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
liv golf. i m sara sidner in for fredricka whitfield. thanks for joining us on this christmas eve. a winter wholall up leaving millions out in the cold, some enduring their coldest christmas in decades. right now nomore than 100 milli people under windchill alerts. the arctic blast extending from montana all the way down to florida. some areas in the midwest are dipping into the negative 30s. yes, i said negative 30s. new york state police are warning people to stay off the roads amid white outconditions. they say search and rescue is moving extremely slovakia slowly due to the blizzard. the bitter cold proving dangerous. at least 15 people have lost their lives across the country so far. in ohio, icy roads are blamed for a 50-car pileup. you are looking at it there. devastating. in north carolina and a tennessee, places not used to this kind of cold, power companies are running short rolling blackouts to keep up with unusually high energy demand. more than 1.6 million custom
testimony from victims of the recent shootings. this student described watching her friends and teachers die and saying she s afraid to return to school. the devastating story of kimberly and felix rubio who lost their daughter. we told her we loved her and we would pick her up after school. i could still see her walking with us toward the exit. in the reel that scrolls across my memory, she turns and acknowledges my promise. then we left. i left my daughter at that school, and that decision will haunt me for the rest of many i life. we don t want you to think of her as just a number. she was intelligent, compassionate and athletic. she was quiet. shy unless she had a point to make. when she knew she was right, she stood her ground. she was firm, direct, voice unwavering. today, we stand for lexi and as her voice we demand action. somewhere out there, there s a mom listen to our testimony, thinking, i can t even imagine their pain. not knowing that our reality will one day
left 19 students and 2 teachers dead. in uvalde families continue the excruciating task of burying their loved ones, their children. today three little girls murdered in robb elementary will be laid to rest. all between just 10 and 11 years old. during the shooting, 17 others suffered life-threatening injuries. the tribune reported five of the wounded are still being treated in the hospital, including a 10-year-old girl who remains in serious condition. the gunman s own grandmother shot in the face before the school rampage, now slowly recovering. meanwhile, rear hearing from the uvalde mother who ran into the school to rescue her two children, her sons, after being handcuffed by law enforcement. nothing was being done. if anything, they were being more aggressive on us parents that were willing to go in there. as i told the officer, i don t need your protection. i need you to go in there with me to go protect my kids. if anything, they were being more aggressive on us. the
Championship series. Love it. Andy scholes, thank you. Dont go anywhere, cnn this morning starts right now. Good morning, everyone. Poppy is off. Erica hill joins me. A lot of big news to get to. If on a friday, we should go ahead. Yeah. Gets you closer to your weekend, phil. Five things to know. Breaking overnight, donald trump not running for House Speaker but throwing his weight bree hind congressman jim jordan. Will this push the representative closer to the vote threshold he needs. U. S. Funding to ukraine hangs in the balance of the speaker fight as Russia Strikes against overnight. Former President Trump reportedly revealing Nuclear Submarine secrets to this guy, an australian billionaire who also happens to be a member of maralago. And the Biden Administration announcing sends thousands, and saying build a border wall and still saying walls dont work. Jobs report due out this morning. Monitoring the nationwide strikes on those numbers. Signs of possible progress in the autowork