the first time you met whitney houston? >> the first time i met whitney was at her audition for me.ging in her mother sissy's act. sissy was playing sweet water club -- >> tonight legendary record executive mr. clive davis. >> my voice is gone, you start the show tonight. >> and whitney sang two songs that night. one was "home "from the wiz. and the other was "greatest love of all". she didn't know, many people didn't know, i had commissioned the song "greatest love of all" eight years ago for a movie. i had recorded it with george benson, we had a top ten r&b hit. and then this beautiful 19-year-old girl, okay, gets to the microphone and as soon as she started singing that song, i was stunned. ♪ learning to love yourself ♪ ♪ it is the greatest love of all ♪ >> you said the purpose of this film is to show the full whitney. you shared stories about whitney being at your house, you advising her, going over the catalog, what she should sing, what she should do with her career next. you say people don't know the full portrait of whitney. so tell us the full portrait. >> i know what the

. >> and i'm whitney wild. a massive winter storm is blanketing the u.s., leaving thousands without power and making a mess of holiday travel. this is buffalo where a blizzard warning is in effect until tomorrow morning. all of the impact, but when we'll see some relief coming up. >>> and the january 6th committee lays blame for the insurrection squarely at the feet of former president trump. we'll have the key takeaways from that 845-page document, and also what's next in the investigation. >>> plus, parents in search of children's medication are finding shelves bare in some places. so what's behind the shortage and what to do if your local pharmacy doesn't have what you need. >>> and cnn sitting down with legacy producer clive davis, with a look at his storied career, the moment he knew something was very wrong with whitney houston. ♪ >>> it is saturday, december 24th. merry christmas eve. thank you very much for waking up with us. we're going to begin -- sorry. i do that to you all the time. >> go for it, ma

. >> telling the true story of how whitney houston's star was born. >> he knows that fast, that's theest voice of her generation. do you struggle with occasional nerve aches in your hands or feet? try nervivenerve relief from the world's #1 selling nerve care company. nervive contains alpha lipoic acid to relieve occasional nerve aches, weakness and discomfort. try nervivenerve relief. bye, bye cough. later chest congestion. hello 12 hours of relief. 12 hours!! not coughing? hashtag still not coughing?! mucinex dm gives you 12 hours of relief from chest congestion and any type of cough, day or night. mucinex dm. it's comeback season. ♪ >>> thank you for joining us. i'm trevor ault. we begin with a historic visit from ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy who met with president biden at the white house and earlier tonight became the first wartime president to address congress since british prime minister winston churchill. zelenskyy shared a message of thanks for u.s. military support which now includes patriot missiles and struck a note of optimism about the russian assault ukraine

>> reporter: yes, whitney. we're at a house south of the capitol, southeast of the capitol that was hit and according to the police, 8:30 in the morning, the police said debris from a missile intercepted landed near the house. there are two people living in the house, a man and his elderly father. they were inside when this debris from one of the missiles that was intercepted by ukrainian air defenses hit right next to their house. as you can see, massive destroyed, this massive hole. the man, apparently they emerged largely unscathed with slight scratches. they managed to escape. the man we spoke to, however, ran out. he was barefoot. neighbors gave him some boots. he said that they heard a huge explosion. the windows shattered. the walls scrum bled and shortly afterwards to the left of this house you can see their car exploded as a result of this falling debris. according to the mayor of kyiv, three people have been injured about four miles from here. one of them a 14-year-old girl currently in hospital. the

in the new whitney houston biopic. dance with somebody special guest in the audience tonight. legendary record executive mr clive davis. he handpicked you for this role. and i have to say you are on. unbelievable so what is it like for you to play a music mogul, a legend and that extra pressure. you do feel pressure one because the person is alive, but too because he is such a legend. and you want to get it right this year will mark over a decade since whitney houston's untimely death, but her legacy lives on through those who knew her best unique level of authenticity to the field because it's being told by people who had a real relationship with whitney did that help you with the extra resource without question to be able to talk to klein. i learned so much, not just about him, but about that incredible relationship. how were you able to develop that relationship with naomi yaki? she's a brilliant actress. her accent was so impeccable. and then of course when she acts like whitney when she does the singing or just co

