it is the top of the hour. 10:00 a.m. here in washington, d.c. i'm jessica dean. jim sciutto is off today. we're going to start in western new york where the governor said that a historic blizzard has turned into a, quote, crisis of epic proportions. driving bans still in place this morning in several cities including buffalo. and as they try to dig out, 200 additional national guard

soldiers are deploying to help and officials in erie county are sharing this sad update moments ago. >> i have the very sad news to report that in addition to the 13 confirmed deaths yesterday, the erie county department of health medical examiner has confirmed an additional 12 deaths. bringing the total for the blizzard to 25 deaths countywide. >> heartbreaking new news out of buffalo. nationwide, more than 1600 flights have been cancelled this morning. more than 2,000 delayed. that is only adding to the backlog from the holiday weekend. but there is progress in terms of power. about 60,000 homes remain in the dark this morning. that is down from more than a million on friday. more than 12,000 of those power outages are in erie county, new york, where officials say the historic storm is responsible as you just heard for at least 25

deaths. most of those killed were in the buffalo area and were found outside or in their cars. and with another 14 inches in snow, a driving ban remaining in effect for buffalo and surrounding cities. we want to go to polo sandoval who was been on the ground in buffalo for last several days and see the storm unfold before him. he heard from the officials flaft hour saying some of the hours are more passable but they want to focus on getting first responders through the roads and they don't want people driving on them right now. >> and mark polycart just could not emphasize it enough, the numbers coming in regarding storm related deaths, they are heartbreaking for families of those individuals now in terms of causes of death you have some individuals who suffered medical emergency and ems during the peak of the storm simply could not get to them. you could not see your hand in front of your face. you could only imagine driving through those conditions.

so that is just absolutely heartbreaking. there have been some individuals including a 22-year-old who was found dead in one of the stalled vehicles. so it goes to show, this is been an extraordinary event for the city of buffalo. now in terms of what it looks like in the city itself, those plows, they are out in full force. the fact that we're not getting whipped around by hurricane-force winds which was the case a couple of days ago, that is tremendously helpful. the fact that the snow rate has -- it has scaled back considerably also extremely helpful. what is not helpful for authorities is people an ott streets, the driving ban is still in place for much of the region. they are clearing some of these streets as you could see. but the goal is to clear them so that they could get emergency personnel out for those who need assistance and also this is important, jessica, this is run of the latest developments, the need for food and shelters. we heard from the county executives say just a little while ago they're considering looking at neighboring counties

who do have stocked shelves so bring bring food and supplies to people staying in warming shelters but for first responders who have been working nonstop since thursday or friday. jessica. >> we're certainly thinking about them. thank you so much from buffalo. let's go now to carlos suarez live at the airport. thousands of flights have been canceled or delayed again across the country because of the severe weather. what are you hearing from travelers this morning? this is already a busy time. take the weather out of it. this just compounds it. >> reporter: yeah, that is exactly right. there is a greet deal of frustration, anger from passengers, many of them have been told to show up to the airport several hours ahead of the flight only to learn once their in line that the flight has been canceled. out of the atlanta international airport, we're looking at 153 flights canceled because of the

cold weather. this really is the busiest we've seen this entire place and we've been here since saturday to cover the holiday travel season. you could see just how many folks are lined up at this hour in hopes of trying to get out of here a lot of these individuals have been rebooked on their first, second and even third flight. we caught up with one mom on her way to new york, her flight had a been canceled and waesn't sur what would happen with hotel and reservations. >> we do live here. we're trying to get to new york for our holiday. we've been trying to do this for four years and we booked on delta and they canceled our flight and moved it two days later to the 26th at night and with pennsylvania with a six hour layover and canceled that. we went on frontier and made a flight and doubled the cost of money and got here this morning and it is canceled now we're standing in line to see if we

could get tickets to new york because we have tickets and everything up there. >> that lady made that line for several hours and it is unclear whether or not she was able to get on to another flight out to new york city. situation here is expecting not no get a whole lot better as we more travelers trying to get on to one of the flights at some point this week. guys. >> and i see all of the kids behind you, too. you think about the little ones and the patience they have to have. it is not easy traveling when you're a young kid. carlos suarez, thank you so much. and relief from the extreme cold is on the way. that is the good news. warmer temperatures starting to move eastward. chad myers is in the cnn weather center. chad, so many people ready to see these warmer temperatures. when could they expect them? >> you bet. even denver today will be 55. and it had one of the coldest nights on record just a few nights ago. so the warm air is coming in from the west and it is moving to the east. not for buffalo yet, though.

