,

doesn't have to snow but it clearly it is being pounded by the worst of the storm. conditions will deteriorate for them. here where i am in atlanta, the emperor of the north has come in and really dropped our temperatures. we're monitoring it. it's about 20 degrees here, hard for you to see at home. i think we are best way to explain just how coal it is we brought a wet towel out here earlier today and it froze almost instantaneously. gives you any indication of what the roads are like in and around atlanta, in the general georgia area if there's water on the ground, it has certainly froze with this flash freeze that occurred overnight as temperatures dropped a staggering 30 to 40 decks in a matter of six hours. our christmas eve tomorrow forecast has a high expected of 25 degrees. that will be the coldest christmas eve in atlanta's history. the wind is whipping around the state of georgia and the southeast. it has brought down trees, it has taken down electrical poles

and in the state of georgia alone there are around 100,000 customers without power right now and if you think about the ramifications with that, people do not have the ability to heat their home, keep themselves warm but also the pipes inside their home at threat of being frozen. get to the radar quickly, this is my graphic. i want to show you where this storm is headed. the cold front right now located over the east coast, new york, you're in the rain belt so the warm air, but that cold air is coming so you're going to get a thump of snow quickly. it won't last very long. it won't accumulate likely but you'll see the dramatic drop in our temperatures then as we look a little closer into the downwind area of lake erie where polo is currently right now, we know they are going to be in whiteout conditions at least for the next 24 hours minimum but some improvements expected a little further to the west, the great lakes, you've got it tough for the next several days. jessica. >> certainly thinking about them. as someone who grew up in arkansas i know in the south

those cold temperatures and ice like that can make a big impact. they're just not used to it so stay safe out there, everyone. >> yeah, thanks to everyone in the field for us. helping us really see how the storm is impacting so much of the country right now. and as you can imagine, it is snarling travel plans at simply the worst time as people are trying to travel for the holidays. spirit airlines flight just made an emergency landing after the crew reported the plane was struck by lightning twice after it took off from philadelphia. alaska airlines has canceled morning departures from seattle and portland because of icy runways there and the faa says ground stops are affecting airports from coast to coast. let's check in with omar jiminez at one of the nation's busiest airports. what are you seeing there, omar? >> reporter: well, it definitely is busy and between the negative temperatures outside and what's going on inside i would much rather prefer to be inside. i don't have a jacket on or anything like that. but if you look at the board up

here as you see people walking through you can get an idea of what we're looking at here, i mean countrywide we have seen more than 4,000 cancellations, over 4600 delays as well but just here at o'hare the airport told me it's been about 420 or so, a little bit more cancellations, but that the average delay in arrival time is around 35 minutes or so so we've been seeing people over the course of the morning and the day come up here, check to see what the status of their flights have been. we know a lot of the people that are here yesterday were people that are here today, i should say, were people who tried to get out yesterday and have now returned because their flights were canceled. one traveler told me their flight was supposed to take off at 7:00, it was delayed from 9 to 11:30 then around midnight it was canceled so now coming back here to try again. and, again, all of this is happening with just a few days to christmas and that, of course, is driving a lot of the people that are here at the very

least, people trying to get either to warmer places or to see families for this holiday season, jessica. >> the stakes really high for everybody traveling trying to get home for holiday celebrations, omar, thanks so much for that update from chicago. this massive winter storm is not just inconvenient, it is truly dangerous for a lot of people and a lot of different ways, cnn's senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen is joining us. elizabeth, hi, good to see you. walk us through some of the health concerns people should be watching out for in these extremely cold conditions like where we saw polo earlier. >> so, jessica, in those places where we saw polo or other colleague, i'm wishing them a lot of warmth is that certain groups of people are more at risk so let's talk about that and talk about what we can do about that. infants and elderly are most at risk when it's extreme cold. they don't maintain body heat as well as others do. it's important to remember if you know someone with heart disease, cold weather puts

stress on the heart so you need to be careful there. also cold weather aggravates asthma and other lung diseases, even if your asthma is under control and you're doing fine, the cold weather can make it much worse, make sure you have your medicines at hand. so what can we do about this? so first of all, dress infants warmly. a little warmer than you would dress yourself, for example. also check in on older people if you know some older people who are at home alone, check in on them and make sure they have heat and are okay. also avoid alcohol and caffeine. i know that's disappointing because those can be two very nice types of warm drinks, but the alcohol and the caffeine inhibits your body's ability to deal with the cold. jessica. >> all right, some good things to keep in mind, thanks so much. and, of course, we'll stay on top of all the headlines around the dangerous storm sweeping the nation. plus, the january 6th committee says donald trump should never hold office again. their full and final report is in. we'll break down headlines for you. also down to the wire, hours

