trouble. plus, china nears a covid breaking point. an outbreak over stretches hospitals and pushes its precedent to take a new step in that country s fight against the virus, and how soon is soon? the committee investigating donald trump s taxes promises to release them any day. this is what we are watching at this hour. good morning, everyone. thank you for joining me. kate bolduan is off today. we begin this hour in western new york where a, quote, generational blizzard is pummeling the city of buffalo and all of erie county. the death toll has climbed to 25 and the county executive says that number is likely to grow. i just have to offer my deepest condolences to those that lost a loved one as a result of this horrible situation. i never thought i would face this. i thought the storm we faced in 2014 would have been the worst in which we had 14 deaths and this far surpassed it and there are probably more deaths that will be announced later today. the city of buffal
settling in. killing at least 47 people across nine states. that number is, sadly, expected to rise. buffalo, new york, has been happens the hardest hit. they are used to storms, but not like this. this is a hurricane whipping up heavy, blinding snow, and many roads are still impassable. people were trapped in their car, people are still being pulled out of their car. people are being found dead in their car. that s how crippling this storm was. the storm has also made a mess of post-holiday travels. plus fountains as star south as new orleans still frozen over, but warmer temperatures, they re coming. we have crews covering every aspect of this crippling weather. first, let s guess to miguel marquez, who is on the phone trying to drive through this storm to buffalo right now. miguel, tell us what you are seeing on the road there, what are you hearing from officials. reporter: try as i might, i do not think we ll gets to buffalo. buffalo is synod in. for a city so accus
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