Need2Know: Blizzard Power Outages, Ukraine War Anniversary, & Weinstein Sentenced

Yes, good morning, everyone. Do you feel that it's friday? Oh, it's just like the air is fresher. Everything. Very good. Very good mood. But it's friday. That's Rebecca Black's favorite day. Good morning. Everyone at baker machado. I'm going to do today is friday february 24th. All right. We want to get to this morning. I need to know headlines over a million households and businesses nationwide are without power. Following this week's historic blizzard, Satellite images from the Noah revealed from the N. O. A. Or no A reveal the storm's massive reach from the Western US all the way to the east coast for the first time in decades. Southern California has been issued winter storm warnings including in Los Angeles County here, wind, ice, rain and snow have disrupted thousands of incoming and outgoing flights in the US. According to flight aware, more than 7000 U. S. Flights were delayed. Over 2100 were canceled. Officials in cities across the nation are warning the public about venturing into the storm as icy roads and heavy snow are creating dangerous travel conditions on the road. Today marks one year since Russia began its unprovoked offensive on Ukraine. This as Putin prepares to seize more territory. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelinski says they'll continue fighting thanks to the help of billions of dollars worth of Western arms. The us has been lending assistance to the Ukrainian resistance since the war began so far. Up to 300,000 casualties have been reported and Ukraine remains under severe economic strain from damages and civilians fleeing actor alec baldwin pleading not guilty to all of the charges against him in the deadly rust movie set shooting among baldwin's charges are involuntary manslaughter for the october 2021 shooting death of the cinematographer on the movie, the actor's legal team chose to waive his for first court appearance which was scheduled for today. The armorer Hannah Guterres Read who handled guns on the set is also charged with involuntary manslaughter. She is set to appear in court today if convicted both baldwin and Read could face up to five years in prison. Disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has been sentenced to 16 years in prison on rape and sexual assault charges in Los Angeles. Weinstein is already serving a 23 year sentence in new york for sexual assault and third degree rape. In this most recent case, the 70 year old was found guilty for the sex Assault of an Italian actor in 2013. It's been more than five years since the initial allegations against Weinstein were made public in a case that of course sparked the me too movement and brought attention to widespread sexual misconduct in the workplace and be sure to stick with us here at Cheddar News headlines