♪♪ ♪ i don't want to be alone ♪ ♪ i don't want to be alone ♪ i want to let you know ♪ >> a deadly blast of winter weather killing almost 50 people across the country, and making a mess of holiday travel. good afternoon, everyone, i'm anita vogel and joined by william. >> take a look at this house in hamburg, new york, south of buffalo. an area covered in ice, actually for about two days now. they are getting about four feet of snow, trapping people in their homes and cars and new york governor kathy hochul is

from buffalo and she says she has never seen anything like this. >> we still have scores and scores of vehicles that were abandoned when people left during the storm, or in a ditch, they cannot possibly get out. we have had snowplows, major snowplows and rescue vehicles. i saw them myself in ditches buried in snow. >> anita: the brutal weather causing thousands of flight delays and cancellations. flight aware, charles watson is at the airport in atlanta with all of the latest there, and charles, you've been chatting with us there from the airport over the last couple of days. how are things looking today? >> well, look, it's busy. the travel troubles continue here in atlanta, and at airports across the country. this is a taste of what it looks like here in atlanta, what we are experiencing. a lot of folks in the airport today. large crowds, large lines full

of people who are just hoping that the day goes smoothly for them. unfortunately, that likely won't be the case for many as travelers face yet another day of flight delays and cancellations in large part due to the deadly arctic blast that has put a freeze on most of the country and is at least partially responsible for 48 storm-related deaths nationwide. newark liberty international, baltimore-washington international are the airports feeling it the most, the most delays and causing the most misery for travelers. and today looks like a big struggle for southwest airlines. the airline has already canceled nearly 1400 flights and the day is not over yet. frustrations are building among people, including one woman broke down in tears as she tells us about her nightmare trip to fort myers, florida. take a listen.

>> directly to fort myers, it was delayed, delayed, delayed, delayed, delayed, it was delayed, then we didn't have a pilot, it was delayed but not canceled, they did not cancel it until 2:00 a.m., which was after all of the car rental places were closed, i'm sorry -- so i've been up since, you know, 7:00 yesterday and trying to get a couple naps in on the benches. >> horrible story that woman tells us her and her friends have given up trying to take a flight to florida and have decided to drive. in buffalo, the airport is preparing to get planes back in the sky on tuesday after blizzard conditions force officials to ground flights and close the airport for safety. it has not been easy for tens of millions who drove to holiday destinations either, at least eight were killed in storm-related crashes after snow and ice created dangerous

conditions on the road. and guys, this will probably be the look at airports across the country, at least for the next couple of days as airlines really try to catch up with all the delays and cancellations we have seen over the last week or so and get people on to flights to get where they are going. pack the patience, back to you. >> anita: that woman was almost in tears, you could really, really feel the frustration there, and wide across so many airports today. appreciate it, we'll check back with you later. now we want to go to katie garner from fox weather. katie, do you have any better news than we just heard from charles about the snarls at airports around the country? >> here is the thing. i'm going to start out showing you totals, but verbally tell everybody out there yes, a warming trend next week. so as many of you have been below average, that many of you in the 200 million people range

are above average into next week. buffalo airport, a reason it's closed in the last 48 hours. 43 inches of snow, buffalo, yearly average is just over 95 inches, so we have almost hit the top total for the season. probably surpass it as the week progresses. 3 to 4 more inches of snow expected. the snow to close, 3 to 5 inches through tuesday, but watertown, 12 to 18 inches of snow still to come in that specific area. buffalo, new york, here we go. all eyes are on buffalo, and mine are, too. so, look at this, monday and tuesday, yeah, today and tomorrow, you are in the 20s, with lows in the 20s as well, a lot of snow. by wednesday, a little bit of

sunshine and then cloud cover through sunday. and look at watertown, i want to show you, yeah, the snow will last through tuesday night. highs in the 20s, highs in the 30s for wednesday. graphically i did not show you anything more positive but i'm telling you, a warming trend is coming, we have to get through the snow first. >> william: for more on the story, download the fox weather app or streaming site as well for your favorite connected tv device. >> anita: so many ways to watch. let's bring in patrick, the superintendent of highways for the town of amherst, new york, and extend condolences, more than 25 people have died in the area from this blizzard and these horrific conditions. we just heard from our weather meteorologist that the snow continues through tuesday and then we get a little bit of a break, a little bit of a warming trend.

