check. the legislature convenes in early march. >> julie: thank you so much. molly line is in for harris, jonathan, a wonderful two hours. best two hours of my 2022 for me. >> jonathan: best two hours for your life and me, too. happy new year to you. >> julie: let's watch "the faulkner focus" with molly next. >> molly: not even the christmas weekend cold could slow down the surge. migrants trying to get into the country shows there is no place like our southern border for the holidays. border patrol reporting more than 16,000 encounters over the weekend with only a small percentage expelled under title 42. 14,000 of them released. the end of title 42 still in limbo as we wait for the supreme court to decide if it stays by today.

otherwise it's out the window. el paso, which has seen an uptick with the policy in place is preparing for the worst. border patrol setting up a massive tent city just outside of downtown. the "new york post" cover this morning calls the tents a welcome mat for illegal immigration. newly-erected processing center is for the overflow in addition to the permanent one they already have there. the state's governor greg abbott still doing his best to send a border message to the biden administration on christmas eve he dropped three bus loads of illegal immigrants outside of the vice president's home. not the first time he has done this. those on the bus willingly chose to go to the nation's capital. democrats were quick to call him out as heartless. one guest not holding back. >> why republicans would love to say they're pro-life they only care about children and families

when it comes to babies that are in the womb. when they are outside of the womb look at what happened. republicans continue to see this as the entry fee to the gop ticket in 2024 and having a hard stance on immigration is that platform for them. to me on christmas eve busing three bus loads of migrants to the vice president's house is shameful, disgusting, and it should be called out for what it is. >> molly: tony gonzalez is hear to weigh in. first peter doocy is live at the white house for us. peter, to you. >> good morning. if the supreme court doesn't intervene today, then title 42 could end today. the complete lack of information over the last few days from officials here has republicans in congress curious about what exactly this president wants to happen. >> the biden administration and most democrats who don't see this as anything but a win. they are seeing this as success at the border.

every person you talk to in the biden administration doesn't see this as a problem. you talk to the president he said look, there are other problems that we have. >> officials here are saying less about migrants arriving at the southern border than about migrant being bused to where the vpt lives. he didn't coordinate any federal or local authorities. this was a cruel, dangerous and shameful stunt according to some. it has been a full week since we heard how the white house wants to replace it with. we're waiting for details. >> i know there have been a lot of rumors and speculation. i am not going to to go off of everything -- i wouldn't go off everything you're hearing quite yet. we'll have more to share tomorrow and there will be a call, too, on this very -- on

these varying issues. >> that call she was referencing never happened. it is unlikely we get any kind of new commitment to an immigration policy, post title 42 policy within the next few days because president biden will be in sat. croix. they fly through the new year later on this afternoon. >> molly: sounds lovely. peter, thank you for joining us from the white house keeping us up to date on answers we still don't have and texas, arizona and border states would like to have. thanks, peter. too op-eds not optimistic of the state of the border in the new year. one says year three of the biden border crisis will be the worst yet. the other, it's joe biden's border now. the fight over title 42 encapsulates all the dysfunction of immigration policy. tony gonzalez of texas joins me now to talk about what is continuing to unfold there in your home state.

congressman, thank you so much for joining us here on this christmas week. we appreciate a few minutes of your time. we're watching the supreme court. they could potentially announce this decision related to title 42, whether it will debate -- whether the court will debate the merits or whether or not it will be allowed to expire. many migrants have come through. enormous numbers. your thoughts on what we can expect in the coming days particularly if title 42 goes away? >> good morning, molly. thank you for having me. communities along the border in arizona and texas, we didn't get a lump of coal for christmas. title 42 goes away and all hell breaks loose. the administration keeps saying we have a plan. i'll tell you what the plan is. their plan is to add more soft sided facilities like the ones that fox covered outseidel pass owe, the tents. pop up tents all over and process more people. that's not a plan. all that does is encourage even

more illegal immigration. the way this ends kevin mccarthy led this commitment to america in the house republicans commitment to america is our plan to secure the border. there has to be enforcement of our laws. otherwise we are just going to continue to see the chaos. like one of the opeds mentioned 2023 could be the worst year yet. >> molly: the shelters are packed to capacity. migrants sleeping on the streets under blankets from the red cross. the biden administration talking about answers. the city has spent $10 million in taxpayer money giving aid to migrants that poured over the border. fema has brought some money to the picture as well. but is this the way it should work? >> it's not. the administration keeps asking for an orderly and humane

process. this is anything but. especially humane. it was record temperatures in the el paso area, not to mention eagle pass. that's another area that has historically continued to have the largest amount of illegal crossings throughout the entire southern border. it is not humane. sleep on the streets.ave people we aren't talking 1 or 2 but hundreds, upwards to 1,000. the city of el paso is doing everything it can to keep its head above water using the convention centers and schools. imagine if your city started using your schools to house migrants. what i worry is once you get in this migrant business, you don't get out of it. it is -- i've seen it over and over again. it consumes everything it touches and now it is consuming our schools as well. it is a failed policy the biden administration needs to take this seriously. >> molly: when you talk about the business of migrants, the cartels are the ones raking in

