♪ hello. thank you for joining us on this day after christmas. i'm abbey phillip in washington. more misery as the death toll is still climbing as the aftermath of a brutal winter storm is

settling in. killing at least 47 people across nine states. that number is, sadly, expected to rise. buffalo, new york, has been happens the hardest hit. they are used to storms, but not like this. this is a hurricane whipping up heavy, blinding snow, and many roads are still impassable. >> people were trapped in their car, people are still being pulled out of their car. people are being found dead in their car. that's how crippling this storm was. >> the storm has also made a mess of post-holiday travels. plus fountains as star south as new orleans still frozen over, but warmer temperatures, they're coming. we have crews covering every aspect of this crippling weather. first, let's guess to miguel marquez, who is on the phone

trying to drive through this storm to buffalo right now. miguel, tell us what you are seeing on the road there, what are you hearing from officials. >> reporter: try as i might, i do not think we'll gets to buffalo. buffalo is synod in. for a city so accustomed to this lake-effect snow, this has completely socked in the city. they are dealing with feet and feet of no. they're expecting another 6 to 12 inches of snow overnight. the governor said they had 30 to 40 inches just south of there. they are dealing with snow in the hours ahead. they are dealing with trying to dig people out .

>> they've asked people to stay off the streets. police and emergency have rescued many stranded motorists in the city of buffalo. in some of these circumstances, some of these people might not have survived. >> reporter: so some of these emergency services personnel have come across very, very disturbing scenes of people who have froze to death in their cars. the snow was so blinding, you literally could not see in front of the car, people who walked outside and goat disor ended, ended up expiring as well. they are still going through either homes, cars and other place that is may not have power. they are concerned about more people who may have perished in

this storm. they're also concerned about looting. there are scattered reports of looting. the sheriff of erie county earlier today said about 12 service stations, convenience stores have been looted. that knocks out the gas pumps which emergency crews will eventually need to gas up vehicles once they can get in. the temperatures are meant to go up at the end of this week, so hopefully today into tomorrow is the worst of it, and then the big thaw, figuring out, you know, how buffalo will recover from this devastating storm. abby? >> miguel, how far are you from the city right now? >> reporter: we are about 40, 50 miles from buffalo. the amazing thing about this lake effect is the cold air that hits the warm air off the lake and it dumps snow very locally around buffalo, so the city itself and a couple counties or cities around it are basically

completely blocked off and socked in, you know, 10, 12 feet of snow, where even if i could get in there, i won't wouldn't be able to go very far. many of the main routes are not even plowed through. >> miguel, please drive safely as you travel. thank you. now on to the travel chaos. carlos suarez is in atlanta. how is the delay board looking for you at this hour? i seen a ton of people behind you at hartsfield-jackson in atlanta, always a busy airport. >> reporter: that's right, abby. things do not look promising for hundreds of passengers here in atlanta. as of this hour, we're talking about nearly ly 170 flights tha have been canceled because of all of this cold weather that has gripped a good part of the u.s. in fact, in this line behind me, a lot of passengers whose flights were canceled, they're

in the process of trying to figure out when they might get a flight back to where they were going. a lot of folks have been in this line for hours. just a few minutes ago, we counted about four agents or so trying to get all these folks onto a new flight. when we're talking about the overall canceled flights, as of this hour, we are approaching well over 2,200 flights that have been canceled, nearly 5,000 other flights that have been delayed. we have seen these type of numbers the entire weekend. i've been here since saturday. today was one of the busiest days of this airport. we caught up with one woman over on the southwest airlines terminal, just on the other side of where we are. she only traveled because she had to take some medical exams. she hoped to be back home with her mother, because she's sick, and now she's stranded, unsure of what she's going to do next. >> i had my flight for the 23rd.