what can you tell us about the situation in erie county? >> for the town of amherst, we are just a little north of buffalo. we received as much snow as anybody else, if not more. normally we can deal with 40 inches of snow. however, when there is a 70 mile an hour wind blowing it around for 36 hours and i can't put the plow trucks out, we fell behind the eight ball. so now we are trying to catch up to clear the roads from a good 2 to 3 feet of snow off these roads that again, normally we would have taken care of during the last three days. >> anita: when you have that much snow and you are doing your best to get out there and clear the snow so people can get out, are there people who are -- are you worried there are people who are trapped inside their homes, can't get out, the basics they need and what about power. are there still power outages in

the area? >> yes. the town of amherst, approximately 37,000 households. at the peak from our power grid company they showed over 3,000 people were without power, primarily saturday into sunday. and this is where we were assisting our trucks, my high lifts, plows were assisting emergency services to answer the calls so we could help the people out. that was a priority. nobody is going to argue that, but it did delay myself and my crews from cleaning our roads. so again, today finally as we open more roads, the emergency services can access the calls. it doesn't require our help so that we can concentrate now and in doing our regular business. >> anita: what do you want to tell the people of your town, what advice to ride out the next

couple of days here. what's most important for you to let them know? >> again, we patient. what we did since last night overnight and into today, we made some great headway. we are not going to stop. our employees have not been home for easter -- easter -- for christmas or christmas eve, they have been working, for the most part on shifts straight through and then sleeping when they went home. so, again, they are working very diligently and we will continue to do this into the weekend where i'm hoping that there isn't a rapid melt where we are facing flooding conditions. >> anita: yeah, yeah, nobody wants to see that, and good point, don't often think of the first responders and workers who are missing christmas eve, christmas, the holidays, to help other. a shout out to them, of course. patrick loosey, superintendent

for amherst, good luck with the next couple days until the warm-up comes. >> thank you very much. >> anita: yes, of course. moving on, customs and border protection tells fox overwhelmed agents are lacking support and leadership, over 16,000 encounters over the christmas weekend alone. >> wi >> william: former ice director tom homan and more coming up. it's a storm that crashes, and consumes, replacing thought with worry. but one thing can calm uncertainty. an answer. uncovered through exploration, teamwork, and innovation. an answer that leads to even more answers. mayo clinic. you know where to go.

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>> anita: the white house and democrats blasting texas governor abbott calling him shameful and worseless busses of migrants arrived outside the home of vice president kamala harris on christmas eve. >> william: the governor has not talked about the latest dropoff although have been vocal about sanctuary cities. >> william, good afternoon. we don't have anything new from the white house about the humanitarian crisis at the border that is affecting border states and border cities. but we do have this new statement as they 0 in on the

handful of busses that arrived here in washington, d.c. outside the vice president's residence. so, the white house's comment about that, governor abbott abandoned children on the side of the road in below freezing temperatures on christmas eve without coordinating with any federal or local authorities. this was a cruel, dangerous and shameful stunt as we have repeatedly said, we are willing to work with anyone on real solutions like the border security measures, president biden sent to congress on his first day in office, political games accomplish nothing and only put lives in danger. dhs says they are still using title 42 ahead of its expiration, and say they enforce the immigration and public laws at the border. individuals and families attempting to enter without authorization are being expelled or placed into removal

