a very warm good morning to you. those joining in the united states and indeed wherever you are joining me around the world. i'm richard quest, i'm in london

and this is "cnn newsroom." the extreme winter weather threat is most certainly not over yet for millions of americans. relief is around the corner eventually. vladimir putin says he is ready to negotiate over ukraine so long as russia gets what it wants. you will hear ukraine's response to that ultimatum. and china is downplaying the rap pedally spreading covid-19 outbreak. the country's overwhelmed health care system tells a very different story to the official numbers. it is monday, december 26. if you are in the commonwealth country, it is boxing day. a very happy boxing day to you. don't worry if you don't understand boxing day. most of us don't.

it is 9:00 in the morning in london, 4:00 in the morning on the east coast of the united states. by the end of the brutal temperatures is in sight. there is relief finally for millions of americans after this historic winter storm which left at least 37 people dead. now, conditions did begin to improve on sunday, and that meant emergency workers were able to get out, survey the extent of the damage and offer assistance. at least 17 deaths in new york alone where officials say many of those who died were either homeless or stranded in their cars in the below freezing temperatures. the state's governor is requesting an emergency disaster declaration from the federal government that will help it cover the costs of the storm. so these were the scenes as officials were able to get out and start trying to put things right. you will notice many of the treats were blocked by snow and

emergency vehicles which themselves became stranded about that gives you an idea of how cold it is across much of the northeast and the united states. and a warning for residents from the governor. >> you need to stay off the roads. we've been begging, we've been asking you, and the vast majority of you have. and i'm grateful for that. but those of you who violate the driving bans, you may think that you can go to the store for that six pack, but you are endangering over people and it is frustrating because our state and county plows have been out there nonstop giving up time and putting themselves in danger driving through blinding snowstorms to clear the roads, they clear them and now all of a sudden because someone wanted to go out to the store or just run and visit a friend or take pictures of the snow, they are now stranded and we have to expand our rescue to them as

well. >> polo sandoval spent the weekend in buffalo, one of the worst affected areas. and as he tells us, things are finally getting a bit better. >> reporter: it has been a wicked winter weekend for so many people here in the city of buffalo as folks are in the process of basically digging themselves out. want to give you an idea of the situation here in the heart of the city of buffalo. many of the streets look like this, finally on sunday when the situation improved, when conditions improved and visibility was restored, we saw these plow trucks that have been out in full force making sure that the streets are drivable. all weekend long there has been restrictions in place including a travel and driving ban, basically encouraging people to spend christmas eve and christmas day at home. and it is really out of safety. over the weekend they confirmed, authorities here in erie county,

confirmed at least seven weather-related deaths, four alone on sunday morning. some were homeless individuals, and others according to governor hochul were individuals that were found dead in their vehicles stranded on roads and highways. so that is why all weekend long crews have been out in full force, large high profile vehicles, even on snowmobiles trying to get to individuals who spent all of christmas weekend stranded on the side of the road. they certainly hope that that number of people who have lost their lives as a result of this massive storm does not go up anymore. polo sandoval, cnn, buffalo, new york. where polo was reporting from, buffalo, recorded 43 inches of snow over the weekend. the city's airport is closed until at least tuesday morning. you can see the dreadful conditions. on monday across the u.s., hundreds of flights were canceled to, from and within the

country according to flight aware. there are more than a dozen impacted airports on sunday. for instance, the world's busiest, which is atlanta's hartsfield jackson international, let not get into a dispute over how we get to that number, but travelers prepared to hunger dowkergker d the city. >> we were supposed to fly on frontier, the flight was canceled. now we're going to every counter possible to see if we can get out. today is supposed to be an easy travel day. turned out not to be so. >> what is your backup plan? >> stay in atlanta. unfortunately. >> the relief, there is the map for you, temperatures will warm up a bit by wednesday in the central u.s. and to the east by the end of the week as it moves across the country. the arctic blast has made

things more dangerous for migrants entering the u.s. from the southern border with sleeping on streets in el paso, they say the freezing temperatures has been particulparticular particularly difficult. communities and residents are coming to their aid and that is making the border town -- >> reporter: despite difficult circumstances, a lot of generosity of the people of el paso, santa claus came to this shelter where the migrants are sleeping and spending the night and many other locals bringing toys, bringing gifts for so many of the children that are here with their parents. i spoke to one mother who told me this present would have been completely impossible in my native venezuela. and these are inexpensive gifts that are making these children and families really grateful on christmas day. a lot of the people here cannot go to the city-run shelters.

