individual. we ll leave that at that. before announcing sentence on these cases, with regard to all of the other pending cases, are any of them here in colleton, i m sure some of them are. yes, sir. half of them or? i don t have that in front of me, but there are a substantial number of charges here, buford s, allendale, there may be others i m not thinking of right now. we might have warn out our welcome here. they have been and i ll take this opportunity to thank sheriff hill and all of the court officials and really everyone i ve met and dealt with while here in colleton county, just been great. without any delay we re going to schedule some of the other matters. i know mr. harpootlian s scheduling is complicated and you ve sacrificed quite a bit to be able to be here defending mr. murdaugh as well as the attorney general s office with all the other many, many they thinks and obligations you have and to be able to have the attorney general here, alan wilson, for th
help people. what s the latest? yeah, we ve been working around the clock for the last week after more than ten feet of snow black et some of our mountain communities. our firefighters are up staffed, staffing more than eight snow cat apparatus, which are our specially tracked apparatus that allows us to get to hard to reach areas due to unplowed roads. we continue to respond 24 hours a day responding to even some structure fires in the lake arrowhead area. we have more than 300 boots on the ground working feverishly to clear snow, help our county roads and our state resources really get kind of the infrastructure back going so we can start the recovery process. benji, i believe where you are is sort of a county island where your services come from san bernardino county. talk to us about how you got to the position you re in. we re going to show viewers pictures of snow you ve been dealing with. how have you guys been faring? well, you know, this isn t our first storm, it probabl
there. no specific threats against the celebrations this year, they are not taking any chances. as i say, we re not going to rest that we are going to be very much proactive. reporter: police are implementing a number of security measures, including more than 17 miles of steel barricades to keep reblers in place. entrance point searches and teams of officers and canine units. as security measures are being brought in, tons of snow are carted out. this year, city officials have the added task of cleaning up after a monster storm dumped almost two feet of snow on the city. mayor bloomberg has been widely criticized for unplowed roads and several storms related deaths. response of the storm was inadequate and unacceptable. reporter: as the sanitation department works to clear out leftover mounds of snow and ice from times square, the weather finally seems to be cooperating.
criticized for bundling preparations leading to unplowed roads and storm related deaths. response to the storm was inadequate and unacceptable. reporter: as sanitation department works to clear out leftover mounds of snow and ice from times square, the weather finally seems to be cooperating. temperatures are expected to hit a relatively balmy 39 degrees, thawing out the city and ensuring 2011 gets a warm welcome. now, some cities are already celebrating the new year. we re looking at live pictures here of fireworks at the sydney harbor as they welcome 2011. now, in terms of the security concerns here, despite the concerns and the preparations, this is a relatively safe celebration, one of the safest big celebrations in the world. in years past there have been relatively few problems or arrests. craig? down in the heart of it all, thank you so much. we ll come back to you later. appreciate that report. all across this country law
budget cuts and layoffs. union bosses told workers to take their time to plow the major streets to make the mayor look bad. the unions denied similar reports over the weekend, and as a reminder of what is at stake here an elderly woman and a newborn baby died in the wake of this storm after getting late responses from an overwhelmed 911 system, and in some cases situationess where the ambulances could not get to them on time in part because of unplowed roads. the point being, it s one thing to make a political point, it s quite another to do it when human life is very much at stake. and we will stay on that story. fox news alert, we are just getting what may be the best news of the week for a lot of tired and desperate people who would like to spend the new year at their homes and not at newark liberty international airport. several of the major airlines now say they have rebooked most