decides with another group of passengers to rent a car drive 20 hours to their destination together. that is exactly what some of our guests tonight did. in a little while, i will introduce you to this group of total travel total strangers, who had a quite an adventure when they decided to drive from tampa to cleveland together and they reported their trip and it went viral. meanwhile, ten billion people across the south are under freeze alerts. and the death toll from the storm is dry saying. at least 49 people have died across the country. 27 of those are in the buffalo area. authorities fear that they will find more bodies in cars as they begin to dig out from what is being called the worst storm in the region s history. you can see some of it there. while police have their hands full with rescues, stores are being looted. i will talk to a supermarket messenger who spent christmas eve washing his store who got broken into. i want to bring in now cnn s miguel marquez, he s
We have Live Team Coverage tonight. We begin with jean elle in san mateo, which city is taking what some people consider to be drastic measures, jean. Reporter jessica, here on third avenue in san mateo, its pretty clear people are not welcome at the parks along the shoreline tomorrow night. Signs announcing the parks early closure have been posted all week. Police and fire Officials Say the grass here is just too dry to take any chances. If somebody throws a match or something out here when im walking, i worry about that. You know . Its a fire, its going to burn up this beautiful area. Reporter all the dry grass at seal point park in san mateo has deborah worried about fire danger. With views across the bay, police say its a popular park for people to gather and watch the fireworks on the fourth of july. A lot of families gather. And then eventually you get large groups of adults coming in. And it fills up. Quite a bit of congestion. Reporter with high fire danger and limited access t
After the Buffalo Common Council approved an amended version of Mayor Byron Brown's budget, Comptroller Barbara Miller-Williams said she's worried about how much money will be coming into the city.
Sources have told 7 News Political Analyst Bob McCarthy and 7 News' Kristen Mirand that conversations are underway about Brown leaving office before his current term is up.