i'm whitney wild. more airport chaos today for people trying to get home after christmas. thousands more flights have been canceled as airlines struggle to recover from the massive holiday winter storm. no airline hit harder than southwest. of. >> 2800 u.s. flights already canceled today, 2500, about 90% are southwest. >> challenge for our flight crews being stuck in locations not where they need to be along with the aircraft. at this point we're working to accommodate our customers as best we can and offer the most options we can. >> cnn's lucy kafnov is in denver. >> i wasn't anticipating a nightmare but it is. >> reporter: christmas is over but for thousands of customers the travel nightmare goes on. >> they canceled our flight. they said they can't help us so we don't know what to do. >> reporter: southwest airlines at the top of the list for cancellations. the airlines ticketing counter at baltimore's bwi airport a zoo. denver's lines for the southwest ticket counter even longer. >> we had to wait

>> reporter: martin and whitney, good morning. the line that was here about an hour ago at least at the dropoff location at the delta terminal isn't too long right now. what we're seeing in a few minutes, you'll see a rush of travelers showing up to check in and drop off their bags but things out here, they are moving. everyone is keeping a close eye on the departure board we're here at hartsfield-jackson international airport. over 100 flights cancelled. a majority of flights going to new york, as well as illinois, texas and even california. the folks out here have showed up really early this morning to get on to the flight. there is a dedicated part of the delta terminal where passengers whose itineraries were impacted by the storm. folks probably had their flights cancelled and they're now in the process of getting reticketed in hopes of getting out of the airport. the numbers they don't look that -- flight aware, 1,600 flights across the u.s. have been cancelled. and 1800 flights have been delayed. folks here are really just h

. >> and i'm whitney wild. a massive storm is blanketing the u.s., leaving thousands without power and making travel a mess. right now in buffalo a blizzard warning is in effect until tomorrow morning. all the impacts and when we'll see some relief coming up. >>> the january 6 it committee lays blame squarely at the feet of former president trump. what's next in the investigation? >>> ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is back home after a historic visit to washington, and he's warning ukrainians they could see more russian missile strikes over christmas. the next phase of this war and how the just passed u.s. government spending bill could help. >>> plus from heartbreaking tragedies to shocking courtroom revelations, we've got a look at the top ten "crime & justice" stories this morning on "cnn this morning." ♪ >>> yes, it is saturday, december 24th. merry christmas eve. thanks for waking up with us. >> merry christmas to everyone. sorry, martin. i was going to say merry christmas to everyone. i'm sure sa

the wonderful whitney, a new biopic about the superstar's life is about to release. live in next hour. demarco, i caught you. i caught you. you were moving a little bit. >>> following a lot of headlines right now including the chaos from winter storms from coast to coast. in the west, highways have been shut down with avalanche threats. the northeast got its first significant snow of the season. ginger will have more on that. blizzard warning for the midwest as well. >>> also, the latest on the race to repair a massive pipeline that spilled at least 600,000 gallons of oil into the kansas creek. the largest land spill in nearly a decade. the exact cause of the leak remains unclear. >>> and, from the final pick of the nfl draft, to stunning fans by defeating tom brady, rookie quarterback brock purdy is the first quarterback to ever beat brady in the first start of his career. brock's dad wiping away a tear of joy. purdy said, to be able to give tom a high five at the end of the game was pretty cool. 35-7. that was your nfl coverage from me today. >>> lot more ahead, in

did you know whitney houston how she got her start?pped up a spiritual frenzy. >> as she started singing, she started realizing that she really had a gift from god, and this obviously was a part of her strong religious upbringing. she was singing in the church. but she really felt like he had chosen her to sing and to share her voice with other people. >> all in the documentary whitney on fox nation hosted by casey mcdonald who's back. great to see you. >> great to see you guys. >> brian: great topic sad the way it ended but you forget how good it was and you see scenes from the bodyguard with kevin costner that was the see net. >> the thing about whitney it was a tragedy she had given so much not just with her voice but in acting style everything. it was a tragedy and you almost have to question what more could she have given. even in the last ten years or ten more years from now, what more would we have gotten from her voice, her god-given talent. going back to ainsley, you said how is that sound coming out of that person. she doesn'

