happening now, santa claus is coming to town. he is coming to everyone s town and you can track his route thanks to norad, the group responsible for protecting the skies over the u.s. and dcanada. he has been rapidly making his way across europe, already delivering more than 3 billion presents. with me now is rear admiral dan cheaver. is this winter storm going to slow santa down? it s not going to slow him at all. he has an all weather sleigh. he ll be on track. thank goodness. n norad has tracked santa s journey since the 1950s. it all started by accident. it s such a great story.
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gas. sub-zero temperatures are widespread across the country and more than 750,000 customers remain without power. the power grid operator for 13 states is now asking residents to reduce their power usage to avoid widespread outages. holiday travel by road and air has been disrupted, and today alone more than 2600 flightses have been cancelled and more than 6,000 have been delayed. polo sandoval has the latest from buffalo, new york. here in buffalo, new york, what is considered ground zero of this massive winter storm, driving around is not only treacherous. it is still prohibited especially for non-essential reasons and this is one of the reasons why. this is a scene that repeats itself according to officials not only here in buffalo, but throughout the region. you have vehicles that have basically been abandoned. so what authorities are going to do through the evening and into christmas day.
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flights in and out of u.s. airports canceled with more expected the latest forecast and travel update in just a moment, but first, maggie vespa with the incredible scope of this storm. reporter: yeah, lester snow and wind hitting here in chicago, as you can see, along with the potential for black ice on the roads and those plummeting temperatures the high here in chicago today, 33. tomorrow, it s 2 brutal conditions sweeping the country during the holiday homestretch. tonight, a withering white christmas courtesy of a monster winter storm delivering brutal winds and dangerous flash freezes during the heart of the holiday season i mean, it s cold. but when it s negative 20, it s just another level. it sucks. i hate it. reporter: the system forecast to transform into a bomb cyclone overnight. coast to coast, 105 million people, nearly a third of the u.s. population are under winter weather alerts. with blizzard warnings now in ten states, states of emergency
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