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a very warm welcome. i'm paula newton. ahead on cnn news room, a new poll shows donald trump with a massive lead in the iowa caucuses as candidates battle not just each other, but dangerous winter weather ahead of monday's polling. plus, it's been 100 days of war in gaza. and israel's prime minister says there will be no stopping the bombardment until it meets its goals. taiwan has a new president- elect. the country grapples with the impact of the voting. okay, so we are less than 48 hours before the first nomination contest of the u.s. presidential race. the iowa republican caucuses.

and a just released poll shows donald trump holds an iron grip on the gop. the final des moines register poll of likely republican caucus goers chose trump supporters at 28%. nikki haley is at 20%. and ron allen at 16%. iowa is coping now with a vicious s winter storm that has forced candidates to cancel events during this critical final weekend. now amid the concerns, thehe storm will affect the turnout of monday's caucuses and candidates, of course, are still working to try and build enthusiasm. listen. >> monday, it's going to be cold. really cold. but what i'm asking you is, if you will take the time to not just go to the polls, take

people with you. wear layers because you might be standing in a line. take your id. but think of the fact that you might be making history in this moment. >> they can throw a blizzard at us and we are going to fight. >> cnn's chief u.s. national affairs correspondent jeff has more from iowa. >> reporter: with two days to go before the iowa caucuses, open the republican presidential nominating contest, donald trump still remains the far and away front runner in iowa. according to a new des moines register nbc news poll. this iowa poll which has a storied history of capturing the final moments in this race shows that donald trump is at 48% in the poll. the race for second place is a fascinating one with nikki haley edging out florida governor ron desantis just narrowly. nikki haley has 20% followed by desantis at 16%. the rest of the field is far below. vivek ramaswamy, 8%. the rest goes down from there. but it is the top of the field

showing that donald trump still has an overwhelming commanding lead of this race. his supporters are the most committed. the reason some of this matters of course as weather has been a central concern here. blizzard warnings and dangerously cold weather. those committed supporters may be the answer to who shows up on the caucuses here on monday night in iowa. but haley clearly is riding a wave of momentum. though the poll finds her supporters are not as committed or enthusiastic as others, some 68% of others have made up their mind. a quarter have not. so there is still room for movement in this race. but bottom line, this is still donald trump's race to lose. there is no doubt. also, this poll raises expectations a bit. he is 28 points ahead of his leading rival so his margin of victory certainly will be judged against that number.

cnn, des moines. joining me now is jeff stein. program director and radio host on 1540kxel in waterloo, iowa. we are so glad to have you with us on caucus eve here. you have been covering this for such a long time now. i want to start with what you just heard from the latest poll results. and if you think there has been a lot of movement there. is there anything that surprised you? >> what is really interesting is how stable the numbers are, regardless of which poll you look at. the numbers from the most recent des moines register iowa poll, virtually identical to those that were released not long ago. all the major polls have trump solidly ahead near the 50% mark. and haley in second. but when you go beneath the raw numbers you find that trump support, very solid, not as solid however, is the support

for either haley or desantis. and that is why either last minute comments or things that happened on the campaign trail or, yes, the weather, could impact that big race for second place monday night. >> and let's get to that weather. you get it to us straight, right? so many people have talked about it. said it would affect the turnout. others saying it won't affect the turnout. you know, what do you think? >> well, we are used to heavy snowfall. we are used to cold temperatures. we are not as used to two big snowstorms, then the arctic blast all in one week. but this is something iowans take very seriously. it's their responsibility every four years. as long as all we are dealing with is below zero cold monday night. folks are used to this. and keep in mind, there are nearly 1700 precinct sites for caucuses. you are a short distance away. yes, it is more of a problem in

a rural area. but again, those of us who live in rural areas are used to it. so i do not think it will affect the turnout that much. if it does affect one candidate as opposed to another, it might be nikki haley because her support is softer, certainly than president trump's is. >> and i'm really interested in what you are saying there. just because the weather has featured so much. if you don't have a four wheel drive, someone probably has one and will take you to where you need to go. they will get that all organized. i want to ask you if we look back at the last few months and yes, this campaign has been going on for months. what has surprised you in terms of everything that has gone on the last few months? >> we are used to seeing candidates rise and fall, rise and fall. sort of the flavor of the month if you will. and i don't mean that disparagingly. but they are very popular, then they drop back, vivek ramaswamy was the first who kind of spiked up there in the 15%

