ahead on cnn newsroom. hundreds if not thousands of americans who are stranded all across the nation are unable to get home. i have no clothes. i have nothing. i have no way to get home. i m beyond frustrated. it hurt because i can t see my dad. i ve lived here my entire life. i remember the blizzard of 77. it was worse. anyone who declares victory and says it s over, it s still a dangerous situation to be out. announcer: live there loren done, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is tuesday, december 27th. 9 a.m. here in london. 4 a.m. here on the u.s. east coast where thousands of people are stranded at airports after months of arctic storms that pummelled much of the country over the holiday weekend. if you re planning to travel into the new year holiday you could be impacted. the flight tracking website flight aware shows more than 2700 total cancellations occurred in the u.s. today and of those 90% are southwest airlines flights.
the start of the war in ukraine. he s visited all five central asian countries. that is very unusual for him to do in the space of a year. it s clear he wants to cement his influence over this region, his sort of sphere of influence as a counterpoint to the trans atlantic western alliance you see in the middle of that family photo. russian culture also on display. the russian museum in saint petersberg. he s saying he wants 2023 to be the year of the russian language, but we have seen countries in this grouping wavering on their support for russia and ukraine. kazakhstan and the ukrainian health ministry has said it s received generators from kazakhstan as they continue to shell and bomb the energy grid. the support has been sort of there but also not completely