plan to go on the offensive when it comes to voting rights. tim walsh, minnesota s governor, will join us to tell us how he s asked his fellow democrats to, quote, think big and the lateston the war i ukraine as daring new drone strikes are attempting to hit deep inside russia and a captivating look at photos from a year of war in ukraine. we begin with the holiday travel chaos that continues to plague countless travelers as more than 17,000 flights have been canceled in nearly a week, and thousands more have been delayed. southwest airlines unsurprisingly by far the most disrupted carrier. in the last five days it s canceled about 8,000 flights according to flightaware southwest operating one-third of its schedule in the next two days in an effort to recover but warned that the reduced schedule could be extended further. it also stems from that major winter storm that impacted much of the nation over the holiday parts of the united states are still under multiple feet
where he faces a possible life sentence and in ukraine, resistance forces are on the offensive as some analysts say the military s fighting capabilities are running out. we ll take you live to kyiv. but we begin with our top story right now, unfolding across the country, a travel nightmare for millions of people trying to get home after the christmas holiday as a monstrous winter storm barrels east. right now, more than 2800 flights have been cancelled. that s today alone leaving frustrated travelers strand ed i airport terminals. southwest will operate just one-third of its scheduled flights in the coming days representative from the pilot association says the airline s scheduling system is partly to blame. the death toll has climbed to 63 nationwide after this brutal storm blanketed parts of western new york with as much as four feet of snow and brought powerful wind gusts up to 70 miles per hour with more snow in the forecast, tishls fear the deet death toll could cont
good morning, i m chris jansing. happening right now, chaos, frustration and confusion at u.s. airports as a deadly winter storm continues to reeve havoc for travelers for another day leaving thousands of residents trying to dig their way out. we ll take you live to buffalo where the mayor just confirmed more deaths. we ll ask him about that and how emergency crews are grappling with this very storm also morning, the fate of thousands of people taking asylum in the u.s. now in the hands of the supreme court where we could see a decision as soon as today on that controversial pandemic era health policy we have more on that coming up and any moment now, the convicted ring leader behind a plot to assassinate gretchen whitmer is set to be sentenced