range. now, he has fallen back. haley has been the one with the momentum. desantis had a certain flat level. has not really risen or fallen. despite all of the effort, despite all of the endorsements, desantis is only hovering at 20%. and i have to tell you, if the haley supporters and she has been the hot candidate over the last couple of months. if those supporters show up, and she finishes sececond, no disrespect to governor desantis but i don't know where his path is to victory given haley's strong shows in the polls if you believe those in new hampshire. >> and that's usually what they say about iowa. that even if you guys don't always pick the winner you certainly do the job in terms of getting that field down to size. what can iowa teach us about the choices that are in front of americans in this campaign? campaign 2024? >> iowans have a pretty good

detector for those who are coloring the truth or those who are just blustering. they will ask follow-up questions. that does help expose candidates who come in and are used to talking in sound bytes. the iowa caucuses as you note are not necessarily designed to pick the ultimate winnerment we would not need 49 other states to weigh in but it is a way for people who are above average in terms of intelligence, and education, who take this very seriously to ask the candidates tough candidates, require follow-ups, and then give you the rest of the world our judgment on who we think could be qualified and who is nothing but an empty suit. >> engaged and listening. and a no bull sign there on the state of iowa. we all look forward to it. jeff, thanks so much. really appreciate it.

>> thank you paula. sunday marks 100 days since hamas launched its deadly rampage in israel killing about 1200 people. right now at this hour, a massive rally is underway in tel aviv. to mark that terrorist attack. it is set to last for 24 hours straight. calling for the release of hostages still held in gaza. meantime, prime minister benjamin netanyahu had blunt words reacting to accusations of genocide at the international court of justice. he called the case brought by south africa a quote hypocrital onslaught which he said was brought on behalf of those who want to commit another holocaust. regarding the war's 100 day mark, he said this. listen. >> the translator: we today mark 100 days of war. 100 days since the days our citizens were slaughters and kidnapped. we are continuing the war to its conclusion. to total victory until we have

achieved all of our objectives. the elimination of hamas, the return of our hostages and the guarantee that gaza will never pose a threat to israel. we will restore security in the south and in the north. no one will stop up. not the axis of evil or anyone else. >> elliot is standing by for us in london. 100 days in, and we just heard the words from benjamin netanyahu. can you give us insight into how israelis are feeling about this? especially when the prime minister and his war cabinet seem to really want to take this to its logical conclusion which could take years. >> i suppose this is the disinnocence among the israeli public. dissonance. everyone is universally agreed

that hamas need to be destroyed. everyone supports getting all of the hostages back home. but certainly according to many of the people we spoke with at that rally being dubbed 100 days of hell, many saying that look, these two objectives are contradictory. you can't keep destroying hamas and expect them to come to the negotiating table to bring about another truce that would see the more than 100 hostages who have presumably been kept deep inside hamas' tunnel network to get them back. the prime minister has said it is the military pressure that will force hamas to eventually release those hostages. but at the same time, there are concerns, of course, that is just simply not going to happen. so while i do have very broad support for the war aims of destroying hamas, israel has been traumatized for those 100 days since what was the worst day in the country's history.

and the deadliest attack and murderous day against jews in the holocaust. yet they all agree they want the hostages home. are they contradicting one another? i'm not sure those two objectives can be achieved simultaneously. of course, they are all there. they are all there not just to keep up the pressure on the government to do all that it can to bring them home. to make bringing the hostages back the number one priority. but it is also to remind the world that 100 days on, these people, more than 100 of them, are still being kept by hamas and other groups inside the gaza strip. and they want, they are not to be forgotten and to get them home as soon as they can, paula. >> the protest goes onto today. i don't have a lot of time left. but in terms of what you are saying, those contradictory statements, that he wants to prosecute the war. it is a priority to bring the hostages home.

i get the sense there is more skepticism among the families of the hostages right now. as to whether or not they can actually get the outcome they want. from this government. >> there is skepticism. some of them will say yes. hamas need to be destroyed. in fact. they all agree. but they don't want that to be at the cost of their loved ones. and so, there is this potential contradiction going on there. they want them home. everyone in israel wants them home. i don't think any thinking person would suggest they shouldn't be allowed. be free to go home. israel despite attempt has only managed to free one hostage. there have been a number of attempts to bring other r hostages homes. and so, it does seem the truce that something like this is going to happen. there is no sign of that coming

about. things like the assassination of january 2 by israel is making it harder to get the hostages home. >> yeah. certainly a difficult hour and days ahead. there in israel. thanks so much. appreciate it. still ahead, while many in taiwan are celebrating the results of an historic election, china is not happy. more on why after the break. and flooding from africa's second largest river has left a trail of devastations in its wake and any hope of relief is still weeks away. that is also ahead.