it's been canceled three times so far. i came to hartsfield-jackson for exams for medical school, and now i want to go back home, because my mom is in the hospital. she got discharged, but they are saying the closest flight is the 29th. >> all right. so the delta terminal here behind me has a mixture of some folks trying to get rebooked on another flight, and folks just trying to check in a bag. over at the southwest airlines, a material natural where we were at, they were an entire line dedicated for passengers whose flights were canceled. that line is a big longer than the one here at delta, even at the tsa checkout line. that's how many folks, abby, are trying to figure out how to get back home after the holidays. >> carlos, thank you so much. let's bring in now meteorologist

tom sater. this storm hag described and epic and historic. where are the biggest concerns in this hour? they're going to be searching roadway foss vehicles. unfortunately the death toll may go up. we've had deaths from people falling off their roof trying to clear the snow. it's just terrible. this was equivalent to a category 2 hurricane when you look at the pressure. here we go, buffalo. this is not their first lake-effect snow event. a couple weeks ago we had 50, 60, 70, 80 inches. even in michigan, where do you put all that snow? buffalo has had more snow now than what think typically see all year. look at the windchills. the secret killer is shoveling snow. your heart is beating fastest,

and if you have a one-car driveway, it's equivalent to move over 4 tons. so be careful with that. with chicago, and des moines, st. louis, here's the next story. there's another batch of cold air, mainly confined to the dakotas, and it's trailing this little clipper system. for those, you may be surprised in atlanta. it's been snowing in nashville. cincinnati, lexington. when you look at buffalo, as miguel said, this cold air is moving across the warmer waters. they could still see a good 9, 120 inches. however, these at the great lakes freeze over, it shuts down the lake-effect snow machine. so we're just getting into winter, and it's terrible to have the warm waters, but looking at the water temp even up into ontario, there will be a warm-up. the crews are working well, so this next system, not to worry

about, but the warm-up is coming. it doesn't look like it right now, but chicago will be in the upper 30s for lows . with us now is joel feraleto. joel, i'm sure buffalo is very used to this snow, but you have said this is the worst that you have ever seen. what makes this storm so different and deadly? >> well, first of all, thanks for having me. what makes this different is the wind. we had hurricane winds here. we had gusts up to 79 miles per hour. the wind was steady for 48 h

hours. you couldn't see ten feet in front of you. we've had fatalities here. my heart certainly goes out to everyone who has suffered a fatality or a family member or friend who has. it's just terrible. it's like nothing i have ever seen before. >> as you just mentioned there's been a number of fatalities and deaths. what is the latest you are hearing from officials. >> in the stiff of buffalo, i've heard 17 confirmed fatalities. i anticipate that to go higher, unfortunately. in erie county, the number, i believe, is in the 20s. again, unfortunately, i anticipate that to go higher. >> so right now the priority is still search and rescue. how difficult is that, given the conditions these emergency crews are facing? i mean, the roads right now are

terrible, but it seems even walking conditions can be very challenging. >> it's very difficult to walk. i did a walk around the neighborhood earlier this morning, and i a over a dozens cars stranded in the street. they're stranded, you have snow -- in some of the instances, the snow covers the car completely. right notice the focus is on life and safety. i know a lot of plow drivers are accompanies the power company to get to their substations, because we still have about 10 thousands people without power. my power in my house has been off for over 72 hours at this point. >> speaking of your own home, you have an 8-month-old baby, your wife is also expecting another child. you don't have power. how are you getting by? how is we're yif and child doing right now? >> thank you very much for asking. the first night we were out

power, we huntered down in the living room. as the temperatures kept going lower, the following day we need we had to make a move. we walked to a friend's house, which was only four blocks away. that walk was extremely difficult. only four blocks with the wind gusts over 50 miles per hour. we saw some drifts where you see 7, 8, 9 feet of snow. it's so challenging, because you can be at one place where it's down to the pavement, and 5, 6 feet over from you, the snow is 10 feet high. that's what makes this so dangerous. this was so deadly. it's absolutely terrible. >> joel feroleto, thank you for joining us. i hope your family can get back home and warm very soon. thank you. >> thank you for having me. the white house now is blasting texas governor greg abbott, accusing him of busing more migrants north, this time