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none of the events of january 6th would have happened without him. let's talk more about this with cnn's paula reid and former assistant watergate prosecutor nick ackerman. thanks for being here. paula, let's start with you. a lot of these bombshells that are in here were already presented by the select committee during the hearings that we all watched but walk us through the new tidbits in the final report. >> i was surprised by how much new information they included in this report. their big conclusion, is, of course, laying the blame for january 6th squarely at the feet of the former president and use this nearly 850-page report to make the case and they begin their presentation before election day. they argue that this attempt to falsely declare victory was premeditated and said this started before election day and present evidence including emails from a conservative group saying that, yeah, trump should just declare victory no matter what the outcome of the election was and moved forward past

election day showing this pressure campaign on different states where trump lost, but where they still had gop led legisla legislators and reveal they engaged in over 200 attempts to pressure state officials to change their election outcome. and the committee lays out how they believe these false claims are being pushed by the former president, his associates part of what spurred his supporters to the capitol where violence, of course, broke out and then they detail what was happening at the white house as the capitol was under attack and say the president watched this on tv and resisted calls from his own staffers to call off his supporters. and some of his own aides testified that they were appalled that while the capitol was under attack he was tweeting against his own vice president. so just really a stunning picture that they lay out here really directly attacking one of the former president's key defenses which has always been he's not responsible. he was relying on the advice of his adviseers.

>> right, exactly. just that number of over 200 calls to pressure state officials, i mean, that's just absolutely incredible. nick, as a historic document, this is pretty momentous. it's on the level of watergate, the 9/11 commission. i'm curious with your background what stands out to you about it. >> well, i think what really stands out to me is how much evidence there is on donald trump. now, when people read through this report, keep in mind a couple legal principles, one is that an admission is admissible against an individual if it's his own statement. that a conspiracy is just an agreement with other people that commit a crime. and you can use statements by co-conspirators in furtherance of a conspiracy on the theory that they are acting as agents, so if you read through this, you see that in every single instance there are lots and lots of admissions by donald trump, direct statements by him and

then you've got situations where they cite to people who would arguably be co-conspirators with him in this who also make admissions and those would come in in furtherance of the conspiracy and be used against donald trump in a criminal prosecution. so this is not just a historical document but it's really a road map to a criminal prosecution against donald trump. i mean to give you an example, there is the recitation of that famous january 2nd telephone call between trump and brad raffensperger, the secretary of state for georgia. where trump pressures raffensperger to come up with 11,780 votes so he can win the state and essentially threatens him and his attorney with criminal prosecution. now, that's all an admission against trump and what's really interesting about that is,

donald trump didn't know he was being tape recorded. so a lot of the same lies that he raised with mr. raffensperger, for example, the idea that over 10,000 dead people voted in the election in georgia, raffensperger comes back and says, no, there was only one. we did a thorough investigation but yet four days later donald trump is out there saying there were over 10,000 people that were dead that voted in the election. now, you've got other statements like john eastman who sent an email three days, two days earlier than the call with raffensperger where he basically acknowledges that donald trump was about to lie in a filing that was going to be put in georgia federal court on these same issues. >> right. >> and that kind of statement comes in against donald trump. it's admissible against him. i mean, certain things in this report are not like judge -- the judge's decision in california

