states, canada and all around the world. i m kim brunhuber. ahead on cnn newsroom. much of the u.s. is shivering under freezing temperatures with new york in the great lakes area bracing for paralyzing snow. the nation as saudi crown prince the mandate officials say approved the execution of khashoggi. i will speak to an adviser to ukraine s defense minister. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. at this hour 6 million people in the u.s. are s bracing for severe winter storms. five states around the great lakes are under snow alerts. parts of new york are dealing with treacherous conditions after dealing with treacherous snow since wednesday. but it s stretching through the northwest, almost the entire
i think he ll get somewhere between 3 and 4. hard times, you know, right now for a lot of people, christine. when it comes to the one of a kind memorabilia, you never know what it s going to go for. have a great weekend, andy. you, too. thank you. have a great week end. i m christine romans. cnn this morning starts right now. wow, look at that in the wall, did you see that? good morning, i m going to explain to you, everybody. good morning. it may not be happy friday for people in buffalo. going to be a cold friday. probably a snowy one. happening right now, a massive lake effect snowstorm is bearing down. it could bury western new york. millions of people are under snow alerts.
namely the buffalo area. authorities have banned driving in an effort to keep people off the roads. the governor s declared a state of emergency for 11 counties. buffalo s mayor is improrg residents to take caution. but i want to be very clear, this is not your normal snowfall in the city of buffalo or in the region, this is a snowstorm with potentially deadly consequences if people do not do the right thing. new york is one of the five states around the great lakes with snow alerts and impacting thousands of people. derek van dam is tracking all of this with the latest advice. max, any other given day snow in buffalo new york would not be making headlines.
the scene was gruesome, there was blood everywhere. so a lot is not adding up. lucy kafanov, thank you for your reporting. we re going to keep working on this story and get more information. meantime, even by buffalo standards this weather is scary. lake effect snow pounding western new york right now, and it will keep pounding for days. up to six feet could fall by sunday. the snowfall so intense people likely won t be able to see the roads assuming they even try to get out in this kind of weather. the governor has put 11 counties under a state of emergency and said the national guard is ready to roll. millions of people in five great lakes states are under snow alerts right now. cnn meteorologist jennifer gray is joining us. this is looking like a historic weather event. yeah, it really is. i don t think it s going to end up ranking number one for snowiest event, but this could definitely be the top five for several of these areas. several feet of snow in one event, that s a lot of