you, from nbc news here in miami, welcome everyone to alex reid reports. we begin with breaking news, this just in an update from capitol hill, where negotiators from the white house and house republicans are working through the holiday weekend, inching closer to an agreement to raise the debt ceiling. it comes as after a news of some new breathing room, as the treasury secretary now says the deadline for default is june 5th. moments ago, house speaker kevin mccarthy, giving an update. but. i feel closer to an agreement now than i did before, because i see progress. so this is not easy initiating for me. that does not matter. at one pmi, i will talk with democratic congressman jasmine crockett about the negotiations, as well as renewed calls for police reform after an 11 year old boy is shot by an officer. more breaking news for you, in two hours, the texas house begins debating whether to impeach the states republican attorney general, ken paxton after a republican-led i
these are the scenes playing out in airports across the united states, as massive disruptions out southwest airlines made holiday travels stranded. plus, frigid temperatures, and power lines and snowfall have parts of the u.s. this holiday weekend, you will speak to one new york official about the difficulties that remain as temperatures finally take a turn for the better. and, no relief for soldiers fighting in ukraine s hardest frontline, towns as president zelenskyy warns the russian troops will stop at nothing to gain just a little ground. and get to have you with, us it is the nightmare after christmas, thousands of flights are being canceled across the u.s.. after the monster arctic storm that pummeled much of the country over the holiday. and for southwest airlines in particular, it is and other catastrophe. right now, the flight tracking website flightaware shows more than 2700 total cancellations in the u.s. on tuesday. and of those, more than 90% of southwest flig
of the state. buffalo and other cities are struggling to dig out of 43 inches of snow and freezing temperatures and power outages. i ll talk with the buffalo police commissioner this hour. many americans are still feeling the effects of the arctic blast, including millions of air travelers. southwest airlines experiencing massive disruptions, with more than 65% of its flights canceled just today, adding to the holiday travel chaos. also tonight, vladimir putin claims he s ready to negotiate a solution to the ukraine war, but a key ukrainian official says the russian president needs to get back to reality, as moscow continues to slaughter innocent civilians. 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 with the deadly weather emergency in western new york. governor kathy hochul is calling it, and i m quoting her, the blizzard of the century and she is warning it is far from over.
pete: kevin. rachel: i can t believe that. i know it s kenny. will: i once said deke bentley. if you wake up and tell your man he s a big star, it s going to be a good day. that s all every manments to hear when they wake up. today is national hunting and fishing day. will: where s the hunting and fishing? pete: unclear. it didn t make the rundown. we re doing the show from central park from the reservoir or pond. rachel: i don t know if you can shoot pidgeons but that would be fun. pete: you ve seen the famous video come across and the fly fishing and the reservoir and the pond and wherever. will: somewhere in central park. pete: he was in central park doing that and he comes up with a cell phone and acted like he got tucker. you re doing something wrong. i got you. he s like, what? rachel: was tucker like on his own? will: he d go to central park and fish and someone thought he had a got ya moment. pete: he s like this is legal. you re allowed to fish here. rachel: i d love
case and some directly contradict the story that authorities first told, this is the time line of the attack as we understand it now. authorities now say at 11:28 a.m. tuesday, the gunman crashed his truck and fired his rifle at two people across the street. at 11:40, 12 minutes later, the gun than fired toward the school building and then walked in through an unlocked door. he was not confronted by a school resource officer which is directly contradictory to what officials had been telling us. not accurate. he walked in unobstructed initially. so from the grandmother s house to the wreck into the school, he was not confronted by anybody. to clear the record on that. reporter: at 11:44 a.m. officers arrived at the school, the shooter fired at them, they took cover and called for more backup. authorities say officers did evacuate students and teachers from other parts of the school and at some point began negotiations with the gunman. meantime as the minutes tick by, famil