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i'm kasie hunt here in washington. a dangerous ice storm now crippling parts of the american south. in texas, reports of hundreds of accidents, some deadly, as roads turn into ice rinks. right now 40 million americans are under storm threat, freezing rain is raising fears of falling trees and power outages, and air travel is a mess, too. we have seen ground stops, about 1,500 flights cancelled so far, and more than 2,500 delays. we have seems tracking all of it. first, let's start with ed lavendara in dallas. ed, dicey, dangerous, deadly and, quite frankly, it is only going to get wo...

Committee seats could alleviate pressure on republicans. but one other thing i want to point out, kasie, is up until this point santos has been really defiant. we are starting to see a little crack in that, but he is still refusing to step down as a congressman. he is refusing to resign and he continues to insist he did nothing wrong or illegal. kasie. >> it was really interesting, melanie. it shows you there is clearly pressure building on him within the republican congress, otherwise no way this would happen. thank you so much for your reporting. really appreciate it. meanwhile, americans ...

Informed the rest of the party of his decision during a closed conference meeting earlier this morning saying he wants some of the controversies and investigations to be resolved until he serves on the two assignments. here is a little bit of mccarthy's reaction to all of that. >> we had a discussion and he asked me if he could do that. i think it was the appropriate decision. he will have a voice here in congress, i mean until he answers all of those questions, then he'll at that time be able to be seated on committees. >> reporter: now, we should point out that kevin mccarthy is the one who ...

Now to capitol hill where battled republican congressman george santos is now confirming that, as he says, he asked to be taken off of his committee assignments, at least for now. >> nobody tells me to do anything. i made the decision on my own that i thought best represented the interests of -- >> of course, all of this follows a string of santos lies that have been exposed since his election. so, you know, i question whether we can -- how much can we believe what he says now? let's get to cnn's melanie zanona. it is great to see you. what is speaker mccarthy saying about all of this. >> repo...