Im paula reed in washington. For a ferocious freeze complicating Rescue Efforts after a deadly winter storm pummeled the u. S. Freed warnings in effect across the u. S. Snow and sheets of ice. The storm blamed for at least 26 deaths. Roads impassable in Upstate New York after a monstrous blizzard. For nearly 12 hours it was almost impossible to go anywhere in a vast majority of the community. This is an area with approximately 500,000 residents between the city of buffalo and the suburbs. It was such that we had to pull Emergency Rescue vehicling off the roads. The bitter cold icing over the christmas celebrations. This morning parts of the south seeing the coldest christmas in decades and making a mess of holiday travel. 1,800 Flights Canceled again today. We have a team covering this all tracking the latest Winter Weather developments but beginning in buffalo, new york. Paw lo sandoval is there. Last time we spoke we did see some trucks on the road. Whats the latest there . Reporter
i m paula reed in washington. for a ferocious freeze complicating rescue efforts after a deadly winter storm pummeled the u.s. freed warnings in effect across the u.s. snow and sheets of ice. the storm blamed for at least 26 deaths. roads impassable in upstate new york after a monstrous blizzard. for nearly 12 hours it was almost impossible to go anywhere in a vast majority of the community. this is an area with approximately 500,000 residents between the city of buffalo and the suburbs. it was such that we had to pull emergency rescue vehicling off the roads. the bitter cold icing over the christmas celebrations. this morning parts of the south seeing the coldest christmas in decades and making a mess of holiday travel. 1,800 flights canceled again today. we have a team covering this all tracking the latest winter weather developments but beginning in buffalo, new york. paw lo sandoval is there. last time we spoke we did see some trucks on the road. what s the latest the
holiday travel. 1,800 flights canceled again today. we have a team covering this all tracking the latest winter weather developments but beginning in buffalo, new york. paw lo sandoval is there. last time we spoke we did see some trucks on the road. what s the latest there? reporter: we showed you the plow trucks. there is more of that activity today. it does change when that snow band shifts northward over lake erie but it is not compared to friday and saturday with the blinding, whiteout conditions. this is what many of the streets look like in and around downtown buffalo. suburb areas outside the city officials focus on to begin to help folks basically leave their
let s tell you about a child. in just hours an immigrant of guatemala, hoping, hoping to be reunited with her 7-year-old son after appearing in federal court in washington. the judge ordered him to be flown to her. after darwin was taken from her at an arizona holding facility. she said it s like they re putting a knife in your chest and killing you. i want to see my son again, please. the mother and son have only shared one phone call. the mother said he s never spoken to me with such sadness and a knot in his throat. one of more than 2,000 of these stories caused by the u.s. government. cnn s paw lo sandoval. any word on how others might be reunited? reporter: jake, civil rights
there is a hue marin crisis along the u.s. border with mexico involving thousands of children, some as young as 4 years old, many of those children have been abandoned with notes pinned to shirts begging for a better life. cnn s paw lo sandoval takes us there. reporter: sunset in the south texas along the banks of the rio grande on the border with mexico. shadowy figures emerge from the dark, desperate to cross the river and enter the united states. these are the faces of a humanitarian crisis and the subject of fierce political debate. thousands of families from central america are flooding the nation s southwest border overwhelming immigration officials and resources. most shocking, thousands are children as young as 4 traveling