brutal blizzard record through bluff low. president biden approved a disaster designation. 27 confirmed dead in the region around buffalo. i stranded motorists, knocking out power to thousands and trapping people in their frigid homes. the national weather service saying winter storm warnings are still in effect in parts of the state through this afternoon. there is no end in sight and no plan in place so far anyway from the white house as a record number of migrants continue to flood illegally across the southern border. while president biden heads off to sunny st. croix to celebrate his new year. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom, i m julie banderas. dana and bill are off today. jonathan: i m jonathan hunt. border patrol agents are preparing for the daily onslaught to get even worse when the title 42 asylum policy comes to an end. that could happen as soon as today, depending on a decision by the u.s. supreme court. there were more than 16,000 migrant encounte
anita vogel. remember title 42, the supreme court weighs what comes next. those numbers are expected to surge if the policy is lifted. art del cueto says drugs and criminal cartels will explode as well. correspondent jeff paul. hi, jeff. anita, with title 42 set to expire last week, many went to the border hoping for a better chance to get in. but the supreme court announcing a hold until it hears the case, it s leaving thousands in the cold not knowing what to do next. we turned ourselves into immigration authorities, immigration expelled us because what they told us is that everything from central america is closed off. we are waiting for title 42 to be nullified. even with the frigid weather, the number is not slowing down. from friday to sunday, 16,476 encounters over the span of those three days. roughly 2100 were expelled under title 42, the remaining 14,000 were released. busiest sector was del rio, more than 4,000, followed by el paso, more than 3,000, and yuma,
migrant system continues. elon musk continues his shakeup of twitter, suggesting users will have to pay to get into accounts. and the iranians are demanding their own football team be banned from the world cup. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk, on pbs in the us, and around the world. in one of the most remarkable comebacks in political history, the former israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, could be returning to power. exit polls following israel s fourth election in five years give his right wing bloc a slim majority of seats in the knesset. here s our middle east corrspondent yolande knell. after a high turnout, exit poll suggests that israel s former prime minister, benjamin netanyu, is in position to take the rains of power again. but no matter what happens, his allies on the far right are jumping forjoy. la rg est n ot the third largest party. not long i know, the leaders of icing ! efliéfl i; the. lgsjigfr’s’fif” ” zionism known
that brutal storm that killed 50 people, plus left thousands stranded across the country. why one governor is now calling her state a war zone and in ukraine, an attempted drone attack deep inside russia has vladimir putin once again saying he s ready for peace talks, but is anybody taking that offer seriously as president zelenskyy urges his countrymen to keep the faith. today the future of title 42 allowing migrants to be turned away quickly at the border because of covid-19 public health concerns remains in limbo. what is clear, that the dangser to migrants and the political fight are increasing the supreme court could grant the biden administration s request to end the trump-era border policy, or keep it in place issuing a longer stay. but with freezing temperatures not only is a humanitarian crisis growing at the southern border, the white house is now financial saying strong criticism for governor abbott after that busload of migrants was dropped off in front of vic
happy holidays we re here at msnbc headquarters in new york city, thank you for spending time with us on this monday the death toll from the once in a lifetime multi-state winter storm over the weekend continues to rise today. up by about 20 from this hour yesterday. we now have at least 55 people dead across 12 states with western new york especially hard-hit nearly half of those fatalities are in new york s erie county alone. the freezing temperatures and wind gusts also knocking out power for tens of thousands. in the latest update today, new york governor kathy hochul told drivers to stay off the roads and what first responders are discovering as they conduct rescue operations. going into homes, going into vehicles, and too many tragic times finding people who have not survived the experience. they re grieving inside, as we all are, for the families who are getting horrible heart-breaking news that their loved ones succumbed to the storm over the last day or two, and ou