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we're joined by realtor lisa blackwell. happy friday. thanks for joining us. >> happy friday and happy new year. >> why do we see this 5% dip? >> well, it sounds promising. i don't know if it's going to last. it's typically a little bit of a dip at this time of year in terms of pricing, and just because it's december, there's holidays, the weather is not as good and things like that. >> what about month over month or year over year. prices are still 10% up compared to last year. so is that normal a 10% rise each year? or is that just the bay area for you? >> so this past year with 10%, '20 to '21, the year prior was even more. >> wow. >> so yeah, it was in the double digits, actually, like in the 20 something, 18, 20, just looking across the bay area. but that's not typical. you usually tell your clients to look out for 5% or 6% appreciation. now it's been more than that for the past few years. so there's been definitely a huge jump in the last couple of years, and that is probably not going to change. we don't see it going down this com

no comment from peloton or blackwells or foley yet. they have super voting shares of the stock.t means it would take significant pressure and stakes from other shareholders to make any changes at the company >>> stock number two kohl's and a possible bidding war days after $64 billion -- $64 per share bid. private equity firm sycamore partners is preparing an offer and reuters show the offer values kohl's at $9 billion or $65 per share. >>> number three, nelson peltz's hedge fund has built a sizable stake in unilever. that is part of the bid to ratchet up pressure on the consumer goods company the size and stake and timing of the buying are not known, but the move comes amid unilever's failed $68 billion consumer health business. in 2017, peltz's bought into p&g at that time peltz loves consumer products companies and served on the bo board of heinz. >>> let's get into the other key headlines. including a simple and insane football weekend we're all exhausted. frances rivera is in new york with more. give the super bowl to the chiefs or bills. that was insane, frances >> all of

but then he stepped back and let his team and blackwell.nt. so he wasn't trying to hog the spotlight. that showed me a lot of courage. >> that for me, is leadership and character. he was the right thing to do was, and he didn't try to hug it for political purposes or the spotlight. you think of somebody like kevin mccarthy, he probably would've hijacked everything, front center trying to take credit for everything. for me, in terms of cowardice, i'm going to have to go back to the ahmaud arbery case. for me that is quintessential cowardice. you see this young man in your neighborhood. you shoot him dead. and justice worked in this particular case. we have a long way to go. but i think it is the epitome of cowardice to see with these mended and extinguishing the life of this young man. >> elise? >> for courage, i have to say the women in afghanistan who are staying and who are fighting for their rights. there are so many brave women, activists, who took to the streets. they said, taliban, you are not going to take our rights. the courage to

happy new year and welcome to newsroom. >> i'm victor blackwell, good to be with you.ed, some schools are remote, government offices are closed. the u.s. is dealing with both this winter storm and what one expect calls a viral blizzard.

." >> i'm victor blackwell. up to 10 million people in ten states are under blizzard warnings in northeast. the weekend nor'easter is expected to create white-out conditions with no visibility at some points. an estimated 75 million people from the southeast to new england may face heavy snow and near hurricane-force winds. >> more than 1100 flights have already been canceled. towns an cities are preparing for potential power outages, coastal flooding and more. we'll have more on that in a second. >>> meanwhile, any moment now, president biden will be speaking in pittsburgh. he was originally heading there to talk about the american economy, but then this morning a frightening new headline presented itself. >> the president arrived in pittsburgh just hours after a major bridge collapse in the city. a few moments ago the president visited the collapsed bridge to see the devastation for himself. now the pictures, they are striking. you could see a bus, look at this, dangling over one part of the bridge. as several

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i'm victor blackwell. welcome to "newsroom." >> i'm alisyn camerota. we start with breaking news.th attack on the u.s. capitol. the justice department just announcing charges against 11 people with the count of seditious conspiracy. >> among them is stewart rhodes, the leader of the far-right group, the oath keepers. now, there have been more than