>> whitney elizabeth houston. >> oh, yes, whitney houston.s brings out some of the biggest movies of the year. coming out today "i want to dance with somebody," tells the story and life as well as the career of music icon, the voice, as they call her, whitney houston, played by actress naomi aki and another brand-new release. "babylon" set in early hollywood era and i think we should queue up another song for us. let's listen. ♪ oh, i want to dance with somebody ♪ >> yeah. want to dance with somebody because it is friday. get out and enjoy, dance while you are waiting in lines because those lines will be long. >> you will go through the song a couple times. >> play the song in your head. it will help you move like that guy there. >> talking about the line, right, all these other dancers in the video you can do what whitney houston does which is this. >> boom, one, two. anybody can do that one. >> you saw in the dressing room changing. a lot of people will be doing that. only one checker at the cash register. >> i guarantee someone will laugh.

on playing bobby brown in the whitney houston bio-pic. morning, america. you can't get enough of whitney houston's music, right? a lot of people seeing the bio-pic over the weekend. >> looking forward to that. >>> also this morning, it is cold outside. but kellyann is here warming up the studio with bone broth from her new book, looking forward to that. >>> we do have a lot of news to get to this morning, starting with the dangerous weather over the holiday weekend. buffalo, new york, the hardest hit by these deadly storms, with nearly four feet of snow and bitter cold, leaving the city paralyzed. mona kosar abdi is live on the ground. mona, good morning again. >> reporter: mary, good morning. as the big digout begins, the city of buffalo dealing with a fresh layer of snow that has been coming down for hours and re-coating the roads. we've seen snowplow drivers working around the clock to clear the roads, but a major concern, a major problem they're having are the dozens and dozens of abandoned cars that have been left in the middle of ro

whitney's actual stage movements that will bring back a million memories. it's a dean's list b. >> and that wraps up kron 4 news at 5 foot. we have a lot more ahead tonight. we law and can here with what's coming up tonight at 6. have a great show. thank you. actually found out one of my college friends in that movie about when you some really excited to see it all right. happy holidays. good. well, coming up tonight at 6, the search is on for a driver who struck and killed a grandmother in the east bay. >> we're learning with friends and family are now sharing about the victim and the hustle and bustle of holiday travel. hitting a few snags with bad weather causing delays and cancellations here in the bay area and across the country. i'm ken >> from the bay area's news station. you're watching kron. 4 news at 6. >> now at 6, a dangerous winter storm moving across the country. it's disrupted holiday travel from the skies to the train stations as cancellations and delays search into christmas weekend. thanks for joining us on kron. 4 news at 6. i'm ken wayne

i'm whitney wild in for christine romans. a resolution to the crisis at the southern border has been postponed again. the supreme court order dering title 42 to remain in effect for now as legal challenges played out. the justices agreed to hear the appeal in this session that begins in february. their 5-4 order defeats the biden administration which had hoped to end title 42 saying it outlived the pandemic it was designed to fight. >> it doesn't matter what i think the court will do. >> the decision is a huge disappoi disappointment for migrants. thousands have crossed anyway. cnn's rosa flores has more on that from el paso, texas. >> reporter: 1-year-old brenda has no shoes. her tiny feet bare on the cold pavement of an el paso parking lot. are you going to sleep outside again? what are you going to do? her parents anthony blanco and her mother said they wrapped this rosary afrptd her ankle and said it has saved her life multiple times in the darian gap. he says the most dangerous part of the journey was through the darian

