hello, welcome to our viewers joining us here from the united states and all over the world, you are watching cnn newsroom and i m rosemary church. just ahead, heavy snowfall along the west coast leaves hundreds of residents stranded, and the situation across the northeast does not look much better. we will bring you the latest on extreme weather pummeling parts of the united states. a stunning admission under oath, the chair of the fox corporation, rupert murdaugh, acknowledges that fox news anchors pushed a election lies on air. reports of crumbling morale and desperation within the russian military. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. we begin with extreme weather in the united states, as a winter storm is pummeling parts of the country with heavy snow and rain. nearly 50 million people are under winter weather alerts, across the northeast. new york s governor says parts of the state could see up to a foot of snow. schools in connec
with permission, mr speaker, i would like to make a seven on the northern ireland protocol. after weeks of negotiations, today we have made a decisive breakthrough. the windsor framework delivers free floating trade within the whole night kingdom. it protects northern ireland s place in our union and it safeguards sovereignty for the people of northern ireland. by achieving all this, it preserves the delicate balance inherent in the belfast good friday agreement. mr speaker, does what many said could not be done. removing thousands of pages of eu laws and making permanent weekly binding changes to the protocol treaty itself. that is the protocol treaty itself. that is the breakthrough we have made, those are the changes we will deliver, now is the time to move forward as one united kingdom. mr speaker, before i turn to the details, let us remind ourselves why this matters. it matters because at the heart of the belfast good friday agreement and the reason it has endured for a
brexit addendum meant to prevent a hard a border on the island, by keeping northern ireland aligned with the eu. under the windsor framework, tradable flow freely via green lanes and red lanes. mainland goods for the republic of ireland go in the red lane, while the checkfree green lane is meant for goods staying in northern ireland. the british prime minister says this decisive breakthrough will protect northern ireland s place within the union, while still safeguarding its sovereignty. i also want to speak directly to the unionist community. i understand, and have listened to your frustrations and concerns. it is clearly in the interest of the people, and those of us who are passionate about the cause of unionism, for power- sharing to return. of course, parties will want to consider the agreement in detail , a process which will need time and care.
in the interest of the people and those of us who are passionate about the cause of unionism for power sharing to return. of course parties will want to consider the agreement in detail, a process that will need time and care, and there are of course many voices and perspectives within northern ireland, and it is thejob of government to respect them all, but i have kept the concerns raised by the elected representatives of unionism at the forefront of my mind. because it is their concerns with the protocol that have been so pronounced. and what i can say is this. our goal has been to ensure the economic rights of the people of northern ireland under the act of union and belfast good friday agreement, placing them on an equal footing with the rest of the uk, with respect to tax, trade and the availability of goods. and we have works to end the prospect of trade