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the election reform law and they move the all-star game to denver, one of the minority owners can blackwellf the cincinnati reds pointed out to the commissioner, if i ordered tickets to the baseball game and i show up with my utility bill that will call, you won't give me the tickets. those on the left today, they seemed very comfortable mandating that you show your papers including health papers, not just identification, to go to a restaurant. and we all know minorities have gotten the shots at a lower rate and i hear no complaints or concerns about the loss of access for minorities. real identification that is verifiable and understandable in each state like a driver's license though not exclusively so is much more appropriate. a photo id is a real id. anybody can fake a utility bill or a bank statement. they don't have security features that government forms of identification has. every state that requires real identification, photo identification, provides it for free. that's the way it should be. i strongly support that. and it is an appropriate access element. the fact of the matter i

i'm victor blackwell. welcome to "newsroom." >> i'm alisyn camerota. we start with breaking news.or the first time, federal prosecutors have filed charges of sedition for the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol. the justice department just announcing charges against 11 people with the count of seditious conspiracy. >> among them is stewart rhodes, the leader of the far-right group, the oath keepers. now, there have been more than 725 people arrested in relation to the attack on the capitol. let's go to cnn senior justice correspondent evan perez and cnn senior legal analyst, elie honig. talk about this arrest of stewart rhodes. >> yeah, victor and alisyn, this is a major, major step in this investigation. and the arrest today of stewart rhodes and another prominent member of the oath keepers, his name is edward vallejo, his arrest happened in arizona and in rhodes's case, he was in texas. they're now charged with seditious conspiracy and this is a case that the justice department has been hinting at in court filings against some of the other members of the oath keepers who are

." >> and i'm victor blackwell. it is good to be with you.t biden will speak with the european leaders as the responsibility of a russian invasion into ukraine seems more imminent. the white house is in its initial -- rather i should say final stages of deciding which military units to send to eastern europe. tens of thousands of russian troops have amassed along the ukraine border. >> nato allies are putting forces on stand by and sending additional ships anz fighter

an indication of their work, earlier in 1906 john c homestead teamed up with architect charles c blackwell to design a formal and symmetrical plan at the university of illinois. which remains a very important part of the university of illinois campus. when reviewing the experiences of the olmsted of the planning of the universities in the late 19 in early 20 century, some teams are currently many hard-working landscape architects today they were always out there pitching their firm to do work. were also reminded by the power that can be welded by a strong will president trustee or administrator, the town got relationships were and remain important. we see how building architects and landscape architects can bring conflicting incompatible visions. we see how some building architects undervalue the skills of landscape architects while inflating their own. there is idealism and inequity. we also reminded about how a strong vision such as idaho's administrative ohio state florida's plaza the america alabama a& norma hill can create an identity or a place that is remembered and celebrated throu

. >>> peloton is the story that keeps giving a source confirmed that blackwell capital is pushing pelotono ask the ceo john foley for a sale the stand was first reported in the wall street journal. this is after $2.5 billion loss last week. following the cnbc reports that the company is halting production of the fitness machine. it gives foley and others a supermajority in the votes julianna >>> let's talk about kohl's. it could value the company at $9 billion. sycamore partners is willing to pay $65 a share. topping the bid from last week it is backed by star board value. kohl's has been under pressure with two major shareholders purcha pushing for a sale kohl's has been under a huge amount of pressure we had the kohl's ceo on in december he made it clear that my number one priority of the board is to drive shareholder value. i think it will be fascinating to see how kohl's responds to this bidding war and whether we do see them capitulate and sell some of its business some or all. kohl's has been a classic retail store trying to compete with online giants and partnering with amazon to a

