ahead on cnn newsroom. hundreds if not thousands of americans who are stranded all across the nation are unable to get home. i have no clothes. i have nothing. i have no way to get home. i m beyond frustrated. it hurt because i can t see my dad. i ve lived here my entire life. i remember the blizzard of 77. it was worse. anyone who declares victory and says it s over, it s still a dangerous situation to be out. announcer: live there loren done, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is tuesday, december 27th. 9 a.m. here in london. 4 a.m. here on the u.s. east coast where thousands of people are stranded at airports after months of arctic storms that pummelled much of the country over the holiday weekend. if you re planning to travel into the new year holiday you could be impacted. the flight tracking website flight aware shows more than 2700 total cancellations occurred in the u.s. today and of those 90% are southwest airlines flights.
it is tuesday, december 27th. don is off. we are glad to be here. what a day. you got home okay yesterday. yeah. but airports are insane so i feel for people like that passenger there, on hold over six hours. unbelievable. plans unravelled for airlines. more than 60% of flights already canceled today. the death toll is rising in buffalo, new york, after a blizzard crippled the area and residents are still digging themselves out of the snowstorm this morning. we re live on the ground where officials say conditions remain dangerous. and china taking a big step reopening its borders after shutting out much of the world nearly three years. the other covid restrictions they plan to lose ahead, plus this i m not a criminal. not here. not abroad, in any jurisdiction in the world have i ever committed any crimes, but he is admitting to embellishes his resume. congressman santos is admitted to lying about parts of his past but will still take office next week, though. an
crisis. let s begin with peter live on the north lawn. hi, peter. jillian, if the supreme court does not intervene, title 42 could end today. the lack of information lately from officials here at the biden white house about what they want to happen after title 42 goe crs curious about what exactly the biden white house wants to happen next. we ve got the biden administration and most democrats who don t see this as anything but a win. they re seeing this an success at the border. every person that you talk to in the biden administration says this is not a problem. you talk to the president, he said there s other problems that we have. officials here are saying less about migrants arriving at the southern border than about migrants being bussed to d.c. the white house says governor abbott abandoned children on the side of the road and below freezing temperatures on christmas eve without coordinating with any local authorities. this was a cruel dangerous and shameful stun
house. i m edward lawrence in for neil cavuto. this is your world. we have fox news team coverage with steve harrigan in atlanta on how flyers are holding up. peter doocy on the white house lawn and how they re clamping down. we begin with steve. edward, the frustration here is turning to anger. you can see this mountain of luggage here. most of this is three days old. when they sort this out, there s piles more downstairs that they expect to bring up. a lot of people have been stuck here. i spoke to a woman that had been here 24 hours stuck. she said she felt like she was one of the lucky ones. almost 5,000 flights, domestic and international cancelled today because of the winter weather. as many as 2,500 of those all from southwest airlines. when you talk to people, you get a sense of a rising anger and how they re being treated. my first flight was supposed to be at 7:00 a.m. my second flight was at 9:50 a.m. it sold out for tomorrow. maybe the day after tomorrow the
some of the nation s busiest airports many americans try to head home for the holidays we will have the latest on the travel delays. also this morning with a war still raging on in ukraine, ukraine s foreign minister is hoping peace talks by the end of february we will get expert analysis from the president of the council on foreign relations richard haass later this hour. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, december 27th, i m cori coffin in for jonathan lemire countless towns have still in the process of dealing with this weekend s massive winter storm at least 57 people have died nationwide from weather related emergencies this weekend, that includes 27 in western new york s erie county snow continued to fall in that region on monday and officials are expecting an additional 8 to 12 inches into this afternoon. an emergency driving ban remains in place in the buffalo area as authorities plead with residents to stay home so they can continue to