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office in new york is now looking into lies told by republican congressman elect george santos. this as cnn is uncovering even more false claims that he's made. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." ♪ ♪ one of the biggest airline debacles in recent memory has stranded even more passengers this hour. we're following all the new cancellations and the delays by southwest airlines and efforts to get the airline back on track. cnn's reporter is over at bwi airport. this meltdown appears to be far from...

♪ hello. i'm pamela brown. welcome to "cnn newsroom." the historic storm the new york governor called the blizzard of the century has now killed 25 people in the buffalo area. and a top erie county official says that number is likely to rise. he said the conditions have been so severe, their own rescuers needed rescuing. intense winds created whiteout conditions as 43 inches of snow dropped in just 24 hours. listen to what one family with four young kids faced, after they lost power and went in search of a heated hotel room. >> it was very intense. we tried to keep it together fo...

Most of the state will experience heavy rainfall at the start of the storm, which could make it difficult for crews to treat the roads ahead of the snowfall.

Touring neighborhoods throughout the city, watching the plowing operations, the plow drivers from the city, the county, the state, the national guard. new york state police, buffalo police, buffalo fire. so many others doing a great job, working together, working around the clock, opening up streets. we believe that by tonight, we'll have 100% of streets opened up in the city of buffalo, and it's my hope to be able to lift the travel ban, the driving ban, before the start of business tomorrow. >> let's see if that happens. that would be encouraging. the county executive is taking responsibilit...

Polo, the new york governor upd. how many people are without power? >> reporter: pamela, about 23,000500 households in the bark in the area. officials saying about half of them are back online. so that is progress. and it is badly needed progress here in buffalo. the streets in and around the city, they're still covered with snow. now, you can intel some of these intersections have clearly been plowed. that is because the plowing operations right now are really focused on making sure they can carve a path throughout the area for first responders to get the calls. but still, you will see civili...