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it is noon eastern, 9:00 pacific. i'm sarah sider in in for the lab tpous fredricka. we begin this hour with bad news. it is blanketing the united states. at least 15 people have been killed due to the icy weather across multiple states. you're looking at a crash there. new york state police are warning people to stay off the roads amid white-out were conditions. they say search and rescue obviously hard to move about is moving extra slow due to the blizzards. new york governor kathy hochul said first responders may not be able to reach you if you need help. >> it is absolutely dange...

♪ ♪ you are live in the cnn qwest newsroom," i'm paula reid in washington. a monster winter storm has claimed the lives of 16 people and has cut power and electricity. the u.s. department is declaring an emergency for the texas power grid to aid its capacity and this is due to a shortage of electricity. the emergency declaration allows the state's energy provider to exceed environmental emissions limits until usage drops. in new york, a dire situation. hundreds of people have likely been trapped inside their vehicles since yesterday. that includes an 85-year-old grandmother and...

republican congresswoman, liz cheney, is helping a democrat in a tough fight in michigan, and former president, mike pence, is drop into georgia. one of the women accusing republican candidate, herschel walker, of pressuring her into having an abortion is defending her allegation in an on-camera interview but not using her real name. >> i kept this to myself for 30 years. i protected him and i wanted this to remain private for obvious reasons. >> walker is denning her allegation. we will have details on all of it ahead for you. plus the suspect in the attack against speaker pelosi's ...

there are chilling new details about his alleged plan to take the house speaker nancy pelosi hostage and break her kneecaps. we're standing by for a live update from san francisco officials. >> also tonight, the final frantic eight days of campaigning before the crucial midterm elections. tensions ratcheted higher as federal officials now warn of a heightened threat to the election from violent extremists here in the united states. the homeland security secretary mayorkas joins me this hour. >> plus, growing misery in ukraine right now as russia steps up its attacks on vital infrastr...

sequoia, known as the grizzly giant, to protect it from the flames that are ripping through at this hour. this tree, the national park service says it's the second largest tree in yosemite. what we know about this fire is that it has doubled in size in the past 24 hours. nearly 1600 acres have already burned and fire officials are warning that they do expect this fire to continue to grow as they are also expecting continued hot, unusually hot temperatures. >> escalating drought, climate change, a horrible combination, also adding to this yearly threat of wildfires. how are federal of...