this enormous amount of money and we've seen just historically huge busts related to fentanyl, this remarkable bust just this year that there was the largest ever bust of liquid fentanyl to u.s. history. 25 pounds, three gallons of across the border and killing americans. what should be done at this point in time when we're here on the cusp of watching title 42 on the line standing and looking at it? >> this is something that should unite us as americans. put politics aside and say look, mr. president, fentanyl is killing americans, democrats, republicans regardless. it is killing our children. how do we stop this? i put together a bill with my good friend senator rubio that adds a little teeth to the fentanyl process as far as those that get apprehended that are caught as fentanyl deaths have

the maximum sentence. it is important. we have to have teeth to our laws or we'll continue to see it happen. not to mention the terrorists. we have had over 100 folks on the terrorist watch list come over. these are things that should unite us, not divide us. house republicans are committed to solving these problems. we have to keep the pressure on and hold the administration accountable. >> molly: before i let you go i want to touch on something. the end of last week everyone was out buying turkeys and making pies and doing last minute gift buying. democrats gifting themselves $1.7 trillion in spending. this massive bill passed just before the christmas break. there were some republicans that joined democrats, about nine holding out but for the majority, that's not what happened. the republicans have been pushing back on this. >> kevin mccarthy is speaker, he will hold the senate's feet to the fire. this is wrong. we talk about a 4,000 page bill

crafted behind closed doors that does nothing but pour gasoline on the fire that is inflation. the people are very frustrated with the process and the lack of responsible spending in this thing. it is a monstrosity. >> molly: that was representative mace. your thoughts on this omnibus bill that passed. >> the spending is out of control. the american public has seen what house democrats have done to lead this country. it has failed time and time again. the fact that you have a 4,000 page document dropped days before. we aren't talking billions anymore but trillions. in a wave of a pen signing it you will see house republicans who have the majority and it is now time for us the lead. time for house republicans to lead in a manner that is honorable. spending is out of control. you always hear more defense money. you never hear about less defense money for less non-defense spent.

it is time we tighten the belt and hold these departments accountable for the spending. it is not how much money you get it is what you do with that money. >> molly: thank you for joining us on this holiday week. hopefully solutions in 2023 for you and your state in this incredible problem that has yet to be solved. thank you. >> thank you. >> we have had major snowplows and rescue vehicles, i saw them myself in ditches buried in snow. when mother nature shuts down and creates a wall that you cannot see past, it is not safe. >> molly: new york's governor kathy hochul declaring a state of emergency over this weekend's historic winter storm. western new york hit with one of its worst weather-related disasters ever. it is not over yet. more snow expected today as search and rescue teams dig through the mountains already to try to reach those in need.

a look at just some of the chaos hitting the area on friday. visibility near 0. extreme storm also proving to be deadly. the death toll still rising, 35 victims reported in the ream on so far. one of them 22-year-old taylor. her car was stranded in the snow. max gordon has more from buffalo. >> this has been called the worst storm in a generation. more than four feet of snowfall and worse than the snow totals is the duration. it started on friday and been pounding the buffalo region ever since then. just white-out conditions at times and as you mentioned, some people got stranded in their vehicles. 35 people now confirmed dead just here in erie county alone. one woman found dead in her vehicle.

others found in snowbanks. some people had medical emergencies and first responders could not get out to them because the roads were just so bad. now luckily travel bans are starting to lift here in the county although there is a driving ban if place in the city of buffalo. really officials wanted to make sure the roads were clear for first responders so they could get out and about and make rescues and check on people before cars flooded the streets. luckily snowplows have been out and about and starting to make headway. thousands are still without power. it has been a brutal few days for people where power lines were knocked out by trees, wind gusts of up to 70 to 80 miles-per-hour. it has been hard to get power back on and the heat back on for some people. buffalo airport hasn't reopened. they have a tentative opening time tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. it has been pushed back in the past few days. we'll see if that happens. one silver lining, one sort of

sign of normalcy returning is that today supermarkets will reopen. the first time a lot of people will have access to fresh food in several days. >> molly: wow, you know, we're so used to seeing the folks running to the grocery stores before a big storm and now they have to stock up because more snow and cold on the way. thank you, a very sad story. we appreciate it. we'll have more on the holiday travel chaos after the massive winter storm stranded tens of thousands at airports across the country. one airline canceling 80% of its flights. reading the covid database. what the latest twitter files say about the government trying to censor covid on social media. >> they were pushing twitter and social media companies to censor the science and censor life-saving information is really alarming. >> molly: we break down the