i'm victor blackwell. >> we're following breaking news on the insurrection investigation. the january 6th, select committee has issued subpoenas to people tied to the fake electors plot. >> what do we know about the subpoenas? >> the committee has issued it for 14 republicans from seven states who served on bogus slates of trump electors in 2020 as part of the scheme to subvert the electoral college. the gop leaders served as state or chair designed to be alternated if republicans were to have succeeds in denying the certifications of actual electoral votes that were won by joe biden. the tarpgets today have not household names. this alternate slate has become a big focus not only for the select committee but for other investigators as well. deputy attorney general told our colleague evan perez earlier this week that the justice department is looking into this effort to see if there was any criminal wrong doing. the eft to file fake electoral slates has direct ties to the trump campaign. rudy giuliani coordinated this effort. the scheme did not work and then vice president

blackwell put out a pretty extensive letter for why they should consider selling the company.onse yet, but we've got an 8% drawdown on shares right now. we should point out fully, who was the cofounder of the company, has it inordinate amount of voting power. we are keeping an eye on tech stocks after that massive loss on friday. that is the risk sentiment right now, at least as far as it comes to tech stocks. apple down a couple of percentage points. snap heading towards its fifth straight day of losses. bitcoin right now down about 50% from that $67,000 peak we saw in november. basically every stock tied to the crypto sphere lower in the premarket. tom: we will have team coverage on bloomberg radio, 10:00 a.m. matthew malik -- matthew miller and tom sweeney will dive into the crypto morass. swiss franc got the new strength. nasdaq futures, -0.7% is something i am looking at as well. it is a most wonderful time to speak to thierry wizman, global interest rate and currency strategist asthma quarry. -- at macquarie. what i want to do right now is take the really important comme

. ♪ >>> hello, i'm victor blackwell and you're watching cnn's special coverage of the one-year anniversarysyn camerota. president biden marked this day with an important speech, and it was a different speech than he usually gives because he spoke directly about donald trump's danger to democracy. though he never mentioned trump by name, president biden

protests, is that he -- keith ellison stepped in but then he stepped back and let his team, hannah blackwell to hog the spotlight. that showed me a lot of courage. >> exactly. that, for me, is leadership and character, because he knew what the right thing to do was, and he didn't try to hog it for political purposes or the spotlight. you think of somebody like kevin mccarthy. he would have probably hijacked everything and would have been front and center there trying to take credit for every step of the way. for me. but in terms of cowardice, i'm going to have to go back to the ahmaud arbery case and the three men who killed ahmaud arbery because that's quintessential cowardice. you see this young man in your neighborhood, and what do you do? you shoot him dead. and justice worked in this particular case. we have long way to go. i think it is the epitome of cowardice to see what these men did in extinguishing the life of this young man. >> elise? >> for courage, i have to say the women in afghanistan who are staying and who are fighting for their rights, and there are just so many brave wome

>>> top of the hour on "cnn newsroom," i'm victor blackwell. >> and i'm alisyn camerota. we have two attempts of the january 6 committee. iv they are seeking a voluntary interview with ivanka trump to know why this has been kept secret for so long. >> this was january 2nd of 2021, georgia da requests a grand jury for the trump election probe. >> i just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have. >> we're with sara murray. sara, tell us why the doj requested this grand jury. >> now ivanka trump sent a letter to the grand jury. she wants to compel witnesses to testify with subpoenas and more readily gather evidence. as you pointed out, this stemmed from the recording of this incredible call between former president donald trump and brad raffensperger. here is a portion of that. >> the people of georgia are angry. the people of the country are angry, and there is nothing wrong with saying that, you know, that you've recalculated. >> mr. president, the challenge that you have is the data you have is wrong. >> reporter: now, in her letter, willis says they're ha