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the white house is now slams texas governor abbott, after more busloads of migrants arrived over the weekend. they were dropped off outside vice president harris' home. some were only wearing t-shirts. priscilla alvarez is joining us with more. priscilla, the governor has sent more migrants to this location before. >> reporter: groups on the ground saying, yes, these buses came from texas. to washington in d.c., like a new york city now, this happened

again. they have now go ash being ready on scene, and then later these go to the final destinations again. the white house is putting it bluntly, saying, quote, it's a cruel and dangerous stunt. they have been preparing for a surge in migrants the policy could be lifted any day now. it possible for parts to be

implemented now? some march of 2020, they put this in place it's been caught up in litigation since then and we're waiting to see whether they can end this restriction. in the interim, they've to prepare to and that includes setting up temporary facilities. as well at working with ngos, all of this, abby, as we wait to hear from the court. >> priscilla alvarez, thank you. let's take a closer look at the border cries with cnn political

margaret talef. this crisis could get worse in the coming days. it's been foreshadowed for quite some time. how big of a problem is the looming expiration of title 42 for the white house? >> it's a big problem foss official. they estimate as many as 14,000 migrants could cross a day once title 42 is ultimately lifted and president biden and his team have been trying to prepaefrd for this for months. it was a public health emergency, otherwise known as covid. as covid has come until controls, unless this administration has somehow determined that you could keep this rationale in place beyond covid, they're going to need to see something about it. can there be eremotely

comprehensive reform , if you could bring in additional workers, that could actually offset inflation, and you could get a handle on who's coming in and out of the country. if you could put more money toward border security, that could theoretically bring more republicans on board. and if you could have a fix for the dreamers, people who are made adults now, but brought her as babies or union ching, you could fix the residency situation there, that could be a big solution for members of congress to vote for something like this across the board. the problem is, is that going to happen?

is there any proposition for a compromise? because this has been such a potent issue? batters democrats, because already the incoming house republican majority is talking about impeachment proceedings against the department of homeland security secretary may may mayorkas, whether there's any precedent for that, you can see the challenge to come to a deal. the politics are very, very complicated. >> all of that seems like it's well within the possibility for congress to deal with. there were in quiet talks over the last few weeks, but those talks have died. on these buses, they've been trying to make a point.

the problem is, why won't they do what localities are asking for. and could they drop-off on christmas eve, could that backfire for republicans? >> so far it hasn't. that's why you continue to see it. the political theater gives them the publicity they want around the issue. what you see happening behind the scenes, though, is the chumps and migrant advocacy groups are working as fast as they can to provide that safety net. they are all on the floor trying to figure out how to patch together a solution. we may not see red state governors talk to go blue state governors, that would make sense, but we may see organizations patching that together and trying to be that

connective tissue. people are arriving with toddlers, in t-shirts and shorts, and while it's a political potent argument for a red state governor to say this shouldn't just be our problem, it's a human safety problem. >> absolutely. i mean, i think it seems to make sense to ease the burden on the border to move people closer to where they're going, but to do so in the freezing cold, children with barely any clothing on at all, i think it really raises some questions about the cruelty of it all. margaret talev, thank you for joining us. >> thank you, abby. how a chance encounter and gut feeling led police to a kidnapped baby just days before christmas. the incredible story is coming up. it was the best gift that i ever received,

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this year. oren, tell us more about what they're removing. this has been a couple years in the making, actually. >> it has quite a long process, when congress overrode president trump's veto, and rename anything, and as the committee went through the work, it found 13 different items, locations at the u.s. military academy, more commonly known as west point. the superintendent of west point writing an open letter, saying this process will begin, a multiphased prospect and it will take time. in terms of what's changing names? a lot of this xheism rates

robe -- commemorates robert e. lee. the kkk hooded figure, that will be removed, too. this has been part of the commission's efforts. abby? >> oren lieberman, thank you so much. now on to this incredible story. the twin boys were kidnap, even after one was found, there was still no sign the cason, two women are credited with helping police by making this amazing discovery.

