biden. abrams battle tanks finally heading to ukraine. cnn s chief white house correspondent phil mattingly has the reporting. we are fully, thoroughly, totally united. reporter: a diplomatic break through with dramatic implications. the united states will be sending 31 abram tanks to ukraine. reporter: the u.s. tanks set to significantly expand ukraine s battlefield capabilities. it makes it possible for germany, but also other european nato allies to provide battle tanks to ukraine and that will significantly strengthen their combat capabilities. reporter: at the same moment europe s largest land war in 80 years is in its most after weeks of u.s. officials say it was untenable. the maintenance and high cost it would take to maintain an abrams doesn t make sense to provide that to the ukrainians at this time. reporter: their inclusion a demand from german officials in order to clear the way for delivery of their own tanks and to sign off on the german-made
thank you for staying with us. i m alex within new york. this hour we ll have an update on the cancellation crisis that s frustrating customers and flight crews trying to get passengers back home. the pilots did show up. we were there to work and willing and able. southwest just can t match us to the aircraft. that s the problem. also this hour, a closer look at the political strategy for both president biden and former president trump as both men the plot their approaches to 2024. and hopes for a peace agreement in the war in ukraine are weakening as russian officials dismiss president zelenskyy s latest plan after major disagreements over who controls four key regions. we begin this hour with two big stories, weather and trvl. it s the same story for southwest airlines customers today as they see another wave of cancellation ace cross deparn buffalo where the weather is preventing residents from leaving their homes. joining me is blayne alexander at jackson airport in
migrants continued to arrive there. welcome back. jillian, glad to be back with you again. glad to be back with you for the second hour. mayor adams is touring border facilities they are. this week, in fact, he declared new york city has reached maximum capacity. no more room for migrants or asylum speakers. griff, what are you seeing this hour? good morning the drone shot high above the bridge between eagle pass. you can see here that this is a field goal the vehicle title 42 expulsion. these only occur vehicle to vehicle when you have specific migrants being sent back. i cannot confirm because i m not talking directly to the border patrol. in the past when these transfers happen, that means that it is likely venezuelan, cuban, haitian or nicaraguan, those are the four countries since this past october, first it was venezuela, now we know cuba, haiti, nicaragua has been added. the transfers that are title 42 are simply put on this bridge and allowed to just walk back. th
brutal blizzard record through bluff low. president biden approved a disaster designation. 27 confirmed dead in the region around buffalo. i stranded motorists, knocking out power to thousands and trapping people in their frigid homes. the national weather service saying winter storm warnings are still in effect in parts of the state through this afternoon. there is no end in sight and no plan in place so far anyway from the white house as a record number of migrants continue to flood illegally across the southern border. while president biden heads off to sunny st. croix to celebrate his new year. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom, i m julie banderas. dana and bill are off today. jonathan: i m jonathan hunt. border patrol agents are preparing for the daily onslaught to get even worse when the title 42 asylum policy comes to an end. that could happen as soon as today, depending on a decision by the u.s. supreme court. there were more than 16,000 migrant encounte
minority as an incoming republican lawmaker confesses to a laundry list of fabrications on his resumé. today the travel nightmare continues for thousands of southwest customers, wondering why the airline can t keep up with competitors southwest will operate at one-third of its flight schedule today. they ve had more than 2,000 domestic cancellations while the problems persist, we re monitoring the deadly conditions in the northeast as well the white house with an emergency declaration as buffalo and the surrounding communities try to get back on track we will get a live report on the airlines in just a moment. joining me are nbc s jesse kirsch and marissa parra we just heard from buffalo s mayor this morning fill us in on what he s saying reporter: first of all, i m standing on a mound of snow. this should be the middle of a side street in a neighborhood in buffalo. you can see there are shovels and snow blowers out here. these men are worried that without clearing this