you from msnbc and los angeles mayor christmas eve to all o you celebrating, welcome everyone to alex witt reports. we begin this hour with th latest on the deadly winte storms moving across the u.s., leaving dangerously cold win chills across much of centra and eastern states at least 20 people have died i storm related incidents across the country in, erie count police say ambulances are stil unable to respond to emergency calls, in a timely manner. the problem is in the hardest hit areas, up to two thirds of emergency response vehicles are stuck fire, ambulance, police, i addition, a man in vehicles ar causing significant problems, have to note this, it is not something we are proud of, but in the worst affected areas, there is no emergency servic available. there s no guarantee that life-threatening emergency situation, that they will be able to respond immediately. we are dealing with situations all night, including a situation with a baby at a hom location which is on
snowfall and fog on the way into work, but these yorkshire residents took full advantage of the conditions and had a snowball fight, while aberdeenshire was covered in a layer of frost. time for a look at the weather. here s chris fawkes. have we taken your best snow pictures? the big frits is set to continue. it was a case of white cars in redcar, is heavy snow in the eastern area, meanwhile flakes of o snow fall in south east england. this didn t result in gridlock on the roads. looking at the weather pictures, temperatures above freezing and many of the showers draped round the coastal areas are coming in as rain and sleet. most inland parts of the uk dry with sunshine, but the sunshine not doing very much for the temperatures we are still below freezing in a number of spots and we might squeak above freezing for some. it will stay really cold. overnights tonight, the showers will turn back to snow and we have some particularly showers to come across dumfries and galloway,