during his christmas day message. hello and welcome to bbc news. more than a million americans and canadians are facing christmas day without power as a winter storm continues to barrel its way across north america. the so called bomb cyclone has brought heavy snow, strong winds, and freezing temperatures. at least 20 people have died because of icy roads, and high winds uprooted trees. howard johnson reports. subzero temperatures. ..whiteouts. .. ..and flooding. from toronto to new orleans, north america is experiencing a winter storm of epic proportions. nearly 250 million americans and canadians are believed to be affected, with more than 1.5 million people without power. thousands of flights have been cancelled and major roads closed, ruining christmas travel plans. a 46 car pile up in ohio left four dead. while in kansas city, one person died when their car plunged into an icy creek. in hard hit new york state, driving has been banned to prevent further casualties. the c
tens of millions of americans are hunkered down in one of the bleakest christmas days in living memory. the arctic storm that s swept through most of the country has so far claimed 20 lives. family travel plans for much of the us have been thrown into chaos or abandoned. a million people are already without power. emily unia reports. strong winds and sub zero temperatures. america may have been dreaming of a white christmas but not like this. countless roads are closed or impassable, even the gritter got stuck. around 250 million people across the united states and canada are facing festive weather chaos. anything can happen in any moment and you ve got to be on your toes. thousands of flights have been cancelled, delayed trains have left passengers stranded for hours, conditions are so bad new york state has banned driving. it is life threatening what is going on as we speak in buffalo. getting calls through the night from frightened neighbours where the temperature has been
hamas captivity and why the mission almost fell apart. plus with palestinian civilians killed in the raid, could the united states push for a cease-fire ban jeopardy. cbs evening news starts now. international pressure builds on hamas to accept a cease-fire and hostage proposal laid out by president biden. tonight the terror group says it s ready to negotiate. good evening, i am norah o donnell. thank you for being with us. we want to begin with the new diplomatic push to stop the israel-hamas war. and renewed hope that more hostages could be released. the u.n. security council just approve the latest plan and america s top diplomat secretary of state antony blinken is back in the middle east trying to close the deal tonight. this comes as we are getting dramatic new video of the daring raid that freed four is really hostages over the weekend. which came at a staggering cost for palestinian civilians. cbs s chris livesay s leads us off from tel aviv. new footage shows the
An 18yearold freshman dies at a major university. Now all sororities and fraternities on campus temporarily shut down. Jose on the move. On the verge of turning back into a hurricane, the path showing its heading close to the east coast and new warnings this morning about rain, wind and lifethreatening rip currents. And we do say good morning on a very busy friday morning. We want to get right to that breaking news. A terror attack in london during the morning rush hour there. This device in flames on a subway train. Counterterror police helping people evacuate. A manhunt is under way. George is right there for us in london. Good morning, george. Good morning, robin. Just after i landed around 8 20 a. M. , the height of rush hour here in london the first calls came about this explosion. An ied, improvised explosive device, on a subway train at the Parsons Green station, thats a suburb of london here. A lot of commotion there at that station. Right now we know that 18 people have been t