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ice, wind chill alerts. plus, the january 6th committee just released the final report recommending donald trump be barred from ever holding office again. and for the first time in public, vladimir putin says what the world has known all along, he's wagging war on ukraine. it is friday. welcome to our viewers in the you states and around the world. i'm christine romans. let's begin with this. a christmas gut punch from mother nature as a once in a generation storm blasts across the country with the worst yet to come. more than half the u.s. population is under some kind of weat...

Christine in. >> keep us posted. cities across the country are seeing temperatures plunge like never before. in chicago it's not just cold, it's dangerously cold. near 40 below with the wind chill. cnn's omar jimenez is on the ground in the windy and frigid city. >> reporter: it's not just snow, it's wind and cold descending onto the u.s. just days before christmas. over this week more than 80% of the country's population will see at or below freezing temperatures. some places way below like denver where the temperature dropped nearly 40 degrees in just an hour hitting negative 15 by thursda...

Along with the frigid temperatures comes wind, snow, and ice. senior correspondent mike tobin it reports from a frozen chicago tonight where the cold is definitely taking hold. >> wisconsin, michigan, and illinois are under states of emergency, giving governors the power to activate the national guard in advance of possibly record-setting cold descending on the north and central united states, with the cities like chicago set to be the epicenter of this life-threatening weather event. >> the temperatures today, tomorrow, thursday are not to be taken lightly. these are actually a public health ...