finding that there was a conspiracy. but i would urge their viewers who are reading through this report to basically look at, you know, what statements are made by donald trump and what statements are made by others who are in cahoots with donald trump. >> yeah, and is it really sounds like a road map in a way for prosecutors, paula, the report concludes that trump should be barred from holding public office ever again. walk us through those recommendations. >> exactly, well, this is one of their key recommendations of the nearly dozen that they made and they rely on the section of the constitution that states that an individual who has taken an oath to support the constitution but has engaged in an insurrection or given aid or comfort to the enemies of the constitution can be disqualified from office. we heard the vice chairwoman liz cheney touch on this. she believes that based on their year and a half long investigation, the evidence they've uncovered she believes

there should not only be legal consequence, they've made criminal referrals but political ones and can see that in one of their recommendations and also asking for some legislative reforms to the electoral counteract that is actually just something that could potentially happen. there is support for that and want the lawyers who are advising the former president and who are involved in this to be held accountable. >> yeah, the good news is electoral counteract overhaul is in this massive spending package that's likely to pass the house later this afternoon so they will likely get that done, nick, we're almost out of time. i want to know if trump could be barred from office even without an insurrection conviction. >> he could, but i think practically speaking congress is not going to do that. you have ahe got a republican house coming in. so i think you would have to have a conviction for insurrection in this particular situation and the ultimate jury and the ultimate verdict is obviously going to be rendered by the voters and the public. >> that is certainly true. all right, paula reid, nick

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visibility there is practically zero and in the south, people are scraping off cars as the ice and cold now turn deadly. we know at least three people have been killed in the state of kentucky. and in memphis, tennessee, dangerous ice and now rolling blackouts are under way as power outages across the nation spike. we want to take you to memphis now. jeremy pierre from hbq is joining us live from there. jeremy, i see the car behind you going ever so slowly on that road that looks like it's covered in ice. >> reporter: yeah, let me tell you for most parts of the morning we have been seeing people spin and lose control on these streets but thankfully we began to get some sun in this area which has resulted in melting a lot of the ice on the roads, but just down the way here, this is highland we're on in the east part of memphis near the university of memphis. it's a lot of ice and it still

remains and people are taking it easy now that the sun is up but let me tell you something, we are now listening in on a press conference with our power provider here, memphis light, gas and water and giving us an update on rolling blackouts and they have paused them and that's according to the memphis, light, gas and water in memphis. that's extremely good news for people who live in several counties here in west tennessee including us here in memphis because of the freezing temps we are experiencing right now. now, mlgw leaders have asked customers to turn off all n nonessential lights and appliances. the rolling blackout was have affected millions including water pump stations, sewage, treatment plants, hospitals and airports. the tennessee valley authority is the power supplier for several utility companies here in west tennessee, tva asks power companies to scale back on usage due to this critical power

supply situation here during these freezing temps, the blackouts would have been for every 30 minutes twice a day until further notice but, again, those blackouts, those rolling blackouts we're receiving word from memphis, light, gas and water they have been paused and as the ice continues to melt, hopefully people will continue to take it easy on that gas pedal and pay very close attention on these icy roads. jessica. >> yeah, but that is certainly good news about those rolling blackouts being paused. hopefully the sun helps thaw things out before it goes down, jeremy pierre in memphis, tennessee, thanks for that update. fierce winds are whipping snow in the or the east like buffalo getting pummeled and pennsylvania about to get hit. tom lehman from wgal sent us this report a few moments ago. >> reporter: hey, jest characters the winds have been picking up over the last few hours, but the temperatures have certainly been dropping as well. right now we are seeing just

about any wet surface begin to freeze over, ice forming especially after we saw a lot of rain and snow here in south central pennsylvania over the last 48 hours and you can also see the wind is blowing trees right now. this is certainly an issue, especially for anybody who is driving and might find themselves coming across garbage cans or other debate getting pushed into the roads by these heavy wind gusts. to try to show you, if you look in the distance you can see a banner above the street. that banner is beginning to get pulled off its bearings, certainly a concern for any drivers that are going to be coming through here and, again, the wind and the cold, these are conditions that have been worsening over the last few hours here in harrisburg, certainly a concern for anybody who is walking around, also for people who are driving. especially as the day continues to develop, a freezeup could potentially cause a lot of issues for drivers around here and, again, the temperatures are

