of cnn this morning. it is sunday, december 25th. of course you know, we ve all been waiting for this beautiful morning. i m amara walker. good morning and merry christmas to you as well. thank you for spending part of your holiday morning with us. just ahead this morning, fighting racism from a one horse open sleigh, after getting hate mail for put putting up a black stanta in his yard santa in h yard, one man fights back. and how dollar stars are quickly becoming the go-to destination for shoppers. and we re going to introduce you to this year s cnn hero of the year, with a heart warming moment as she accepted her award. first let s get you caught up with this morning s headlines with whitney wilde. good morning and merry christmas to you, if you re celebrating at home. we begin with this brutal weather storm. at least 22 deaths are blamed on the storm and more than a quarter million people are without electricity. more than 3,400 flights were cancelled yesterda
police in tenerife confirm that the search for missing british teenagerjay slater has been called off after nearly two weeks. england s game against slovakia in the knockout stages of the euros has just kicked off in germany. whoever wins that match will play switzerland, who ve caused a major upset by knocking out the defending champions, italy, 2 0 in berlin. these are live pictures of fans gathering in london. these arejust some of the scenes of fans gathering in many places across london. this is north west london somewhere. in wembley where they are waiting, the game has kicked off. we are going to bring you a sense of the excitement and reaction from fans and other places across the country as well later. that is a glimpse of the atmosphere. a reform uk candidate has disowned the party and endorsed the local conservative candidate instead. the candidate said it is significant moral issue in parts of the party following what he called reports of widespread racism and sex
i m curious to know what your daughter thinks about santa and i ve heard that are people who come from hours away just to meet you. yeah. so we kind of do this as a family. my daughter is my elf. my wife is mrs. claus. my first really big event was the northern light vest val and we had a come come from mississippi. i know she had her daughter come and pick her up and they had driven well over 300 miles to come and visit. and, you know, it was i m so glad the camera wasn t on me when she and i were talking because, you know, i teared up because she was telling me, you know, she was 80 years old, 80 plus, and she had never seen a
scenario one? nope. in fact they re doubling down. in michigan we had our nominating, convention the gop nominating convention yesterday. for attorney general and secretary of state, and they nominated a woman for secretary of state who believes that people in the lgbtq community are going against gods design. who promote election fraud and conspiracy theories. and, since my speech, the senator has sent out multiple fundraising emails accusing me of being a liar. another michigan republican sent out an email saying your child has been scheduled for gender reassignment surgery with a link, and that link clicked to his own fundraising page. so they are doubling and tripling down on this. the camera wasn t on me when you just said that last bit, just when you think that they couldn t go any lower, they go lower. i shouldn t be astounded, but i
around new york city and in the transportation system. in recent months lots of discussion around that so how would you parse this out in terms of the attack, it has pitts and pieces, how would they do that better? i m sure a lot of questions about the technical surveillance. the cameras just before i came on air, why is it that this camera wasn t working when we ve seen how well nypd does and other law enforcement does with the cameras around the state and particularly the city. i will say when it comes to the older surveillance cameras, the older infrastructure, and covering the city, there have been complaints for years about what works and doesn t work, focusing a lot of focus put on the more populated areas or the more touristy areas, high-profile areas like times square and not maintained as well in some of the less