breaking news out of asia now as north korea has reportedly launched at least one ballistic missile into the waters off the korean peninsula. japan's coast guard says the projectile landed in the sea. the launch comes a little more than a week after pyongyang fired hundreds of artillery rounds into the maritime buffer zone with south korea in what seoul called a provocative act. china says that taiwan is still its territory. and that will not change. even as the island's ruling

party celebrates an historic election victory. taiwan's democratic progressive party got 40% of the total vote. china had warned taiwan a democratic progressive win could increase the risk of conflict. but voters, they shrugged off the warnings by making lai ching te their new president. >> the taiwanese people have resisted efforts from external forces as we believe we can choose our own president. >> cnn's mark stuart is following all of this from beijing and joining us now. good to see you. china and taiwan traded sharp words about the selection result. in terms of action, will china just sit back and absorb this at least for a little while? >> yeah i think right now, what we are seeing is very much

according to script. despite this push of a narrative by china to taiwan that this election is a choice or was a choice between war and peace, it has dealing with the result that it is less than thrilled with. we are seeing a statement. something to the effect of there is only one china and taiwan is part of that china. that is something that we saw overnight into the morning hours. here in beijing. there is no question, paula, that beijing has a very big tool box. it could certainly do something militarily as we have seen before. it also has some diplomatic tools. some economic tools. it could use to show its force. its presence over taiwan. china has to be careful. right now, it is dealing with a long list of domestic issues including a very slow growing domestic economy. it is dealing with unemployment. it is dealing with a housing

crisis. in addition, president xi jinping has seen a lot of leadership changes around the people who surround him. so does china really need to add bold aggressive action toward taiwan amid the current troubles? perhaps maybe china will wait until the spring. once the inauguration takes place to make a judgment as far as what that next step will be. >> certainly many will be watching and that includes of course the united states. how is the u.s. playing into all of this? we have to remember taiwan is assuming robust american support for years to come now. >> right, we cannot have a discussion with taiwan and china without bringing up the united states. what we are seeing in the immediate moment is a bipartisan delegation expected to arrive in taipei some time today. a big point, a big stress is to call it an unofficial delegation so there is a lot of

former government officialings in this group. i was talking to a watcher of taiwan. he is based from illinois state university. he said to me, this is definitely a symbolic move. a signal to show taiwan the u.s. still supports it. and the response from beijing is along the lines of look, this is an election in china. chinese matter to the united states. stay away. don't move into our territory. yet, also at a time when we have seen the united states and china really try to establish diplomatic ties after many frosty months. >> it seems to have had some progress. we are looking at pictures of the meeting between the two leaders in november. perhaps a good time to stay on the sidelines. mark, appreciate it. months of flooding of

congo's river has killed more than 300 people and destroyed hundreds of thousands of homes. while the world health organization is bracing for the fallout of water born diseases. cnn's michael holmes has the report. >> reporter: homes submerged to their rooftops. murky water. plastic bottles. shoes and a foul smell are flooding some neighborhoods that for now can only be navigated by makeshift canoe. more than 300 people have died in recent months from the overflowing congo river. the second longest river in africa after the nile. burst river banks and intense rains have left tens of thousands of homes on both sides of the river destroyed. >> we were born here. this is the plot that helps with the children's school fees. this water overflows without it raining. water often overflows but this time, it overflowed badly. we have children and a plot of

land. but we are homeless. >> reporter: in the democratic republic of the congo, some 300,000 households have been affected by the swelling rivers, chest high flood waters in the capital and elsewhere. in the neighboring republic of the congo with its capital also bordering the river, 64,000 households have been destroyed or damaged according to the world health organization. small rivers and waterways that criss-cross sometimes doubling as open sewers are now overflowing. some residents resorting to shovels to paddle their way through the murky flood waters. >> the water used to come up to our knees. now it is. cooing up to our chests. i have three canoes. we are supporting the government because they are waiting for the water to recede before they build a bridge here. >> reporter: flooding is rather

