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hello, welcome to "cnn newsroom." we begin with this monster winter storm. its core is hovering over the great lakes, and its trailing arctic air is causing power outages and dangerous travel conditions two days before christmas. life-threatening windchills have permeated all the way to the gulf coast, over 70 million americans are experiencing below freezing temperatures, that includes the entire state of texas. this videos from kentucky where the governor has just confirmed three peo...

have been empty for more than six weeks. >> reporter: as for this family -- >> its frustrating and its scary. first we couldnt feed our children because of the infant formula shortage and now were facing another challenge with being able to take basic care of them. >> reporter: athena jones, cnn, new york. hello. im kristen fisher. welcome to "cnn newsroom." this massive winter storm system is barrelling towards the east coast this hour, and this arctic chill is straining the power g...

great to have you here, jacqui. >> jacqui: im jacqui heinrich in for john roberts, hes off today. a crime story terrifying people on the north side of chicago. just this morning, a spray of bullets ringing out at a frat house party to kick off homecoming weekend at southern university in baton rouge leaving nine people wounded. >> sandra: about this time yesterday in cleveland when a gunman stormed a barber shop and shot five people, one of the wounded still fighting for his life. >> j...

public outreach to state officials to try to get them to overturn their election results. >> the gop electors are on the governors certificate. >> im not going to get into a political debate. >> reporter: the investigation also discovered a nearly 23-minute phone call between someone at the white house and john eastman on the same day the conservative attorney wrote a now infamous memo laying out how pence could block the certification of the electoral college vote. >> state election o...

>> this is all so disturbing. good morning, everyone. thank you so much for joining us this morning. the memphis officer who said that he wanted to stomp tyre nichols off the streets along with another officer and several emts. were going to have more on the firings and the fallouts continue to grow here. millions of americans across the south waking up to a brutal ice storm. well tell you when and where to expect treacherous conditions, including sub zero temps. and former preside...

this predator as a neighbor and they may not know it. one of the victims will tell us what she is thinking knowing the man who attacked her will soon walk free. im sandra smith in new york. mike, great to have you here today. >> mike: great to be here, mike emanuel in for john roberts. >> sandra: tiffany was 13 years old, one of the nine attacks he has admitted to. we will hear her message, and the bureaucrats decided he only had to serve part. and the race to control congress a month ...

through something like this. >> yet again, black parents grieve a sons death from police brutality. its a story that dates back to the very origins of america. and its a history that conservatives are fighting very, very hard to eliminate from our schools. >> also tonight, the unanswered questions in tyre nichols death and the police chief responsible for hyperaggressive police units with names like scorpion and red dog. plus, the possibility that a former fbi official accused of sec...

news out of the vatican. the former pope emeritus benedict has died at the age of 95. >> with sorrow, we inform you that the pope emeritus benedict xvi passed away, today, this morning, at 9:34 in the mater echess yamon tia mona stare. >> he was the first pope to resign, rather than stay in office for life. he was a controversial at times member of church. >> lets go to barbie nadeau in st. peters square right now. barbie, im curious, there were a lot of people already in the square an...

house speaker nancy pelosi and violently attacked her husband with a hammer. sources say 82-year-old paul pelosi was taken into surgery for a skull fracture. he is expected to make a full recovery. this all started just before 2:30 pacific time at the pelosi home in san francisco where sources say the male suspect confronted paul pelosi screaming, where is nancy, and tried to tie him up, quote, until nancy got home. shortly thereafter, police arrived on the scene. >> the suspect pulled...

motivated, but you could expect to learn more information about perhaps what was on the digital feed of the individual who was there and struck paul pelosi at least once with a hammer. that much we know. we also know it was paul pelosi who called 911. and through that call, a dispatcher very well saved his life. much more information on all this coming in. the news continues, so lets hand it over to jake tapper and "cnn tonight." welcome to "cnn tonight." im jake tapper in washington...