hospitals. prayers for benedict xvi. the 95 year old former pope is very sick. the vatican saying doctors are constantly monitoring his worsening condition. massive car pileup. the extraordinary scene of a deadly accident on a busy bridge. and stories with hart. cbs s steve hartman shows us how one good deed can spark a global wave of kindness. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. duncan: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you so much for joining us. i m jericka duncan in for norah. we have some breaking news from the biden administration. the centers for disease control announced new covid-19 testing requirements for all airline passengers traveling from china. plus, federal and local prosecutors open investigations into embattled congressman elect george santos who admitted to lying about his background. and while the death toll rises in buffalo tonight, as it digs out from that monster blizzard, the w
reinstates covid-19 testing for all flights coming in from china. scott macfarlane reports on the decision amid a surge of new cases overwhelming china s hospitals. prayers for benedict the 16th. the 95 year old former pope is quote very si tantlyonitorg hi woening cononsi car pileu the extraordinary scene of a deadly accident on a busy bridge. andh hart. cbs s steve hartman shows us how one good deed can spark a global wave of this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell. reporting from the nation s capitol. good evening and thank you so much for joining us. i m jericka duncan in for norah. we have some breaking news from the biden administration. the centers for disease control announces new covid-19 testing requirements for all airline passengers traveling from china. plus federal and local prosecutors open investigations into a battled congressman elect george santos who admitted to lying about his background. and while the death toll rises in buffalo tonight,
ahead on cnn newsroom. hundreds if not thousands of americans who are stranded all across the nation are unable to get home. i have no clothes. i have nothing. i have no way to get home. i m beyond frustrated. it hurt because i can t see my dad. i ve lived here my entire life. i remember the blizzard of 77. it was worse. anyone who declares victory and says it s over, it s still a dangerous situation to be out. announcer: live there loren done, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is tuesday, december 27th. 9 a.m. here in london. 4 a.m. here on the u.s. east coast where thousands of people are stranded at airports after months of arctic storms that pummelled much of the country over the holiday weekend. if you re planning to travel into the new year holiday you could be impacted. the flight tracking website flight aware shows more than 2700 total cancellations occurred in the u.s. today and of those 90% are southwest airlines flights.
southwest. of. 2800 u.s. flights already canceled today, 2500, about 90% are southwest. challenge for our flight crews being stuck in locations not where they need to be along with the aircraft. at this point we re working to accommodate our customers as best we can and offer the most options we can. cnn s lucy kafnov is in denver. i wasn t anticipating a nightmare but it is. reporter: christmas is over but for thousands of customers the travel nightmare goes on. they canceled our flight. they said they can t help us so we don t know what to do. reporter: southwest airlines at the top of the list for cancellations. the airlines ticketing counter at baltimore s bwi airport a zoo. denver s lines for the southwest ticket counter even longer. we had to wait in a line that was four hours and it was horrible. nobody is giving us a direction on what line to get in. it s a total you know what show here. reporter: for those tlieg to call to get through, good luck get
accommodate customers on its flights as soon as possible. jericka. duncan: so many people impacted. tanya, thank you. the death toll from that brutal holiday winter storm has risen to 69 nationwide with at least 38 in western new york. right now a travel ban remains in effect in buffalo. the city is struggling to clear the streets and fully recover from that historic blizzard. today the erie county executive kritd side the city officials for their response. the mayor is not going to be happy to hear about it but storm after storm after storm after storm, the city unfortunately is the last one to be opened and that shouldn t be the case. embarrassing, to till the truth. duncan: the national guard is going door to door as you see there doing wellness checks while state police are passing out meals. now to that major storm on the west coast bringing heavy rain, strong winds and snow. it s all a part of a system being called an atsd moss ferric river which can cleed to extreme floodi