this is a war with mother nature, and she has been hitting us with everything she has. this will go down in history as the most devastating storm in buffalo s long storied history of having battled many battles, many major storms. well, good morning everyone. buffalo, they re waking up to a lot of snow, deadly snow. we re glad you re with us on cnn this morning. i m poppy harlow alongside sarah said near. it is monday, december 26th. you were listening to new york governor kathy hochul describe what has been unprecedented the terms of the pain suffered by the good people of buffalo. she calls this winter storm the most devastating in the city s history. we ll take you there live. this weather event is directly responsible for the deaths of at least 37 people overall across the entire country. now, in buffalo, search teams believe they re likely to find more victims who have been trapped in their cars for over two days in that. right now there is a state of emergency in
deep darkness of january, leave those lights up, bring us happy faces. thanks for the joy this morning. i try. nice new shirt. thank you. this, of course, from the girlfriend. she did a good job. yeah. and coming up, anderson and andy speaking of the first year of january are back for another global celebration. join them for new year s eve live from times square starting at 8:00 p.m. on cnn, and you will also see our don lemon hosting from new orleans. hopefully a cameo from mama lemon, too. that would be so sweet. also this, new england patriots owner robert kraft personally inviting a fan to his suite saturday, giving him a mug after a video of the fan getting heckled at a game a week ago went viral. you will understand why he got that invitation because of his response to that heckling. that fan joins us live next.