common this time of year, but today's water levels are nearly six meters submerging entire ports along the river. a situation unlike anything many residents have seen in their lifetime. >> we have lived in this neighborhood since we were children. and it's the first time since we were born that we have experienced this situation. so to get around, we have to use dugout canoes. and we continue to live in this situation because we have nowhere else to go. >> reporter: the world health organization is responding to threats like water and vector born diseases. maternal and child nutrition and food insecurity. the rain is expected to let up in the coming days but it may not be until february that the water line will go back to normal. michael holmes, cnn. to colombia now where rain is forecast in the northwest region as the number of people

confirmed dead in landslides rises. in the past few hours, the prosecutors told cnn, the prosecutor's office told cnn that 37 people have died. the governor of that region said more than a dozen bodies were transferred to the city for forensic examination. she will not rest until everyone in the area has the information they need about those relatives who may be affected. i'm paula newton. for those of you watching news room in the united states and canada, we'll have more of those top stories coming up after a break. for those tuning in from elelsewhere, m marketplacece as next. to duckduckgo on all your devie

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welcome back to our viewers in the united states and canada. i'm paula newton and you are watching cnn newsroom. israel's war against hamas is crossing its 100 day mark on sunday. massive rally is underway in tel aviv at the hour. calling for the release of more than 100 hostages believed to still be held in gaza. an estimated 120,000 people are taking part in the event which is scheduled to last 24 hours straight. wrapping sunday night. hamas launched its deadly rampage into israel on october 7th, killing about 1200 people. but israel's ongoing offensive in gaza drew more protests around the world saturday including near the white house. cnn's gabe gutierrez was there. >> reporter: this was a huge rally that included a march

through the streets of washington as well as this protest outside the white house. and its size and program really mirrored the last massive march for gaza that we saw here in washington. which i covered back in early november. but the message felt more urgent as the death toll in gaza continues to rise. these protesters calling for an immediate and permanent cease fire. and really trying to put political pressure on the biden administration to end its unequivocal support for israel and to end any military aid for israel's war effort in gaza. i spoke to palestinian american woman who said she has lost family in gaza since this conflict began and she says she voted for president biden back in 2020. but 2024, she said, is a different story. take a listen. >> i have american family who are stuck there now. and we have tried every avenue for their evacuation. we have tried four times. they were shot at, at the

border. there is no circumstance in which president biden has my vote in the upcoming election. he is single handedly funding the genocide of my people. >> reporter: there was at least one incident connected to the protest with u.s. park police arresting two people they say for disorderly conduct and assaulting a police officer. gabe cohen, cnn, washington. u.s. congressional leaders have apparently reached an agreement on a short term funding bill that will keep the government running into march. now source tells cnn the house republicans will have a conference call sunday night to discuss it. lawmakers are pushing to include border policy changes in exchange for not shutting down the government. now it is a topic that has proven to be a political flash point for the biden administration, priscilla alvarez has more from the white house. >> reporter: president joe biden saying saturday he is willing to make quote significant alterations in the border. this as senate negotiators on capitol hill continue to try to hammer out a deal on border

policy changes to pass the white house national security supplemental request. that hinges on border policy changes and the president on his way to camp david having this to say to his republican colleagues. >> this comes against the backdrop of the biden administration asking the supreme court to intervene as texas blocked a part of the texas mexico border from border patrol. essentially blocking them from carrying out their federal enforcement duties. now texas since responded saying they were trying to address the situation. but it was part of the ongoing dispute between president biden and texas governor greg abbott over the handling of the u.s. mexico border as he continues on with his border mission which has caused alarm within

the biden administration. it goes to show the challenges that the president faces in trying to navigate what has become a political vulnerability for the white house. and, the border policy changes that republicans are asking for to get billions through for israel, ukraine, and border security as the president has requested. priscilla alvarez, cnn, the white house. in texas three migrants have drowned in the rio grande river. an adult and two children. in the city of eagle pass according to a democratic lawmaker calling it a tragedy for which the state bears responsibility. it comes days after local authorities blocked the u.s. border patrol from accessing miles of the u.s. mexico border. we are hearing tragic stories more and more often lately. but it seems to be impossible to deter those who are desperate to reach the united states, despite the real dangers. rafael romo has the report. >> reporter: when we were at

the border less than three weeks ago, there were as many as thousands of migrants crossing the rio grande daily with the purpose of surrendering to immigration authorities to request asylum. now the number has plummeted to just a few hundred per day. but the asylum crisis in america is far from over. and as we found out, it is proving to be very costly for cities across the nation. a jacket stuck in barbed wire. a pile of recently discarded clothes. along rio grande, not far from eagle pass, signs of human presence are everywhere. this 38-year-old mother from honduras traveling with already three-year-old son and 16-year- old daughter said their reasons for crossing are more powerful than the measures intended to stop them. she says she decided to leave honduras after her daughter was kidnapped. >> this crisis has spiraled way out of control. we are at the point of no

