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
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 to drive through the intersections praying. imagine how frightening that must be with four young kids. state police say they ve been involved with five rescues on sunday. helping a man with less than 4% left on his mechanical heart. and local officials are expecting at least another six inches of snow today. the governor has declared a state of emergency for erie county. and areas on red in the screen, to help first responders navigate still impassible roads. cnn s polo sandoval is there.
as information about the china covid outbreak is getting more opaque. the health commission announced it will no longer publish daily case numbers. health authorities haven t said y but it was after widespread criticism after how unreliable the data was. they reported less than 63,000 covid cases brgs you reports from bloomberg and the financial times showed that leaked documents showed very different internal estimates, that almost 250 million people may have caught covid in the first 20 days. if correct, that estimate which cnn cannot independently confirm, it would mean this is the largest covid outbreak to date globally, but that information, again, was not made public. china has only also reported a small handful of covid deaths for the whole month, yet when they visited a crematorium in beijing, body bags were piling up. that has played out across the country. the medical system is under a huge amount of pressure. even the capital beijing which
wavering, which so far it s not had a dramatic drop, they feel good about it because they think his fate is in good hands. and this whole story, normally, it unfolds where you have a piece of evidence piled on piece of evidence and finally this story started with a confession. this story started with a transcript with the president doing what everyone was accusing him of. so i think that i think that impacts the fact that they haven t moved from 50. it s funny when i hear some of the president s supporters in the media say, oh, it s too confusing. nobody can follow this. it s actually quite simple. the ukraine one is simple for the public to get their mind on. people understand money. people understand the offer of a bribe. will congress and the american public, after this court hearing, this court decision last night, ever see president trump s taxes? well, let me give you a ringing i don t know. i mean, i think going out on a limb there. you know, it s why i get
is the director of the center of disaster preparedness at columbia university and a special consultant to the clinton administration. this is a public health crisis that we actually have 40 or 50% of children not getting a flu shot. that is putting children at terrible risk. do we need to change these laws? it makes sense. pharmacists are capable of doing it. reporter: dr. fauci says change hasn t happened in part because health authorities haven t fought for it. i think when you keep bringing attention to it, someone is going to wake up and say here s what we need to do. reporter: in the states where children can get flu shots in pharmacies, it makes a difference. two years ago, during a terrible flu season, new york governor andrew cuomo declared a disaster emergency and allowed all children over the age of 2 to get flu shots at pharmacies. the result? the next year, more than 30,000