western new york, blizzard conditions are leaving parts of the state buried under four feet of snow, knocking out power. 5000 are waking up in the dark right now. carley: cleanup efforts are underway in buffalo. more snow could be in the forecast, that is where we find adam klotz here with the fox weather forecast, what is going to happen? it has been a slow improvement, still dealing with cold temperatures. the forecast is light and along the coast, we have wind moving across the great lakes and dropping light snow on east side of lake erie and l ontario and to the east side. more snow on the way, even ifum are not in this area, more cold winter-like temperatures for one more morning where you are dealing with cold air. feels-like temperature, negative one, below zero, negative eight, a couple days ago it was negative 30 and 40, but it is an improvement. frigid in dallas, it feels like 18 degrees. this cold is affecting millions of folks early this morning, as far down s
we re going to talk about that a little later on. we should keep these christmas songs going today. [jingle bells] excellent op-ed. we will get to that first of all good morning to you. griff: good morning, no debate whether or not christmas season ends or continues in the superdome. we were showing the will superdome because it s a cool shot. joe: that song is one of my guilty pleasures songs. that s on my gym play list right there. i m not going to lie. rachel: i thought are a lot more manly songs. joe: there are hate songs got balance it out so you don t stay mad at the weights all day. griff: meet iron like meet me in the middle is that how it works? [laughter] joe: probably more like that than you guys realize. griff i didn t have we have to highlight just off air before we started complimenting joey s pocket square those us in this business have to wear a pocket square because it looks good. you have pheasant feathers? these are peacock and others. thi
plan to go on the offensive when it comes to voting rights. tim walsh, minnesota s governor, will join us to tell us how he s asked his fellow democrats to, quote, think big and the lateston the war i ukraine as daring new drone strikes are attempting to hit deep inside russia and a captivating look at photos from a year of war in ukraine. we begin with the holiday travel chaos that continues to plague countless travelers as more than 17,000 flights have been canceled in nearly a week, and thousands more have been delayed. southwest airlines unsurprisingly by far the most disrupted carrier. in the last five days it s canceled about 8,000 flights according to flightaware southwest operating one-third of its schedule in the next two days in an effort to recover but warned that the reduced schedule could be extended further. it also stems from that major winter storm that impacted much of the nation over the holiday parts of the united states are still under multiple feet
of cnn this morning. it is sunday, december 25th. of course you know, we ve all been waiting for this beautiful morning. i m amara walker. good morning and merry christmas to you as well. thank you for spending part of your holiday morning with us. just ahead this morning, fighting racism from a one horse open sleigh, after getting hate mail for put putting up a black stanta in his yard santa in h yard, one man fights back. and how dollar stars are quickly becoming the go-to destination for shoppers. and we re going to introduce you to this year s cnn hero of the year, with a heart warming moment as she accepted her award. first let s get you caught up with this morning s headlines with whitney wilde. good morning and merry christmas to you, if you re celebrating at home. we begin with this brutal weather storm. at least 22 deaths are blamed on the storm and more than a quarter million people are without electricity. more than 3,400 flights were cancelled yesterda
holiday. freeze warnings still in effect in several states at this hour. blizzard conditions, at least 26 people have died in the actic blast, across eight state. in a hard-hit erie county, new york, roads remain impassable. still, a very dangerous situation. driving bans are still in place. this was the first time in buffalo fire history that they were unable to respond to calls. we want to remind everybody, there was a period hours straight in which we could not send out emergency service crews, because it was too dangerous. we will talk to that official in just a few minutes. plus, bitter-cold icing over the christmas celebrations in the midwest, east coast and southeast, even florida is feeling the chill, much of the state experiencing its coldest christmas since 1983. let s start in buffalo, new york. polo sandoval is braving is the cold temperatures there. merry christmas. reporter: merry christmas. it is in a recovery process right now, the sun finally came o