return. >> reporter: a local law enforcement official says an influx of about 1,000 migrants a day in december was way more than they could handle at eagle pass, texas, a town of less than 30,000 at the border with mexico. >> we don't have the manpower to take care of what we call the local business. the criminal elements. and the immigration. >> reporter: new york and chicago have made headlines because of the resources and money they have had to divert toward care for asylum seekers, transported to them from texas. >> we talk about $12 billion, and in addition to what we already need to run this city. >> reporter: but the impact is also being felt in smaller cities. the federal emergency management agency has granted nearly $12 million in funding to atlanta since 2022 to offset costs associated with migrant arrivals. maricopa county where the city

of phoenix is located allocated $5 million in last may for non- profit agencies serving refugees. the cost of sheltering asylum seekers in pima county, arizona has been more than 65 million since 2020. denver spent over 33 million between december, 2022 and the same month last year to shelter more than 32,000 asylum seekers. and the city is protecting a cost of $180 million for 2024 if arrivals continue at the current rate. and more migrants are now on their way to some of the cities including hidalgo, a 33-year- old domestic worker from colombia who says she risked everything to give her daughter a better life. we witnessed an emotional reunion. a family of cubans who hadn't seen each other five years. two sisters who risked everything for the american dream. she told us they were kidnapped

in mexico. her family had to pay ransom only to be robbed again shortly after being released. now they have nothing but the support of their family. her motivation? her seven-year-old son, her only child, she is hoping to bring to america once her asylum request, she hopes, is approved. the cost of sheltering asylum seekers we included in our report come from official documents and also directly from local officials working with the federal government to get those amounts reimbursed. but that doesn't include other cost of charities, immigrant organizations and families have incurred taking care of these new arrivals. rafael romo, cnn, atlanta. coming up, a cnn investigation examining a series of strikes on hospitals in gaza and in the hamas israeli conflict. that's after the break.

controversial strikes on hospitals in gaza have happened often in the israel hamas conflict. we have an in-depth look at investigation at those attacks. >> reporter: inside an ambulance and a hospital in northern gaza on november 9th. nearby, the indonesian hospital the same night, sheer panic. the first two months of war decimated gaza's health h care system. . as israel lalaunched an n air, land offensive on the north of the strip. out of 22 hospitals in northern gaza, cnn has identified 20 that have been damaged or destroyed between october 7th and december 7th. imagery analyzed by cnn shows over half have been directly attacked. several including the two largest in gaza were directly attacked by the israel defense

forces. this evidence suggests. cnn previously found evidence a misfired rocket from gaza was likely responsible for a deadly blast. but this appears to o be thehe exexception. > it is called the qatari hospital. >> reporter: hamas used many of these hospitals as commander control centers they say, a claim hamas denies. while protected under international humanitarian law, a hospital's protection during war is not absolute. >> there are instances where those protections can be lost. and that is for such time as they are being used for military activities to further the activities of an enemy. that does not give carte blanche to them to launch an attack however they want. >> reporter: this is gazaza's secocond largest h hospital. wewe modeled outut how weeks of

israeli attacks surround it caused severe damage and civilian harm. behind the hospital on october 29th, an explosion has just hit. the director spoke to cnn that day sa ing there was bombing all araround u us. on novovember 7,7, thehe i idf pupublished a video of them conductingng a strike jujust 10 meters from the hospital entrance. here they claimed they were targeting a hamas weapons depot. the strike appears to have taken place on november 5th. this video from the ground shows people being stretchered away from the scene and into the hospital. blue ere but inside already looked like this after days of strikes nearby. the idf says they repeatedly told people to evacuate. medical staff inside at the time said this was just not possible. >> we have a thousand civilian

people here. the idf legal adviser told cnn they did not atact the hospital except in mid november whehen apapparently returning fire fro hamas militants. releasing this footage as evidence. 21 people were killed. the idf said they were terrorists but acknowledged civilians were still inside. over at al-shifa hospitals, displaced civilians were sheltering in the courtyard where aerial attacks were intensifying. a legal adviser told cnn they did not attack al-shifa. the weapons experts told cnn this. is a r remnant of f an israeli illumimination shellll. a couple o of hohours later and maternity ward is hit. here part of an israeli tank missile is found. within a week, israeli forces entered the hospital. >> we can see them.