i'm whitney wild in for christine roman. a dangerous new storm system headed to the west coast with heavy rain, mountain snow. the pacific northwest will get it first. california gets it tomorrow. right on the heels of the storm that shut down a stretch i-70 in colorado for nine hours leaving drivers stranded. meteorologist chad myers is live in the weather center. chad, these storms have millions of people under alerts right now. there is no relief. >> there are still two more in the west to come on shore monday into tuesday. the storm that was in denver has taken its energy and focused it down here near lake charles. bumpy weather in houston and beaumont. we've had two to four inches of rainfall and snow in the high sierra. more snow, more rain and flooding. flash flood watches for rising rivers in parts of california and then when you get up to the higher elevations, winter storm warnings are posted. i'm not kidding. this could bring some spots 10 feet of new snow in the next 48 to 72 hours. this is a major event for the

i'm martin savage. >> and i'm whitney wild.r storm is blanketing the u.s., leaving thousands without power and making a mess of holiday travel. this is buffalo where a blizzard warning is in effect until tomorrow morning. all of the impact, but when we'll see some relief coming up. >>> and the january 6th committee lays blame for the insurrecqu

whitney's actual stage movements that will bring back a million memories.s a dean's list b, i hope you have a great holiday weekend in chicago. >> and dean richards. >> all right. lots of choices there. thank you, dean. and here's one more you can ring in the new year with kron 4. we've got our new year's live special starting at 09:00pm on new year's eve hosted by grant lotus and justine waltman looking dapper in that picture and they're always great out on the live coverage as well. we got fireworks here all around the bay and the big show in las vegas as well. tune in beginning at 9 on new year's eve. nurtec odt is the only medication that can treat and prevent my migraine attacks. don't take if allergic to nurtec. allergic reactions can occur, even days after using. most common side effects were nausea, indigestion, and stomach pain. treat and prevent, all in one. >> we're looking at there is a christmas tree seidel performance and that's jaden. you can make as huge a gun is right. that's jaden. is part of the beechwood elementary recycling menlo park a

whitney wild has been covering this from the beginning. that investigators found on the scene. what more are they telling you about what they're learning? >> reporter: this is excellent reporting from john miller. sources telling john that just hours after the shootings at the substations on saturday night, sometime in the afternoon or evening, police recovered dozens of shell casings from both scenes. that helps law enforcement figure out where the shooting happened in proximity to the substation. the other thing is that those shell casings can be critical. federal law enforcement can run them through a database and find the specific firearm. if there's a firearm used in another shooting and the ballistic tracing matches, that's a significant lead. in moore county people are doing whatever they can to overcome this. this is a significant impact. one woman telling us because of this power outage she can't work and it's costing her hundreds of dollars. >> it's not just like it was just a storm that came through and we could be prepared. thi

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there really was no one and is no one like whitney. >> mr.running against him who's up there as well. so when you think about age in this era and trying to be open minded about what people can do, clive produces movie, still throws parties. so i asked him about that aspect in today's debate. what do you think about the way we're dealing with and understanding americans and people around the world living longer and not just longer, but living productive, healthy lives and the political question, if you want to take it or not, is there an age in which someone's too old to run for president? is 80 good to go? >> i know nancy pelosi real well. she's on top of her game. she's no longer speaker, but she's still among the brightest if not the brightest politician in washington. i believe joe biden's doing a very good job. so i think it's a nonissue. >> there you have it. as far as mr. davis is concerned, a non issue. we always like having him on the beat. i wanted to show you that film, called whitney, is out next week. now, mr. davis first joined u

whitney was whitney i should say before my time of really appreciating music, if that makes sense.she were alive today she would put people like rihanna and beyonce today. her level of fame, especially today with what social media is, she would be off the charts. i think what's really important when you watch the special available now on "fox nation," her reverend said she had angels, she had demons. she was human. i think that she will, you know, we remember her for her demons and such a sad way we lost her too soon. she battled drug addiction throughout her life, but her angels, what she gave to the world, joy, happiness, from acting, singing, just to her style. she is an icon that will be memorialized forever, gone too soon. you can learn so much about her right now on "fox nation." neil: what i find increasing is, you get the people who knew her well, her friends, her goddaughter i believe? >> yes, her goddaughter, her reverend, a girl from new jersey. this is what she did, she took over the world. i think it is so funny, i will always love you, everyone's tried to belt that ou