still 1 degrees below in the windchill. bee careful with pets. this is still very cold. even though we're talking about a warming trend. buffalo, as of yesterday morning, 43 inches. but i know that there had been at least five inches overnight because i could look at it on the observation. so that is even four feet. and it is still snowing in some spots there. and the snow is going to still pile up. so you add the 5 inches into this number and you're above the yearly total which is normal for buffalo and that is a big normal. 95 inches. but we're above it and it is not even january 1st. there is slow and slick parts in kentucky and nashville. that is a clipper system not part of this which is the lake effect. that is the cold air over the lake and picks up the moisture from the lake because it is not frozen and dumps it in form of snow. a lot of snow. two to three feet covering all

of western county and watertown and lewis county, a lot of snow on the ground to move. and even if it does melt, it is hard to move it. it is over the rockies and in a the plains. chicago today 22 but in the 50s by the weekend. buffalo gets to 49 by thursday and friday. >> that will help clean things things up. you have to watch that melting snow doesn't melt to quickly and fill the streets with water. and there is chicago. 52. so warming up there as well. there comes the warm air across the rockies and into the plains for a pleasant north east. 10 to 15 degrees above normal. why? because there is another big system coming into the west. this is a major system that will put in feet of the snow snt sierra and in a dry and drought ridden california, they could take it but it could get dangerous out there as well with

too much. >> chad myers, thank you so much. lawmaker in washington state is searching for vandals who targed four power substations knocking out power about 14,000 customers yesterday. police say at all four of the substations someone forced their way in and damaged equipment but didn't take anything. let's go to cnn security correspondent josh campbell. what else do we know about this? >> reporter: we've seen thousands of people left without power but officials believe that they believe an intensional act left some 14,000 residents of tacoma, washington, south of seattle, without power on christmas day. this attack involved four of the substations providing power to the area. now officials don't yet know a motive or have a suspect or group of people in custody. but they did provide an update on what investigators found at the sites and how their investigation is proceeding. take a listen. >> the suspect's cut one of the locks on the fence area. made their way inside and caused

damage to the substation which knocked out power for a large amount of residents in the county. all happened in the middle of the night on christmas day. nothing was stolen from any of the facilities so it is a good possibility that they are related. we are aware of other incidents that occurred in oregon and southern washington and incidents from north carolina earlier in this wintertime. so that is what we're looking into. >> the sergeant made reference to last residents, because last month there were two other incidents involving substation and in moore county, north carolina, thousands people leave without power after substations there were attacked believing it was due to gunfire. this is concerning because as we've been reporting the fbi and the department of homeland security has warned these type of substations remain lucrative targets for violent extremists

and some groups discuss online ways that supporters could go and attack these locations, these substations in remote area without around the clock physical security. to a key target there for people trying to cause disruption. in tacoma, authorities don't know a moat fif but looking at dots around the country involving these type of incidents and trying to determine whether there is some type of linkage or commonality here, jessica. >> it could cause so much damage for so many people. thank you so much. still to come this morning, el paso, texas, under a state of emergency as thousands of mig migrants arrive ahead of a ruling whether trump era border restrictions could remain in effect. we'll take towel paso, live. and three service members were killed at an air base this month. now ukraine is warning about potential retaliation. and later, a new experimental alzheimer's drug

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the supreme court could rule as soon as tomorrow on whether the trump era border restrictions known at title 42 could remain in effect. in the meantime, el paso, texas, thousands have arrived ahead of the ruling. on the holiday weekend, some were forced to sleep outside in freezing temperatures but 300 people spent christmas eve at the convention center. what is the city doing to accommodate this influx of migrants? >> reporter: you mentioned the

con convention center. well they activated emergency management teams to try to go through the process, if they don't they won't be able to receive all of the help that the city help. they could not go to the state run shelters because of state and federal laws. instead they are in a nonprofit selter and once that shelter is to capacity, they're having to sleep on the floor. behind me is an entire family huddled together with as many blanket as possible. so many of them doing this exact same thing. you see it as you walk down the streets. one after the other after the other. but the sun starting to come out so they have a lot of blankets. but it is just so many people, so many different stories. i just spoke to one family that arrived at around 7:00 p.m. last night. so the shelter was already full. that meant that the children,

3-year-old, 6-year-old, sleeping outside because the shelter was already at capacity. you're hearing so many of the stories and peopling telling me, look, we don't want to be in in country illegally, but the family said they got sent back to mexico because of title 42. so now they're doing anything they can to stay in this country. and they want to go through the process, they want to go through it legally. but they're having many problems as many of them are getting sent back to mexico or venezuela or whenever they came from. and so, it is been difficult for these families as they have to sleep outside. they say they've already gone through a difficult journey. they spent months trying to come to this country and now they're not only dealing with the weather, but also the process and the emotion. there is a lot to it here and as i speak to them, they tell me, look, i do it for my children. i do it for theyir future.

