hi everyone. thanks for tuning in to this hour where we bring you tomorrow s news tonight we have our great lineup of reporters to share their scoops here with me. tonight we have sarah fisher, jessica dean, athena jones and kylie atwood. okay, so let s dive right into the huge box settlement. fox has to pay more than $787 million in damages to dominion. the dramatic announcement came just moments before the trial was set to begin. sarah fisher was in the courtroom all day. at that moment that this happened so sarah, i want to hear everything that happened in the courtroom. but first, let s just talk about what s going to happen because this is not the end. it feels like it s the end for dominion, certainly, but it s not the end. there are other legal challenges on the horizon for fox. so what should we all be watching for? yes it s a big thing, so they re settling now for $787 million, but this is just one lawsuit that they re settling with dominion. they re facing several o
strikes on ukraine. power facilities in key cities taking a direct hit and leaving residents in the dark and cold. also tonight, we re digging through a new batch of just released january 6th transcripts including testimony by donald trump jr. and we re getting new insight into melania trump s mistrust of her husband s inner circle. and the southwest airlines meltdown drags on now for an eighth day. with thousands more flights canceled. will southwest get back to a full schedule tomorrow as the company claims? welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin this hour in ukraine after one of the biggest russian missile assaults since the start of the russian invasion. let s go straight to the capital, kyiv. our senior international correspondent ben wedeman is on the ground for us. ben, so what are you seeing and hearing over there? reporter: well, what we heard at about 9:00 this morning l
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tomorrow. of the roughly 4,000 flights that they fly daily just 39 are canceled for now. wolf? nick valencia, thank you very much for that report. now let s go to my hometown, buffalo, new york, reeling from a truly historic blizzard that s claimed at least 39 lives. cnn national correspondent athena jones is on the scene for us right now. so athena, how is buffalo doing tonight? reporter: hi, wolf. well, the city s doing much better in terms of getting back to normal. you can see the work going on behind me clearing snow. there s a huge mound of snow just down the street from us. in fact, there are two other mounds of snow about 50 feet apart from each other up this same block. so that is the work they ve been engaged in. the mayor saying that at least more than 600 pieces of equipment are out clearing the snow. the city hall was open. erie county government offices were open. the courthouse was open. and the driving ban has been suspended. and we just learned from the mayor, mayo
their second visit this week to texas. this trip will include a stop in louisiana, which the storm also battered. athena jones is in houston for us. joining us now. so athena, what are the president s plans overall as he visits texas? . the president going to be talking to volunteers in the search and rescue efforts. the president will have a chance to meet extensively with quite a few storm survivors and is then going to be heading to a hurricane relief center. a place handing out aid. and he ll return to the air field and meet with members of the texas congressional delegation as congress prepares to debate this emergency funding bill. and after that he flies to