let's speak to whitney beatty.k to us about your journeying, how have you found yourself able to lead this sort of a business? whitney: it has not been easy to get into the space. particularly, even with social equity being what it is, it is hard for us without having access to that capital to grow our businesses. i applied for social equity in los angeles in 2019. our program here had a lot of delays and unfortunately, we were required to hold property throughout of those delays which was incredibly difficult for us to sit and pay for two years on a place we were not allowed to sell cannabis out of. that really hurt us, especially when you're talking about a population where the idea of equity is that people of color were disenfranchised by the war on drugs and they deserve prior to rosacea and. that drained our funding. what we are talking about, equity businesses, we don't have that much access to capital as you mentioned. i can go down to bank of america, we have to be able to raise money from angel investors,

whitney wild is in moore county, north carolina.hitney, the fbi was warning about attacks like this in advance? what do we know? >> reporter: two weeks ago the fbi sent out a bulletin to private industry to basically say, look, these electrical grids are a very attractive target for domestic violent extremists and they, the fbi, warned that they were particularly worried about racially motivated attacks on the electrical grid. basically what this bulletin said is domestic violent extremists who are racially motivated would see an attack as an opportunity to cause societal breakdown and thus prompt a race war. it follows a pattern that we've seen from -- federal officials. the department of homeland security had warned earlier this year the electrical grid could be a target for domestic violent extremists. a similar alarm november 30th when they renewed an assessment bull tip that said the same thing, that critical infrastructure among many targets are attractive ways for domestic violent extremists to mobilize to violence. so all of

it's being told by people who had a real relationship with whitney.ow were you able to develop that relationship with naomi ackie? >> she is a brilliant actress. her accent was impeccable. when she acts like whitney and does the singing, you're completely blown away. ♪ and the rockets' red glare ♪ >> you've had an incredible acting career. >> all right, everybody, gird your loins. >> welcome the 74th annual hunger games. >> is there one role that you're still hoping for? >> yes, i want to play groucho marx. >> who are you? >> i'm fine, thanks, who are you? >> the marx brothers completely changed our sense of humor. groucho marx to me is one of the most interesting people in show business. >> reporter: we move onto stanley's other greatest love of all, food. you're quite a fixture in the food world now. >> yes. >> did you expect the reception? >> no, i mean it's an idea i had a long time ago. why can't we take italy and break it down region by region? nobody's ever done that before. it's different. i did not anticipate this reaction. i'm thrilled. >> r

whitney's actual stage movements that will bring back a million memories. i hope you have a great holiday weekend in chicago. >> and dean richards. okay. now just question, are we ready to exhale? because check it out. this is coming our way into next week will be followed by future waves as well. going to be a very interesting week ahead. >> today is not looking too bad either. the kron, 4 bad either. the kron, 4 morning news bye, bye cough. later chest congestion. hello 12 hours of relief. 12 hours!! not coughing? hashtag still not coughing?! mucinex dm gives you 12 hours of relief from chest congestion and any type of cough, day or night. mucinex dm. it's comeback season. later chest congestion. hello 12 hours of relief. 12 hours!! not coughing? hashtag still not coughing?! mucinex dm gives you 12 hours of relief from chest congestion and any type of cough, day or night. mucinex dm. it's comeback season. >> all right. welcome back. merry christmas. happy holidays to you. taking a live look from our mount tam camera out big blue. i think it's just because

it's one of whitney's early hits that brought her granny.was written by the author of the film bohemian rhapsody. so it's worth waiting for something similar to what was filmed about freddie mercury to play whit, naomi was not trusted ate, who does not have a very large filmography yet. she, for example, starred in lady mambeth and ex- husband's last star wars, houston plays moonlight's ashton sanders . and its influential music producer clive davis stanley clouds, ninety-year-old davis became the main guest at the premiere of the film, in fact, without clive davis, there would be no whitney in the eighty-third year he saw. the recording of her performance in a nightclub was so impressed that he immediately offered whitney a contract with davis. she recorded all her hits and became one of the most successful singers in history with a record number of awards. my heart was touched by this film and the audition remembrance. and we were family. we worked as a team from beginning to end in the film we are shown and thinks no one is used to seeing

