Biden urges Americans to take winter storm “extremely seriously”

Anderson Cooper 360

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🗓️ 23 December 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Wind chill alerts are in effect in nearly half of the U.S. population as a “once-in-a-generation” winter storm threatens to bring ice, wind, snow and life-threatening temperatures across the country. President Biden is urging Americans to take the storm “extremely seriously” and “heed the local warnings.” Meteorologist Derek Van Dam tells AC360 what people can expect as the storm heads to the East Coast just days before Christmas. Plus, the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol still hasn’t released their full report that was expected to be made public yesterday but they have published some interview transcripts from key witnesses. One transcript reveals that then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows told his aide, Cassidy Hutchinson, that former President Trump knew he lost the 2020 election but wanted to keep fighting to overturn the results. Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Elie Honig joins AC360 to discuss what Hutchinson told the committee. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The forecast, wretched, the timing even worse.
0:05.3	So once in a generation winter storm, in this one they say is going to be very, very
0:10.2	dangerous.
0:11.4	John Berman here in Ferranderson already nearly half the country's population is shivering
0:16.2	under wind chill alerts or has seen temperatures drop as much as 70 degrees overnight.
0:22.4	Just take a look at this.
0:23.2	This is Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
0:25.8	You know it's cold there when the falls at Sioux Falls stop falling because they're
0:31.2	frozen solid.
0:33.1	You know just how widespread this big chill could get when places as far south as Tallahassee
0:37.3	and Florida are now forecasting lows in the low 20s.
0:40.8	And if that weren't enough, we're already seeing countless blizzard warnings and watches,
0:45.4	flood watches, wind and ice advisories.
0:48.0	And of course, thousands of flight cancellations, nearly 2400 already today, that's according
0:53.5	to flight aware, and more than 2000 for tomorrow already.
0:57.6	All of this smack dab in the middle of the Christmas travel rush, more now from CNN's
1:02.4	Omar Hemenes in Chicago.
1:06.8	It's not just snow, it's wind and cold as part of a huge winter system descending onto
1:13.0	the US just days before Christmas.
1:16.0	Over this week, more than 80% of the country's population will see at or below freezing temperatures.
1:23.2	In places way below, like Denver, where the temperature dropped nearly 40 degrees in
1:28.8	just an hour, hitting negative 15 by Thursday morning.
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