the country in traffic accidents from freezing to death in the elements or from a range of other causes as a direct result of this storm. multiday snowfall totals have been titanic, up to 43 inches in hard hit buffalo. governor hochul requesting a federal disaster declaration due to the historic winter storm. it is devastating. it is going to a warzone and the vehicles along the sides of the roads are shocking. it is not just small vehicles, it is literally snowplows, it is major size recovery vehicles and utility vehicles and tow trucks. so we have a real challenge right now are we have roads blocked. roads are literally blocked by emergency vehicles so that has made it extremely challenging for us. effect on air travel on a crucial holiday week end was nothing shorts of catastrophic. there were a total of more than 11,000 flights canceled friday, saturday and sunday. this morning so far airlines have canceled another 1300 flights. nationwide more than 60,000 homes and bus
our viewers joining us in the united states or around the world. i m bianca nobilo. i m max foster. we are back together. just ahead on cnn. pea arewe are hearing for tt time from the family of the man accused of killing four college students in idaho. we will continue to let the legal process unfold and we will love and support our son and brother. epic flight. there were many rescues in the california area. there was so much turbulence. it knocked me over. those that had the privilege of watching me, now i m preparing to say good-bye. go and be with your people. live from london. this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. monday, january 2nd. 9 a.m. here in long done, 4 a.m. in pennsylvania. happy new year to you. in pennsylvania the family of the man arrested for killing four idaho college students is speaking out to offer their condolences where suspect brian kohberger sits for mid murder. the students bodies were found in their apartment
conduct his work. as i have said before, i strongly believe that the normal processes of this department can handle all investigations with integrity, but under the regulations, the extraordinary circumstances here require the appointment of a special counsel for this matter. republicans get the special counsel they ve been calling for to investigate president biden s handling of classified documents. and it comes as we re learning more about the files and where they were found. meanwhile a prominent name in the republican party says it s time for the gop to move on from fallen president trump, calling him a proven loser. we ll have those comments just ahead. and george santos vows to stay in congress despite more members of his own party saying he should resign from making up just about all of his resume. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, january 13th, friday the 13th, folks. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. attorn
announcing a tentative agreement to avert a nationwide freight rail strike. a shutdown that could have had catastrophic consequences for the economy. talks involving the unions, rail companies and labor secretary marty walsh went on for 20 hours. we re told that president biden, who calls himself the most pro-union president ever was instrumental in getting over the finish line. last night was a historic night for rail labor. we re proud of what was accomplished. we wanted to take a few seconds and thank secretary marty walsh, deputy secretary julie sue and definitely president joe biden, everybody pulling together to make sure we could get our members what they deserve. this is the quality of life issue that we have been trying to get to our members. so we re going to hit the ground running. we ll have more information here in the coming hours. some tired looking leaders emerging as the sun was arising there. jeremy diamond is at the white house. what do we know abou
[the star-spangled banner] [the star-spangled banner] watching the fire glow take me back to the little farm rachel: good morning and merry christmas eve. the day is almost upon us. one day until christmas and our stockings are all hung by the virtual fox and friends hearth. how about that? good morning. chris:the producers started with taylor swift, a full-body cutout of tyler swift, she is wearing a christmas sweater and open the show with the taylor swift christmas song, it was a surprise. i have new york city care and taylor swift christmas. here we go. will: we will get to new york city here in a moment. that requires follow-through but i did not look at the rundown, no idea what is coming up, but the show playing out was that very song. it is by taylor swift. thank you, our secret or non-secret, she consumes our mind every waking hour and i am and prepared for that. carley: most think that i would know that and i m the only one who didn t which is a uniq