they want to stay here and do everything they could for a future in this country, jessica. >> thank you so much for that reporting. i would like to bring in ron brownstein. it is great to have you on. i want to touch on this other incident involving migrants over the weekend when three bus loads of people were dropped off outside of the resident of vice president kamala harris on christmas eve. the white house is blaming texas governor greg abbott for that. not to mention i think it was 18 degrees that night. how much longer do you think these type of stunts could go on and where do you think public opinion is on those sort of things? >> as you see in the report from el paso, clearly the number of undocuments migrants is putting pressure on border states and border cities. but the idea that busing people in the middle of the night thousands of miles away and

dropping them off on a freezing sidewalk is a serious attempt at a solution is ludicrous. governor abbott is behaving as if he's creating programming for fox news than trying to solve the problem. in terms of public opinion, i've covered the immigration issue since prop 187 in california and public opinion has been very consistent that they want a comprehensive solution. americans do want the board tore be under control. they do want the rule of law to be followed. and they also recognize that it is unrealistic to deal with this through enforcement only much less to deport 11 million or so people who are here in the country illegally. and we saw both in 26 and 2013 bipartisan package that reflected public opinion, that provided more resources for the border security and a steady flow of future workers and legal status for those who are here and each time that passed, once

under george w. bush and then under barack obama, the republican controlled house refused to consider it. so we're talking about well on two decades of stalemate in which, as you see, the problem has continued to get worse from every angle and every dimension. >> and you're walking us through the history of all of this and look, we're about to have another republican-controlled house. just before this lame-duck session ended. there was appetite from some in the senate, kyrsten sinema and thom tillis to do something on immigration. but do you think that title 42 being lifted, if it is lifted, is some sort of catalyst or do you think there is any opportunity to do anything. you've got right at the heart tv. immigration reform has vexed congress for a very long time. >> decades. >> yeah. >> i think it is going to be very hard given the sentiments of the base in this modern republican party. over 70% of republican voters consistently say in polls they

believe that the growing number of migrants are threatening american traditions and values. and there is, as i said, beyond that kind of recoil from a changing america, there is a broader desire in public, americans do believe that the rule of law should be followed, the border should be suecure. and they believe it is not solvable through enforcement and that is consistent for decades and they have been unable to produce a solution effective in dealing with the problem and responsive to public opinion. and what you see now is you see the republican-run red states moving into two ways to try to take the authority away from the federal government. on the one hand, you're seeing more unilateral action like doug ducey piling the railroad cars in the desert and transporting migrants to blue jurisdictions but at same time there is this

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bombers. with me, james "spider" marks. thank you for abbeing with us ts morning this is the second shot down over the air base this month. what is the significance of seeing ukrainian drones flying so deep into russia territory. >> well it tells you that the ukrainians understand in order to change the standing of the fight, on a tactical level the ukrainians have been doing masterfully, but at the operations level they have to be able to strike deep, which means they have to go across border, they're not going to maneuver troops, but they have to strike deep and have to strike at military targets that the russias are using to attack ukraine. so this is a step in the right direction. of course it is provocative. but we're going to end up seeing for years a frozen conflict unless the ukrainians could continue to strike deep and really threaten into sanctuary,

that is what you call it, russians could do what they want but it is frankly a step in the right direction, and yes, it is provocative. >> that is what is going to have to happen for movement in this war and to get out of any stalemate. i'm also curious, when this all started it was, we were all couldn't believe there was a land war in europe that was happening and of course that is still happening. but adding drones to all of this, how does that change things with the different layers and how they're fighting this war? >> well truly this is the full introduction into 21st century warfare. when you're using this type of capability, like it is unmanned, it is autonomous in some cases, you've got a lot of ai, artificial intelligence that drives these pieces of equipment, what you do is you put units at the ground at risk but you don't put a pilot at

risk. the limiting factor in air warfare is the pilot. and there are limitations to what you want to do in terms of the employment of those capabilities. so we've seen this over the course of the past two decades if you will, where the united states was engaged in a number of wars in the mideast. we're going to see this increasingly, the increased use of technology, autonomous vehicles and in combat. this is clearly a step that we're seeing of the future warfare that has been validated over the past couple of years. and we've seen the resilience of the ukrainian people, i think we have a tree lighting in kyiv. we know soldiers were celebrating on the front lines. we spoke with a member of parliament talking about the resiliency that continues to hold there. how important is it for morale to have moments on holidays considering they're about to

