this hour, we re tracking a deadly winter storm. temperatures plummeting to life-threatening lows on this christmas holiday. more than 55 million people remain under windchill alerts this morning. right now, blizzard conditions across the great lakes. at least 26 people have died from the arctic blast across eight states. in hard-hit erie county, new york, roads remain impassable after two straight days of snowfall. a very dangerous situation, driving bans still in place. this was the first time in buffalo fire history that they were unable to respond to calls. i want to remind everybody, there was a period, hours straight in which we could not send out emergency service crews. we could not send out department of public works crews, because it was too dangerous. bitter cold icing over the christmas celebrations in the midwest, east coast, and southeast this morning. even florida is feeling the chill. much of the state experiencing its coldest christmas since 1983. power o
the man has trouble with names,f but not the name ts of people. he may be met once or twice,le. right? that would be understandable. weg about the names of prominent political figures, including his own cabinet. i want to thank the former cl general. i keep calling him general. my , my the guy who runs that outfit over there. i remember i got in trouble when we were running against whw the senator who is a mormon governor . okayas, i took him on .d i tookm i want to thank that fellow down under. ank you thank you very much about our national security adviser, joe biden contact with his counterparts throughout the world and our alliesr as ass the general excuse me, i keee p calling them in general. it s so inspiring, isn t it? and today, as the supply of baby formula reached new lows, the president reached for more names. w how are youlows, going to over? reacd moreto secretary? mr . secretary, i m going to have you speak now and yourarksa remarks, and then we re goinnd
has blamed ill health for the removal of former president shuejintao from the hole during the conference. he said he is attending the closing ceremony. now, on bbc news, talking movies.. hello from london, i m tom brook. the bbc is 100 years old, and as part of the bbc 100 celebrations, talking movies is going to look at the contribution the corporation has made to the british film industry over the decades, through five top directors who have picked up their skills here at the bbc. i went to meet these filmmakers who ve shaped modern cinema. the multi award winning ken loach, whose credits include the landmark movie, kes. mike leigh, known for his legendary use of improvisation in films that have brought him seven oscar nominations. james marsh who won an academy award for his celebrated documentary man on wire. mary harron who made the modern american classic american psycho, starring christian bale, and sally el hosaini, a rising star in british cinema, having just launche
that ballot, when they go into that voter booth. it will say because kansasian value women and children, the constitution of the state of kansas does not require government funding of abortion and does not create or secure a right to abortion. so one could argue that this is clearly skewed from an anti-abortion perspective. this is called the value them both amendment. and even if this was not the number one issue for many state residents, they have just been bombarded by canvassers both for and against this amendment for the last several weeks. how much will the outcome of this vote in kansas tell us about the potency of this issue in the mid terms? it s a key question, victor. democrats are hoping this will be an issue that will galvanize voters. and illustrate republicans have become too extreme. that is their hope. polling suggests the issue has become sort of a boost for otherwise disspirited democrats. they seem to be having success with how they re talking about ab
kai kaitlan, the white house does not tell the press corps when the president is tested. . they tell us when but not how often. so we will get updates when he goes on a foreign trip, as he did left week to the middle east with us. they told us he tested negative departing for that. when we tried to pin them down on how often, is it every day, every other day, they have left gray area. it s a question for this week. look, he took a test on tuesday. it was negative. he did not take a test it appears yesterday before he went to this event in somerset, massachusetts. and today was the one that was positive and why the press secretary got that note. a few things stood out which is where they said we knew this was go egg to were that. they have been bracing for this. there have been actual close contacts and close situations, close calls where he was at an event where the irish srb was. secretary of state blinken tested positive. and now they say they don t know where they got it