nearly 250 migrants were taken into custody after turning themselves into authorities at a point of entry. investigators say the group had been smuggled into the u.s. and was made up of mostly people, again, from central america including many families with small children. now, here in california, at the san diego sector, in total, border patrol says so far it s made 2600 arrests related to that migrant caravan. arthel? arthel: jeff paul in los angeles, thanks, jeff. eric: special counsel robert mueller s team disputing buzzfeed s recent controversial article calling that reporting not accurate. the report claims that president trump ordered his former attorney michael cohen to lie to congress about the pursuit of the trump tower project in moscow. it cited two anonymous federal law enforcement sources for that. buzzfeed is still defending it saying in the last hour by the way quote we have confirmed we have reconfirmed, they said,
so i appreciate you taking the time to talk to us, and even more so that you take the time to talk to those tsa workers when you go through the airport. thank you, sir. thank you for having me. eric: that s a great idea. have a little patience, take a deep breath if you re flying and thank the tsa workers who are still on duty themselves making our flying safer. there s much more ahead in fox report in the next hour. buzzfeed still standing by the controversial claim that michael cohen told congress that the president told him to lie before that body, but robert mueller s team says that report is not accurate. what will be the fallout of that reporting that buzzfeed still stands by? me here, babe. ok. nasty nightime heartburn? try alka-seltzer pm gummies. the only fast, powerful heartburn relief, plus melatonin so you can fall asleep quickly. oh, what a relief it is!
reconfirmed our reporting and the editor-in-chief is asking the special counsel s office to clarify what it disputes about the reporting and smith continues to say that buzzfeed does stand by the story. arthel? arthel: eric, a plane flies off a runway in omaha, nebraska, as a major winter storm bears down on the midwest. officials say ice on the runway likely contributed to the accident. about 150 passengers were on board the southwest airline jet at the time. no one was hurt. that s the good news. with the latest on the storm, and where it is headed next, meteorologist adam klotz joins us in the fox extreme weather center. hi, adam. adam: hey there, arthel. this is a big storm. you mentioned slide-offs in the midwest still stretching from portions of the midwest, southern illinois, light snow outside of st. louis running up into new england. that s the leading edge of this system. we re beginning to see this rain/snow line creep towards the coast. this is going to play a big deal if y