enter this period of a very long brutal winter where they're not going to have heat and electricity in many places. >> yeah, the ukrainian soldiers know exactly what they're facing. the ukrainian people have been confronted with this for the fast nine, ten months. it is all about morale. how do you feel and how does your behavior reflect how you feel about what is taking place, and clearly this is a test of wills. will the russians outlast the ukrainian and what the ukrainians have demonstrated of irrespective of the pounding that russia has been giving ukraine and its people, they are standing up and they're going to celebrate at this time of the year. it is magnificent and unsurprising. it is all about morale and how you feel about yourself and how you feel about your country. this is about sovereignty. this is about independent. this is about staring down an autocracy that is completely out of bounds, completely corrupt. this is what will change the dynamic going forward. there will be more suffering.

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well coronavirus is to longer dominating the headlines. 2022 brought new health challenges and achievements to the forefront. sanjay gupta looks back at the top ten health story this is year. >> 2022 was a year where we began to really see the ripple effects of living through a pandemic. so while it is clear covid-19 is here to stay, other health issues began to take the spotlight once again. and some of it is very good news. starting with number ten of our top health stories. more people are surviving cancer thafr an before in the united states. in the past three years, the number of cancer survivors increased by more than a million. the big reasons why, a continued decline in smoking. and we are catching and treating cancer earlier as well. but, there is still more to be

done. >> to know that nearly half of the cancer deaths in the world could be prevented is just astounding. >> a global study found that preventible risk factors like smoking and drinking too much alcohol and high body mass index contributed to 44% of all cancer deaths in 2019. number nine. a new experimental alzheimer's drug appears to be one of the first to slow the progression of cognitive decline. the mab stands for monoclonal antibody. where it works by removing plaque from the brain. the build up of this protein could block neuropathways and researchers found that the drug produced anna lloyd levels and slowed cognitive decline by 27%. >> that is maybe the first medication that we have that such a positive result so far.

but we have to be cautious about it. >> while the data is encouraging, there were some safety concerns. brain swelling and brain bleeding. those are certainly things the fda will evaluate if the drug comes up for approval. number eight. mental health. in a cnn kff poll, 90% of adults believe there is a mental health crisis in the united states and another survey found nearly one in four adults age 18 to 44 were treated for mental health in 2021. reflecting an increased anxiety and depression during the pandemic. continuing concerns over mental health prompted the launch of a new three-digit national crisis lifeline number which is 988. >> it treats mental health on par with physical health just like we have 911. >> number seven. >> so we have big news today that is going to benefit as many as 30 million americans.

>> thanks to a long awaited rule change by the fda, you could now buy over-the-counter hearing aids to help with mild to moderate hearing loss. some doctorsef mate that 90 percent of the population are hearing loss could benefit from the over-the-counter devices and could make them more affordable. number six, between supply chain issues and investigation into b bacterial infections, parents were frustrated as the baby shortage went on month after month. >> it is terrifying when that is only the true source of nutrition that your baby gets because you go to a store and almost cry. >> to help fill the empty shelves, the biden administration enacted operation fly formula to bring in supplies from other countries. the fda has also been working with foreign formula manufacturers to allow them to permanently sell their products in the united states. number five, a case of polio was identified this year in rockland

county, outside of new york city, sparking major public health concerns. >> finding polio in a county where we've had high levels of vaccination, haven't seen polio cases for over 40 years is significant. >> additional polio virus was found in wastewater in two local counties in new york city suggesting there was local circulation of the virus. polio was considered eliminated in the united states thanks to massive vaccination campaigns and 99% effectiveness. the new york result in paralysis. >> number four, life expectancy in the united states continues to drop. from 77 year to 74 year which the lower since 1996. covid was a driving faker as well as drug overdoses. which were deadlier than ever.

>> it is being driven by f fentanyl which is the most deadly drug in the united states right now. >> fentanyl and other opioid made up about two-thirds of overdose deaths which claims more than 106,000 lives. >> that is one of the last pictures of him. that is the shirt he died in. >> number three. >> it starts off with a just a few lesions. >> an outbreak of monkeypox later renamed m-pox put the u.s. on its heels prompting another public health emergency on top of covid. now even though it doesn't spread as easily as covid, cases of the disease climbed to almost 30,000. and the fact that it was spreading mostly among men who have sex with men meant public health officials had to battle stig gnaw in addition to the virus itself. >> they do associate with being a gay man's disease or a bisexual man's disease which i think is not a great way to approach it.

