Americans, looking at 80% of the lower 48 with temperatures below freezing by the time we get to tuesday, almost 20% of us subzero. we are looking at records falling, maybe 250 or more records both daytime cold highs and overnight low temperatures that could fall as a result of this arctic invasion. now, this is coming kind of the first of the season, a lot of these places, especially in the upper midwest, are in the midst of their warmest winter on record. all of the red dots there, that s the difference between weather and climate. this is really their first cold snap, but the trend since december 1st has been a warm one. airlines are still digging themselves out from an intense few days of storms across the united states and more chaos is likely on the way. according to the tracking site flight aware there are more than 700 flights canceled within, into or out of the u.s. for today. more than 1,300 flights were canceled saturday and more than
Vladimir putin was doing, as reports emerge that a plane reportedly carrying yevgeny prigozhin had crashed. putin was holding a ceremony marking a world war ii battle between the soviet union and nazi germany. we re seeing just released data from flight radar 24 that reveals what happened in the plane s moments. the jet, according to the tracking site, levelled off at 28,000 feet, but it he radic climbs and descents in its final minutes. and the plane dropped before transmission stopped. out front now, inspector general for the u.s. department of transportation. mary, thank you so much for bringing your expertise tonight. i want to play, again, that video of the plane that is falling out of the sky. you are an expert on plane crashes. what do you think happened, looking at this video? well, there s so many clues here in the video. first of all, as you mentioned,
According to cal fire s tracking site, these deaths we re talking about are the first of the 2023 firefighting season. are we going to learn more information? can you tell us when we ll learn more information about what happened and about the lives lost? yeah, you know, the lives lost are a story that will continue not only at fire stations around the state, but in memory of the families, and that is something important to remember. in regards to the investigation itself, we re going to look to the experts who are the faa and ntsb to provide us guidance, and we will fully cooperate and support that. as the safety of not only our aviation fleet, but firefighters on the ground is our number one priority. thank you so much for taking time with us today. we re so sorry but you and the entire cal fire community and these families are going through, as you continue to fight fires during such a critical time in