happy holidays we re here at msnbc headquarters in new york city, thank you for spending time with us on this monday the death toll from the once in a lifetime multi-state winter storm over the weekend continues to rise today. up by about 20 from this hour yesterday. we now have at least 55 people dead across 12 states with western new york especially hard-hit nearly half of those fatalities are in new york s erie county alone. the freezing temperatures and wind gusts also knocking out power for tens of thousands. in the latest update today, new york governor kathy hochul told drivers to stay off the roads and what first responders are discovering as they conduct rescue operations. going into homes, going into vehicles, and too many tragic times finding people who have not survived the experience. they re grieving inside, as we all are, for the families who are getting horrible heart-breaking news that their loved ones succumbed to the storm over the last day or two, and ou
even when we get to the stub stations substations, we find there is structural damage and it is frozen. those are the biggest challenges. what is happening on treacherous roads, trying to clear them, getting people that are stranded in vehicles, we recovered many of them. also what is happening inside the homes, we have vulnerable senior citizens we re trying to get to. we restored power to 300,000 people. i do want to point to the successes. ho however, there are still 23,000 people in buffalo. we ve been trying to plow the way to the stations, help them manage the restoration of power. so we don t have an estimate. we did have power back on in a large part of the city. it went out again because the infrastructure was not able to withstand the storms around it. so that has been the challenge. so i am hoping in the next day, but we can make no guarantees because just when you think the day is getting brighter, mother nature comes back and hits us once again. we have enough
in hour. if you want to hear him griff: reindeer can talk? todd: if you re these reindeer, griff jenkins. this fireplace is about to be stuffed as he at 5:00 when i have my christmas eve dinner. within day till christmas. welcome in to the beautiful set. griff: where are the beautiful cookies? i ate them. griff jenkins, carley shimkus and todd pyro. welcome to fox & friends . carley: they re from spruce run farms. i like the placement of them on their head. griff: where else would it go? carley: well, it s like one big thick one right in the middle of the head. todd: can reindeer get cosmetic surgery to move the antlers or shorten them. carley: i m excited to go out on fox square later in the show even though it s freezing cold. i ve never pet a reindeer before. griff: that s like a horn straight ahead. carley: yeah, it s like a horn straight ahead. it s like the grinch. remember the grinch carton. todd: have you met a real reindeer? carley: this is a first for me. but w
fox news at night. and talk about getting the jump on the competition. one night before the gop presidential candidates take the stage in tuscaloosa, alabama, former president trump took the stage in iowa tonight with a town hall, with sean hannity. the former president went after the current president and just about everyone else. his take no prisoners approach appears to be working because his lead as you know is enormous and despite everything former president trump said tonight, the most controversial statement might very well have come from president biden. the senior national correspondent kevin corke is live in d.c. with more on the trump town hall. kevin, good evening. good evening, trace. his lead among gop primary competition is so significant, some say it s clearly ins insurinsurmir mourm insurmountable, but he ll not take part in the gop debate because his many pundits would point out it s all risk with relatively little benefit. instead the former commander-i
pete: that s a shot of a fox all american christmas tree in fox square. if you re in the area, in town, come by and check it out. i people do. lots of christmas card pictures are being taken right in front of this tree with a lot of tourists. pete: lot of people are doing it. it s true. rachel duffy campos, will cain with you. will: that s not under my per view of things. pete: you don t even know? will: was shown a card and i said thumbs up and i went out. pete: imagine what it s lake to be married to will cain? will: i m pretty easy. the reason i bring it up, i mea- i do you take care of all the tickets and things that happen like -will: tickets? i you know, like a car or licensing. do you take care of all that stuff? i doing it off. will: you re failing. you said you d be nice to me for four ho hours and you didn t evn make it 45 minutes. pete: they re done and going scout jen is a machine. rachel: that s amazing. i keep a box where i put them all and pick like a morning