victim as cody fisher. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk, on pbs in the us or around the world. at least 62 people have been killed in winter storms sweeping across north america. us officials are calling it the blizzard of the century with an extra nine inches of snow expected during the day in new york state where the city of buffalo has borne the brunt of the arctic conditions. the storm has affected a vast area, from canada in the north, down through the us and reaching mexico. president biden has approved emergency measures allowing financial support for new york state. this is the scene live from buffalo. you can see five o clock in the evening there snow still on the roofs thankfully we can see lights and power thousands of people have been without power due to the extreme weather. the city of buffalo has been particularly badly hit some 20 people dead. awful conditions being bored by so many people with all the latest now we can go to our correspondent.
trouble. plus, china nears a covid breaking point. an outbreak over stretches hospitals and pushes its precedent to take a new step in that country s fight against the virus, and how soon is soon? the committee investigating donald trump s taxes promises to release them any day. this is what we are watching at this hour. good morning, everyone. thank you for joining me. kate bolduan is off today. we begin this hour in western new york where a, quote, generational blizzard is pummeling the city of buffalo and all of erie county. the death toll has climbed to 25 and the county executive says that number is likely to grow. i just have to offer my deepest condolences to those that lost a loved one as a result of this horrible situation. i never thought i would face this. i thought the storm we faced in 2014 would have been the worst in which we had 14 deaths and this far surpassed it and there are probably more deaths that will be announced later today. the city of buffal
diehl wins massachusetts governor. worst nightmare. and i m here to stop. tracking the tropics, we are watching hurricane earl. good news not a direct impact. we will see rip current. getting a hair cut a couple seats away from me. i still love you i have plenty of reasons why i do brian: can t get over that hair cut. i will focus on the beach. hard to focus. why are you getting a hair cut at a match like that? steve: he needed one. 67 acres of beach, recreational area of the town nahant, massachusetts. kids are back at school. so they will be there this afternoon at 3:00 when school is over. new york city, don t expect any snow days this year because they stopped them thanks to the advent of zoom, you don t have to miss schooling. ainsley: right, exactly. brian: you should be able to go to the beach or zoom it in. phone your teacher listen i m at new hadn t beach in massachusetts so great i m not coming in today mrs. johnson. i will be watching you.
from nbc news on how some republican senate candidates are looking to turn the page in a fall starting with a major ad blitz. that comes as for the first time ever voters seem lukewarm, the ones who are lukewarm on sitting president joe biden, still plan to vote for his party in november. and we ve been saying this for some time between the president s approval ratings and the generic ballot tests, joe biden is now in the mid-40s according to gallop and other polls. we ll talk about that. and longtime trump ally steve bannon expects to be charged in a state criminal case again? stemming into an investigation into his role in a charity that was supposed to have used private funds to build the wall of the u.s./mexico border. but didn t do it and isn t that really what donald trump did lying about the stop the steal money, where he got hundreds of millions of dollars and lied about the money being used for that again, here s another example, here s another parall
it s helpful. all there is is available on apple podcasts or whenever you get your podcasts. the news continues. cnn tonight with jake tapper starts right now. jake? hey, anderson. i listened to the one with molly shannon. i had no idea she went through that tragedy as a kid. and just the sense of guilt. oh, my god, so profound. her mother and baby sister and cousin were killed in a car crash when she was just four years old. her life, it s amazing. i appreciate you listening. yeah, no, it s great. everyone should check it out. it s obviously a subject you know a lot about and you really bring out these important threads from people like stephen colbert and lauren anderson. thanks. i appreciate it. have a great weekend. thanks anderson. welcome to cnn tonight. i m jake tapper in washington. today donald trump was issued a subpoena from the january 6 committee, which wrote to trump, quote, we have assembled overwhelming evidence that you personally orchestr