>> reporter: al-shifa was one of the hospitals they said hamas were operating in. but when troops arrived they appeared to find very little evidence of this. publishing these videos of a network of tunnel. what they don't show is what they would have found meters away. multiple graves dug by civilians who were forced to bury their loved ones within the hospital grounds amid the continued siege. the camera man asks, who was in the grave? my mom, she replies. >> can i just put to you a conversation i had with a legal adviser to the idf. they said to me at the end of the day, as long as hamas continues to use the hospitals for the military operations, our aim is to defeat hamas, there is absolutely no choice but to go there. >> much of the death and destruction, damage, including to hospitals, health care

facilities, is known. it is part of the calculation. it is just an inevitable. >> reporter: those first two months of war are now among the most deadly and destructive of anany conflict in recent histor the questition remains as to whether any military octave can justify this. cnn, london. cnn sent a full list of the hospitals we identified as damaged or destroyed to the israeli military in response, the idf said they quote did not conduct any targeted attacks against hospitals in the gaza strip. they also said that, and i'm quoting here again, any strike which is expected to incidentally damage hospitals is approved by the highest echelons of command. and we will be rigight back.k. with m more news i in a momentn

we are following a devastating storm system continuing to pummel parts of the u.s. with blizzard conditions. heavy rain, snow, and dangerous coastal flooding. in maine, the water level has reached historic high along the

coastline and is still continuing to rise. it's the second time that has happened in the past week alone. more than 80 million americans are under windchill alerts through the weekend and beyond and in some places frostbite could occur in as little as ten minutes on exposed skins. >> reporter: the blizzard exits and the arctic air is diving south. windchill warnings in effect for the northern and central plains for a windchill as cold as 45 degrees below zero. as that arctic air invades and spills south, this is some of the coldest air we have seen so far this season. and it is coming in time for the iowa caucus on monday. iowans wakes up sunday morning to windchills as cold as 45 degrees below zero. frostbite happening in 10 minutes or less. by monday evening we are still looking add windchills as cold as 30 degrees below zero with frostbite times at 25 minutes or less. this would be the coldest

caucus on record. most caucus days have been in the 30s and the 40s . you have one that sticks out 16 degrees back in 2004. now, looks like this one will be much colder than that. probably not breaking zero degrees in des moines with a high of only minus 2. so, very cold. and again, factoring windchills even colder than that in the evening. most of iowa looking at temperatures below zero. 30 degrees below zero. it is not just iowa. look at these temperaturesful these are air temperatures for the upper plains here where we are looking at sub zero temperatures. minus 10 as you wake up tuesday morning. the cold air gets as far south as texas. we are looking at temperatures in the single digits and the teens for places like lubbock, dallas, austin.

so as this continues to spill south, it is going to impact most americans looking at 80% of the country below freezing. maybe 250 or more records, both daytime cold highs and overnight low temperatures that could fall as a result of this arctic invasion. now this is coming kind of the first of the season. a lot of these places especially in the upper midwest are in the middest of their warmest winter on record. all of the red dots there, that is the difference between weather and climate. this is really their first cold snap with the trend since december 1 has been a warm one. >> our thanks. extreme weather is creating chaos at u.s. airports. flight aware counted more than 1300 flight cancellations across the u.s. saturday with more than 6600 delays.

700 flights have been canceled for sunday already. and, it has already been a disastrous week for u.s. air travel to say the least. 200 united and alaska flights were canceled each day due to the federal official's grounding all boeing 737 max 9 aircraft. to patterson, new jersey now where first responders had to rescue 20 people trapped in flood waters. the area remains under a flood warning according to the national weather service. officials say there are more than 20 streets and one bridge that remain closed. new jersey governor phil murphy surveyed the flood damage saturday. he said the state is committed to getting help to those affected. now, after three years on the job, john kerry plans to leave his post as the u.s. climate envoy according to a source close to kerry. the 80-year-old former u.s. secretary of state is expected to attend two more major conferences before stepping down by this spring. in his tenure, kerry led u.s.

negotiations at three international climate summits and was key in restarting u.s. climate talks with china. kerry intends to join the biden reelection campaign. all right, i'm paula newton. thank you for joining us for this hour of cnn news room. but stay with us, i'm be back right after the break.

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