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
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.
feet of former president trump. we ll have the key takeaways from that 845-page document, and also what s next in the investigation. plus, parents in search of children s medication are finding shelves bare in some places. so what s behind the shortage and what to do if your local pharmacy doesn t have what you need. and cnn sitting down with legacy producer clive davis, with a look at his storied career, the moment he knew something was very wrong with whitney houston. it is saturday, december 24th. merry christmas eve. thank you very much for waking up with us. we re going to begin sorry. i do that to you all the time. go for it, martin. we begin with the frigid and frustrating start of this holiday weekend. more than 200 million americans are under windchill alert, with the arctic blast that is delivering freezing temperatures, powerful winds and heavy snow and ice. just about everybody is aware of this. high winds produce dangerous windchills across the unit
it is noon eastern, 9:00 pacific. i m sarah sider in in for the lab tpous fredricka. we begin this hour with bad news. it is blanketing the united states. at least 15 people have been killed due to the icy weather across multiple states. you re looking at a crash there. new york state police are warning people to stay off the roads amid white-out were conditions. they say search and rescue obviously hard to move about is moving extra slow due to the blizzards. new york governor kathy hochul said first responders may not be able to reach you if you need help. it is absolutely dangerous for anyone to be on the roads. and that includes our emergency vehicles. so our national guard, our first responders, our ambulances, our fire trucks are all getting stuck in the snow as well. in fact,, almost every fire truck in the city of buffalo is stranded. it is stuck in snow. right now more than 100 million people are under wind chill alerts. the arctic blast extending from montana do
increasingly ugly face off that could shift the balance of power in the senate. blast, show people leaders are blurring the line between church and states more than ever. according to new police, nearly two thirds of republicans say the u.s. should be declared a christian nation. i ll talk to rick wilson, the founder of the lincoln project, about where this trend can take us. and for your sunday s finals, a tennis icon s final match makes headlines. it had nothing to do with the plays on the court. the emotional moment that scrap the world s attention. we are now just three days away from the next public hearing of the january six committee, investigating the attack on the united states capitol. this morning, we re learning new details about what the paddle house and store. committee vice chair congresswoman liz cheney can give us a hint of what we can expect on wednesday sane any, about criminal reform will be unanimous, cheney is also sal just in this hearing may not be the