nightmare is unfolding in buffalo, new york , after days of blistering cold weather in nearly fifty two inches of snow ,dozens are now dead. thousands are without power. new york s governor referred to driving conditions as a war zone. police, national guard are going door to door, plowing their way through the snow to perform welfare checks. and the death toll in western new york is expected to rise. meanwhile, thousands of flights have been canceled or delayed, especially on southwest airlines. which is stranded americans and their luggage all over the country in what is being described as a colossal failure at every level. here now with a full report. fox wethers, katie, burne, katy . some southwest fliers never made it home for the holidays. many of them are still stranded tonight. and for those who gave up on flying altogether, they decided to drive home instead. now they re showing up to airports like this, looking for their luggage and being told they won t be seein
Man mookie dean, its 5 am in tel aviv where citizens are waking up to a Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has described as a state of war. Less than 50 miles away in gaza city, these are live pictures, aerate sirens continuing to run into the early hours of the morning, as israel continues airstrikes hammering the strip. Israel counterattack comes 11 24 hours after the Palestinian Militant Group hamas launched an unprecedented, and brazen attack on the southern border of the country. Forces firing a barrage of more than 2200 rockets from gaza into israel, that began at around 6 30 a. M. And that is according to the countrys military. Hamas fighters took to the air, the group also infiltrated Israel Southern Border by land and sea, taking an unknown number of civilians and soldiers captive in the process. Its in the soul of the likes of which the country has not seen in decades. Following saturday mornings attack, netanyahu vowed mighty vengeance for the assault. Israeli officials at le
People have been confirmed killed in israel. Gazas Health Ministry says at least 232 palestinians have been killed in the conflict since hamas watched a deadly Surprise Attack on southern israel yesterday, breaking through the gaza border fence, and firing thousand, thousands of rockets at israeli cities. Israeli militants said that hamas fighters took civilians, israeli civilians, men, women, and children, and theyve taken them hostage. Transported them to gaza where israeli airstrikes continue as dawn breaks out over the region. Sunrise in the region is about 39 minutes from now. The israeli ambassador to the United Nations calls it israels 9 11. The countrys Security Cabinet was halted the supply of fuel, electricity, and other goods into gaza. Congressman adam smith whos the Ranking Member of the Armed Services committee will be with us later in the hour with reaction from inside congress. We begin this hour with nbcs Foreign Correspondent josh lippman. Josh, whats the very latest
Howell, the very respected judge in d.c. on friday, saying this material, even though ordinarily when you talk to an attorney and client that s protected it s going to be pierced because of what you call the crime-fraud exception. what the law says you can t act through your career attorney to committed a crime. that last evening to file a motion to appeal that to our nation s second highest court, the u.s. court of appeals for the d.c. circuit, and then that court did something extraordinary and basically said government you have to respond in about seven hours, by six a.m., to this trump filing. i used to run appeals for the federal government. i have never seen anything like this. and to me i think it really does suggest the seriousness of the investigation. andrew and i were texting last night, trying to figure out why
now, the feds are looking into this and lawmakers on capitol hill are saying investigations will be coming in the new year. jason . katie, thank you. as you might expect, president biden is blissfully unaware today. he called the lid at 10 00, six a.m., presumably so he could bask in the caribbean sun . the president is on vacation after all. keep in mind, this comes after a recent beach vacation to the luxurious kiawah island in south carolina. and then another relaxing vacation in nantucket. along with around 60 mini vacations to delaware. this year alone. so with joe taking off so much time to recharge, just who is actually running the show? well, it s certainly not biden s transportation secretary mayor, pete. it took pete four whole days to respond to the ongoing travel crisis caused primarily by southwest airlines. now, one prominent democrat, nina turner, is voicing concern