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roadways and the country. big portions of the country at least. this is in utah where stranded cars line the interstate, crews working to clear the snow this morning, and in the air severe weather has forced airlines to cancel nearly 1500 flights so far today. let's bring in cnn's adrienne broaddus live outside minneapolis. the last time we saw you, the wind was at your back. it looks like it's hitting the side of your face and snow still coming down. what are you seeing and feeling? >> reporter: you know what, i feel great, thank you for asking. it's snowing. the snow is starting to...

And so it will be much, much harder and they know that and they're also holding their economy and resilience isolating certain company, et cetera, to avoid the implications of sanctions so they're hardening their economy to protect themselves should it come to an invasion of taiwan and the implications of the u.s. and others putting sanctions on them so i do think that they are thinking about that but they also see themselves as a very different test case than russia. >> michael, you want to weigh in on that? >> sure, i agree with what our colleague said 100%. a couple of things here. i mean, ...

And he got arrested and the charges seemed very serious and it looks like there will be a good case made against him or there was going to be a good case made against him. so i think that, you know, i think that they're hoping that maybe they can find another justice by helping to -- hoping to see the prosecution of other people who helped him. >> julia k. brown, thank you so much for joining us and thank you for your dogged reporting. it's been really impressive. what does jeffrey epstein's death now mean for the investigation into his alleged actions? we'll talk more about that. there are ...

Authority or power to suleiman. think it's most probably the case. military is there to say it will support that. >> let me ask you, mohammed, about this whole question of authority. i mean, there's a difference between authority true legitimate authority and power with a gun, and i guess i want you to go through this right now. at this moment, two groups that seem to have authority in egypt are, one, the military, because of its long history of fighting for egypt against its enemies, and also for helping to, well being the government in a sense since nasser throwing over farouk, giving us the...

What way if any will you be involved in assisting in these u.s./north korean talks, given your success rate of helping to win the release of americans who have been held in north korea? do you see yourself in any way being instrumental in helping to, whether it be salvage or secure this upcoming or the planned meeting or summit? >> well, no. no. i'm not part of the negotiating team. secretary pompeo has reached out to me, i've given me advice. i think what needs to happen with this news, fredericka, one, the americans' negotiating team, we're speaking with too many voices. we have to let secre...