because any disease could be anybody's disease. >> well the vaccination campaign for m pox got off to a frustrating start, it did get the outbreak under control. number two, the overturning of roe v. wade made reproductive health here in the united states complicated for patients and their providers. >> when i signed up to become a gynecologist, i never thought i would not be able to take care of my patients. >> it affects access to abortion but other procedures as well. >> when a woman is walking around with a dead fetus because they can't get a procedure, what is the danger to her. >> she could develop an infection that could make her sterile and never able to have children again. >> public health agencies and medical groups worldwide spoke out about against the ruling. and number one. >> this holiday season the best gift is truly good health.

the trifecta of viruses. >> the flu, covid and rsv, all circulating and creating a triple threat. the manyezures that helped keep us safe from covid the past two and a half years did keep other viruses at bay. but that means that some people, especially young children, did not build up immunity and that means they're getting harder hit this year. >> now you may result of that. >> hospitals are fuller than than they've been through the pandemic and the tools to fight covid-19 like masks and hand washing and ventilation, could also help prevent other respiratory diseases as well. but most important message when it comes to vaccinations is the one that has remained. >> my final message may be, maybe the final message i give you from this podium is that, please, for your own safety and

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stock markets are closed today to observe the christmas holiday. but many investors are ready to close the books on what has been a rocky year of trading. the s&p 500 down 21% since the start of the year. that is the worst mark for investors since 2008. but there are some signs of recovery. consumers are becoming more

confident about the state of the economy. investors are now looking ahead to new housing and jobs data that is due out later this week. joining many he now to talk about all of this. cnn economics and political commentator catherine rampell. all year we've heard economists dreading a recession and as we look to 2023, are there reasons to be more optimistic, do you think? or not? >> well i think there is a high likelihood of recession but it is not inevitable, it is not definitely going to happen. you know, a lot of the same risks still exist, right. we still have financial conditions tightening, because of the feds decision to raise interest rates to combat inflation. we still have major disruptions in global commodity markets including the energy markets. all of those kinds of things and continuing on uncertain over covid lockdowns in china amongst other issues mean there is still some dark clouds on the horizon.

that said, we have gotten some more comforting data recently including the fact that inflation has been cooler. certainly than it had been earlier this year. and cooler than, in fact, than many people expected. that is good news for consumers weary about paying higher prices as far as the federal reserve which may as a result not have to raise interest rates quite as aggressively as they might otherwise. i think they'll still continue raising interest rates. >> go ahead. >> so all of that considered, i think things are better than they could otherwise be but i don't want to give too rosie of a gloss for the outlook. >> just pump the brakes on being fully optimistic there. i do want to drill down on inflation. we saw the federal reserve's preferred measure of inflation show prices are continuing moderate which you just mentioned. but in terms if we're past the

worst of it, do you think we're past the worst of it or do you think we still have a ways to go. >> it does look like inflations that probably already peaked. meaning that the sharpest increases are behind us. that doesn't mean that prices are going to go down, to be clear. it just means they're going to rise a little more slowly than they have in the past. it is hard to wrap your head around. but the idea is the car is still going forward. it is moving forward at a slower pace than it was in the past. it is not in reverse. so all things considered, it does look like inflation -- the worst of inflation is behind us. but we should still anticipate further price growth, including price growth above what is the historical norm. usual li usually there is multiples and more painful than we would like but not as painful as it had been earlier this year. >> and another potential wrench here, coming out of congress.

>> we know that house republicans will stall the raising the debt limit and they are set to reach the debt limit by next summer. if they can't come to an agreement, what happens? because my understanding is that it is pretty serious if they don't raise the debt limit? >> yes. serious is an understatement of what would happen here. so, if we default on our debt obligations, a number of bad things would happen. including that would probably violate the constitution, which said that the federal debt shall not be questioned. also, potentially seize up financial markets around the world because essentially u.s. debt right now is considered the safest of safe places to put your money. and all other financial assets are benchmarked against our safety. if suddenly we reveal that we are not particularly reliable debtor, then that means that

you're going to have credit markets or financial markets around the world have these cascading panic effects, essentially. in short, you could have a global financial crisis as a result of all of this. in addition to sort of more short-term operational problems like seniors not getting their social security checks and service members not getting paychecks and a lot of other bad things happening. none of this would be good. and i'm very worried this could happen next year because we saw -- we saw a kind ever brinksmanship about 10 years ago and if anything, republicans have gotten more serious about threatening. >> we'll see. catherine rampell, thank you for making time. and thank you for joining us today. i'm jessica dean. amara walker continues our coverage after a quick breakak.

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