followening dangerous conditions in new york as night falls and the governor is appealing for federal help. miguel marquez is joining us not far from buffalo. miguel, what is happening on the ground? reporter: just a nightmare. buffalo is a city used to big storms. this is something they have never seen before. 27 people inn erie county new york dead from this storm and authorities are concerned going through homes and cars abandoned and start to clear the snow. massive amounts of snow they will find more people who are dead. the airport is shut down. they re not expected to open until wednesday. it is just an absolute disaster that officials there are only beginning to grapple with. the ability to clear the roads, this is a no drive zone in buffalo in many surrounding communities. thousands of people without power and the governors of new york say it is not over yet. the storm is coming back. we re expecting another six to 12 inches and in the south towns of southern par
hundreds ever migrants are schiffering about a critical immigration law. and a drone creeps deep inside of russian territory and killed three soldiers. p plus, should the world take vladimir putin as his word as the russian leader repeats an offer to slide a chair up to the negotiating table with ukraine. this is what we re watching at this hour. and good morning, thank you so much for being here. i m amara walker in for kate bolduan. the death toll from a brutal winter storm rising now to at least 47 western new york bearing the blunt with a once in a lifetime blizzard. the death toll in erie county climbing to 25. more than 43 inches of snow fell over the weekend. and it is still coming down in some places. roads in buffalo are impassable and the city is under a driving ban. over 12,000 people are without power there. the governor of new york has declared a state of emergency and the national guard is deploying 200 additional troops to the western part of the state. e
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.
this misery. i ve seen fire and i ve seen rain. i ve seen sunny days and i thought they d never end. gutfeld: this is one of those times when i envy marlee matlin sort of the actual terrorists are smart funny story. after 21 years, which is roughly how long it takes the president to, it appears the pentagon is open to the plea deal with the five masterminds behind 9/11 in exchange for a for life sentences the five will drop all appeals and agreed to substantial sentences in american prisons. or they get to choose what s behind door number two. you turned down. gutfeld: that s what al qaeda calls a couple of bodies. and even better, they are. at least that s what they claimed on goat tinder. but what timing. they re making deals with the 9/11 hijackers when we knew we would be distracted with 9/11 rated and then the head of the department of homeland security is creating new terrorists using the 21st anniversary to a great american s with the hijackers. the t
justice department to cover their tracks. you will find out at noon and you are watching fox & friends first friday morning and i m todd piro. ashley strohmier in for carley shimkus a deadline to explain its request for a special master to review the documents taken from the former president s home, brooke singman has all the breaking news, good morning, brooke. hey, good morning, guys we can expect more inside a former rate of former president trump s mar-a-lago home. to unseal the redacted affidavit to the public today. the judge stating in part, he finds the government has met its burden of showing the proposed reductions are newer filmic narrowly tailored with it intege ongoing investigation and are the least onerous alternative to seal the entire affidavit in. they have fought to keep the document under seal claiming a compromise of the investigation pure the former president slamming the justice department for playing political games saying, the radical left d