commodity. adrienne broaddus in chicago, thank you for that update. this morning, glimmers of hope in buffalo as temperatures warm and a driving ban is lifted. buffalo police say they are finished going through more than 1,100 911 calls made during the massive storm. we know 37 people died in erie county alone. cnn national correspondent athena jones is joining us live from buffalo. there s been some back and forth between the county executive and the mayor about how the storm was handled. reporter: hi, jessica, that s right. hearing from the county executive for erie county, complaining about the mayor not being involved in kind of coordination calls and that sort of thing, working with the county and other nearby municipalities. here is how mayor byron brown responded. also note he talks about a death
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overnight the u.s. vowing more support for taiwan amid continuing threats from china. the biden administration approving a $180 million arms stale that could include antitank systems. cnn s pentagon current oren liebermann is joining us with more. can you break this down how this is different from what the u.s. pljed previously? broadly speaking, the intent is the same. first, the capability. this is a volcano system capable of dispersing antitank mines over a given area. even if this system isn t something we haven t seen the u.s. give high want or the taipei offices, diplomatic office over the course of the past year, the intent is the same, meant to show u.s. support for taiwan and show china the cost of a military incursion of taiwan if that s a decision china would make. u.s. security officials have
claims his mother had used a historically jewish name. that is something that genealogists working with cnn found there s no evidence of, no evidence of jewish or ukrainian heritage in his family tree. santos has not responded to these new allegations yet, jessica. it s notable this is all coming as federal prosecutors, as you noted at the top, are investigating his finances. we also know from the county that they are looking into it as well. they are looking into these fabrications and they say, quote, the numerous fabrications and inconsistencies associated with congressman-elect santos are nothing short of stunning. certainly it s remarkable that every day there are new fabrications. big ones. sunlen serfaty, thank you. joining us to discuss this further, new york times political reporter acid herndon. sunlen and i were just talking about this, new allegations