anna stewart for us. thanks so much, anna. >>> a winter storm expected as strong as a hurricane and snow measured in feet is headed for parts of the northeastern united states. we break down what to expect. good morning. >> good morning, isa. weather going to get very interesting this weekend across parts of the northeastern united states. look at the map now, nothing going wrong with the exception of lake enhanced snow showers and few scattered showers around portions of florida. on the eastern half of the u.s. and it is a telltale sign of what is ahead of us. frontal boundary setting that into motion here, going to set the stage for the wintry weather we're expecting here. but notice the alerts already in place. eastern massachusetts, portions of rhode island, national weather service here already prompting these winter weather watches for potentially as much as a foot and a half of snowfall or about that amount. but what we're looking at here is that's the region that has the highest probability of seei

anna stewart, i know you'll stay on top of it. very much, anna. >>> now, qr codes have become a part of daily life since the pandemic began. the fbi is warning scammers a using the technology to hijack people's payments and steal their data. they say to carefully check websites and download apps straight from the app store. the warning comes after fake qr code stickers were found on more than two dozen parking stations in austin, texas. >>> now, the university of michigan says it will pay nearly $500 million to more than a thousand people who say they were abused by a former university physician. dr. robert anderson, who worked at the school from 1966 to 2003, had been accused offer has been accused, i should say, of sexual assault against hundreds of students. he died in 2008. the settlement agreement includes $30 million for any future claimants. >>> now, tonga begins a long road to recovery after being hit with a massive volcano and tsunami. next, international aid starts to trickle in as we hear from survivors about the situati

anna stewart there in london for us. now, affordable couches and pillows may be coming to a town near why you. big lots plans to open 500 new stores in several years in new towns and areas as well. the discount home furnishing chain has done very little expanding in recent years, but does have about 1400 stores in 47 states. >>> now, taco bell is waving good-bye to its wings. fans of the dish have just a few hours to get them before they fly off the menu. the popular fast food chain launched the crispy chicken as a limited time offer giving them a short time to gobble them up. expected to drum up attention for the chain. >>> thank you for watching. i'm isa soares in london. do stay in touch with me. "early start" with christine romans and laura jarrett is up next. i shall see you next week. i'm off tomorrow. bye-bye. up at 2:00am again? tonight, try pure zzzs all night. unlike other sleep aids, our extended release melatonin helps you sleep longer. and longer. zzzquil pure zzzs all night. fall asleep. stay asleep. do you

cnn's anna stewart has the details. >> reporter: i'm anna stewart in london.rtificate of air worthiness. potentially moving them a step closer to reality. the air car was granted approval by slovakian authorities after completing more than 70 hours of test flights, including more than 200 takeoffs and landings. in one of those flights last year, the air car spent 35 minutes flying between two cities in slovakia after landing the aircraft was transformed into a car and drive noon into city center. don't expect it to land in a car showroom near you, it is a concept car and you'll need to be a qualified pilot to fly one. >> anna stewart, i love that thing, but you're not fitting into a compact spot with that. >> no. no. hard to parallel park in the air, i'm told. >> i love it. so we do have some more on the breaking news this morning. pfizer is actually about to launch trials for its omicron specific vaccine. how soon is that going to be available? >> plus, children in atlanta and chicago killed by stray bullets as the violence swirls in new york city. its mayor

cnn's anna stewart is monitoring all this for us. and, anna, they are delaying it. do we know how long the delay is for? and if they are delaying, why are some airlines cancelling? >> reporter: good question, yes. the telecomes are delaying the implementation of 5g. no real time frame there. one wouldn't imagine they want to delay it for long. it's not the first time they had to delay the rollout on account of aviation concerns. they believe the faa, the aviation regulator, has had plenty of time to look through this, to certify aircraft, to ensure it all went smoothly. so there's been a lot of frustration over the last 24 hours. verizon, at&t, also point to the fact that some 40 other countries around the world have implemented 5g without any aviation disruption. now, there are certain specifics that are actually different region to region and country to country. now, this was hoped, of course, without any disruption. it hasn't entirely. lots of airlines have decided, international ones, big long haul flights from asia, have decided to cancel certain routes. or the

anna stewart joins us now from london. anna, as you aptly put it, the royal faemily essentially fired prince andrew. he's lost his job, and the tabloids are really making a appoint of it this morning. >> reporter: that is how the news is running here pretty much every front page, driven out from the daily mail, thrown out, great pun from the sun. queen freezes out prince andrew. it shows how people are viewing this. this is a decision that came right from the top. was it jumping the gun given that prince andrew denies any of the sexual abuse allegations, and obviously hasn't yet been found guilty, or was this decision taken rather late, given how damaging the story has been now for years? the allegations, prince andrew's conduct through the investigation, not cooperating, the disastrous interview with the bbc's news night a couple years ago. so on and so on. and this is going to get more damaging still. because the case has not been thrown out, which was the primary plan for prince andrew's legal team that's correct was rul

anna stewart there for us. thank you so much. >>> now the u.s. and its nato allies say their efforts are focused on deterring russia, but if russian forces do invade, one expert says ukrainians will put up strong resistance. listen to this. >> president putin has had -- done the opposite of what he's interested in doing, which is he has united ukrainians, certainly the military, united the civilians on the east and west, no matter what language they speak, united them against him. they will resist. mr. putin has the decision. we hope he's deterred. we hope he'll cost up. decide it's just not worth it. better to sit down and have that discussion with president biden. but if he does go, if he does not deter, then he will have a fight on his hands, first with the ukrainian military but also the ukrainian people will resist, will fight guerrilla warfare. they will fight in the villages, on the streets, in the towns. it will be very difficult. >> cnn will continue following this story as well as every detail, every angle and development. we'll bring y

cnn's anna stewart joins me live here. anies agreed yesterday that they would actually limit the rollout of 5g near the airport. so why all the flight cancellations? >> reporter: yeah, despite that 11th hour decision, cancellations from emirates, india, ana, japan airlines and just in the last couple of hours lufthansa is cancelling a flight from frankfurt to miami. and also to avoid further cancellations, many are stopping air aircraft -- swapping aircraft around to avoid 5g interference. why the cancellations, why the disruption given the delays of the 5g rollout near certain airports? so many airlines had to make a decision yesterday. they're long haul flights. they had to let staff and passengers know what was going on. also the nature of yesterday, we saw such chaotic mixed messages. you had the airlines saying they were facing catastrophic disruption, calling for a delay. you had mobile operators saying it was safe, but the faa had had long enough. they delayed this decision before. they didn't want to delay it again.

cnn's anna stewart joins us from london. don't think it can be overstated how important this russia story is to global energy prices and potential disruptions to, you know, the stuff that the world still works on. >> reporter: president biden thaeld video call with european leaders that you were just speaking to jasmine about earlier. he said they are preparing for what would have massive effects on russia. it would be extremely damaging for russia, whether it's crucrush i cutting russia off or germany has the power not to certify the pipeline. in terms of the ripple effects, in terms of financial markets, all of the western allies are invested in russia. businesses have a history. there is a huge potential for russian retaliation. that is particularly important when you rely on 40% oil. and they are withholding gas exports. energy security is at stake. that video call between president biden and european leaders certainly gave the impression of unity. behind closed doors it is likely there is some division especially when i