where he faces a possible life sentence and in ukraine, resistance forces are on the offensive as some analysts say the military s fighting capabilities are running out. we ll take you live to kyiv. but we begin with our top story right now, unfolding across the country, a travel nightmare for millions of people trying to get home after the christmas holiday as a monstrous winter storm barrels east. right now, more than 2800 flights have been cancelled. that s today alone leaving frustrated travelers strand ed i airport terminals. southwest will operate just one-third of its scheduled flights in the coming days representative from the pilot association says the airline s scheduling system is partly to blame. the death toll has climbed to 63 nationwide after this brutal storm blanketed parts of western new york with as much as four feet of snow and brought powerful wind gusts up to 70 miles per hour with more snow in the forecast, tishls fear the deet death toll could cont
your biggest concern was emergency crews to respond it sounds like they are caught up, or are they? not fully caught up no emergency crews stuck in the height of the blizzard conditions, there were emergency crews that were getting stuck. emergency vehicles that were getting stuck. those vehicles are all moving, all responding they will have over 233 pieces of equipment city plows, county plows, state plows will have tow trucks one of the things complicating plowing and the ability to open up streets right now is the number of vehicles that have been abandoned throughout the city of of buffalo yesterday, the police commissioner and i tour ing the
state plows have moved enough snow to fill gillette stadium 90 times. reporter: the solution of dumping the snow in boston harbor or the ocean seems obvious. the problem is it s illegal. but these are desperate times and it may call for desperate measures. especially if we get more snow on thursday. rob marciano, abc news, boston. what an impressive shot that is. icy roads may be to blame for two massive pile-ups on the new jersey turnpike. more than 15 cars and suvs collided last night just southwest of new york city, leaving at least one person dead and several others injured. the second crash took place at the same time on the outer roadway. that one involved several tractor-trailers, box trucks, cars, and a bus. temperatures are plunging from the midwest to the northeast this morning making travel hazardous. and as this winter storm system moves out, another one is moving in. stef davis has the latest from accuweather. stef. thanks, kendis and sara.
this morning on world news now relentless storm. snow buries boston again. massachusetts in a state of emergency as new englanders run out of places to put the snow. state plows had moved enough snow to fill gillette stadium 90 times. as accuweather forecast another round of misery this week. legal battle. a chief justice in alabama defies the supreme court, trying to stop same-sex marriages in his state. we waited 33 years for this. i mean, it s a big disappointment. the judge s controversial comments and what is next in this legal fight. and investigating bruce jenner. his involvement in a deadly traffic accident and how the paparazzi that were following his car could be a big help to