looking like the most crowded memorial day weekend travel that we ve seen in the better part of two decades. i m neil cavuto. we re on top of the fast-moving developments with alexis mcadams and how flyers are faring in secaucus, new jersey. we begin with alexis. good afternoon from new york international. it s not too bad. check it out. it has been ebbing and flowing throughout the day. just in the past hour or so, there s a ground stop here at newark that has been lefted. there s issues that airports across the country. so let s take a look at this flight aware map that shows you what airports are dealing with. we re talking about more than 3,000 delays in and out of the u.s. right now and about 100 cancellations and counting. there s that ground stop or there was a ground stop at denver international due to the bad weather that was lifted moments ago. this morning, transportation secretary pete buttigieg tweeted out that things are moving along smoothly so far saying yes
from school. o donnell: deadly shark attack. a pennsylvania woman on a cruise killed while snorkeling in the bahamas. and the obamas return to the white house. let me thank my husband, first of all, for such spicy remarks. ( laughter ) this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this wednesday night. tonight, wildfires are leaving a trail of destruction amid record-breaking heat in the west. the california heat wave is screching into its eighth straight day with seven states under warnings and advisories. the temperatures are record breaking. salt lake city and fresno, california, had their hottest september days ever. the brutal heat is straining california s power grid and power companies are pleading with the public to conserve energy. the governor there sending out rare text alerts to avoid rolling blackouts. the dry weather has caused more than a dozen wildfires
after a monster winter storm clashes many of people in its path. hundreds of people are likely still trapped in their vehicles. one of them is an 85-year-old grandmother stuck with her son. they have been turning the car on and off to have heat and save gas. a life-threatening blizzard banning travel and declaring a state of emergency. sub vero temperatures are covering huge swaths of the country more than 100 people people remain under windchill alerts. nearly 2 million are without power. a power grid operator is now asking residents to reducing their power. people traveling home for christmas have been met with frustration. road travel in some areas is dangerous, if not impossible. today alone, 2,000 flights have been canceled. almost 5,000 have been delayed. carlos suarez is in atlanta. let s begin with cnn s polo sandoval in hard-hit buffalo, new york. in buffalo, they know snee. this is what they do. when they say it s bad, it s clearly bad. as we can see, it s pretty bl
jacqui? hey, charles. we have just learned that president biden will return to the white house to sign that massive tax healthcare and climate bill. there will be a big celebration at the white house on september 6 and then there will be a huge nationwide victory tour. we have a copy of a memo that some white house officials circulated. they write between sunday and the end of august, cabinet members will travel to 33 states touting the inflation reduction act and the administration s accomplishments. some of that travel biden will take part in. polls show inflation is still voter s top concern. the white house named this bill the inflation reduction act to try to show he s doing something about it. even though experts agree it s not going to impact overall inflation for a year or more. officials have said this bill will immediately help because people can spend money on things like solar panels and electric heat pumps in order to save money on their taxes. biden has been q
the capitol riot committee s primetime hearing laying out in detail how the insurrection unfolded. the politicians, the pundits who say that january 6th was anything short of a violent insurrection are lying. the committee is promising many more details that we haven t learned before. just justin bieber taking a break after getting a rare virus that has paralyzed half his face. i can t smile on this side of my face. i m pamela brown. you are in the cnn newsroom. a call to action under a ban hear the sums up the high stakes, march for your lives. in more than 400 cities across the country today that s rallies demanded that lawmakers confront the explosion of gun violence and mass shootings. the largest was in washington where significant gun reform has stalled for years in the senate of the right now, senate negotiator working on a bptd package are expressing some optimism for compromise. our correspondents are fanned out across the country to cover these urgent