summit. as ukraine is pushing to join the alliance, cnn is on the ground in lithuania where the president and key u.s. allies are preparing for their high-stakes talks. also tonight, new developments in the trump classified documents indictment. the trump team now facing a deadline to weigh in on the timing of the trial. this as the former president s co-defendant is accused of unnecessary delay by the special counsel. and parts of the northeastern united states are swamped by historic flooding, a once in a thousand-year rainfall swallowing cars in west point, new york. i ll speak with the new york governor, kathy hochul. this hour we ll discuss the state s emergency response. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. tonight, on the eve of a pivotal nato summit, we re learning that ukrainian president zelenskyy plans to make a personal appeal on ukraine s bid to join the alliance. he ll atte
it s heading. mike tobin at o hare airport in chicago with nightmare people trying to get on the plane. we begin with fox weather correspondent max gorden in new york just south of buffalo tonight. good evening, max. good evening, mike. along the shores of a very angry lake erie. all day today, waives have been crashing over the railing behind me as 14 to 18-foot as well as have come ashore. part of the parking lot that we are standing next to right here has been coming apart actually and neighborhoods near us have had to be evacuated because of a storm surge that has pushed through and caused flooding. now, of course with this bomb cyclone we have also had to deal with very heavy snow and extremely gusty winds. the gusts of 72 miles per hour was recorded at buffalo, niagara international airport. also experienced white outside conditions zero visibility and shut out operations at the airport no flights, in no flights out. of course, road conditions are also very treacherou
weekend. mike toobin at o hare airport in chicago with a nightmare. we begin with max gordon in hamburg, new york, south of buffalo tonight. good evening, max. reporter: good evening, mike. all day today, waves have been crashing over the railing behind me as 14 to 18 foot swell. the parking lot that i am standing next to right here coming apart in neighborhoods near us had to be evacuated because of a storm surge pushed through and it is causing flooding. this bomb cyclone, we had to deal with heavy snow and extremely gusty winds. a gus of 72 miles per hour was recorded at the buffalo international airport. white out condition and 0 visibility and had to shut down operations at the airport, no flights in and out. road conditions are very treacherous right now. the city of buffalo banning all vehicle traffic and other counties across western new york saying don t go on the roads, tens of thousands of people are without power. this storm is packing quite a punch here in west
their homes. they happen when people try to venture out onto the roads. they see maybe some puddling, maybe a little bit of water and think they can get through it and we have had so many rescues of people that took that chance, put themselves in danger and putting our first responders in danger so my message is, don t go on the roads and many are now impassable and especially with nightfall, we want to make sure people stay home one more day if you re in this flash flood region of our state which is eastern new york and just be safe. good advice. how close, governor, is new york to receiving federal assistance? i have no doubt we ll qualify. we have to show damages of $37 million. i heard from the white house. i ve heard from fema. i heard from schumer and gillibrand and secretary buttigieg. they are all prepared and waiting for the paper to come from us to file for fema assistance because we are going to need it. there s no doubt in my mind but it s also not just rebuilding
out. road conditions are very treacherous right now. the city of buffalo banning all vehicle traffic and other counties across western new york saying don t go on the roads, tens of thousands of people are without power. this storm is packing quite a punch here in western new york. max gorden starting off live just outside buffalo.. a lot of people are spending the evening with strangers at the airport. thousands of cancellations and delays made this a nightmare for travelers. mike toobin is at o hare airport tonight. good evening, mike. reporter: things are moving but getting home is tough. you got 23,000 flights delayed and almost 6,000 are canceled. if you are at home watching this, you are one of the lucky ones. reporter: the entire sea seattle, tacoma airport is