cnn's correspondent jean casarez is helping you. how did the two women get involved in the search. >> it's amazing. december 19th, that's when the babies were allegedly kidnapped, because their mother, she was a doordash delivery driver. she went in to get food for a minute, came out, the car was gone, the babies were gone. early morning hours of december 20th. kayer was found abandoned out on the side of the road at the dayton airport, but where kayson? according to the "indianapolis star" there was a woman 175 miles away, named cheyenne delmar. she started interacting with a

woman, drove in cheyenne's car, thought nothing of it, but later on the in the day, she saw this kidnapping suspect everyone is talking about, and the two babies are gone. she went to her cousin, mecca curry, and she said, i just talked to that woman, she's in indianapolis. they arranged that they would meet her, the alleged kidnapper, call in police. they did, and there was an arrest. however, where is the baby? he's not there. the two cousins decided that they are found the woman, the alleged suspect had left a bus schedule in the car that they were helping we are with, and so they went to all the these bus stations to see if they could find the abandoned car with the baby in it. they couldn't find it, but they are tired and had to eat something. they went there, they found the car, is the baby was inside.

the police officers were also in the restaurant eating. i want you to listen to the indianapolis police department's sergeant as he talks about getting that baby out of the car. >> it was time for us to decompress. we were disappointed we could not find them, then god opened upped heavens to us, and almost put him right in our hands. we were surprised how well he responded, considering the ordeal he's been through. >> nalay jackson, currently in ohio, facing two felony counts of kidnapping, waiting for extradition -- i should say she's in indiana, waiting for extradition back to ohio. because she crossed state lines, there's the potential for material charges. >> though two women are true heroes for finding that little baby in the winter's cold. thank you so much. another story you may not

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it's already been a really bad new season. it could get worse soon. while the cdc suggests a slowdown in cases nationwide, experts say we should see an up tick after the holiday travel and gatherings. elizabeth cohen is joining us now. so, elizabeth, how bad is this flu outbreak right now? a lot of people just went home for the holidays, headed back to their homes. what's going to happen? >> right. you're going to get people

mixing it up a bit. the flu is really in a bad place. let's look at a map of the united states, abby. every stay? red, orange, purple, that means flu is at high other very high levels according to the cdc, and almost the entire map is red, orange or purple. now, some possible good news is the numbers are coming down a bit, if we looks starting at the week of november 27th, you can see hospital admissions slowly falling by a bit. mere's the problem, flu is still high, even though it's coming down. with the holidays, as we were saying, with people garten around, it's possible the numbers could go back up. abby? >>. >> so much of the country is spending holidays in extraordinarily freezing temperatures, huddled at home, maybe even stuff at airports. how do people keep themselves

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your home, and always direct it in the opposite direction. carbon monoxide kills easily, quickly. you won't see it. and please be careful shoveling that snow. elizabeth cohen, thank you so much. educators across the country are raising the alarm over a new technology making it easy to cheat. it's calls chat gpt. it's a chat bot that runs on artificial intelligence and can do pretty much everything you tell it to, from solve ago complex math problem to writing essays on almost anything. >> it's basically exploded in popularity, and teachers are now saying it's not that easy to coach. that includes our next guest, darren hick, an assistant professor of philosophy at furmen university. he as also an expert in place

rhythm and copyright law. he wrote recently saying this would spark a flood of cheating. darren. you're concerned, but you were actually one who recently busted a student for using this chatbot to write an essay. if you're able to catch it, how hard can it be to figure out if it's a bot or a real person. >> it depends on the level of material we're talking about. if my case it was an upper-level philosophy class, and chat gpt doesn't have the sophistication to deal with some obscure topics, but an intro class, it coulded it would have been harder. >> if you're a teacher, how can people even prove that it was a

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just like i get up every day, i go to work. these people get up every day with a mission to steal. >> reporter: organized retail theft is a large part of the industry's $100 billion in lost product. major retail executives from walmart and target are sound be the alarm. >> theft is an issue. it's higher than what it's historically been. if that's not corrected over time, prices will be higher. >> we expect to reduce our gross margin by $6 million for the full year. >> reporter: the irony, some experts say, some of the very products stolen from store shelves eventually make their way back and into customers' hands. >> and it works its way through commerce. goes to wholesalers, goes to distributors. and we end up buying it back. >> reporter: vanessa yurkevich, cnn, new york. >> that does it for me, i'll see you back here tomorrow. until then, don't go anywhere. there's more news ahead.

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