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at least 50 people across north america are now known to have died in the severe arctic freeze that continues to affect the us and canada. one of the worst hit areas is the city of buffalo, in new york state, where the governor called the storm an epic, once in a lifetime event . in the past few minutes, president biden has authorised emergency federal support for new york state. emily unia reports. the arctic storm pummelling the us and canada caused christmas chaos for millions. thousands of flights were cancelled, and roads and railways were closed or impassible, preventing people from reaching friends and family. emergency services battled treacherous conditions to carry out rescues. fatalities have been confirmed across the us. one of the worst hit areas was new york state, especially in buffalo and hamburg in erie county. snow blanketed streets, and driving was banned. more than two dozen people are now known to have died in the greater buffalo region. anyone who ....
morning. nine-year-old prince george. and seven year old, princess charlotte. king charles iii says he has been a deeply touched by messages of condolences. he says the country has been moved beyond measure by the millions of people paying their respects. some of the final public mourners to see the queens coffin are walking past now. lying in state. closes at half past six this morning. the national mission that of silence was held across the country last night. officials say it will be fixed in time for this morning service. hello and good morning from central london, on what is expected to be a grand and deeply solemn day. the funeral of queen elizabeth ii will take place in westminster abby just a short distance from here. it begins at 11 am. now large numbers have gathered on the mount. police say they expect record crowds in the capital. an unprecedented security operation involving thousands of extra police officers and armed voices personnel is underway. the q ....
not alone. at least 50 officers shot and killed in the line of duty so far this year. ashley strohmier has more on it, ashley. please have the suspect in custody with a shooting in north carolina yesterday. five people lost their lives including an off-duty police officer. a k-9 officer was hurt but luckily he was released from the hospital. authority said another victim is still fighting for their life. the police officer is a brother or a sister so when you lose one of our own comic things are tragic, heartbreaking day for all of us. the mayor of raleigh said a man started shooting on greenway, which is a walking trail around 5:00 p.m. and shortly after, officers blocked off streets and surrounded the entire neighborhood in an hour long manhood telling them to shelter. they took him into custody 10:00 p.m. but gave no other details on his age. here is the mayor speaking on that tragedy. we pray that something like this will never happen here. it did. we have t ....
carley: all up from this time a year ago. take a look at the price of gas this morning. the national average $3.90 a gal on. on inauguration, it was $2.90. kevin has more details on that. kevin: great to be back with you. there is a saying, if you don t like what they are saying about you, be sure to change the topic, the smart thing to do. for the biden white house, that is the thing, especially when it comes to talking about the economy. the latest cpi is out, up 8.2% year over year, massive jump. the president says it could be worse, but he swears things are getting better. president biden: today s report shows progress, overall inflation was 2% over last three months, down from 11% the past three months, that is progress. republicans win, inflation will get worse, that simple. kevin: tough to imagine getting much worse than things are right now. speaking of worse, national average for gallon of regular unleaded gas almost $4, incredible, that is bad, this ....
u.s. history, putting forth more than 300 billion dollars for climate clean energy investment, including a methane reduction program, which rewards farmers and ranchers for reducing methane emissions. environmental justice block grants, a climate bank provision to make investments in clean energy technology, and energy efficiency. an extension of the electric vehicle tax credit. guaranteed wage rates for clean energy jobs, in four billion dollars for drought funding, one of several items of the democratic arizona senator kirsten sinema negotiated into the bill in order to end her hold out for. it on drug pricing, the inflation production act gives medicare the power to negotiate some prices with drug companies for the first time, with the goal of lowering prescription drug costs for seniors. however, a provision would ve kept the price increase for prescription drugs in the commercial market, but penalizing companies, was blocked by the senate parliamentarian. she said ....