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
glimpse at the impact in massive winter storm is having on travelers, that is the piec rich, it is a main link from buffalo to canada, it is close at this hour as you can see, i is deserted in this live look. meanwhile thousands of flights being delayed in canceled in airports around the, country leaving, many many peopl stranded ahead christmas eve let s bring in nbc s - philadelphia national airport, we have been checking in with, you how is it looking now? well, alex, just within the last hour, we are hearing from secretary of transportatio pete buttigieg, he reported 20 of flights were canceled yesterday, that is one in five flights. we continue to see the ripplin and lingering affects of thi week s severe weather today. so far today more than 200 flight cancellations, anothe 4300 delays on top of that according to one flights tracker. we are seeing not quite th same degree of fligh