the city of el paso has opened the convention center, but only about 300 people are sleeping there. because in order to go to that location, you need to have the proper documentation. so the only option they have is a nonprofit shelter like this one run by sacred heart church in el paso. but they are completely at capacity. their capacity is for about 130 people and they are sleeping about 200 of them every day when the temperature is about 20 degrees. but the problem is a lot of migrants have to sleep outside that is why you are seeing them with blankets one next to each other trying to keep warm. so many of help telling me i don't necessarily want to be here, but it is the necessity because my country forced us to come here. one father told me that he saw santa claus here and he took a picture with him, sent it to his 7-year-old son in venezuela and told him, look, santa is in the

u.s., so the bike that you so desperately want will be delayed because santa is still here in the u.s. he says that when he finds a job here in the u.s., he will be able to send his son that bike. a mi camila bernal, cnn, texas. and in ukraine a military spokesperson is warning about a possible missile strike following the death of three russia service men. state media is quoting the russian defense ministry reporting that they were killed after ukrainian drone was shot down as it approached a military airfield in western russia. president putin says that he is ready to negotiate over the war in ukraine according to an interview on state tv. mr. putin says he is ready to talk about acceptable solutions but claiming that ukraine is refusing to negotiate. ukraine says it is actually russia who doesn't want

negotiations. in a tweet the presidential adviser in ukraine says putin needs to come back to reality. and the deputy prime minister suggests his country is prepared to resume gas supplies to europe. the state media is reporting that the european market remains relevant amid a gas shortage. nada bashir is following the events. and the famous line it takes two to tango, russia says they want negotiations. ukraine says they are open. why are they not negotiating? >> putin said acceptable solutions. what is it exactly that president putin is willing to discuss when it comes to getting the two parties to the negotiating table because of course it is not straightforward. we've seen attemptis in the pas and they have failed. president zelenskyy has repeatedly said he's not going

to negotiate with president putin while putin's troops are still on the ground. and of course when it comes to the question of territory, how far is president putin willing to compromise on that? we've seen the annexation of four key regions on the southern and eastern parts of ukraine. president zelenskyy won't accept that. >> but how far apart are the two sides? because if you are waiting for crimea or if you are putting crimea into the equation, as being a pre-condition, if putin will put other things into it as well, how far apart are they? >> at this stage it feels very vast. the dividing line is quite clear because president zelenskyy says he will not move on kherson, donetsk -- there are four key regions that putin says it was the will of the ukrainian people but that is not acceptable to president zelenskyy and the international community. and there is the question of whether putin's words can be trusted. we've heard from ukrainian and

u.s. officials saying that president putin has shown no interest in bringing about any sort of mediated resolution, taking part in any diplomatic efforts to negotiate the resolution. and so it k. it be trusted as we still see the bombardment continue. >> thank you. and republicans will retake control of the u.s. house in january. in a moment, how this could reshape washington and politics. and we'll also discuss the taliban women and ngos, in a moment. e's something going aroud the gordon home. good thing gertrude found delsym. now what's going arounund is 12-hour cough relief. and the e giggles. the family that takes delsym togetether, feels better together.

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christmas now in the rearview mirror, all eyes are on the newer year and a new republican-controlled house of representatives in washington. it is divided u.s. government that will arrive in january. and it means democrats may find it harder to pass legislation. as we wait to see what happens, the house democrat jamie raskin

is speaking up saying the next step is to save democracy by rye forming the electoral college. americans don't select the u.s. president corrdirectly, there i this electoral college. they vote for state electors who in turn are expected to carry out the will of the voters when they meet and vote for the president. let's not get too detailed on the electoral college. most americans have difficult understanding the full ramifications anyway. but raskin says it is time to revamp the system. >> the electoral college now, which has given us five popular vote losers as president in our history twice in this century alone, has become a danger not just to democracy, but to the american people. it was a danger on january 6, there are so many curving byways and nooks and crannies in the electoral college that there are opportunities for loot of

