good morning. 10:00 a.m. eastern, 7:00 a.m. pacific i'm jose diaz-balart. right now, a powerful winter storm is barrelling across the country. leaving those in its path to grapple with dangerously cold temperatures. heavy snow, iy conditions, travel just before the holiday expected to be a nightmare. in denver, the temperature dropped more than 30 degrees in one hour. we'll speak to the mayor about how his city is handling these freezing conditions. the extreme winter weather comes as the humanitarian crisis at the southern border is worsening by the day. with texas officials warning residents should prepare for life-threatening windchills. we'll take you live to el paso. and historic vut to

washington. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy asked congress for more support. nearly ten months into russia's invasion. >> ukrainian courage and american resolve must guarantee the future of our common freedom. the freedom of people who sand for their values. >> we'll talk with congress mike quiqley. and as washington awaits the release of the january 6 report, we'll break down what we know from if the key transcripts released by the committee. we begin this morning with what some meteorologists are calling a once in a generation storm. just days before the christmas holiday. tens of millions of americans should expect plunging temperatures as an arctic cold front sweeps across the country.

the rapidly falling temperatures making flash freezes ask black ice a major concern. the dangerous blast beginning to cripple travel at airports on some of the busiest days of the year. already this morning, flight aware is reporting more than 1,000 flight cancellations and delays within or out of the united states. the skies are not the only concern. with the strength of this storm now visible in the midwest, take a look at this. pounding winds and snow are creating whiteout conditions and near zero visibility on roads like this one in rapid stirks city, south dakota. joining us now is meteorologist angie lasman. this is the first chance i get to work with you now on the nbc network side. i want to welcome you. what a privilege it is to be working with you again. this is a tough week we're looking at right now. >> yeah, and what a way to start. it's great to be with you. i wish it was on better terms. we sure do have some busy

weather that's going to be super impactful to people as they try to gear up and celebrate their holiday. we're talking about a massive winter storm storm bringing snow to places like kansas city and chicago through the day today. it will bring blizzard conditions to folks in those areas in the upper midwest and great lakes as well. and we're also dealing with a rain event that's impacting folks into the northeast, which likely will cause some flash freezing later through the next couple days as we see a big drop in temperatures. there's the winter alerts. more than 100 million people impacted by these blizzard warnings are up for eight states. so you can see just the wide swath of the country that's going to be seeing the snowfall and not to mention the really gusty wind conditions that will make traveling on the roads really difficult. reduced visibility is expected to drop to zero. snowfall accumulations upwards of a foot and a half for places like western michigan and the upper peninsula. and as we look at those winds, really impressive stuff here.

we're talking higher than tropical storm force in some locations. 63 miles per hour for the peak wind gusts in buffalo. this will likely cause widespread power outages, which as we know with those arctic temperatures that we have been tracking in other locations of the country as this system continueses to work its way to the east, have been very impactful. we don't want to lose power in wide ved areas when our temperatures are sub zero. these are the dangerously cold temperatures we're dealing with right now. you can see places like pier, minus 46 with windchill. 40 below in carney. we look to kansas city and it's just 1 degree below for your actual temperature. it's not just parts of the plains or upper midwest. it's also going to dip into the south, where we'll see this arctic air thx powerful cold air set until for friday, saturday and sunday. atlanta, just 12 degrees for saturday. now the airport impacts will be immense i'm sure you heard all

about this. this is one thing we'll be watching. laces like buffalo, detroit and chicago with those gusty conditions, with the snow. that will be problematic. similar as we look to boston, new york and washington, d.c. where it's mostly a rain event, but with that really fast-moving arctic air working in as the rain moves out, we could see freezing on the roadways. some of these main roadways that are definitely going to be packed for holiday travel like i-95, i-90 and i-70 could likely be dangerous. it's not all bad news. we'll eventually start to see nicer conditions. if you're in the southwest, that's where it's at over the next couple days. l.a., las vegas, really good conditions there it. we'll still have some trouble with detroit's airport, maybe minneapolis as we get into saturday, but locking ahead to christmas day, things are much nicer. we'll have a white christmas in the high plains and the snow is still talling around the great lakes, but overall, feeling a little on the cold side for some in florida. i think temperatures into the