procedures. as temperatures are dangerously low along the border, they are attempting to cross only to be returned. leaving some experts on border security wanting more. >> there are about seven statements in the last ten days on dhs website, not one that says we are going to enforce the border better, not one that says we are going to give the border patrol agents and the front line of dhs the tools they need, the tools they know work to secure and solve the problem on the southwest border. >> white house officials remain quiet about all of this. een nearly one week since we were told by white house officials there is going to be a call where they would outline their proposals for a post title 42 world. that call still has not happened. william. >> william: thank you so much. tom homan, former ice director and fox news contributor, and a former press secretary from the

democratic national committee. jose, start with you. democrats have had the house, senate and the white house two years. as you look at the southern border, is that a success? >> look, i think first and foremost recognize the border, immigration, you know, situation in the united states has got to be fixed by both parties. i think just now we got senator sinema to put forth a bill to legally 2 million dreamers in the united states and add $25 billion for the border, and republicans said they want solutions, we are providing a solution. >> william: you can't blame republicans for this, jose, you had -- you have the -- >> biden cannot do this by himself, i think even though it's been -- >> william: your party cannot do it by itself. >> the budget that just passed, more money for the border but it's not enough.

we need republican support to help find a permanent solution. title 42 can help but not a solution for the border. >> william: great, you didn't answer the question. tom, you listened about what he just said, looking forward, looking forward, looking forward, tom, what have republicans offered democrats in the last two years to get any kind of immigration reform to jose's point? >> first of all, jose is wrong. there is 0 money for the border in the omnibus bill. the money is to process people releasing into the united states quicker. he needs to read the bill. an i've been calling out any republican senator and congressman that signed the bill that says the borders are in chaos, they signed the bill with no border money. that's the bottom line. this administration keeps blaming the republican party, show the people attacking governor abbott for delivering people to d.c. in freezing weather. governor abbott is doing more than anybody in this

administration to secure the border. second of all, these people are concerned about the bus full of people in d.c. that showed up here and that were cold? how come they have not said a damn word about the 1700 that died on the border since joe biden was president, and the fentanyl deaths. i was there, i did it for 35 years and they, in two weeks signed 90 executive orders abolishing everything we did and now they have historic illegal immigration that is killing historic number of americans, killing -- >> william: jose, back to you. listen. yeah, jose -- >> 1.5 pills of fentanyl, this administration is getting the job done, we need more funding and i agree with you, where are the republican solutions they so much care about the solutions. >> william: jose, you remember two years ago when kamala harris

was appointed the border czar, and they talked about the root cause of illegal immigration in central america. ok, they do not come to the summit americas, guatemala, or obrador from mexico, you said you were going to address ill real immigration as a root cause. administration gave the countries in central america $2 billion. point to one success the administration has had south of the border. >> well, look, first and foremost, i mentioned. 1.5 million fentanyl pills in arizona, that is success. it's not enough, i agree it's not enough and we have to continue look and tackling the problem, increase funding, increase technology at the border, but biden cannot do it by himself. we need republicans to actually help us to get it done. i think this president recognizes that, you know, it's not just -- not a king, not a dictator, he needs congress to

get things done. the border is -- we need to address. let's -- invite my republican friends to come together and let's put forth a bill to get this done. >> william: tom, ten second refly. >> over 100,000 americans are dead because they are not getting it done. trump administration did it, biden administration can dust off the trump policies and secure the border but they want open borders and because of that, more people are going to die on both sides of the border, bottom line. >> william: tom, jose, thank you very much. >> anita: william, great discussion there. president zelenskyy blasting the christmas eve attacks on ukraine as absolute evil as the pope issues a grave warning about the state of the world. and general keith kellogg is standing by next on that.