strategic mischief. we should elect the president the way we elect governors, senators, mayors. whoever gets the most votes wins. >> raskin's comments come only days after the house committee investigating the u.s. capitol riot and donald trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election, that committee has now wrapped up. in a symbolic move, it referred donald trump to the justice department on four criminal charges. richard johnson is joining me now from queen mary university in london. now, this is really straightforward, isn't it? let's deal with this call for the electoral college as i'm sure as long as you can remember, people have been saying popular vote versus electoral vote, doesn't really work, but nobody can find a way to change it. >> that's right. last time that the constitution was amended to try to fix some elements of the electoral college was in the early 19th

century with the 12th amendment. we've heard, you know, talk about amending the constitution which is what you would need to do to change the electoral college after the 2,000 election, after 2016. and nothing came of it. there is one way around it though, which is that the state legislatures could actually pass legislation that says that they will cast their electoral college votes to the popular vote winner. and if you can get states to add up to 270 electoral votes which is the majority, you could actually kind of bypass the electoral college. and there is some effort do that in the united states. >> and january 6, two aspects to this again, firstly it has to be disbanded by the new republican controlled house and i guess, you know, what is left for it to do on that. and then you've got a whole slew of new inquiries and

investigations, investigations galore. how brutal is it going to get? >> well, there will be a big change now with the house going over to the republicans. and i think we should brace ourselves and expect a series of investigations now into the biden presidency. and i think that this will be a big challenge for president biden as to how to navigate those -- quite rightly there was a lot of criticism against donald trump for not really engaging with the january 6 committee. biden now will have to navigate how he deals with what he may view as fairly spurious investigations into his own presidency in the months to come. >> if the new emboldened republicans in the house decide to press forward with impeachment proceedings against even just on a tit for tat basis, they will go nowhere of course because the senate has

now been held by the democrats. so an enormous amount of what we'll hear is literally bluster. >> i think that's right. and i think that we have to now -- you know, this is a process that has been happening when there has been divided government for a number of decades now. we saw it during the bill clinton presidency, a little bit in the tail end of the george w. bush presidency, we saw it through most of obama's presidency, but it has become much more intense which is that parties -- when the opposition is party is in control of one of the chambers in congress, they use that position to undermine the presidential administration of the day and that seems to be much more the focus than trying to build some kind of bipartisan legislative coalition. >> so as we look forward, has

the 2024 presidential election de facto begun? >> yes, i think it has. i often say after the midterm elections, we're already in presidential campaign mode. and i think that you can already see that obviously with donald trump declaring his presidency. but also from significant republican governors like ron desantis or greg abbott who are now engaging in kind of the high profile stunts to raise their national profile and their profile within the republican party. i will say i think joe biden is in a fairly strong position in the sense of his ability to hold on to the democratic nomination. i think earlier in his presidency there was some doubt whether he'd face a significant challenge in a democratic primary. i think that that is less likely now, i think that he's had a good year, he's had a legislatively productive year and i think he's probably put off some of the naysayers.

>> this is always a tricky one. how does he get over the fact that he looks old? i sort of was watching him, the president -- i mean, regardless of his mental acuity, i was watching him with president zelenskyy. and the words that keep coming back to me, the century is is tempered by war. and you see biden who you want to offer a chair to. >> it is something you can't same. joe biden was born before donald trump, barack obama, bill clinton, he is older than all of his predecessors. he first entered national politics when richard nixon was president. i would say that that will be a challenge against him.

i think that he has had no particular incident where he's been unable to fulfill the duties of the presidency, at least not in any ways that we've seen. but he does look old. he is old. and i think that that will be something that he will probably have to carefully manage. he probably won't be campaigning quite in the same vigorous fashion as a younger. and that could be to his detriment in a general election perhaps a younger republican nominee. >> good to see you, sir. thank you. >> thank you. still ahead, major aid organizations are setting up organizations in afghanistan after the taliban imposed a new ban. an offfficial will join me afte the break. proved toto help reduce... joint sympmptoms in adults with active psoriatic arthritis. some patients even felt less fatigued. serious alallergic reactions may occur. tremfya® may increase your risk of infections and lower your ability to fight them.

