we re on the ground for you in buffalo. they made good on elon s ultimatum and quit. we ll tell you we ll ask where twitter goes from here. also overnight, north korea launching another missile. how close it landed to japan and why it sent vice president kamala harris and her aides scrambling. it is friday but a big news day. first to the monster snowstorm bearing down on western new york right now. this morning a state of new york is in effect in 11 up state counties, buffalo in particular could be paralyzed by the massive storm and buried by snowfall. normally snow in buffalo is not usually a headline but the mayor is telling residents, this time it is different. 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
run as house speaker, nancy pelosi is stepping down from leadership saying it is time for a new generation to guide the democratic caucus. now house democrats appear likely to choose new york representative hakeem jeffries, possibly making him the first black person to lead any party in congress. a lot of history this week. we do begin with the dangerous snowstorm bearing down on new york state. cnn s polo sandoval is in buffalo already seeing the impact of this storm. cnn meteorologist chad myers at the cnn weather center. first, polo, tell us what it looks like there. reporter: just to really summarize the concern on the ground from authorities here, jim, it s not necessarily the snow that we saw last night that worries authorities, it s what s predicted to fall in the coming hours here in buffalo. you see the roads because of the small reprieve are fairly clear, i should mention crews have been working nonstop with snow plows and snow blowers to make sure that the streets are clea
seen here that it s january. a deadly snowstorm bearing down on the central u.s. in missouri. the state high way patrol warns people, stay home and off the road as conditions become more dangerous. that is a lot of snow. to talk more about what is expected, meteorologist derrick van dam. derek? thaings are going to look different as people wake up across the central u.s. the snow is spreading to the mid-atlantic states from eastern colorado to kansas, missouri, illinois, indiana, ohio, virginia as well as district of columbia, the capital there. under a winter storm warning. i s not just snow. there s potential for significant icing. here is the story on our radar. it is very active.
well, that s the very latest from here in ft. lauderdale. let s send it back to my colleague richard lui in new york with more on this snowstorm bearing down on the east coast. richard. yeah, we re watching that, ayman. thank you so much. back to you in just a bit. those wild weather headlines we ve been watching across the country this weekend and the beginning parts of the new week, massive storms taking over both coasts. one system paralyzing parts of the east with snow and ice. some southern states have also declared states of emergency because of storms. connecticut for instance part of a highway is closed at ts hour after snowy roads caused a multiple car crash there. police say no one was seriously hurt. good thing. drew smith from our nbc affiliate in philadelphia joins us now from pleasantville, new jersey, normally a very warm place during the summer. now you re looking at below zero when we add in the windchill there, drew. yeah, richard, we think about the beaches whe
another nasty snowstorm bearing down on the northeast. some in new england could get up to 8 inches by tomorrow. a look at some of the massive snowfall totals so far this year. detroit is dealing with more than 75 inches so far this year. chicago, not far behind with nearly 68 inches. new york city and philadelphia, 55 inches of snow a piece. that s amazing. a warmup is coming but then of course, another cold front might follow. mass starvation abuse and down right inhumane treatment. they are detailed in a new report outlining humans rights violations in korea. i want to warn you, you might find this report disturbing. reporter: emimagines of skeletal, starving people eating snakes and rats, emaciated human