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♪ good afternoon. i'm sara sidner in for victor blackwell. welcome to "cnn newsroom." the january 6th committee just released yet another big batch of witness interview transcripts from their investigation into the capitol insurrection. the new list includes interviews with 19 witnesses including the former president donald trump jr. and kimberly guilfoyle, christina baab, stephen miller and those to try to overturn the election like doug mastriano. cnn's paula reid is joining me now. you're going through this. i know it's a lot. there are hundreds of people with many, many pages...

of the state. buffalo and other cities are struggling to dig out of 43 inches of snow and freezing temperatures and power outages. i'll talk with the buffalo police commissioner this hour. >> many americans are still feeling the effects of the arctic blast, including millions of air travelers. southwest airlines experiencing massive disruptions, with more than 65% of its flights canceled just today, adding to the holiday travel chaos. also tonight, vladimir putin claims he's ready to negotiate a solution to the ukraine war, but a key ukrainian official says the russian president need...

On christmas day at the medical examiner's office. there are copies received that are believed to be blizzard deaths but they do need an autopsy and additional work done. >> reporter: and so that number, that 39 number, for erie county is almost certain to rise. there was some good news, sara. you mentioned concerns about flooding. the governor of new york kathy hochul has directed state agencies to be prepared for that. sending things like sandbags and personnel and pumps to pump water in case the flooding issue does become a problem. just in that press conference a while ago, mark poloncarz ...

They've picked up that much snow. travel ban still in place in and around buffalo. the governor of new york has opened up the freeways. the only advisory, it is just an advisory, is water town and the surrounding counties. the warmup begins with problems. they get up above freezing in buffalo and stay that way. however, rain comes in saturday, sunday, monday. with this massive warmup coming, flood problems we could see with ice jamming the drainage areas, we could see the water main breaks, that could be a problem. how much much above average for the east, staggering. out to the west, the firs...

Problems. that's going to be the issue here, and urban flooding with the ice jamming up all of these roadways and of course the drainage spots. it's not just buffalo, a big warm-up is on the way. >> it seems like it's only just beginning. tom seder, thank you very much. let's discuss what's going on in buffalo. the buffalo police commissioner is joining us right now. commissioner, thank you so much for joining us. as you know, the death toll in erie county where buffalo is has now risen to 27. do you expect that number could rise even more? >> yeah, thanks for having me on, wolf. yeah, that ...