tropical storm that could strengthen to a hurricane. we will take you to the cnn weather center for the latest. it is 10:00 a.m. in london, the final full day that people can come to pay their respects to the late queen elizabeth. public viewing is set to end at 6:30 monday morning when the queen s coffin will leave westminster hall in preparation for her state funeral at westminster abbey. those who were in the hall at 1:00 p.m. yesterday witnessed the queen s eight grandchildren holding vigil. have a look. prince william and prince harry along with their royal cousins surrounded the queen s coffin just as hair parents had done the day before. even though harry is no longer a working royal the king granted special dispensation for him to wear his ceremonial uniform and medals. also on saturday the king took some time to personally greet people waiting in the queue and to thank them for their support. as we ve been reporting global leaders are traveling to london to h
more than 60% of flights canceled. also tonight the water crisis. more than 100,000 without water. new reporting from jackson, mississippi where the system has failed again. border emergency. the bitter chill colliding with the crush at the border. many forced to sleep on the streets. plus the bus of migrants dropped off at vice president kamala harris s home on one of the coldest nights of the year. plane down. the crash landing into an icy creek. the kayaker who jumped into action to pull the pilot to safety. holiday spending up. way up. but tonight the new rules. shorter windows and added fees. what you need to know so you don t get burned on your returns. and inspiring america. when ten strangers knocked at the door, a buffalo family turned a winter disaster into shelter from the storm. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. and good evening. i m tom llamas, in for lester. tonight the images are coming in and the reports on this deadly blizz
some of the nation s busiest airports many americans try to head home for the holidays we will have the latest on the travel delays. also this morning with a war still raging on in ukraine, ukraine s foreign minister is hoping peace talks by the end of february we will get expert analysis from the president of the council on foreign relations richard haass later this hour. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, december 27th, i m cori coffin in for jonathan lemire countless towns have still in the process of dealing with this weekend s massive winter storm at least 57 people have died nationwide from weather related emergencies this weekend, that includes 27 in western new york s erie county snow continued to fall in that region on monday and officials are expecting an additional 8 to 12 inches into this afternoon. an emergency driving ban remains in place in the buffalo area as authorities plead with residents to stay home so they can continue to
plus, thousands of travelers stranded this afternoon with southwest airlines at the center of a hot mess. 70% of their scheduled flights canceled we ve got the nightmare situation for folks trying to get home after the holidays and what the biden administration is saying about it in just the last couple of hours. we ll also take you live to one of the hardest hit areas in the destructive holiday winter storm where they are just starting to dig out even with driving bans still in effect in some spots. and donald trump s tax returns could be made public at some point. i m hallie jackson in washington, d.c. with you on this tuesday afternoon and we re starting with the uncertainty over what could happen with title 42 as we await a decision from the supreme court we know the biden administration wants this to be lifted, but they don t want the rug pulled out from them overnight. josh is live at the white house with this story. the issue with this, right, is that many people thi
hello. i m pamela brown. welcome to cnn newsroom. the historic storm the new york governor called the blizzard of the century has now killed 25 people in the buffalo area. and a top erie county official says that number is likely to rise. he said the conditions have been so severe, their own rescuers needed rescuing. intense winds created whiteout conditions as 43 inches of snow dropped in just 24 hours. listen to what one family with four young kids faced, after they lost power and went in search of a heated hotel room. it was very intense. we tried to keep it together for as long as possible. because we didn t want to fight. it was like looking at a white piece of construction paper. you couldn t see anything at all. like absolutely nothing until you were probably about a foot away from even cars. with their bright lights on. you just couldn t see anything. not yellow traffic signs, not traffic. you couldn t see anything. you couldn t see a traffic light. you have t