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
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 only a numbe of blocks away from the s side of buffalo, and they could still not get emergenc personnel there. wow almost 1 million household remain without electricity thi last hour, north carolina,
tennessee, maine, they are among the states hardest hit with hundreds of thousands unable to heat their homes blizzard conditions in the great lakes region have shut down that peace bridge, you se it right, they re a majo crossing between the u.s. an canada, and it has lef hundreds of drivers stranded i their cars airports in buffalo milwaukee are closed, airports in salt lake city akron area counties that we ve been listening to the executive there also burlington vermont, they are deicing social media users are tryin to make the best of th horrible conditions, one perso tossing boiling water into the icy air, in georgia, look at that, that is an amazing experiment beautiful to see though you don t want to b there. we have several reports coming the storm as it sweeps acros the states and remains in some areas, let s begin with nb shaquille brewster in benton harbor, michigan once again, that was reall horrible having to listen to that every county official talking about two thirds o
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
something you are seeing all across the country alex. yeah, we sure, our thank yo for reporting on it though many thanks for that let s bring in right now nbc meteorologist andrew last ma who is going to back u everything shaq just told us my question to you, who is getting hit the hardest righ now? it is really, alex, the people downwind of the lake. lake ontario, they, gary lak superior, lake michigan, you can see those lake effect snow bands have set up shop, they will be there for the rest o the day. so while the bulk of the northeast isn t dealing with the rain anymore, or the midwest, those folks along the lake they are still going to b hammered today as we get through the day today and even into tomorrow, finally be able to start cleaning up places like buffalo they hav already seen 27 inches of snow at the airport, and likely tha number has gone up since i m even telling about it. we are looking at travel trouble in places like detroit buffalo, cleveland, that i where we ar