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whitney wild joins me now with the latest from car thaj, north carolina.possible motives centered around extremist behavior. what exactly are they looking at? >> investigators are looking at two threats, the first calls by violence extremists on social media platforms, call for attacks on infrastructure. that's the first thread. the second thread is a series of disruptions to lgbtq events. on saturday, there was a local drag show. police have not said there is a specific connection between these two events, but they are looking at the correlation here, similar timing, in a greater context of these disruptions all around the country to similar lgbtq events, anderson. >> what have investigators found at the scene? >> reporter: well, anderson, law enforcement has found around 24 shell casings here. that's according to law enforcement sources telling my colleague john miller what evidence was collected here. that's critical for two reasons. the first is because that could help investigators figure out where the shooter was at the time of the shooting. and the

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i'm whitney wild in for christine romans. people across the midwest and northeast are digging out from a massive deadly winter storm. at least 37 people died across the country in traffic accidents from freezing to death in the elements or from a range of other causes as a direct result of this storm. multiday snowfall totals have been titanic, up to 43 inches in hard hit buffalo. governor hochul requesting a federal disaster declaration due to the historic winter storm. >> it is devastating. it is going to a warzone and the vehicles along the sides of the roads are shocking. it is not just small vehicles, it is literally snowplows, it is major size recovery vehicles and utility vehicles and tow trucks. so we have a real challenge right now are we have roads blocked. roads are literally blocked by emergency vehicles so that has made it extremely challenging for us. effect on air travel on a crucial holiday week end was nothing shorts of catastrophic. there were a total of more than 11,000 flights canceled friday, saturday and

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whitney wild is wild where all of this is happening. what is the latest you're learning, whitney? >> reporter: well, kate, this is a very serious situation. it was cold overnight. making the situation so much more dire for the people here. meanwhile, law enforcement said this is an all hands on deck situation. the fbi and the state bureau of investigation is involved and many local law enforcement as possible is involved. to try to figure out who is behind this shooting. right now, there are many more questions than answers. at this point, what law enforcement is prepared to say is that, again, what you had said, that someone opened fire on the substations causing millions of dollars of damage but they don't know why this person and they don't know who and they're not prepared to say what type of firearm was used or how many rounds were fired at substations. so a lot of questions remain there. the biggest question, of course, is what is the motive. and at this point law enforcement is not prepared to say what the motive is. there had been some talk on social media that this may ha

>> whitney wild watching that trial for us.ccused of building the bomb to brought down pan am flight 103 in 1988 is making his first appearance in a u.s. court. >> he would be the third person charged in the attack since it happened 34 years ago this month. the bombing killed all 259 people on board flight 103 and 11 people on the ground in l lock lockerbie, scotland on its flight from london to new york. it's considered the deadliest terror attack in uk history. >>> the u.s. says it has just killed two isis officials during a helicopter raid. this was in eastern syria. the raid was the unilateral operation with extensive planning. >> cnn's oren lieberman joins us from the pentagon with more. what do we know about who was taken out here? >> reporter: u.s. central command in talking about this raid and putting out information about the raid that happened early sunday morning, identified one of the two isis officials. the nickname of ennis saying he was a regional one. they have not put out information about the second isis offic

first more of your headlines with whitney wilde. >>> good morning.gerous and deadly storm is keeping its grip on most of the country. at least 22 deaths are blamed on the storm and more than 22 million are without electricity. more than 3,400 flights were cancelled yesterday, another 1,300 have been cancelled so far today. new york governor kathy hochul is sending more help to hard-hit buffalo. she will ask for a declaration of emergency. >> pope francis is calling for an end to the war in ukraine. the pope appealed to those who have the ability to put an immediate end to the war. he also called for the end of using food as a weapon of war. >>> christmas is here. all around the world holiday celebrations are under way. ♪ hallelujah ♪ ♪ hallelujah ♪ >>> in bethlehem, midnight mass was held at the church of the nativity. that was built in the fourth century. there were parades, drumming. just take a look. the taliban is further restricting rights of women in afghanistan. the group has informed nongovernmental organizations that female employees are no