40s might not be what folks that traveled from the north to the south were expecting when they were heading to florida for kitsch mass, but even still great conditions out to the southwest as well where temperatures will be into the 60s. so a mixed bag over the next couple days. we just want people to be safe. >> thank you so much. good to see you. the storm bringing brutally cold temperatures to denver after dumping blowing snow at the denver airport. reports the temperature in the mild high city fell 37 degrees over the course of an hour. temperatures were well bezero. probably won't get above 0 today. with us now is the denver mayor michael hancock. it's good to see you again under these difficult weather circumstances. >> good morning, happy holidays. brrr from dlvr denver, colorado.

i woke up and it was negative 17 degrees in denver. i have been here all my life and haven't seen this. maybe a couple times. >> angie was just talking about wind chill minus 39 in denver. what's the city doing to make sure that people can stay safe. these are dangerous conditions. >> these are dangerous conditions. as city, we opened up our major coliseum as a warming center and for people to spend the night. by 9:00, we were at kaft and obviously t helps we have a lot of nonprofit partners in the community. denver ymca shortly after the press conference i held yesterday opened up their facility as a warming facility as well that gave us another couple hundred opportunities to safely and humanely shelter people for the night. so we're doing all we can including opening up our libraries and rec centers for

people to come in, open to anybody. to walk in and to make sure that they stay out of the very, very dangerous elements in the city. >> so mayor, if by 9:00 p.m. the coliseum was at capacity, how many people -- how many broad number of people were in these shelters overnight? >> if you think about we have our folks in our city who are unhoused. several hundred people who are on the streets, as many as a thousand per night. our traditional shelters are helping by expanding the number of people that they will bring in for the night as well as the city opening up the coliseum. then you add to that over 1,400 migrants and asylum seekers since december 9th. we have about 800 of them in the city being sheltered as well. and thank god for our nonprofit

partners who opened up churches and other facilities to house them. in the city fills where we have taken two of our larger recreation centers offline, we have almost 500 of them that we have housed this our shelter for a period of time. so we're doing everything we can. we're turning over every opportunity we can and thanks to our partners in the community, we were able to do good in sheltering eem. very dangerous. people will die trying to stay in these elements. >> michael hancock, it's always a pleasure to see you. thank you for your time this morning as well. we have breaking news on capitol hill on the government spending bill. let's get right to ryan nobles. what do we know? >> we have a deal. after last night some senators told us that this ross was hanging on the edge. they have come to an agreement ask they have actually already started voting. so this will be somewhat of a

lengthy process. there are 18 different amendments that the senators have to vote on before voting on final peaceage of this massive $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill. what was at issue was a flap over title 42 expansion. and senator mike lee of utah was asking for an up or down vote on an extension that would be only a 50-vote threshold, that likely would have passed the senate, but attached to this bill if it made it to the house, it would have killed the entire package. so that required the senate democratic leader chuck schumer to come up with an exit strategy. he got that in the form of senator sinema putting up an amendment that will offer an extension of title 42 but under different conditions and a higher threshold of sloets. that's what the ultimate agreement was made to. they are beginning this process of voting.

in addition to thisst just the debate over the bill itself, they had the complications of that weather that you were just talking about. many of these members of congress hoping to get out of washington before the storm hits. so it served as a double-edged sword for negotiators because it did encourage them to get this process moving, but if it had gone too far, they would have been stuck here and the negotiations would have gone even longer. it looks like they are on the path to making this happen. once it passes the senate, we'll have to go to the house where it will be voted on and thn it goes to the president's desk. the deadline they are up against is the end of government funding, which is scheduled for friday. it looks as though they will meet that deadline. this is a lengthy long-term spending package. we haven't seen something like this pass in the congress in some time. and it will avert the chances of a government shutdown for some time. so a monumental task for the end of this period of time where democrats control of the house and senate.

it looks like they are going to get it done. >> ryan nobles on capitol hill, thank you so much. there's new reaction this morning to the historic visit of ukraine's president zelenskyy to washington where he thanked president biden, congress, the american people for their support so far. he asked for more help from the u.s. in ukraine's battle against russia. he met with biden at the white house after returning from visiting the front lines of the bat until eastern ukraine. zelenskyy went to capitol hill where he addressed congress and compared the spooerns fighting world war ii with the battle ukraine faces today. >> just like the brave american soldiers which held their lines and fought back forces during the christmas of 1944, brave ukrainian soldiers are doing this same to putin's forces this christmas. >> zelenskyy presented lawmakers

with a ukrainian flag given to him by soldiers he just met with before leaving for washington. >> this flag is a symbol of our war. we stand, we fight, and we will win because we are united. ukraine, america, and the entire free world. >> zelenskyy described what this holiday season will be like for the millions of ukrainians gathering amid a war. >> if they attack us with iranian drones and our people will have to go to bomb shelters on christmas eve, ukrainians will still sit down at the holiday table and cheer up each other. we don't have to know everyone's wish as we know that all of us, millions of ukrainians wish the same. victory.

