time now for jake tapper and cnn tonight. jake? thanks anderson. welcome to cnn tonight. welcome to cnn tonight. i m jack tapper in washington. captions by vitac www.vitac.com tonight we re bringing you a cnn exclusive, brand-new video you ll see here for the first time in just a few moments. it s an incredible story, one that only cnn s clarissa ward can tell, taking place during a rare cease fire in putin s brutal war. getting two hours of cover for this dramatic scene. cnn s crews shuttled by ukrainian intelligence as russia returned the body of an american, an american killed in ukraine while fighting for ukraine. his name was joshua jones, 24 years old, u.s. army veteran from tennessee. he was killed in august while fighting putin s forces alongside the military. this handover happened in a dangerous area known as no man s land, in the zaporizhzhia region between ukrainian-controlled ukraine and russian-controlled ukraine. and jones body will now head back
and cnn tonight. jake? thanks, anderson. welcome to cnn tonight, i m jake tapper in washington. tonight we are bringing you a cnn exclusive. brand-new video you will see right here for the very first time in just a few moments. it is really, i have to tell you, an incredible story, one that only cnn s clarissa ward can tell. it s taking place during a rare cease-fire in putin s brutal war, giving two hours of cover for this traumatic scene. cnn crews shuttled by ukrainian intelligence as russia returned the body of an american, an american killed in ukraine while fighting for ukraine. his name was joshua jones. he was 24 years old, a u.s. army veteran from tennessee. he was killed in august 12 fighting putin s forces alongside the ukrainian military. this handover happened after months of negotiations in a dangerous area known as no-man s-land. it s in the zaporizhzhia region between ukrainian-controlled ukraine and russian-controlled ukraine. and jones s body will now head
another day of travel chaos with thousands more flight delays and cancellations. southwest struggles to recover from holiday storms and system-wide operational problems. the u.s. department of transportation says it is launching an investigation. as a wash dog we ll hold them accountable and have to take a deeper look what s going on with their scheduling systems. we all understand you can t control the weather but this is clearly crossing the line from what s on uncontrollable weather situation to something that s the airline s responsibility. julie: president biden dodging the travel chaos and winter weather as he jets off to a tropical vacation. peter doocy is live at the white house. we have a heater right here. it s pretty warm. not that bad. it s not that bad. as we look at some of these images from airports, julie, people who are stranded and looking to the federal government to maybe help them out, help them get home faster are out of luck. and there is really n
we re in for joe, mika and willie. making headlines this morning, the death toll in new york state rises after that epic winter storm. we re going to go live to buffalo where a driving ban remains in effect amid efforts to clear the roads. southwest airlines continues to struggle to recover from the storm. thousands more flights expected to be canceled today as transportation secretary pete buttigieg calls for accountability. plus, title 42 stays in place for now. the covid era policy that allows officials to turn away migrants at the border. we ll break down what this means for the crisis at the southern border. as we begin our fourth hour, we have a lot to get to. we ll start with the rising death toll in western new york. officials warning it s not over yet as they have to clean out. in erie county there s reported three additional deaths yesterday and that brings the total to 31 lives lost. buffalo, that s still under a driving ban this morning because work crew
9:00 a.m. on the east coast, 6:00 a.m. out west. we have a lot to cover this hour including the latest on the investigation into the scores of documents recovered at former president trump s mar-a-lago resort and how the justice departments findings may undercut calls from team trump for an outside evaluation. also why didn t they ask for this a long time ago. this is been going on a long time. i know. also president biden will deliver a prime time address on the continued battle for the soul of the nation. this thursday we ll get a live report from the white house on what is in store. and, has the next race for the white house begins to heat up, author david priess has a reminder, that not everyone needs to run for president. that conversation is ahead. as we talk about joe biden having a speech about the soul of the nation. and we talk about donald trump and overshadowing this and talking about this, this hour, overshadowing are republican senators who are threatening