in the vatican. and looking ahead to the inevitably stressful cooking of christmas dinners we get tips from a chef from inside his restaurant kitchen. hello and welcome to bbc news. an icy blast is affecting nearly 250 million people in the us and canada, as one of the most severe winter storms in living memory takes hold with snow blizzards, strong winds and freezing temperatures. at least 19 people have died. more than 1.5 million american households and businesses are without electricity and thousands of flights have been cancelled. the us state of montana registered a record breaking low of minus 45 celsius. the bbc s nomia iqbal reports. for much of america, this is the coldest christmas eve. millions of them had plans to get away for the holidays. but the powerful bomb cyclone has thrown everything into chaos, causing car accidents, destroying power lines, leaving millions without electricity. the warning is, don t travel unless you need to. don t travel under these
as he holds his christmas eve mass in the vatican. and looking ahead to the inevitably stressful cooking of christmas dinners we ll be getting tips from a chef from inside his restaurant kitchen. hello and welcome to bbc news. an icy blast is affecting nearly 250 million people in the us and canada, as one of the most severe winter storms in living memory takes hold with snow blizzards, strong winds and freezing temperatures. at least 19 people have died. hundreds of thousands of american households and businesses are without electricity and thousands of flights have been cancelled. the us state of montana registered a record breaking low of minus 45 celsius. nomia iqbal reports. for much of america, this is the coldest christmas eve. millions of them had plans to get away for the holidays. but the powerful bomb cyclone has thrown everything into chaos, causing car accidents, destroying power lines, leaving millions without electricity. the warning is, don t travel unle
continue their battle in gaza. officials vowing to advance anywhere hamas is found, with increasing indications that could mean idf forces expanding ground operations into southern gaza. meanwhile, the humanitarian crisis is growing across the f at al shifa hospital, one official says six doctors remain to care for the remaining 120 patients too vulnerable to move. the palestinian authority s ministry of health says only nine of gaza s 35 hospitals are still operating. fuel tankers and other aid entering gaza through the rafah border crossing today, the israeli war cabinet agreeing to allow two fuel trucks to enter daily. the u.n. says the limited supply is far from enough to meet gaza s urgent needs. let s go now to cnn s jeremy diamond, live for us at that hostage rally in tel aviv. it actually just ended, but, jeremy, what have people been telling you? reporter: well, tonight, fredricka, tens of thousands of sq israelis gathering here in tel aviv, as well as jerusalem, t
he s a navy sue. i ve done a lot of work with navy seals. i appreciate that. what he s done for this country, it is difficult right now for your candidate in the party you do have to be very careful saw that and how he responded to your questions. all right. thanks, guys. thanks for a great discussion and thank you for joining us. i m on roger casey, cnn news central starts right now a sweeping change in immigration jim policy, new legal protections for half 1 million people standing by for a major announcement from the president wildfires burning across the west now thousands of residents in southern california and new mexico forced to flee their homes as fire crews tried to stop the flames from spreading even further. and breaking news john berman is on cloud nine celtics bringing home a historic championship when cementing their place for the most championship titles. in league history, they have done it hi, i m sarah said or read john berman, kate bolduan is out this is
we also have several staff of one of our of her offices is thn california. we are to have a lot of stuff on the ground. text fox news team coverage continues fox weather meteorologist adam claussen tracking hilary s path and fox news chief correspondent jonathan hunt is just west of los angeles in santa monica. othe city of santa monica. it has been raiding solidly now for something like six hours here in santa monica. it is expected to go from perhaps another 18 hours. while we are in something of a low right now as you look down south along the coastline here, that is where hilary is approaching from. you go all the way south of basically to the border with mexico the area around san diego, imperial beach we can show you lifecare were there. cameras in coronado and oceanside all down toward the