>> joining us now is ambassador taylor, form ambassador to ukraine. always a pleasure to see you. i want to get your reaction to the speech. >> it was a dynamic speech. it was effective. he came in to thank the american people, as you just said, thank president biden, thank the congress, but thank the american people for their support. without that support for the international community, but in particular the americans, he would not be where he is today, which is winning the war on the ground. he's not triumphant. he knows it's tough. he's looking at the same kind of weather and power outage that you were just talking about with angie. we're looking at some short power outages in this country and dipping temperatures. in ukraine, the temperatures are equally low, and the power outages go for 20 hours. sometimes 48 hours. so this is what president zelenskyy knows he's up against.

that's why he needs the support of the international community in particular the united states. i think he made that case very, very well. >> indeed, as far as support, the u.s. has already provided $50 billion worth of aid to ukraine. with congress potentially passing $44 billion. this is already an historic amount, but how much more will ukraine need to continue going forward? >> the passage of this bill that your report just talked about today with $44 billion going into next year will go a long way. it will go a long way. you're right. we're now approaching $100 billion of support. military, humanitarian, energy, diplomatic, all the support has been very important. about $22 billion of that has been military. and that represents -- that

respects less than 3% of our entire defense budget. much of our defense budget, as you know, is to defend against the russians. and less than 3% is what we're providing the ukrainians. they are beating the russians on the battlefield. this is important that we keep up that support. >> ambassador, you were talking about the power outages, the attack on infrastructure. much of that attack and destruction has been carried out by the russians using iranian-built drones, relatively cheap to build, but do incredible damage. how long is the world going to accept a plea that the iranians are providing russians with material to destroy infrastructure and essentially just civilian life? >> it's civilian life, you're

exactly right. the russians are are attacking with these weapons and others. they are losing on the hull tear battlefield so they go after unarmed civilians. the energy supplies, the water supply, the electricity, light, communications, they are going after -- they are trying to make the ukrainian people surrender, give up and he's having the opposite effect. he was very clear they will not surrender. they will win. he is convinced, and the ukrainian people are with him, they are going to win. so it's those attempts by the russians, which are really war crimes. let's be clear. these are atrocities. these are war crimes. this is genocidal behavior that we are ed ofed by, angered by, outraged by, so that's another reason that we should continue to support them.

>> these war crimes supported by the regime in iran. thank you so much for being with us this morning. really appreciate your time. >> thank you. good to be year here. between zelenskyy's visit and printer issues, we have had to wait a little longer for the january 6th report. but we just got our hands on some interview transcripts. the new details we are learning, next. plus inside the humanitarian crisis at our border. freezing temperatures and windchills will be hitting texas at a time when thousands of people continue to cross the united states on a daily basis. they are having to be out, sleep out in the cold. we're live in el paso, texas, next. we're live in el paso, texas, next young lady who was, you know, mid 30s, couple of kids, recently went through a divorce. she had a lot of questions when she came in. i watched my mother go through being a single mom. at the end of the day,

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what did we learn in the transcripts and what happened that there's a delay in the release of its final report? >> we're sort of doing the reducts of the waiting game again today on capitol hill. we expected that january 6th committee final report to come yesterday. now we think it's likely to come today. this is after a few different explanations that we have gotten from our sources whether it was a delay in the printing schedule of the report or the committee's desire to allow ukrainian president zelenskyy to sort of have the moment that he had during his dlaes to the joint meeting of congress yesterday. both of those things combined could lend to why we're expecting to see this report today as opposed to yesterday. nevertheless, we are still actively waiting for it to drop into our inboxes. but we did get something yesterday. 34 transcripts that can best be summed up as the i plead the fifth transcripts. all of the people ranging from john eastman, jeffrey clark, roger stone, all the way down to