. >> and i'm victor blackwell. we're starting this hour with this devastating apartment building fire in the bronx. the deadliest fire in new york city if more than 30 years. now the number of people killed was revised to at least 17 people including eight children. >> the fire is being blamed on a faulty space heater. dozens more were injured, 32 people went to the hospital with life-threatening conditions. and officials say the death toll could climb. so firefighters say they found victims on every floor of this building. many survivors feared they would not make it out. >> i would see the flames an the smoke and everything and coming into my apartment. okay. you're being trapped somewhere as you see we have no fire escapes, and obviously the building was not fireproof like we thought it was. just smoke coming in, just the fact that we're in a building that is burning and you don't know how you're going to get out. >> brin ging grass is joining us. there was just a briefing from officials. what did you learn? >>

i'm victor blackwell. >> let's get to our breaking news.that supreme court justice stephen breyer plans to retire. >> white house press secretary reiterated the president's come pain promise that in the event of a vacancy, he would not nate the first black woman to the court. >> president has stated and reiterated his commitment to nominating black woman to supreme court and certainly stands by that. >> justice breyer plans to stay on until june and until a replacement is confirmed. what more is the white house saying? >> certainly this big news out of the supreme court is consuming the day here at the white house. as you heard white house press secretary jen psaki, as soon as she took the podium getting a lot of questions about this news.

. >>> hello, i'm victor blackwell, good to be with you. >> and i'm alisyn camerota.dent biden will lay out his latest plan to tackle the rapid explosion of coronavirus cases. the u.s. breaking its daily case count record every day for the last week. we are now averaging almost half a million new infections a day. the cdc reports more than 95% of those cases are the omicron variant. >> and we're just getting this

. >> and i'm victor blackwell.ding fire in the bronx. the deadliest fire in new york city if more than 30 years. now the number of people killed was revised to at least 17 people including eight children. >> the fire is being blamed on a faulty space heater. dozens more were injured, 32 people went to the hospital with life-threatening conditions. and officials say the death toll

kids who need it most— at helpfosterchildren.com >>> hello, it is good to be with you, i'm victor blackwellled his most urgent plea yet for voting rights. first, in this hour, he will visit the final resting place of martin luther king jr. then he'll give a speech to push for two federal laws that would standardize elections. it's an effort to combat a slew of new laws put in place by republican state legislatures to restrict voting

. >>> hello, i'm victor blackwell and welcome into the actual literal cnn "newsroom." >> we're back.improving with covid. it is great to be back with you. >> good to be with you. >> and i'm alisyn camerota. the district attorney in georgia investigating former president trump is asking the fbi for extra security after donald

. >> i'm victor blackwell. president biden was scheduled to speak with ukrainian president zelensky last hour as tensions along the border persist. a source has told cnn zelensky is expected to tell president biden he's concerned about the rhetoric from the u.s. and other allies about the situation in his country. >> the united states reportedly made no concessions to russia in its written responses to the kremlin's security demands, and the russian foreign minister said there is, quote, no positive reaction, end quote, because it fails to address his government's main concern. sam kiley is in kyiv for us. do we know any more about this call from the ukrainians? >> reporter: well, no, we don't know any detail yet. we haven't had a readout from that call. there are indications of what the substance of it it would be, as victor was saying about some of the rhetoric. now we unpick how president zelensky has been reacting to some of the statements made by the united states and others, particularly the united kingdo

. >> i'm victor blackwell.ons into the aftermath of the 2020 election. first, let's go to georgia. the fulton county district attorney is requesting a special grand jury to help the investigation into donald trump in his efforts to overturn the state's 2020 election results. now, this centers around the former president's phone call on

. >> i'm victor blackwell. breaking news on two investigations into the aftermath of the 2020 election. first, let's go to georgia. the fulton county district attorney is requesting a special grand jury to help the investigation into donald trump in his efforts to overturn the state's 2020 election results. now, this centers around the former president's phone call on january 2nd last year with georgia secretary of state where trump urged the republican to find votes to help him win. >> also, breaking this afternoon, the house committee investigating the january 6th attack wants to interview former first daughter and white house adviser ivanka trump. let's begin with sara murray following the developments out of fulton county georgia. sarah, explain how a dgrand jur could change the investigation. >> she's been looking into donald trump and his allies for a year in their efforts to overturn the results in the georgia 2020 election and whether that's criminal. it allows her to essentially compel witnesses to gat

good to be with you, i'm victor blackwell. >> and i'm alisyn camerota.ity leader mitch mcconnell just slammed president biden's speech pushing for a change to the senate's filibuster

