brutal blizzard record through bluff low. president biden approved a disaster designation. 27 confirmed dead in the region around buffalo. i stranded motorists, knocking out power to thousands and trapping people in their frigid homes. the national weather service saying winter storm warnings are still in effect in parts of the state through this afternoon. there is no end in sight and no plan in place so far anyway from the white house as a record number of migrants continue to flood illegally across the southern border. while president biden heads off to sunny st. croix to celebrate his new year. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom, i m julie banderas. dana and bill are off today. jonathan: i m jonathan hunt. border patrol agents are preparing for the daily onslaught to get even worse when the title 42 asylum policy comes to an end. that could happen as soon as today, depending on a decision by the u.s. supreme court. there were more than 16,000 migrant encounte
otherwise it s out the window. el paso, which has seen an uptick with the policy in place is preparing for the worst. border patrol setting up a massive tent city just outside of downtown. the new york post cover this morning calls the tents a welcome mat for illegal immigration. newly-erected processing center is for the overflow in addition to the permanent one they already have there. the state s governor greg abbott still doing his best to send a border message to the biden administration on christmas eve he dropped three bus loads of illegal immigrants outside of the vice president s home. not the first time he has done this. those on the bus willingly chose to go to the nation s capital. democrats were quick to call him out as heartless. one guest not holding back. why republicans would love to say they re pro-life they only care about children and families when it comes to babies that are in the womb. when they are outside of the womb look at what happened. republi
check. the legislature convenes in early march. julie: thank you so much. molly line is in for harris, jonathan, a wonderful two hours. best two hours of my 2022 for me. jonathan: best two hours for your life and me, too. happy new year to you. julie: let s watch the faulkner focus with molly next. molly: not even the christmas weekend cold could slow down the surge. migrants trying to get into the country shows there is no place like our southern border for the holidays. border patrol reporting more than 16,000 encounters over the weekend with only a small percentage expelled under title 42. 14,000 of them released. the end of title 42 still in limbo as we wait for the supreme court to decide if it stays by today.