what's the latest, whitney?ere's new reporting from my colleague john miller who says that law enfor enforcement, again, as you point out, while they don't know exactly what the motive is are zeroing in on two possible threads. the first is a call by domestic violent extremists to attack critical infrastructure across the united states. and other zeros in on recent disruptions of lgbtq events throughout the country. law enforcement is putting this into context, and as we know, the time that this happened, the time the power went out here in moore county coincided with the start of a drag show that was supposed to happen here in moore county. so investigators are looking into that, although it's important to note they haven't exactly nailed down the motive yet. and part of that is because they haven't been able to figure out who did this. the fbi now leaning on the public to try to help them generate very solid leads. they've come out with a new wanted poster, hoping that these photos might help jigger some memor

whitney wild there for us in moore county. thank you. >>> let's bring in mayor john strickland of pine hurst, north carolina. good to have you. mr. mayor, let's start with you. we heard from the mayor of southern pines who said that 100% of the homes and businesses there lost power. what's the percentage where you are, the percentage of people and businesses that have lost power? >> same. it's 100%. although there have been some restorations in recent hours basically the southern part of moore county here are without power at this point in time. luckily however, many of our homes do have at least partial generators to support the homes and some of them are able to share that power with neighbors. that's been a very nice resolve of people sharing with each other and trying to be helpful. >> mr. davis, what's the situation at the hospital? how long can you run on generators? we see it looks dark behind you. >> yes. i'm in an area that's not an emergency backup power, and most of -- all of our patient carriers are on emergency ba

cnn law enforcement correspondent whitney wild joins us.coping with this fifth day without power? >> reporter: well, they're doing whatever they can to try to stay positive but this is extraordinarily difficult. one woman told us that she can't work. that this is going to cost her hundreds of dollars because if she can't go to work she's not going to get paid. another woman told us she has to drive up to an hour to get groceries on occasion. so it's been very difficult, especially for families with children, so, again, everybody staying positive doing what they can to keep their spirits up. here's what one woman told me as she was receiving services at a local shelter. >> it's not like it was just a storm that just came through and then we was able to be prepared for this. no, this was something that just happened out of the blue, and now we're all suffering and it's not right. very angry and disappointed. >> she was very angry and disappointed that someone would attack a substation and cause 45,000 people to become victims, people without

cnn's whitney wild joins us with more now. whitney, how does this oath keepers trial differ from the first one? >> well, this case really focuses on the lower level members-oath keepers and that presents a challenge for doj. the first trial focused on leadership. remember, doj's argument was there was a specific plan prior to january 6 to storm the capitol and attempt to overturn the election. nirndz, the very basis of this seditious conspiracy charge. however, only two of the five defendants in that trial were convicted of that charge, prosecutors struggled to overcome testimony from several civilian defendants including other members of oath keepers who repeatedly said there was no explicit plan to storm the capitol january 6th, 2021. all in the second phase have pleaded not guilty. opening statements are set for the next few minutes, ana. >> there's also another political battle that we've seen in the january 6 prosecution, obstruction of congressional proceeding. explain what's at stake here. >> well, a federal appeals cou

whitney was stuck on the road when his truck ran out of gas. on christmas eve, he led a group of 25 people who were also trapped in their cars to a nearby school where he broke a window to get inside. that group was unable to stay warm and eat some of the food in the cafeteria until it was safe to leave. whitney actually left a note there apologizing for breaking into the school, explaining he and the others were just trying not to die. police are actually thanking whitney for his heroic actions, which they say likely saved his and several other lives. buffalo is just now beginning to dig out after that historic blizzard. weather correspondent robert ray spoke with people there about how they are dealing with the aftermath of the storm. front loaders continue to push small mountains of snow through buffalo, nearly a week after a blizzard crippled the western new york area, dropping more than four ft of snow in some places and claiming the lives of dozens trying to get this stuff out of here. getting all the snow. there's mountains and mountains

