great love and empathy. i wish you all peaceful and merry christmas journal al jazeera ah took the headlines here on al jazeera, at least 30 people have died in a winter storm that s continuing to hit the united states. the worst it is, new york, where hundreds of thousands of people have been tracked in their homes for days. all of us think in historic and epic towers, but this one is for the ages and we re still in the middle of it. we still have people who need to be rescued. we have people with their power off in our communities and buildings where pipes are bursting and lighting is occurring, i as is happening in my own home right now. so this is what s happening in real time. it is a devastating experience. i cannot overstate how dangerous the conditions still are . well across the northern border and canada thousands remained without power and the 2 biggest provinces, ontario and quebec, many flights of cancelled as our train services. some local governments have decla