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>> william: pope francis with a somber message about the icy winds of war as putin's war with ukraine rages on 305 days later. >> our time is experiencing a grave famine of peace. and other regions and other theaters of this third world war. let us see the faces of all those children everywhere in the

world long for peace. let us also see the faces of our ukrainian brothers and sisters who are experiencing this christmas in the dark and cold, far from their homes due to the devastation caused by ten months of war. >> anita: on christmas eve, russian attacks in kherson killed 15 and injured dozens move. retired general keith kellogg is here, but first nate foy is live in kyiv. >> president zelenskyy calls the attack on kherson terrorism, he said that over the weekend. he has a new message for ukrainians tonight as we head into the new year. but some new allegations from russia in the early morning hours, russian military officials say ukraine launched a drone at an air base deep in russia killing three russian service members. take a look at the video from the early morning hours, you can see the flash from the explosion. now, russia says it shot the drone down but debris from the

drone is what killed these three soldiers. ukraine is not officially taking credit but one military official calls it "the consequence of russian aggression." it's the second time this month that this same air base has been targeted. last time was december 5th, and we saw significant russian airstrikes as a response to that. we'll see if we see it tonight or tomorrow morning here in kyiv. take a look at the next video. the horrible attack at kherson, president zelenskyy is warning ukrainians on more airstrikes. 16 were killed, 64 were hurt. here is president zelenskyy with a new message for ukrainians today. >> only a few days of this year left. we must be aware that our enemy will try to make this time dark and difficult for us. >> this comes as intense fighting continues in ukraine's

east, this is video from there, we are also seeing videos of the wagner group fighters, the russian mercenary organization leading russia's efforts here and they are complaining russia is not complaining them with enough weapons, russia has been pushing for the city since may but have met a stiff ukrainian resistance there. live, president zelenskyy posted on social media he had a phone call with the prime minister of india sharing his peace plan to end this war. zelenskyy will be relying on india and other countries to implement the plan. >> anita: can't believe it's going into a new year. nate, thank you so much for being there during the christmas holiday and reporting for us. let's bring in retired lieutenant general keith kellogg, former national security adviser to vice president mike pence, and now

co-chairman for the center for american security and fox news contributor. appreciate you coming in. >> anita, thanks for having me. appreciate it. >> anita: of course. this has not been the best christmas for folks around the world, especially in ukraine, the brutal war continues there, and we heard nate foy said it's going over into a new year now. we just heard 16 people were killed in the city of kherson. i want you to listen to this quote from president zelenskyy. he called the christmas eve attack on kherson killing for the sake of intimidation and pleasure. i mean, that's kind of a sickening statement but do you agree with that? >> yeah, you know what we are looking at is pure intimidation. but they are attacking civilian targets. that's the way the russians are doing it. and frustration overall and it's unfortunate. we have not come up with the end state on this -- an end game that we are pushing forward on it. i think the united states is culpable. what i mean by culpable, we are

a proxy to this war, and we may not say that and president biden may not say that but we are. we provided three-quarters of the military economic humanitarian aid, we have provided the most advanced weapons so far that have killed tens of thousands of russians. one-third of the country are new refugees, and president biden has not said this is how we are going to end it. he cannot leave it up to zelenskyy. he needs to pick up the phone and call vladimir putin and say look, this is how we intends to end the war and he has to go in really hard and there should be some examples that we use in the last administration when we did soleimani, and call super escalation. and say we are going to provide ukraine with the maximum amount of equipment we can, and kill the army in the field and push

them out of ukraine or go to negotiations, and tell putin up front. he will realize in 1917 it happened with alexander ii when the russian army mutinied. we have not done that, we have to give them everything we've got. a lot of people out there, and the republican side of the house and conservative side of the house don't want to talk about that, but that train has left the station. this war is over 300 days old, we have to come up with an even state. >> anita: earlier today the alert came across the ap wire saying ukraine foreign minister tells the ap his government aims to have a peace summit by february at the u.n. we are also hearing vladimir putin talk about maybe wanting to have some kind of a peace negotiation. i'm sure a peace negotiation by vladimir putin versus zelenskyy looks very different. should the u.s. be pushing that? some sort of a negotiation for