i'm victor blackwell. >> and i'm alisyn camerota. the u.s. begins 2022 with a winter blizzard and a viral blizzard. more than 20 million americans are under weather alerts from the southeast to new england. this is the region's first major snowstorm of the season. in the meantime, the omicron variant has driven the average new infections to a record breaking 404,000 a day. >> hospitalizations are rising at a slower rate, but we are now learning that there are 100,000 people in the u.s. in hospitals with covid. this double hit has led to major disruptions, schools and businesses and travel. one major airport has ordered a ground stop because of the severe weather, and that is on top of the 17,000 plus flights that have been cancelled since christmas eve from staff sickouts because of covid. we begin the hour with cnn aviation correspondent pete muntean at reagan national. first, talk about this ground stop, and when potentially flights will resume. >> well, the good news here victor, is that we just learned that the ground stop for flights com

. >>> hello, i'm victor blackwell. thank you for joining us. >> and i'm alisyn camerota.8500 u.s. troops on heightened alert. all signs of the mounting fears that a russian invasion is getting closer. >> the kremlin said putting troops on alert is furth

>>> hello, i'm victor blackwell. thank you for joining us. >> and i'm alisyn camerota. today weapons arrived from ukraine from the u.s. just hours after president biden put about 8500 u.s. troops on heightened alert. all signs of the mounting fears that a russian invasion is getting closer. >> the kremlin said putting troops on alert is further escalating tensions in the region despite the fact that it is vladimir putin who has positioned more than 120,000 forces along ukraine's border. head of nato says that he is hopeful diplomacy will prevail. >> it still is diplomatic way out, but that requires that russia deescalates and engages in good faith it in political talks with nato and nato allies. and whether russia is willing to do that, this that remains to be seen. that i toe will not deploy nato troops to ukraine, but we need to be sure that there is no misunderstanding about our readiness, our commitment to protect and defend all allies especially in the eastern part of the alliance. >> and sam kiley is in kiev. sam, how are ukranian officials responding to these lat

i'm victor blackwell. >> and i'm alisyn camerota. the u.s. is trying to deter russia from invading ukraine. cnn has learned that the biden administration is considering new military options to help ukraine defend itself from a possible russian invasion. >> secretary of state antony blinken will meet face-to-face with his russian counter part in geneva. in a few hours, he'll travel to kiev to meet with the ukrainian president tomorrow and on to germany in search of european allies to avoid war. world leaders are on edge because of increased military drills near the ukrainian border. frederik pleitgen is in moscow. what are the russians saying about all of this. >> reporter: the russianings continue to say they believe they are not the ones threatening anybody. one of the interesting things is also before secretary of state blinken is going to meet the german foreign minister in b berlin. she mess with sergiy lavrov. the germans key in all of this because of the pipeline, the project between russia and germany. if there are further military adv

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. >> i'm victor blackwell. it is a major breaking news day.irst this new indictment in the january 6 investigation reveals how one far right group prepared for potential violence. the justice department has charged 11 defendants with seditious conspiracy. meantime the supreme court has blocked president trump's testing mandate for large businesses, but it allows vaccine mandates for health care workers to take effect. >> and this after biden's agenda took another blow on capitol hill, congresswoman sinema has put a stop to the vote. u.s. attorney kim wheeling, josh campbell and analyst el elie hoenig. tell us about this. >> this is a major step the department has taken. we've seen this from the ground up. what we have now is charges against stuart rose, who is a founder of the oathkeepers, a far right anti-government association, and ten others who are now charged with seditious conspiracy. part of what the government is alleging here is that essentially they carried out a paramilitary plan, essentially, that was an effort to prevent, hinder a