lower level players in the top the steal movement, as well as some white supremacists and other far right group leaders. you see some of the names there on the screen. all of these people throughout their testimonies pleading the fifth kiptly in the instant of roger stone, pleading the fifth to everything from where he resides to if he had a role in planning the violence on january 6th. but it does give us some insight into, a, what these meetings and depositions were actually like, getting to read the transcripts in full for the first time for all of us, but then also what we could also see once we get the transcripts that we're really looking for. people like tony ornato and others who we think will have a lot of news value in them once we're able to read through them in full. we got to see the relevant portions of some of these transcripts. the pieces that the committee thought fit their narrative, but now we're going to read them in

full. that's where the raw data will have the news value for us. >> and congresswoman, what are you going to be looking for in this report? >> i think the great value of this report is that this is kind of like the museum about what happened on january 6th. a lot of people focus on these criminal referrals that the committee made. we have seen some of the dramatic testimony from people who were very close to him, including some members of his own family. so i think the big value here in this report is going to be for history. not so much for the 2024 election, but what happened on the 6th of january what can we learn from it. this is like the 9/11 commission that took a deep dive into the traumatic event for the country. this is another traumatic event. we have to learn from it. that's going to be the value of this report. >> it's interesting.

you want to take you back to something you told in "the new york times." you said that former president trump is a diminisheding it. you say, quote, on the path to irrelevance and that this is not too different from a reality tv series that run its course and people are just kind of over it. even his supporters. you really think he doesn't yield the power or the influence or the pressure that he did just a little while ago? >> we can tell by his own conduct, the biggest problem or the biggest obstacle for donald trump is being perceived a as a loser that's exactly what's happening now. he's being perceived as a loser. every day he's losing. he lost the 2022 mud term elections where so had many of his candidates were defeated. a lot of republicans are blaming him for those defeats. he has all these legal troubles we have seen him in the state of

new york. he has also faced some defeats in the court. now this report that kind of exposes everything that happened on the 6th of january, his role, so it's defeat after defeat after defeat for donald trump. that's why he's a diminisheding it. and with time, people get tired of the same thing. with donald trump, it's this victimhood narrative. even his own supporters are saying i like donald trump. i like what he did, but it's time to move on. >> so one of the big issues, and we're just talking about that a little while ago, is this government funding bill. tomorrow it was supposed to run out. but it looks as though things are now on their way to be agreed to. >> no shortage of topic here's on capitol hill. while we were playing the waiting game on the january 6th committee report and the game of waiting on trump's tax returns,

the senate has also actively been working through last-minute road bumps to the larger funding package, that will fund the government over the course of the next fiscal year. we're talking about 2023. just in the last few minutes or so, i was on the other side of this hallway in the senate where they had finally jogged loose on the obstacles to the deal. you see schumer on the floor a few minutes ago announcing they have a long day ahead of them, but it looks like the senate will be able to do their job passing this omnibus bill several hours from now. they have already started that process. they are hoping that they can speed it up just by telling senators, stay in your seats on the floor. let's go through this as fast as we can. they can't force them, but at the same time, if all 100 members of the senate do stay in their seats, they can work through this more quickly. and time is the name of the game here. they are up against the clock of tomorrow government funding runs

out, but they are up against mother nature. many of these lawmakers both on the house and senate side have said to me they are worried about their flights getting home for the holidays. many americans feeling that way right now, but certainly it's palpable in the halls of congress as the senate works through their portion of this and heads over to the house and they will do their part too. >> ali vitali and congressman, thank you both for being with us this morning. ali was talking about the weather issue. it's having an impact on capitol hill, but it's putting people crossing our border at risk. we're live in el paso with a look at the humanitarian crisis there. jour you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports." t reports. it only takes a second for an everyday item to become dangerous. tide pods child-guard pack helps keep your laundry pacs in a safe place and your child safer. to close, twist until it clicks. tide pods child-guard packaging. research shows people remember commercials