already cold. they are continuing to get colder this windchill also a major issue as well. jessica. >> all right, tom lehman for us, thanks so much. forecasters, of course, warned this would be bad but how is it shaping up to compare. greg harman is forecast operations nev at noaa's prediction center. how is it lining up with what you thought would happen? >> yeah, good day, jessica. well, this is an expansive, extensive storm system 23 you look at the weather maps this afternoon. it basically encompasses most of eastern canada, eastern half or maybe two-thirds of the united states with the circulation all the way down into the gulf of mexico and parts of florida. it is a large and dangerous storm system. the arctic air mass advertised well in advance, outlooks over two weeks ago indicating for the potential for it to spread across the united states right around christmastime right on schedule. the low pressure system

associated with the cyclone is also very intense and was forecast very well and well in advance indicating blizzard conditions from the plains to the northeast and that's what we're seeing unfold. >> and so what do you anticipate happens next? have we seen the worst of it as it starts to push out? >> that's a really good question. i was thinking earlier today that, well, first it's difficult to find any place in the country without some pretty adverse weather. perhaps the southwest united states, southern california, they're not seeing much in the way of severe weather associated with this system. but almost everywhere else you look there's some extreme weather going on. even in the pacific northwest there's a lot of icing going on, some real problems out there in the portland area. i do think that we are probably close to the peak of this storm, however, the impacts are going to last several days especially for parts of western new york we're looking at three to four feet of lake-effect snow, blizzard conditions will not end any time soon. the cold will begin to let up across parts of the south right

after christmas day. it looks like as we go into the beginning of next week thing also warm up across areas that are currently seeing freezing temperatures. >> greg carbin, thanks for that update. those bitter cold temperatures posing yet another challenge for migrants along the u.s./mexico border. many are struggling to find shelter, and in texas, every part of that enormous state is or has been below freezing today. cnn senior national correspondent ed lavendera joining us live from el paso. ed, walk us through what the city is doing to protect the migrants from the dangerous cold. >> reporter: well, jessica, it is an extremely night late last night and emergency teams were out on the streets trying to convince people to get on buses and take them to open shelter spaces but the dynamic is that there are many people here on the streets of el paso who do not have the proper immigration documentation so they're wary of heading to an organized shelter.

that meant there were several hundred people sleeping on the streets last night and one of those gentleman was here. [ speaking non-english ] this is miguel from venezuela holding the sign looking for work. [ speaking non-english ] what was it like sleeps in the cold last night? [ speaking non-english ] >> reporter: he said it was painful to endure. he said last night it was like -- [ speaking non-english ] like "the titanic." frozen to death. he told me earlier he said that's the pain that they're willing to endure to be able to stay here in the united states. [ speaking non-english ] are you going to keep sleeping on the street if you have to? [ speaking non-english ]

>> reporter: he said he will keep sleeping on the street until he can achieve what he wants to achieve here which is obviously to come work in the united states and that is the struggle, jessica, that city officials here are dealing with is that the dynamic has really changed for the last two weeks, many of the people we were meeting on the streets of el paso had the proper immigration documentation. they had turned themselves in. but miguel has been turned away at the border several times and says he doesn't want to go through that process anymore. we're hearing that story over and over again which means more people on the streets because they're very wary of relying on any kind of official help for fear of being expelled or deported once again, jessica. >> they'd rather just stay on the street and take their chances there. ed lavendera in el paso, texas, thanks so much. and coming up, a photo finish in the house. lawmakers voting as we speak on that sweeping spending bill. it also happens to be nancy pelosi's final clash as house

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>> reporter: on track for passage, the vote, 182 -- 183 yes votes, 166 no votes. they need to have a majority of the house, about 218 votes here and that are five republicans already who are breaking ranks joining with democrats and significant because the republican leadership in the house has been furiously whipping against this plan arguing that this is excessive spending saying it should be punted to the new congress when the gop takes power in the house saying they'd have a stronger hand to negotiate this issue next year. but there's a problem. senate republicans did not agree with them, in fact, they cut a deal with democrats, pushed this forward and republican leadership in the senate got behind this and that's why it passed the senate and will pass the house today funding the entire federal government. kevin mccarthy, the republican leader in the house, who wants to be the next speaker took to the floor and railed against this proposal and got pushback from nancy pelosi. >> this is a monstrosity that is one of the most shameful acts i've ever seen in this body.

