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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 for as long as possible. because we didn t want to fight. it was like looking at a white piece of construction paper. you couldn t see anything at all. like absolutely nothing until you were probably about a foot away from even cars. with their bright lights on. you just couldn t see anything. not yellow traffic signs, not traffic. you couldn t see anything. you couldn t see a traffic light. you ....
move closer to shore what you can do to avoid what lies beneath. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening i m tom llamas in for lester tonight we begin with breaking news massive ground stops and delays across some of the country s biggest airports, making the holiday travel chaos even more complicated. a difficult summer travel season is now going from challenging to worse before the severe weather even moved in, americans facing a rare combination of high gas prices, high airfare, and mass cancellations across the country. the july fourth getaway is under way it is unclear how far people will get. nearly 50 million navigating clogged airports and roads gas prices down slightly, still painfully high for so many americans tracking it all for us tonight, tom costello who starts us off. reporter: friday night and america s july 4th getaway looks dicey. critical airports up and down the east coast in ground stops with severe thunderstorms f ....
reporter: but the president is laughing off questions about what exactly he gains by being so cozy. coming under a lot of fire for your fist bump with the crown prince. [laughter] are i want to give you a chance to respond to that, but also how can you be sure another murder or like that won t happen again in. ■ç god love you, what a silly question. i just made it clear if anything like that occurs again, he ll get that response and much more. reporter: president biden said the big takeaway from his meeting with the crown prince and others here in jeddah was a commitment between the u.s. and saudi arabia to clean energy in the future. he did also say that the saudis agreed to increase oil production here, but the prices back here at home might not go down for several weeks. back to you. will: hey, peter, i d love to ask you■ç this, it was clearly coordinated. that had to have been something that was discussed ahead of time to see that entire reception l ....
Good saturday morning to you. Welcome to cnn this morning. It is saturday, september 23rd. Im victor blackwell. Victor, its good to be with you. Im omar jimenez in for amara walker. Thank you for spending part of your morning with us. So, i dont know if ive seen two men anchor a Network Cable network broadcast. Thats huge. At least the last 35 year. And then two brothers, anchoring the show. It is good to have you this morning. Come on. Come on. This is history right now. Its history. Good to have you, omar. Lets have a good show. Thousands of homes are without power as Tropical Storm ophelia lashes the east coast with strong winds and heavy rain. We have a look at the cities in the storms path and the impact well see throughout the day. Plus the country is quickly hurtling towards a shutdown talks among the republicans in the house have broken down over a deal to fund the gov ....
We ask that the governor for humanity and compassion. what happens we get what is completely cruel. and could have been avoided had they dropped off the migrants at the respite center directly, instead of exposing them to that 18-degree weather in front of the vice president s house on, frankly, a busy road. how is your organization preparing for the possible end for the title 42 ruling and just waiting for the premiusupreme co make a zwrigs. decision. right, while we re waiting for that decision, we have to make sure we have enough clothes to clothe everyone making their way to washington, d.c. we want to make sure they receive a warm welcome, and that we have places ready to receive them. claudia tristan, thank you so much for coming on and sharing the experience had you with your group and helping take on the migrants that were bussed up to d.c. thank you so much. we re following two ....