back for another hour. here are the big stories we re watching. another tidal wave of plight cancellations for southwest customers today, thousands left stranded and baggage grave yards across the airports and exhausted customers fighting for answers. i ve spent about nine and a half hours trying to get through to southwest, just on hold with them. probably about 17 calls. and every time, i get about two and a half hours in, it just drops. the line just drops. in buffalo, snow is starting to melt as the death toll mounts. with mounting snow of this volume comes rapid flooding for search and rescue teams to deal with. the latest on their efforts and the blame game over the county s response to the historic blizzard in just a minute. new developments on capitol hill. the january 6th committee just dropped another batch of deposition transcripts, and there are some familiar trump world names on the list. speaking of donald trump, after almost four years of legal battles,
catastrophic flooding and hurricanes. the impacts reverberating around the globe. so far this year, $15 billion weather disasters hit the u.s., according to noaah. the final count yet to be tallied. the first billion dollar disaster came in the spring when warmer temperatures fuelled three deadly tornado outbreaks in as many weeks. spawning more than 200 reported tornados across more than a dozen states. it s very devastating when you you know, it s all your hard work going up in the air. in the west, sections of yellow stone national park were devastated by destructive flash floods. roads were washed away and the park closed to the public for the first time in three decades. climate change causing the atmosphere to be warmer and wetter. making conditions ripe for these types of events. it was surprising how quickly it came.
who cannot vote for president. so it s critical to individuals in this country, like individuals myself that can t vote for president right now. god forbid you lose your voting rights we ll never get ours down here. always good to have you, representative stacey plaskett, who i think made history this morning for the first use of commode on velshi since we ve been on air. a new report lays out a scary scenario, rising ocean sides by a foot in 30 years. i ll speak to noaah administrator in a few minutes and why we need to include race in all of our discussions about climate change. in all of our discussions about climate change
foot in the united states. that s an entire century s worth of sea level rise in 30 years. that s three times as fast as normal. the national oceanic and atmospheric administration, noaa, released a new report or rather a reality check on climate change. sea level projections vary depending on where and how high you are, but the size is clear, as is the cause, global warming endeuced by human activity. water level rise is not one of the only effects but it s one of the most tangible. it ll lead to dry land being swallowed up by high tides and means profound flooding and unprecedented hurricane dam, their report lays out an ominous scenario by 2050 the expected sea level rise will cause tide and storm surge to rise without
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