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temperatures. temperatures are going to get even colder tonight. some of the migrants we spoke to say they didn't know a cold front is expected. many of them only have what they have on their backs. guad venegas is in el paso for us. what's the city doing today to help these people? >> reporter: good morning. you were here, and you saw what it's like. this is an area this downtown el paso where the migrants have been concentrating. the bus stop is right next door. let me just say one of the conversations i had with a lot of migrants was about the weather. like you said, they are unaware this cold front is coming in. the temperature is going to go below freezing. dangerously cold weather as the national weather service. you can see over here, this is the same area where people have been sleeping for the last few days. the sidewalks have become like the central quarters for mite

grants that arrive. the city, the county are working together to open up more shelter. it's very close by here. one of the main shelters that is going to be offering beds for some of the migrants coming through the city of el pasos was being opened yesterday. we spoke to some authorities. who said this about that shelter. >> we have hundreds for space right now we have potential to expand. fortunately, the placement of the convention center is close to where we're seeing them so we are able to guide them here. >> reporter: this is a block away from where they are sleeping. that's the convention center. this is the area the beds have been set up. which is important because if the temperature just gets even lower and lower and it's dangerous for anyone to be out here, they would just have to walk over there. but there is still people

sleeping on the street here. also the city and the county have announced that they have schools that could be used because there are migrants in other parts of el paso. some have been sleeping at the airport. so they are scrambing to do what they can as the weather gets colder and colder. it's expected to get to the lowest temperatures overnight tonight and go into the weekend. >> then you have areas just north of the city on the border side that are now being used by migrants to come through. so we may not see congregated in el paso, but they are still crossing the border every single day. thank you very much. it's good to see you. reaction from ukrainians to their president's address to congress last night. and from one of the lawmakers in the chamber who had a chance to speak with zelenskyy. the co-chair of the ukraine

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40 past the hour. we're expecting comments from president biden any minute now. when we get that in, we will bring it to you. but i want to meanwhile talk about the president of ukraine's trip to the united states. it came at a critical moment for the war in ukraine. it's been 300 days of fighting. the poshl of a new russian ed ofive on the horizon. zelenskyy will be returning home with the patriot missile. joining us from kyiv is matt bradley. what's been the reaction there? >> reporter: it's gratitude. and gratitude from the guy in the street all the way up to the halls of power here in kyiv. i was just yesterday out speaking with people. i saw a man in uniform, who is part of a pair military unit.

i thought he was going to start crying when he found out we were americans. we were so moved. he kept embracing me and my team and talking about how grateful they are. when you speak to ukrainians they are grateful, but they are quick to remind that they are the ones doing the fighting and the dying, even if it is the american taxpayers funding all of the weapons and bringing all of that material that has been decisive in the fight against russia. i spoke with a member of parliament, who is a leading member of president zelenskyy's party. >> i want to go right to, sorry matt. we want to go to president biden. >> it goes from oklahoma all the way to wyoming and wyoming to maine. it's a real consequence. i encourage everyone to please heed the local warnings.

we have contacted 26 governors so far in affected regions. and to go to weather.gov for more information. i know this is not like a snow day when you're a kid. this is serious stuff. and my team is prepared to help weather this storm, this freeze, and shortly be broefed by both fema and the national weather service and we're going to start that briefing. in the meantime, please take this storm extremely seriously. and i don't know whether yours bosses will let you, but leave now. not a joke. i'm sending my staff. if they had plans to leave

tomorrow, i'm telling them to leave now. they can talk to me on the phone. it's not life and death, but it will be if they don't get out. they may not get out. so thank you all for coming in. and i'm going to do the briefing now. >> that was the president just moments ago from the oval office talking about his information that he has on the very dangerous nature of this winter storm. it's affecting most of the country. and certainly is and has been affecting much of the country already. joining us now is democratic congressman and the co-chair of the congressional caucus and a member of the house intelligence committee. congressman, it's good to see you. thank you for your time. i want to your reaction to president biden talking about this storm that's really going to have an impact on much of the country. it's a dangerous one.

>> it is. it's hitting right in chicago very soon. so i think that we need to heed those words, take care of yourself, take care of your kids. and our friendly reminder to take care of your pets. don't leave them out very long at all. a public service reminder. >> you have an important one. and you want to talk you back to capitol hill. you were in the room for zelenskyy's speech. what was it like? >> you know as well as anyone, we don't have many moments like that. a real sense of excitement, a feeling of history that's taking place. and i thought it was very appropriate with president zelenskyy kweeted fdr from his pearl harbor speech in that same room at almost the exact same location. it was fitting because it reminds us that many of the reasons we're helping ukraine or many of the reasons that we were

involved in the second world war, we don't want, we can't have a sovereign democratic country wiped off the face of the earth. there's genocide taking police. i was in kyiv and near there in july. and stood on a mass grave. it's taking place in this century. it's extraordinary. and finally, we recognize, and i think many in the room did last night, that other countries like china are looking on and seeing how united the west is and how much we stay the course to determine what they might do. >> i think he was so wise in threading the reality of history. and talking about the battle of the bulge and christmas for u.s. troops during world war ii and christmas for the people of ukraine now under this invasion. the president said that the u.s. will stay with ukraine for as