whitney was stuck on the road. when his truck ran out of gas.mas eve, he led a group of 25 people who were also trapped in their cars to a nearby school where he broke the window to get inside. that group was unable to stay warm and eat some of the food in the cafeteria until it was safe to leave. whitney actually left a note apologizing for breaking into the school explained that he and the others were trying not to die. police are thanking whitney for his heroic actions, which they say likely saved his and several other lives. the storm also turned a restaurant near lake irianto, an ice castle. the spray from the lake quickly froze into ice crystals and a deep frost, which covered nearby hoax restaurant. the restaurant owners say nothing appears to be damaged. the restaurant has reopened and they're working around all that ice. they're hoping to be thought out completely by the new year. it would be a great way to end the year with a big chunk of money. the mega million shock pot is up to $685 million. the drawing is tonight you have less than

cnn's whitney wild joins me now with the latest from north carolina. >> whitney, it seems investigatorsible motives around extremist behavior. what exactly are they looking at? >> well, anderson, investigators are looking at two threats. the first involves caused by domestic violent extremists on social media, on internet platforms. calling for attacks on critical infrastructure. that is the first threat. the second threat, law enforcement is looking at this, a series of recent disruptions to lgbtq events around the country. on saturday, they're very time the power went out here, there was a local drag show. police have not said that there was a specific connection between these two events. but they are looking at that correlation here, the similar timing in the greater context of these disruptions all around the country to similar lgbtq events. anderson. >> what investigators found the scene? >> well, anderson, law enforcement is found around 24 shell casings here. that is according to law enforcement. sources telling my colleague john miller what evidence was collected here. and that'

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whitney wild is in north carolina. and she filed this report. >> there is a lot more we don't know than we do know. law enforcement here saying the fbi is involved as well as the state bureau of investigation. right now all they can say is these two substations sustained gun fire and one of the gates leading into the substations appears to have been taken off the hinges. as far as the motive, law enforcement can't say what the reason is. there had been some talk on social media that this may have been connected to a drag show somewhere in moore county. however, law enforcement can't say that's the motive right now until they're able to figure out who did this and they say they have no idea who did this, the motive is going to be extremely difficult to figure out. meanwhile, here in moore county, schools are closed until at least tomorrow. again, more than 40,000 people are without power. the likelihood here is that power won't be restored until thursday. whitney wild, moore county. >> so we'll keep in touch and update

. >> first let's get you caught up with this morning's headlines with whitney wilde. >> good morningnd merry christmas to you, if you're celebrating at home. we begin with this brutal weather storm. at least 22 deaths are blamed on the storm and more than a quarter million people are without electricity. more than 3,400 flights were cancelled yesterday and another 1,200 have been cancelled so far today. new york's governor kathy hochul is asking for help. >> reporter: here in buffalo, new york, what is widely considered as ground zero of this massive winter storm, driving around is not only treacherous, it is prohibited, especially for nonemergency reasons. you have vehicles that have basically been abandoned. what authorities will do through the evening and through the day, they will continue working around the clock that anyone that needs rescuing gets the attention that they need. the mayor of buffalo estimating there could be as many as 200 people still stranded around the city. they rescued 65 individuals and sadly on saturday the mayor confirming the death of an individual who

whitney wild is live in moore county, north carolina. do they have a sense of motive? why someone laid into the substations with gunfire? >> reporter: we don't know. what law enforcement has said at this press conference yesterday when they were going through some of the details and information that they've been watching is that there had been chatter on social media that this was somehow connected to a drag show that was scheduled to take place around the same time that the power weren't out in moore county. the drag show in moore county. will you law enforcement not prepared to say the two events are connected. they have no evidence to suggest this was a reaction to that or was an attempt to try to shut that down. so that remains an open question at this point. nothing more than social media rumors. but the fbi is involved and the state bureau of investigation. this is an all hands on deck situation here. as many law enforcement locally try to investigate why someone would go this and how they committed this crime. so what law enforcement is prepared to say at this p

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