followening dangerous conditions in new york as night falls and the governor is appealing for federal help. miguel marquez is joining us not far from buffalo. miguel, what is happening on the ground? reporter: just a nightmare. buffalo is a city used to big storms. this is something they have never seen before. 27 people inn erie county new york dead from this storm and authorities are concerned going through homes and cars abandoned and start to clear the snow. massive amounts of snow they will find more people who are dead. the airport is shut down. they re not expected to open until wednesday. it is just an absolute disaster that officials there are only beginning to grapple with. the ability to clear the roads, this is a no drive zone in buffalo in many surrounding communities. thousands of people without power and the governors of new york say it is not over yet. the storm is coming back. we re expecting another six to 12 inches and in the south towns of southern par
of the state. buffalo and other cities are struggling to dig out of 43 inches of snow and freezing temperatures and power outages. i ll talk with the buffalo police commissioner this hour. many americans are still feeling the effects of the arctic blast, including millions of air travelers. southwest airlines experiencing massive disruptions, with more than 65% of its flights canceled just today, adding to the holiday travel chaos. also tonight, vladimir putin claims he s ready to negotiate a solution to the ukraine war, but a key ukrainian official says the russian president needs to get back to reality, as moscow continues to slaughter innocent civilians. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin this hour with the deadly weather emergency in western new york. governor kathy hochul is calling it, and i m quoting her, the blizzard of the century and she is warning it is far from over.
president told us of the classified documents and his corvette, man. all locked safely in a garage. special counsel to the president finding additional docs thursday night he went to biden s wilmington home. with the corvette. and said quote because i have security clearance i went to wilmington thursday evening providing the documents the president s personal counsel on wednesday to the justice department while i was transferring it to the d.o.j., officials who accompanied me five additional pages, markings were discovered among the material with it for a total of six pages. don t worry, the president is so very serious about classified documents, the white house making sure that you know that. the press secretary saying at least 28 times between wednesday and friday. watch. he said he takes classified documents and information seriously. he takes classified documents very seriously. he takes materials seriously. he takes classified documents and information very seriously
our family. he touched lives we had no idea existed. i don t know if i could have that same view, i would be so angry, the strength of this mom is unreal. carley: what a statement, did you see the picture when he was little with his siblings, absolutely heart-breaking. then there is this. todd: to florida, affidavit detailing gruesome murders of an elderly couple in their retirement community. carley: the career criminal had two arrests in the last year, ashley strohmier has more. ashley. ashley: police do not have a motive behind the burl of darrell and sharon getman. they have a suspect, vicki williams. the elderly couple was stabbed to death in their apartment, dh is a gated retirement community. the affidavit lining out a timeline what took place new year s eve. at 10 a.m., a woman entered the village and 3 p.m., security escorted her off the property and that same woman can be seen reentering the gated community and knocks on an apartment door asking to take a sh
extreme weather whiplash. the latest on the deadly california storms. this landslide blocked a mountain highway, and workers have been trying to clear it for two days. o donnell: jill biden s skin cancer her surgery today, and her latest diagnosis. and, damar hamlin released from the hospital. tonight, we find out the questions every parent should ask their kids coaches, to keep them safe while playing sports. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us on what is turning out to be a very busy wednesday night. airports and travelers are still feeling the effects after a stunning computer outage that grounded all domestic flights leaving questions about what could have caused this. plus another big headline tonight. congressman george santos. he says will not step down despite growing calls to resign from members of his own party. and ther