the appropriations process has failed the american public. >> this will probably be my last speech as speaker of the house on the floor and i'm hoping to make it my shortest. it was sad to hear the minority leader earlier say this legislation is the most shameful thing to be seen on the house floor in this congress. i can't help but wonder had he forgotten january 6th. >> this is probably nancy pelosi's last vote. she'll be a part of as speaker of the house. lots of hugs from democrats on the house floor. i just asked her about this being her last vote. she said, it's, quote, exciting as she walked on. it is on track for passage, 192-171. right now there are 6 republicans who are voting in the affirmative. less than, of course, other votes that if their republican leadership had gotten behind it, in short its passage -- but this bill was almost three months

overdue and was supposed to have funded the government by september 30th and couldn't reach that deadline and punted it and punt it again and cut a massive deal unveiled a couple of days ago jamming it through congress to get it on joe biden's desk but do have the votes to do that. pass this year-long funding bill, something the next congress won't have to worry about until next fall. >> interesting to see that dichotomy again between kevin mccarthy and mitch mcconnell. mitch mcconnell, very much wanted this deal and voted for it. kevin mccarthy whipping against it. manu raju on the hill, thanks so much. >> reporter: thank you. this storm isn't just spoiling holiday travel plans, your gift might not make it in time.

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what happens when you ask a sports reporter to cover this monster storm? watch this. >> how you feeling out there? >> reporter: again, the same way i felt about eight minutes ago when you asked me that same question. i normally to sports. everything is canceled here for the next couple of days. so what better time to ask the sports guy to come in about five hours earlier than he would normally wake up, go stand out in the wind and the snow and the cold, and tell other people not to do the same. i didn't even realize that there was a 3:30 also in the morning until today. the good news is that i can

still feel my face right now. the bad news is i kind of wish i couldn't. can i go back to my regular job? i'm pretty sure you guys added an extra hour to this show just because somebody likes torturing me. >> as someone who's done that, he's actually just voicing what it feels like to be out there, what everyone wants to say. needless to say, that coverage has gone viral, and the reporter, mark wood ley, will b on cnn next hour. the storm isn't just making people cold, it's making roads impassable. deliveries are virtually impossible. how is it impacting deliveries? a lot of people wait to the last second and do the overnight shipping. >> reporter: absolutely. if you procrastinated on getting your christmas gifts and expected them today or tomorrow, they are likely going to be delayed, and that is because every major u.s. shipper is

reporting impacts from this storm. so the u.s. postal service is saying that they've had to close temporarily 89 locations, mainly in south dakota, north dakota, nebraska, minnesota, and i what. fedex is -- iowa. fedex is reporting major impacts to their hubs in memphis and indianapolis. u.p.s. says they're having impacts because of the storm in kentucky and illinois, and amazon is temporarily closing down some sites in impacted areas which we could assume is probably in the midwest. one thing that these shipping companies are asking you to do is to be patient because they are trying to get everyone their christmas gifts in time, but the main concern is for their employees' safety. so really patience is key here. you're going to get your gifts, just maybe not in time for christmas unfortunately. >> you know, that's okay in the grand scheme of things. also, you know, a lot of people turning the heat way up because it's so cold out there. and heating bills we already

know are going to be very expensive this year. how are you anticipating it's -- the storm will impact those heating bills? >> reporter: yeah, when it gets extra cold, you turn the heat up extra high. and this winter people can expect to spend about 17% more on their winter home heating bills. that's about $1,200 for this winter season. that's because everything that goes into heating your home costs more. heating oil up 45%, natural gas up 25%, electricity up 11%, and propane up 1%. and this is really going to impact low-income americans the most. one in six families reported having a tough time paying their utility bills over the summer. so you can imagine that same impact is being felt now over the winter, and that affects 20 million households across the country. we know that these temperatures are going to stay cold for a little while longer. hopefully they'll warm up. of course as it gets colder, the

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