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>> i'm amara walker. >> i'm paula reed in for boris sanchez. >> you're live in the cnn newsroom. this morning, more than a million people are without power in the eastern united states, as a deadly storm system continues to move north. over the last 24 hours, at least 12 people were killed in multiple states, due to the severe weather that brought tornadoes and major flooding to parts of the south. the majority of those deaths were in kentucky. where hurricane force winds toppled trees and even toppled tractor-trailer trucks. in indiana, the high winds tore the roof off of a church. ...

united states and all around the world, i'm paula newton. coming up this hour, u.s. president joe biden heads to the southern border to see for himself what the right and left are calling a crisis. hear from one activist about what she hopes he takes from this visit. now the dust is settling after a chaotic vote for house speaker, we will look at what comes next fororor the new lead and we are live in hong kong as china reopens to the world, even as it confronts a massive surge in covid cases. we speak to a doctor here in the united states about how this could impact the spread o...

Because you write about, you know, a little bit about this winter lull, in "the wall street journal," and in an opinion piece, that the ukrainians should be making the most of it. how? >> well, first of all, i still stand by what i said in "the wall street journal," but we've got to recognize that that equipment that is coming over, this new aid package, will take months to get there. so while they are taking advantage of the winter lull with these defensive operations, this is what we want to see. we want to see them, the ukrainian forces increasing their strength and their capability to cond...

>> translator: it has been confirmed once again only the expulsion of russian inn vards and the removal for russia to exert pressure in europe will result in the restoration of ceasefire, security and peace. >> mean while, the leader of a russian mercenary group is making it clear he is not giving up on trying to capture the city of bakhmut and down south we are receiving reports of new explosions in the occupied city of mill eat poll. for more on this nina dos santos has been following developments from london for us. we were saying christmas day came, went, pretty much expected as fighting s...

You. the american people and ourselves. and i have ordered 100% training of the force to ensure they understand our human rights policy which has been in place since at least 2011. this policy requires that our personnel report any suspected human rights violations committed by the afghan security forces. and this is to include any sexual abuse of children. whenever and wherever our personal observed human rights abuses they will be conveyed through our chain of command and in turn to the afghan government. the perpetrators must be held accountable. with still many weeks left in the traditiona...