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i'm richard quest. if you are joining us at the moment, just starting your day, allow me to bring you up-to-date with the hour's top stories. at least 37 people are dead in the historic winter storm that brought freezing temperatures across most of the u.s. warmer weather is expected to move east this week and that will bring much needed relief for americans who will feel the chill until at least wednesday. vladimir putin says he is ready to negotiate on ukraine but will continue to fight until all of russia's goals are accomplished. several countries are condemning the taliban's decision to ban aid organizations from working. four major international aid agencies have announced that they are temporarily suspending operations in the country.

they say that they cannot effectively reach women in desperate need in afghanistan without their female staff. the red cross and the eu says the move will severely restrict the aid and delivery of aid in the region. and the eu is urging the taliban to reverse its decision. qatar has expressed deep concern over the ban. however in a tweet a taliban spokesperson has lashed out at a u.s. official asking her not to interfere in afghanistan's internal issues. david wright is with me, chief operating officer for save the children international. the aid group has temporarily suspended its operations in afghanistan. david, thank you, i realize it is complicated and difficult. there are even some suggestions from other taliban that are saying that the aid workers, the female aid workers, should still turn up to work. what is your latest understanding? >> our latest understanding is that the situation remains very

grave. the position of the taliban officially hasn't changed at all. and essentially that means that we can't reach tens of thousands of vulnerable mothers and children right across the country. >> the issue here is also the taliban is not going to be moved. i mean, they are already under the most tremendous sanctions. they have got funds locked up outside the country. the population is in dire poverty, hunger and economic straits. why do you think these latest treaties will make any difference? >> well, it is hard to know the outcome. of course we have key organizations like the united nations negotiating on our behalf. in some respects you'd think that it could be an easy problem to solve theoretically because the ban only applies to

nongovernmental organizations both national and international. if you work with the software company in afghanistan or if you work with a management consult in afghanistan, your women can still go to work. so it is curious that it is just nongovernmental organizations that are targeted and these are the organizations that deliver life-saving services to some of the most vulnerable women and children in the country. so we really hope that the situation will be resolve by the taliban simply rescinding their decision over the next day or so. every day that we can't get out to work, and we can't get out to work because we need our female colleagues to help us get access to women and children because you can't access young women and chunk if you don't have female staff. because as you may know, it is not appropriate in satisfying to

have all male staff dealing with young women or children. so every day we can't get back to work, thousands of people don't get life-saving services. we have health clinics all around the country, and they deliver critical services to 12,000 people every day. that means that yesterday 12,000 people, and i'm talking about mothers and children here, didn't get those services and they are not getting it today and they won't get it tomorrow. >> what leverage do international organizations have? i suppose an argument could be made that the companies still doing business there are propping up the economy in a rather meager way. but what leverage do you actually have to force seemingly an unrepentant taliban to change its policy some.

>> to be honest, i think that we depend on the good will of the taliban to change their minds about this. and for them to really consider the well-being of their own women and children right across the country. we need access to these life-saving services. so i'd say we're wholly dependent on their good will. i don't know that i'd call it leverage, but i think that is the only thing that we can do is to repeal to their good will and reversion the decision. >> i understand the human suffering and difficulty as a result of this. but the taliban seemingly don't care about their own people. otherwise they wouldn't be embarking on such a draconian and heartless mission. take for example the other rules on banning in public places, banning from universities and the like. is there a moment when the rest

of the world basically has to say, okay, gheed o ahead and do you want, you'll pay the consequences, we may have to pick up the pieces afterwards, but we can't continue to play your game? >> like i say, the situation is very grave at the moment in afghanistan. it is particularly serious because the country is in the middle of winter, the worst months of winter are ahead. there is a significant security crisis in the country. and that means that more and more children are presenting with severe acute mal nutrition in health clinics to our nutrition teams across the country. and so acute malnutrition, there is a 50% chance that they would die if they don't get the assistance that need. so we can't have a situation where children are dying because we don't get to their needs.

