the grocery stores and why it s forcing shoppers to change their happen it s and is leading to a boom for some stores. and you ll hear from a woman who honored her mom in accepting the hero of the year award. it is a beautiful moment. first let s get you caught up on this morning s head lines with whitney wilde. good morning boris and amara. a dangerous and deadly winter storm is causing severe travel headaches all across the country, more than 3,400 flights cancelled yesterday. another 1,200 cancelled so far today. governor hochul said she will ask for a declaration of
an incident that happened inside that villa. it s gruesome as that woman is beaten and dragged around. she s not fighting back. we know authorities were called at some point to give her assistance. it was too late and she suffered some sort of spinal cord injury. friends were very upset to learn about what happened to their friend. i m glad it s getting the attention it needs. i wish it was like this from day one. obviously, the mexican authorities plan to bring whoever it was back to mexico to face charges. we actually talked to shanquella robinson s father. he indicates to us that he believes the video online is his daughter who s not fighting back during this. remember, it was supposed to be six friends from college going on this vacation. so many questions. a young lady s life lost and now authorities stepping in. whitney? just a horrible story. ryan young, thank you for the details on that. a major test for the u.s.
thanks, whitney. meanwhile, president biden is renewing his call to ban assault weapons after the most recent mass shootings. the idea, the idea we still allow semi-automatic weapons to be purchased is sick. it s just sick. it has no social redeeming value. none, zero, not a single rationale for it except profiting the gun manufacturer. the suspect in the lgbtq shooting in colorado springs did use an assault style weapon according to police. in walmart it was a different case. that shooter used a handgun and multiple magazines to carry out that horrific crime. congress is going back to the hill next week. they have a very long to-do list. gun legislation, though, specifically the assault weapons ban just does not have the votes to pass. a former magazine columnist is suing donald trump under a new law that just took effect on
dnipro just after they ve withdrawn from that city. now carrying out attacks against civilian targets in the last 24 hours killing at least 7 people in that region and along the river. sam kiley, thank you. the u.n. has voted to the dissent was sparked in september by the death of mahsa amini, detained by the morality police for not wearing a head scarf pro properly. what is the latest from istanbul? reporter: well, whitney, this vote by the united nations seen has a huge victory for human rights advocates and so many iranians who for years have been pushing the international community to establish an independent investigative
mechanism to ensure the perpetrators are held accountable. you have the united nations agreeing on this fact-finding mission to be formed. it will investigate the human rights violations that will take place during the human rights that will take place. it will collect and analyze evidence of these human rights violations and that could be used to try to hold those perpetrators of the crimes accountable in the future. the concern is, of course, you know, you hear some people saying this is long overdue, this should have happened a long time ago when you consider what s been going on in iran for years and years right now. but at the same time, whitney, it s coming at such a critical time. we heard the united nations warning that the situation in iran right now has turned into this full-blown human rights crisis. you re seeing the death toll from this crackdown continuing to rise. the government is not backing down.