This is CNN breaking news.

Welcome to the lead. I'm Jake Tapperah. A lot going on as we come on the air today.

First, another major arrest in the wake of the release of the Epstein files.

This time, Peter Mandelson, also known as the former British ambassador to the United States,

he is accused of passing sensitive government information

to Jeffrey Epstein, and his arrest comes just days after the arrest of the former Prince Andrew.

More in that space in a moment. We're also following this crippling bomb cyclone hitting the

northeast. Blizzard warnings in Boston don't let up until tomorrow. This is the biggest winter storm in years for the

country's biggest city, New York City. I'm going to talk about the response with the New York

City mayor, Zoan Mamdani, who will be here on the lead. We're also monitoring the violent situation

in Mexico, tipped off by the killing of Mexico's most wanted cartel boss, many anxious Americans, stuck in Mexico, waiting for direction from the U.S. State Department.

We're going to begin in our law and justice lead. Today, the Jebstein Files release led to the arrest of yet another high-profile British official.

Former U.K. ambassador to the U.S. Peter Mandelson, who was arrested Monday on suspicion of misconduct in public

office, according to London's Metropolitan Police. Met Police have not confirmed the specifics

of the offense for which Mandelson was arrested, but if the phrase suspicion of misconduct in public

office sounds familiar, it's because that's the exact same reason why Andrew Mountbatten

Windsor, the former Prince Andrew, was arrested last week. Mandelson, a veteran Labor Party politician,

has been accused of allegedly passing market-sensitive information to, then alive, now dead,

pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, while serving as business secretary

in the British government.

Mandelson had already been fired by Prime Minister Kier Starrmer in September after a previous

release of Epstein files showed that he wrote the dead pedophile a note referring to him

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