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taiwanese officials say nearly 50 chinese aircraft have crossed the median line of the taiwan strait, informal barrier between china and taiwan. incursions on sunday is beijing's largest show of force in recent months. part of the so-called strike drills that china conducted in response to what they call provocations in taiwan and the u.s. it follows president biden's signing a new law that will modernize defenses for taiwan and deter chinesing a e iing a

aggression. and china is also changing the way it reports new covid infections. it will stop publishing a daily case count. the responsibility for counting will now fall to the china centers for disease control and prevention. not sure how often they will punish new numbers. the surge in new infections is dramatic after the reversal of zero covid. officials in eastern province have reporting more than a million new cases a dayage they ex and they expect it to double. and kristie lu stout is joining me. this is the perfect storm. you were telling me last hour that you've got rl relatively low vaccination rates with a vaccine that not that effective and a population terrified of the whole thing anyway and chinese new year coming up. what could possibly go wrong. >> and now we're seeing a surge in cases and a situation that is

appearing to be extremely dangerous for hundreds of millions plus people across china. look, we're seeing the chaos play off with the change of the reporting structure, it will now be china cdc that is updating the covid case counts. it remains to be seen if it will truly be daily. but what is interesting is earlier today china cdc reported that there were only zero covid related deaths in the last six days leading up to sunday which runs counter to some of the data coming from from other cities and provinces. we talked about one report of a million new cases every day. a big province, but still a significant tally. >> so will the chinese people

believe these numbers? do they have access to the other side the story ? bearing in mind that you and i possibly are not being seen in china in the moment. and they have been making fun of the numbers online, but they are relying on anecdotal evidence, evidence that we've reported on cnn as well of medications like fever, cold mediterranean meds f hospitals being overwhelmed, of cell crematoriums being overwhelmed, visual evidence that clearly indicates that something is wrong. but also we are hearing data from the individual cities. a big port city in china, home to 9 million people, reporting half a million new covid cases every single day. and a big tech city is reporting

350,000 new code vid cases ever day. so is paints a picture of a surge. >> so if they are getting numbers left, right and center showing a rampant infection and dreadful numbers, what does the xi and his cohorts do? >> in terms of squaring the circle, in terms of official messaging, it is very difficult do and interesting for us to watch and monitor. for example on friday -- over the weekend rather, a very gripping report by cnn's team in beijing led by selina wang of that overwhelmed crematorium in beijing. and they noted that it was made to air. kind of underscoring the chaos even inside the propaganda inside china. there is no top down directive at this moment of chaos and confusion of how to report about

the easing of the zero covid strategy. there has been emphasis on good samaritan stories, emphasis on positive stories. for example paxlovid now being available, but people inside beijing know the real deal, it is hard to get that medication and the situation in terms of the covid surge, it is getting worse in the next few weeks ahead. >> kristie lu stout, thank you. we've been living with covid for more than two years. and in 2022, there were other stories that dominated the he had lines from abortion to baby formula shortage. sanjay gupta takes us through the ten biggest health stories in the year that was. ♪ >> 2022 was a year where we began to really see the ripple effects of living through a

pandemic. so while covid-19 is here to stay, other health issues began to take the spotlight once again. and some of it is very good news. starting with number ten of our top health stories. more people are surviving cancer than ever before in the united states. in the past three years, the number of cancer survivors increased by more than a million. there is a continued decline in smoking and we're catching and treating cancer earlier as well. but there is still more to be done to know that nearly half the cancer deaths in the world could be prevented is just astounding. a global study found that preventable risk factors like smoking, like drinking too much alcohol, my body mass index, contributed to 44% of all cancer deaths in 2019. number nine, a new experimental

and i w alzheimer's drug appears to be the first to slow the progression of decline. it works by removing the plaque from the brain. and the buildup of the naturally occurring protein can block neuro pathways making it a hallmark of alzheimer's. the drug eventually helped reduce the levels and slowed cognitive decline by 27%. >> that is maybe of the first medication we have that is such a positive result so far. but we have to be cautious about it. >> while the data is encouraging there, the there were also serious safety concerns in the phase three trial. brain swelling and brain bleeding, things that the fda will evaluate if the drug comes up for approval. number eight -- mental health. in a cnn kff poll this summer, 90% of adults said they believe that there is a mental health crisis in the united states. and another survey found nearly one in four results age 18 to 44