capital calling for the ceo to step down blackwell says peloton haas gotten too big for our ceo to lead he does have voting control, though, and finally, unilever, trionpartners reportedly building a stake in the consumer giant as he looks to put pressure on that company unilever recently received backlash over its pursuit of glaxosmithkline's consumer business the stock shot up 8.5% what i would add there, they're not commenting on this news, is that all you have to do is look at a stock chart of unilever against procter & gamble, which is a big competitor, one that pelts, remember, had that big proxy fight, ended up on the board, and helped p&g steer through pretty big changes when it came to restructuring the business p&g has been such a big outperformer since that march addition march 2018, of nelson on the board. look what's happened p&g up 105%. unilever up only 4%. it has been a huge disappointment, unilever, that is peltz stepped off p&g because he wasn't needed there anymore. they announced a new ceo, and they have been outperforming unilever has some of the similar problems th

. >> i'm victor blackwell. a short time from now the leader of the oath keepers is due to appear in federal court. stewart rhodes is one of 11 defendants who are charged with sedition for involvement in the january 6 insurrection. >> these are the most significant charges in the investigation so far. prosecutors say rhodes and others used encrypted communications to coordinate actions leading up to january 6. and prosecutors say rhodes was planning for violence well beyond january 6. they say in the week after the attack, on the capitol, he spend more than $17,000 on weapons and equipment and ammunition and before inauguration day he tried to organize local militia to oppose by force the transfer of power. >> ed lavendera joins us from plano, texas, outside of the courthouse. what will we see. >> reporter: well stewart rhodes is scheduled to appear in the next hour. it is a brief hearing for his initial appearance. the day after stuart rhodes was arrested in a suburb of the dallas-fort worth area and according

logger at the bottom of the nasdaq right now 9.8% shares are tumbling in yesterday's report with blackwell'slly removed, that is to pressuring the stock peloton down 24% year to date. check the dow down 93 points, tensions between ukraine and russia reach a boiling point a group of hackers from belarus who called themselves the cyber partisans sent out a tweet today saying they have targeted national railway company in effort to hinder russian troop and military equipment movement heading to ukraine. this is the u.s. cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency sent out a warning to all american companies and government agencies warning of an imminent threat for a cyber attack. u.s. companies estate of cybersecurity resilience report there were on average 270 cyber attacks per company last year, 31% increase from 2020. with companies on edge, what are data storage companies doing to help them prepare joy to be in an exclusive interview george carrion. i'm glad you are here, obviously the big news has been very, very focused on what is going on with russia and ukraine, net app is the firs

." >> and i'm victor blackwell. it is good to be with you. next hour, president biden will speak with the european leaders as the responsibility of a russian invasion into ukraine seems more imminent. the white house is in its initial -- rather i should say final stages of deciding which military units to send to eastern europe. tens of thousands of russian troops have amassed along the ukraine border. >> nato allies are putting forces on stand by and sending additional ships anz fighter jets to the region and they will reduce staff at the american embassy in kyiv, because of quote, continued threats of significant russian military action. so let's begin with kaitlan collins. so what is the plan for the video call next hour? >> well this is a call that has about nine leaders on there from europe. ukraine is not on this call. we just asked the white house about that. they poipnted to other conversations the biden administration has had with them, and including tony blinkent, but this is not on this call that will happen this afternoon from the

. >> i'm victor blackwell, good to be with you. flights are canceled, some schools are remote, government offices are closed. the u.s. is dealing with both this winter storm and what one expect calls a viral blizzard. more than 20 million americans are nr under winter weather alerts from the southeast to new england, it is the region's first major snowstorm of the season and the year. >> at the same time, the omicron variant has driven the seven-day average of new covid infections to a record-breaking 404,000 aday. and this is news that so many parents have been waiting for, the fda just authorized the pfizer booster for kids ages 12 to 15. and it shortened the time for how long to wait before getting a booster. cnn's alexandria field takes us through the latest developments. >> if you look at the upstrict, it is a vertical increase. >> amid a tsunami of new covid cases, the dale a average topped 400,000 for the first time. the fda making maimer moves to add layer protection for booster shots for kids age 12 to 15 shortening the in