peace? >> yeah, you know, it's a great question. the fact is that does not work. the process to bring peace to ukraine. zelenskyy does not want it and neither does putin. putin wants a military victory. this goes back to the chinese, the communist chinese way of negotiation. that was talk, talk, fight, fight, that's good to talk about it, but the end state is going to be the russians leaving ukraine, whether they like it or not. they will get forced out of it. the whole thing about negotiation, i don't think it's going to go anywhere. we have tried in the past, it's going to fail. go hard line. we have to do something hard. the guy who has to lead is president biden and he has not been leading it at all. >> anita: see if there is a change in posture as we enter into the new year. lieutenant general keith kellogg, thank you for your insight, appreciate you coming in. >> william: china circling

taiwan as they blast the u.s. for hyping up the china threat adding that china "deplores and firmly opposes a move by the u.s. to include funds for taiwan in its annual defense spending bill." greg palkot is live in london with more. greg. >> hi, william. a major show of force from china against taiwan just in the last 24 hours. those 71 planes, including fighter jets as well as patrol and surveillance aircraft, they entered the island's air defense zone, 43 of them crossing the median line, and the seven ships, even a drone. chinese officials confirm they were conducting so-called "strike drills" against the islands military, basically mock attacks on the defense of taiwan, a place china claims as its own, in response to what beijing calls the current taiwan escalate and provocation, to refer to the $10 billion worth of u.s. weaponry and military

training signed off by president biden last week. taiwan rejects claims of sovereignty by beijing says they are trying to destroy regional peace and intimidate the taiwan people. an official calling it destabilizing, saying the u.s. has an abiding interest in peace and stability in that region. message from xi jinping has been okayed for another five-year term amid a range of domestic concerns is that he wants taiwan and seems willing to make even more aggressive moves to gain it. experts tell us, william, 2023 should show more aggression by china and more heat on this front along with everything else in the world. back to you. >> william: greg, thanks so much, happy new year. >> anita: nancy mace is coming up next. she has a lot to say. look forward to hearing from her. stay with us.

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speaker next year. and he says those bills will be "dead on arrival." house conservatives wish their senate colleagues would have just waited for them to take control so that they had a chance to trim what they are calling all the pork. >> the democrats and even some republicans really just kind of threw up their arms and said you know, we have to get all our goodies in before we are done, so they were not really getting things done, but getting what they wanted before they are done, you had so many people retiring, actually vote for this bill because they won't be held accountable. >> another frustration for conservatives, the lack of funding for border security. >> yeah, what they have done is provided really a band aid to an arterial wound. let's tell the truth to the american people. $800 million for housing illegals, nothing to do with stopping them getting here in the first place. >> and don't forget, anita, the very thing lawmakers were trying

to avoid by rushing through this process last minute before christmas, happened anyway. congress had to pass yet another continuing resolution, sort of a band aid bill for about a week since it's going to take a couple of days before this omnibus actually finally reaches the president's desk. anita. >> anita: my understanding, they have to put it on parchment paper and official before it gets to the president's desk. so much drama before the end of the year. aishah hasnie, thank you. william. >> bring in south carolina republican congresswoman nancy mace, she voted against this trillion dollar spending bill. nancy, help me out a little bit. what aishah said there, kevin mccarthy is threatening to not hear bills sponsored by senators as a way of retaliation, if you will, because they voted with it? parse out the politics for me here. >> well, i think that there's a lot of frustration and anger

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>> anita: well, target is recalling tens of thousands of the popular pillow fort weighted blankets for kids. consumer products safety commission reports two little girls got trapped inside the blankets and died from suffocation in april. and four other children have been injured. a spokesperson for target tells fox we send our deepest condolences to the families who lost their loved ones. as soon as we knew of the situation we acted quickly. and death toll has risen in new york, emergency officials in buffalo, new york, say at least 27 have died there. new york governor kathy hochul says it is not over yet, folks.