were treated for mental health in 2021 reflecting an increase in anxiety and depression during the pandemic. continuing concerns over mental health prompted the launch of a new three digit national suicide crisis life line number which is 988. >> it really treats mental health on par with physical health just like we have 911. >> number 7 -- >> big news that will benefit as many as 30 million americans. >> thanks for a long awaited rule change by the fda, you can now buy over the counter hearing aids to help with mild to moderate hearing loss. some doctors estimate that 90% of the population with hearing loss could benefit from the over the counter devices. and this move could also make them more affordable. number six -- between supply chain issues and investigations into bacterial contamination at a major manufacturing facility, parents around the country were

frustrated as the baby formula shortage went on month after month. >> it is terrifying when that is the only true source of nutrition that your baby gets because you get to the point where you go to the store and you almost cry. >> to help fill the empty shelves, the biden administration enacted operation fly formula to bring in supplies from other countries. the fda has also baby working with foreign formula manufacturers to allow them to permanently sell their products in the united states. number five -- a case a of polio was identified this year in rockland county outside of new york city sparking major public health concerns. >> finding polio in a country where we've had high levels of vaccination, haven't seen polio cases for over 40 years, is significant. >> additional polio virus was found in waste water samples in two local counties in new york city suggesting that there was local circulation of the virus. polio was considered eliminated in the united states thanks to massive vaccination campaigns

and more than 99% effect t difference vaccine seen. the new york case was in an unvaccinated person and resulted in paralysis.the new york case unvaccinated person and resulted in paralysis. number four, life expectancy in the united states went from 77 years to 76.4 years, lowest since 19 96. covid-19 was a driving factor as well as drug overdoses which were deadlier than ever. >> it is being driven by fentanyl which is the most deadly and addictive drug widespread in the united states right now. >> reporter: fentanyl and other synthetic opoids made up of about two thirds of overdose deaths. >> that is the shirt he died in. >> number three -- >> started off with just a few lesions. >> an outbreak of monkeypox later renamed mpox prompting

another public health emergency on top of covid-19. even though it doesn't spread as easily or as thsteltly sheltly covid, puck health officials had to battle the stigma in addition to the virus itself. >> they associate with being a guy man's disease or a sexual man's disease which i think is not a great way to approach it because any disease can be anybody's disease. >> vaccination campaign for mpox got off to a frustrating start, but it did eventually help get the outbreak under control. number two -- the overturning of roe v. wade made reproductive health care complicated for patients and priors. >> when i signed up to be a gynecologist, it never owe your occurred to me that there would be a possibility that i couldn't

take care of my patients. >> the decision not only affected access to abortion, but to other medications and procedures as well. >> when a woman is walking around with a dead fetus for weeks because she can't get a surgical procedure, what is the danger to her? she can develop an infection that could make her sterile. >> public health agencies and medical groups worldwide spoke out against the ruling. and number one -- >> this holiday season, best gift is truly good health. trifecta of viruses is spreading through the population. >> covid-19, the flu, and rsv. three respiratory viruses all simultaneously circulating creating a triple threat. the measures that help keep us safe from covid-19 the past 2 1/2 years also did keep other viruses at bay. but this means that some people especially young children did not build up immunity to those viruses and that means that they getting hit harder this year.

>> i think now you may be seeing the result of that for all those winter respiratory viruses glp hospitals are fuller than they have been throughout the entire pandemic. public health officials are reminding people that the tools to fight covid like masks, hand washing, ventilation can also help prevent other respiratory diseases as well. but the most important message when it comes to vaccinations is the one that remains. >> my final message may be the final message i give you from this podium, please for your own safety, for that of your family, get your updated covid-19 shot as soon as you are eligible to probability yourself, your family and your community. >> it was a shorts nfl schedule on christmas day. but plenty of action for some teams. highlights next. all in one an. cuh-congestion? better..

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