where he faces a possible life sentence and in ukraine, resistance forces are on the offensive as some analysts say the military s fighting capabilities are running out. we ll take you live to kyiv. but we begin with our top story right now, unfolding across the country, a travel nightmare for millions of people trying to get home after the christmas holiday as a monstrous winter storm barrels east. right now, more than 2800 flights have been cancelled. that s today alone leaving frustrated travelers strand ed i airport terminals. southwest will operate just one-third of its scheduled flights in the coming days representative from the pilot association says the airline s scheduling system is partly to blame. the death toll has climbed to 63 nationwide after this brutal storm blanketed parts of western new york with as much as four feet of snow and brought powerful wind gusts up to 70 miles per hour with more snow in the forecast, tishls fear the deet death toll could cont
we ll give you an update on that and on the thousands of people without power in washington state after three electrical substations appear to have been attacked as people get together with friends and family over this holiday week, more and more concerns about a rise in cases connected with the triple-demic of flu, covid and rsv. we ve got a look at that in just a minute and the future of title 42 in the hands of the u.s. supreme cou court. a look at how the biden administration is getting ready for what could happen next. and we re learning what the january 6th committee learned and what comes next for the doj investigation into the insurrection we re starting with the winter weather that has already killed dozens of people. those freezing temperatures are going to keep up this week look at officials in eerie county, new york they re announcing 12 more people have been killed by that winter weather meaning 25 people in that county alone have died. nearly 60, 55 total
A travel ban remains in effect for most of Erie County on Sunday as a wicked lake effect snow storm continues to clobber parts of the region with high winds and heavy snow.