>> and as much as we can see the skies right now, we know the storm is coming back, we are expecting another 6 to, or 6 to 12 inches and in the south towns, the southern part of erie county, they have 30 to 40 inches of snow overnight. >> anita: dr. is here. happy holidays. i want to ask you a quick question, first, about the weighted blankets. i actually got one for christmas, and i was really surprised at how heavy it was. it was much heavier than i expected. so for these parents who are purchasing them for their kids, i mean -- how old is old enough to have a weighted blanket? >> yeah, that's a great question. these weighted blankets, not only intended to help keep you warm, but found to help reduce

anxiety, to improve your mood and help you to sleep better. so it was made for those that have trouble sleeping and those that want to feel like they have a hug, a wrap around them while they are sleeping to help them get through the night. but it's not intended for infants, it's not intended for toddlers. this is a choking hazard potentially, made of plastic pellets or glass beads. and the average weight of a 4-year-old is 40 pounds. the weighted blankets can weigh up to 35 pounds. so a young child could have difficulty breathing and can suffocate like we saw in these two young children. >> anita: such a sad story there. change the topic quickly to something affecting many people across the country, the dangers of shovelling snow or using a snow blower if you are of a certain age or have a certain health condition. we saw, you know, there are so

many feet of snow in buffalo. i want you to listen to this warning from the erie county executive. >> if you are a senior or have a noted cardiac condition, which includes high blood pressure, you could be 35 years old but have high blood pressure, that's a cardiac condition, please do not attempt to shovel or snow blow the snow. >> anita: interesting and probably valuable warning there. 40 seconds left. just react to that. i had never heard that before. what's your advice to people who are dealing with snow this winter? >> sure, absolutely. if you are not conditioned to shovel snow, this should not be the time you start. the cold weather can constrict your blood vessels and that in turn can raise your blood pressure which could put a strain on your heart. the most common day for a heart attack of the year is christmas day. today is the second most common day for heart attack to occur. so, be careful, if you are not conditioned, you don't want to

engage in strenuous activity, but dress in layers to prevent hypothermia, and take breaks, stay hydrated and get help if you can. use common sense precautions. >> anita: the most common day of the year to have a heart attack is christmas day, i did not know that. that's a sad fact there. dr. thanks for your tips and advice and happy holidays t to the end of the year. >> william: thousands in pierce county, washington were without power after thieves broke into at least four power stations and tampered with the equipment. and correspondent alexis mcadams. >> not the first time it has happened in the pacific northwest. in november, at least six substations in southern washington and nearby oregon were attacked.

latest ones highlight how vulnerable the electric grid is. crews were working to restore the power in several towns out in pierce county, east of tacoma, washington, after 14,000 customers were left in the dark. someone broke into at least four of the substations on christmas and vandalized that essential equipment you are looking at. investigators tell us the criminals broke in through the fencing. no one has been arrested in any of these cases but they could face some serious criminal charges. >> it does seem similar to incidents that we have seen in oregon and southern washington as well as in north carolina where power substations were targeted by individuals or groups. >> this all comes weeks after a similar power grid attack in north carolina. one county had to declare a state of emergency after someone shot up at least two of their substations. those bullets just destroyed the grid and left 45,000 people without power.

check this out. workers still at these power plants trying to figure this thing out. federal officials have been warning the u.s. power grid needs better security to protect the country from domestic terrorism. nearly a year ago, the u.s. department of homeland security wrote a report warning the public, saying the incidents are more common. >> attacks on the infrastructure have been on the radar of extremists anti-government groups for a good 30 years. infrastructure is a relatively soft target. usually not guarded. there is little surveillance. >> the utility companies believe they will be able to get the power back up today, william. >> william: appreciate it. the second hours of fox news live kicks off with art del cueto after this. i may have trouble getting around,

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>> william: over 16,000 encounters at the southern border over the christmas weekend alone, and that from border patrol sources. one agent telling us who has worked the holiday weekend saying "unprecedented numbers are overwhelming agents as they deal with this crisis without any support from leadership." i'm william. >> anita: good to be with you for our second hour of fox news live, william. one down, one to go.