crisis. let s begin with peter live on the north lawn. hi, peter. jillian, if the supreme court does not intervene, title 42 could end today. the lack of information lately from officials here at the biden white house about what they want to happen after title 42 goe crs curious about what exactly the biden white house wants to happen next. we ve got the biden administration and most democrats who don t see this as anything but a win. they re seeing this an success at the border. every person that you talk to in the biden administration says this is not a problem. you talk to the president, he said there s other problems that we have. officials here are saying less about migrants arriving at the southern border than about migrants being bussed to d.c. the white house says governor abbott abandoned children on the side of the road and below freezing temperatures on christmas eve without coordinating with any local authorities. this was a cruel dangerous and shameful stun
we re still in the tlhroes of this life threatening situation. good morning, everybody, it s monday, december 26th. don and kaitlan are off, i m glad to have sara sidner with us. good morning. let s talk about the death toll rising in new york from the storm. thousands of delays and cancellations impacting many air travelers many failing to make it home for the holidays. in a cruel, dangerous and shameful stunt, the white house blaming texas governor greg abbott for sending residents to the home of vice president kamala harris on christmas eve. first, though, a storm for the ages in western new york state. at least 17 weather-related deaths are being reported this morning, most in the buffalo area. governor katy hochul has requested emergency disaster relief from the biden administration. a state of emergency remains in effect. this has paralyzed so many parts of the state and the country, bringing this region to its knees. more than 12,000 customers are still wit
the handshake. that one i will treasure. jerry, may we all be like jerry in 2023. thank you very much. thank you. thanks all of you for watching. thanks for getting up early. yes. you re fun. we will see you back here tomorrow morning. cnn newsroom starts now. good morning, everyone. i m jessica dean in washington. jim sciutto is off today. we are going to begin this morning with parts of the country trying to dig out from what s been both a dangerous and historic snowstorm. 200 additional national guard soldiers deploying to western new york today as the blizzard has now led to the deaths of at least 17 people there. we now have what will be talked about not just today but for generations, the blizzard of 22. we are still in the throes of this very dangerous life-threatening situation. nationwide more than 1,500 flights already canceled this morning, about the same amount delayed. that s only adding to the backlog from the holiday weekend, but we do have p
hundreds ever migrants are schiffering about a critical immigration law. and a drone creeps deep inside of russian territory and killed three soldiers. p plus, should the world take vladimir putin as his word as the russian leader repeats an offer to slide a chair up to the negotiating table with ukraine. this is what we re watching at this hour. and good morning, thank you so much for being here. i m amara walker in for kate bolduan. the death toll from a brutal winter storm rising now to at least 47 western new york bearing the blunt with a once in a lifetime blizzard. the death toll in erie county climbing to 25. more than 43 inches of snow fell over the weekend. and it is still coming down in some places. roads in buffalo are impassable and the city is under a driving ban. over 12,000 people are without power there. the governor of new york has declared a state of emergency and the national guard is deploying 200 additional troops to the western part of the state. e
bussed over 15,000 migrants to sanctuary cities providing much-needed relief to communities overwhelmed by the president s open biden border policies. we have karl rove here with us. first to peter doocy. peter. these border crossers arrived in border states. we don t hear much from biden officials. as they arrived in washington d.c. outside the vice president s residence, we have a forceful condemnation. it says this. governor abbott abandoned children on the side of the road and below freezing temperatures on christmas eve without coordinating with any federal or local authorities. this was a shameful stunt. as we have said, we re willing to work with anyone, democrat or republicans on the comprehensive immigration reform. these political games accomplish nothing and put lives in danger. that s as dhs says that they re still using title 42 a lot. listen. dhs continues to fully enforce our immigration of public health laws at the border. people are being expelled as requi