the handshake. that one i will treasure. jerry, may we all be like jerry in 2023. thank you very much. thank you. thanks all of you for watching. thanks for getting up early. yes. you re fun. we will see you back here tomorrow morning. cnn newsroom starts now. good morning, everyone. i m jessica dean in washington. jim sciutto is off today. we are going to begin this morning with parts of the country trying to dig out from what s been both a dangerous and historic snowstorm. 200 additional national guard soldiers deploying to western new york today as the blizzard has now led to the deaths of at least 17 people there. we now have what will be talked about not just today but for generations, the blizzard of 22. we are still in the throes of this very dangerous life-threatening situation. nationwide more than 1,500 flights already canceled this morning, about the same amount delayed. that s only adding to the backlog from the holiday weekend, but we do have p
on the asteroid. i was telling alex before when we were talking about this, when i kept hearing this incredible story yesterday about smashing into the asteroid, come on, what was i thinking. i was thinking aerosmith i don t want to miss a thing, hear the news story i don t want to close my eyes it was incredible. willie, stop him. a sappy summer movie. they tried to do this last night. you got bruce. you throw affleck in there, mika, if you don t know what we re talking about, this was a huge movie 25 years ago, with the plausible plot they trained oil drillers in a matter of days to become nasa astronauts and effectively do what we saw yesterday in real life, they knocked a rocket with a ship the size of a refrigerator, they knocked an asteroid off its course yesterday, nasa did this in real life. no liv tyler, now they know if something is barrelling toward earth, they have a decent chance of knocking it away. scientifically, the movie, i don t think it w
severe winter weather. but that national weather service because they once in a generation storm, also causing chaos for travelers coast to airports are packed tonight with some 8000 flights either canceled or delayed at one of the busiest travel times of the year. we have team coverage charles watson is tracking in an lancet. the first to alexis and mcadams live in new york city tracking this cold snap, alexis. hi brian. if tonight another cold night here in new york city. it s nothing compared to other parts of the northeast are dealing with. buffalo, new york was slammed and we are learning about more deaths as authorities are still searching for people who have been stranded on the road for hours. the historic storm is not over yet in buffalo. take a look here on your screen this is a people been dealing with for days they are. this is what look like again this afternoon. at least 12 people have been killed during this winter blast. snowplows trying to make their way th
do you have the votes for speaker locked in tomorrow? i think we ll have a good day tomorrow. what are your conversations like with i hope you all have a very nice new year s eve. taking the shine off the republicans big day, new york republican congressman-elect george santos will likely be among the new lawmakers sworn in despite to admitting to a growing number of lies about his life and resume. we will dig deep near that and the multiple investigations into santos and his campaign. the latest on donald trump s taxes. what he paid and where that money went. we have details on the dozens of countries where he was making money and paying taxes. including china, india, and the uae we re going to start with the house republicans, taking control of the house officially tomorrow. but right now, what should be a triumphant moment is perilously close to turning into a political disaster. the likes of which we haven t seen in 100 years. that s because kevin mccarthy,
fentanyl deaths at an all time high. democrats want you to forget all about this and focus on only 3 main distractions. their game plan for the next 57 days. they are tempting to divide the country on the basis of race and gender and age. their election year playbook or lie. republicans are racist and sexist and xenophobia. democrats will scare voters by claiming abortion is illegal. that s not true. abortion is still legal in the vast majority of states. i have it on good authorities in that republicans in the senate will bring up a national abortion law this week that would have a mandate ever time of 15 weeks which is what the mississippi law called for and the third distraction. democrats are trying to vilify the maga republicans and donald trump supporters to rally their base. according to biden and other democrats, half of america is a threat to democracy because they now support or once supported donald trump. instead of trying to fix the economy or talk about it or