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.
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
fun, we have a huge show ahead including a bad gifts return edition of supermarket showdown. we are going to face off and in quality trivia challenge, plus we are answering your fan mail questions, but first, time for a holiday hangover themed fastest, are you ready? what plenty of folks are happy to see the holidays were known and most people wishes that it happened longer than it actually does, 52% say that they may tried to fit in as many festivities as possible, but the same percentage agree that there is not enough time in the holiday season to do everything they want to do, do you wish that the holidays lasted longer? jimmy: no, and thank you for not acknowledging that i look like a whole santa who got fired for smoking pot with the elves. people are trying to do too much and that s why they think the season is too short, everybody needs to try to stop having the coolest christmas on and scream and paste themselves, let s play some music and have a good time, there we
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
a nasa spacecraft is closing in on an asteroid in an attempt to change its course. it s a test of a technique to re direct any object in space which could cause damage by colliding with earth. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are author and journalist rachel shabi and political editor of the people and sunday mirror, nigel nelson. let s see what came in in the last 40 let s see what came in in the last a0 minutes or so. we will start with dft. with the financial times leads on the continued turmoil in the markets it says neither the government or the bank of england have been able to halt the fall of sterling. the metro appears to put the blame directly on the chancellor kwasi kwarteng the pound, it says, kwar tanks . the daily mail has a different scapegoat, however it blames city speculators whom it says have been making profits from talking the pound down. the i focuses on mortgage lenders pulling th