we re still in the tlhroes of this life threatening situation. good morning, everybody, it s monday, december 26th. don and kaitlan are off, i m glad to have sara sidner with us. good morning. let s talk about the death toll rising in new york from the storm. thousands of delays and cancellations impacting many air travelers many failing to make it home for the holidays. in a cruel, dangerous and shameful stunt, the white house blaming texas governor greg abbott for sending residents to the home of vice president kamala harris on christmas eve. first, though, a storm for the ages in western new york state. at least 17 weather-related deaths are being reported this morning, most in the buffalo area. governor katy hochul has requested emergency disaster relief from the biden administration. a state of emergency remains in effect. this has paralyzed so many parts of the state and the country, bringing this region to its knees. more than 12,000 customers are still wit
outbreak to date globally. but china has only reported a small handful of deaths for the month but when i visited a crematorium in beijing, the body bags are piling up and those scenes are playing out across the city. that s what we re seeing is body bags appearing to be put in extra storage container. what about the medical system, how much strain is it under across china because of this surge? poppy, that is footage we took at the crematorium that was busy and overcrowded. the medical system is under a huge amount of pressure. even here in the capital of beijing, doctors are saying they re overwhelmed with elderly patients with covid systems. a doctor said that there was no preparation for this wave of covid cases, no stock piling of medicine. this was this viral video that i want to show you, shows a man