>>> hello, i'm victor blackwell and welcome into the actual literal cnn "newsroom." >> we're back. let's hope it is a sign of the times and that things are improving with covid. it is great to be back with you. >> good to be with you. >> and i'm alisyn camerota. the district attorney in georgia investigating former president trump is asking the fbi for extra security after donald trump used incendiary language. >> if these radical vicious racist prosecutors do anything wrong or illegal, i hope we are going to have in this country the biggest protest we have ever had in washington, d.c. in new york, in atlanta and elsewhere because our country and our elections are corrupt. their corrupt. >> at that same rally, trump gave a glimpse into a possible second term. he said he would pardon january 6 insurrectionists if he wined in 2024. jessica schneider joins us now. tell us about this letter that the fulton county d.a. sent to the fbi. >> the d.a. is raising the alarm on trump's rhetoric and asking the fbi now for help. this is a request that went out by letter. it was sent almost immed

i'm victor blackwell. alisyn is off. more than 50 million people are under winter weather warnings across the east coast. in the southeast yesterday, this brutal storm brought freezing rain and snow and ice to a region where this kind of thing is rare. more than 215,000 people are still without power. road conditions are dangerous as crews are working to clear the snow before low temperatures set in causing slick and icy conditions. north carolina highway patrol has responded to more than 600 car accidents because of the storm. this storm is also causing major disruptions and headaches for air travelers. cnn's pete muntean is at reagan national airport outside of washington, d.c. so i know thousands of flights yesterday, how many today have been cancelled or impacted? >> reporter: we're still seeing the reverb from yesterday, victor. 1,600 flights cancelled today so far according to flight aware. 3,000 cancelled yesterday, so the travel chaos really not done just yet because this snow, as you mentioned, hits if places th

. >> i'm victor blackwell. the legal troubles are piling up for former president trump and his allies who tried to overturn the election. sources tell cnn the january 6th committee has received hundreds of pages of trump white house documents today from the national archives, now that the supreme court has cleared the way. >> we're also learning new details about how top trump campaign officials and allies led by rudy giuliani allegedly oversaw efforts to try to steal the election by putting forward fake electors from seven states that trump lost. also this week an atlanta area district attorney requested a special grand jury to investigate the former president's election interference in georgia, and trump family members are also under the legal spotlight as the january 6th committee is asking ivanka trump to cooperate and has subpoenaed phone records from other trump family members. >> we're starting, though, with the breaking news, today. the department of justice has just charged a texas man for allegedly ma

. >> i'm victor blackwell.ident trump and his allies who tried to overturn the election. sources tell cnn the january 6th committee has received hundreds of pages of trump white house documents today from the national archives, now that the supreme court has cleared the way. >> we're also learning new details about how top trump campaign officials and allies led by rudy giuliani allegedly oversaw effortto

." >> i'm victor blackwell. it is good to be with you.ng new signs that russia is preparing to invade ukraine. cnn is learning that the biden administration is now weighing more military support for ukraine to resist russia's advances if it invades. secretary of state antony blinken will meet face-to-face with his russian counterpart later this week in geneva and in just a few hours, blinken will travel to kiev to meet with the uk

i'm victor blackwell. >> and i'm alisyn camerota. new developments in the investigation into that devastating apartment fire in the bronx. the deadly fire in new york city in more than 30 years. the number of people killed was revised to at least 17 people, including eight children. but officials warn that number could climb. we do have some positive news this hour, and that is that only eight people remain hospitalized. the fire appears to have been started by a malfunctioning space heater on the third floor of this 19-store building. >> cnn's shimon prokupecz is live in the bronx. shimon, a revision of those numbers. sometimes that happens in the immediacy of an event like this. what else did you learn? >> yeah, and that happens because some of the numbers are doubled up. the fire commissioner said. the thing now is really it's focusing on the community. all really living in this one building where this fire happened. that's what now the community is doing. that is what city officials trying to figure out exactly who died, who's in