on the east coast, 8:00 in los angeles and this is america s late news, fox news at night. breaking tonight the supreme court will not consider former president trump s claim that he s immune from prosecution in the 2020 election interference case for now. that decision a big blow to special counsel who wants to keep mr. trump s march trial on track. the chief correspondent jonathan hunt is live with what more this means what this decision means and how it could impact the 2024 leeks. good evening, jonathan. good evening. today s refusal by the supreme court to take up the presidential immunity question is certainly even if it s temporary a victory for donald trump. and a setback for special counsel jack smith s efforts to speed his case to trial. interestingly, there were no noted dissents from the order so it looks as though the supreme court unanimously said to the special counsel don t come knocking on our door right now. we ll let this process play out like it wo
winning drive. elsewhere, the dolphins tabing on the packers. it was 46 degrees at kickoff. that not bother the dolphins. tua touchdown in the opening quarter. second half, though, was all packers, aj dylan running this in to tie the game 20-20. in the fourth it was green bay s defense that came to life and might have saved the packer s season. going to be tough for them but they pick off tua three straight times. if these games are any indication, the final two weeks of the season are going to be wild. a lot of teams still in the playoff hunt right now. you forget one, the vikings. i wondered about that all morning. very excited. the packers and the rams. the rams aren t in it but they won 51-14. rams, vikings i m writing this down, i ll have it ready for next time. carolin, thank you. cnn this morning continues right now. it is devastating. it is going to a war zone. we have a real challenge right now where we have roads blocked. roads are blocked by e
hundreds ever migrants are schiffering about a critical immigration law. and a drone creeps deep inside of russian territory and killed three soldiers. p plus, should the world take vladimir putin as his word as the russian leader repeats an offer to slide a chair up to the negotiating table with ukraine. this is what we re watching at this hour. and good morning, thank you so much for being here. i m amara walker in for kate bolduan. the death toll from a brutal winter storm rising now to at least 47 western new york bearing the blunt with a once in a lifetime blizzard. the death toll in erie county climbing to 25. more than 43 inches of snow fell over the weekend. and it is still coming down in some places. roads in buffalo are impassable and the city is under a driving ban. over 12,000 people are without power there. the governor of new york has declared a state of emergency and the national guard is deploying 200 additional troops to the western part of the state. e
some dying in snow buried cars, others in homes with no power. conditions so bad rescuers needed rescuing. and the travel nightmare continues for thousands of americans, so far more than 3,000 flights have been canceled today, the majority are southwest flights. plus, how a toy and a car led police to find a kidnapped baby. welcome to the lead i m phil mattingly in today for jake tapper. we begin with the rising death toll from the vicious winter weather across the country. at least 49 people across nine states have died from storms, at least 27 of those deaths are centered in buffalo, new york, and surrounding erie county which were hit with a blizzard, winds so fierce they reached hurricane strength, rescuers had to be sent out to help stranded rescue crews facing, quote, some of the worst conditions that any of us have ever seen. many roads around buffalo remain impassable, driving bans still in place in some areas as crews try to clear the streets to restore power
it s the top of the hour on cnn newsroom. i m pamela brown, and we begin the hour with a travel nightmare. thousands of flights have been canceled or delayed across the country today. the hardest hit, southwest airlines, which has scrapped more than 60% of its flights. take a look here. these are some of the long lines of southwest passengers in raleigh, atlanta, and denver airports. in a statement to cnn, southwest airlines said it is, quote, experiencing disruptions across our network as a result of the winter storm s lingering effects on the totality of our operations. carlos suarez is on the southwest side of the terminal. what are you seeing? what are you hearing from passengers? reporter: well, pamela, i m hearing a great deal of frustration from a good number of passengers who are stranded, and are flying southwest airlines or at least they were hoping to today. the airport here in atlanta has seen well over 200 canceled flights and a majority of those flights have