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good friday morning to you, it is christmas eve eve. i'm jim sciutto. let's begin with the massive winter storm slamming the u.s. with dangerously low temperatures, record-breaking wind chills and heavy snow, only becoming stronger today. the storm stretching from the canadian border to the mexican border is expected to become what's known as a bomb cyclone as it moves into the great lakes today with intense pressures matching that of a category 2 hurricane. right now across the country hundreds of thousands are without power, travel plans upended for many going into the holiday week...

dividing line. >> when police officers don't show up to work, they get fired. that's how it should be for senators, too. as chief, i showed up every day and rereduced violent crime by 40%. marco rubio is one of the worst at showing up. and when he does, he hurts florida. >> instead of voting to condemn radicals who want to abolish police, demings refused. >> that's not just wrong. it's dangerous. >> maybe she used to be a cop, but in washington val demings is just another radical rubber stamp. >> new and important reporting on the justice department's case against donald trump. cnn i...

necessary. the idea of armed auditors coming for americans is chilling. no surprise the reaction swift and brutal. former acting dni rick grenell says democrats are ready to audit yu using a gun if necessary. the democrats are anti-guns unless it's guns for their new i.r.s. agents authorized to use deadly force. >> they are coming after entrepreneurs and small business owners and coming after our middle class hard working americans. there is no question about that. then you layer on top of that what you just mentioned. their criminal division with the power of enforcement of a gun es...

It happened around 5:49 a.m. on I-71 southbound in Boone County, Kentucky, before Verona.

A steel coil fell out of the truck; it was found leaking diesel fuel and engine oil.