long as it takes. what is the strategic importance of continuing to support ukraine? >> the first strategic importance is the message to ukraine to know that we have their back. but probably as important is letting putinen know that we'll have their back. we saw the leaders of nato say the same thing. he has to know he can't have a war of attrition and have us quit on him. i think it's going to impact a great deal of his decision making so we thought this was going to be a three-day war. we were going to fund an insurgency. we should be inspired and grateful for a country that's taken on this fight for 300 days and beaten back one of the largest armies, not just in the world, with us in the history of the world. so i think that they represent

the principles of nato and the charter, and i think it has a lot to do with who her as a country that we want to help them keep up this fight. >> i was wondering, congressman, putin has so few allies left, but we see the leader of the cuban regime going to rusia and on to china to celebrate the friendship between those two regimes. and i'm thinking of iran that continues to supply russia with these drones that are utilized to destroy the infrastructure and attack zufl yan populations. is there anything that those allies of putin should be worried about or thinking about? >> there are sanctions now, but

given the protests that are taking place, given the aid here, the fact that we are miles away from trying to get back to a treaty with iran, i think that if they are going to help russia, they need to be treated like them. and we need to enhance sanctions to the extent possible. >> it's always a pleasure to be with you. i thank you for being with us. >> glad to be here. let everyone be safe out there. >> good advice. appreciate that. right now, lawmakers are pushing to pass a government funding bill with the deadline tomorrow fast approaching. but one policy that will be left out of of the bill help for our afghan allies. i'll talk with jack mccain, son of the late senator john mccain y, who has been fighting to help afghan pilot who is helped him.

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many after efforts on capitol hill to help afghans who worked for the u.s. during the war have hit a snag. bipartisan legislation to create a path for residency for afghan allies was dropped from that $1.7 trillion government funding bill because of opposition from some republican senators. the afghan adjustment act would eliminate the threat of deportation for nearly 73,000 afghan evacuees in the u.s. by offering an opportunity to get a green card after additional vetting. all of this as the taliban continues to, well, among other things, for example, announcing that afghan women will not be allowed to go to university. with us now to talk more about this is jack mccain, a navy pilot, afghanistan war veteran and the son of the late arizona senator john mccain. it's good to see you. how are you feeling today after this afghan adjustment act was simply removed from the funding bill? >> obviously, i'm disappointed.

this is a piece of legislation that's been incredibly important to people i care deeply about. however, i'm just as energized as i have been because i know that this fight is far from over. to pretend that the issue doesn't exist or to pretend that we can wish it away is not a reality. so i am disappointed in the immediate but energized for the future. >> you're focused on helping afghans who served in the country's armed forces in addition to those who worked in the u.s. why is it important to help them as well? >> well, we asked the afghans to fight a war in afghanistan. granted, they were fighting on behalf of themselves and for their country, but they were fighting on our behest. i was fortunate to fly and fight alongside them and witnessed a bravery that they portrayed in all aspects of fighting, ground combat and just general

sustainment. to me, i see no difference between those that worked specifically for the u.s. and those that fought on our behalf. >> and, jack, i'm -- you know, when you see how afghanistan is turning, and, you know, there is no taliban 2.0, it's the same ones, what is it that you think when you think of what is going on in afghanistan today? >> i'm disheartened. however, there's a famous saying that says when people tell you who they are, believe them. i don't think there was a question as to what the taliban was going to do. the idea that they are somehow the kinder, gentler terrorist organization and national group is laughable. my heart breaks for the people of afghanistan, and i believe that that fight is also far from over. but in the immediate, i want to

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and good morning. 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific. we've got another jam-packed news hour for you coming up starting with the dangers winter storm that's bringing strong winds and a plunging swath of the u.s. into life-threatening cold. more than 120 million americans are under some kind of alert this morning from washington state to new york. think about this, temperatures are dropping so fast, that denver just set a new record for the mercury dropping 37 degrees in just one hour. it's leading to an all-out travel nightmare. millions of people projected to hit the road and sky for the holiday. already, there are more than 1,000 flights canceled as passengers rush to flee the storm. president biden being briefed on the massive storm and its potential impacts. >> please, take this storm