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>> molly: the 10th installment of the twitter files. they detail how both the trump and biden administrations tried to suppress tweets against covid-19 coming after another drop on christmas eve showed coordination between twitter and the government agencies went way beyond the f.b.i. critics of the reported government overreach are sounding off. >> whether it's from a republican administration or democratic one, government officials should not be tilting the scales of public debate and

only worsened by the fact that twitter operates with one-sided political bias. >> molly: hillary vaughn is here from washington. >> this latest release of twitter's internal company files show that both administrations under former president trump and president biden tried to insert politics into science and censor things that were not in their favor. as a result, some doctors and scientists who had opposing views on covid were banned. independent journalist reporting on the files tweeted that both the trump and biden administration pressed twitter executives to moderate the platform's pandemic content according to their wishes saying in his review of internal files, i found countless instances of tweets labeled as misleading or taken down entirely, sometimes triggering account suspension simply because they differed from establishment views. the biden administration has flip-flopped on whether or not

they were involved. former white house press secretary jen psaki admitted to routine engagement but karine jean-pierre putting distance between the white house and the tech giant. >> first we are in regular touch with the social media platforms and those engagements typically happen through members of our senior staff but members of our covid-19 people. >> it's up to private companies to make these types of decisions. we were not involved. i can say that. we were not involved. >> sometimes there were censorship in twitter. james baker asked twitter's safety chief at the time roth why trump's tweet was not taken down. roth replied saying optimism is not misinformation. >> molly: engagements, what a

word. thank you so much, i appreciate it. we bring in tammy bruce, fox news contributor and host of get tammy bruce on fox nation. thank you for joining us this holiday week. we love having you. i guess we could say let's all asked shocked that government was involved in suppression and pushing information. politics and science routine engagements they say. we weren't suppressing, we were engaging. >> look, we certainly heard about this, we watched things happening, we had to presume based on the evidence we saw in public. of course, these twitter files. when they dropped the first batch that people thought that would be it. we're now on batch ten because this attitude doesn't stop with one issue. it's a mentality. it is a corporate culture to do this. we will see a lot more. not just with twitter but clearly as jen psaki said, the platforms plural. it is in its nature at this point. for americans, it has been particularly difficult.

we don't want to believe this is what we've been doing. that our government would be doing it and yes, if it's republican and democrat administrations is a given because it's the bureaucracy and law enforcement agencies clearly as we've seen with the trump administration acting in a manner where they appear to be or think of themselves as an independent arbiter about what will go on. so this is very important. i have been saying all along this is not a niche issue. we found out about it because of musk. what else has been going on? >> doesn't matter if you're republican or democrat it's an issue. howard kurtz reacting to the government on covid content saying it seems too familiar. >> medical school epidemiologist

said vaccines were important for older patients but not younger people. he was slapped with a misleading label. he was shadow banned. you shouldn't like anything he had to say for his opinion and it is like the hunter biden laptop all over again except with life or death consequences. >> molly: life or death consequences with covid. >> we are. that's been proven. the magic that they have now is by silencing certain voices and we see this with levine when it comes to medical issues and now the transgender issue. the statement is there is no debate with signs or the science is finished. science is never finished. it is created by investigation, theories and debate amongst the experts. when you silence people a government can say no one disagrees. this is the new truth whether it's about vaccines, whether

it's about gender-affirming care with minors. still a major conversation in this country. parents have a major role in this and deserve the truth and information they can rely on and trust. we are not at this point with the government managing information in this way. >> molly: speaking of conservatives are whipping health insurance -- she called for big tech to censor misinformation about gender procedures for kids. levine is a transgender woman made the comments in may. >> there is substantial misinformation about gender-affirming care for transgender and gender diverse individuals. we need to use our clinician's voice to create a healthier, cleaner information environment. >> molly: the reaction has been fierce. one person tweeting says nothing spreads holiday cheer calling

for healthcare professionals to advocate for big tech censorship. another was america is in trouble. people are concerned. not what you believe is correct care or not it's the government involvement. >> there are differences of opinion. there is debate. notice the rhetoric that levine used about clean, right? you look at issues that will be attached now to safety and health. and if their argument is that not disagreeing or something something that disagrees with a narrative by one particular political faction, that's going to be deemed what, unclean? unhealthy? that's where the censorship comes and where people in some ways as they tested and trained us during the pandemic, i hope we are rejecting stow do as we're told based on safety. but that's a very concerning level of rhetoric about making sure communication is clean. this is like every other issue, there is debate, serious people

disagree as we saw with covid and vaccinations, experts disagree and the american people want to hear all the information and then make decisions on their own. >> molly: especially in this case if you deal with a child that has any medical condition you want to hear the personal experience of people that pursued whatever treatment of whatever. you want to be able to be able to hear the truth without being censored. >> you have these issues clearly now being smashed through the political lens and used politically as well. we're seeing parents and everyone else being pulled back and forth and being used. there is a point where you have emergencies, which now the government is clearly moving along at a greater pace. everything is deemed an emergency. so in a way you stop thinking because oh, well they know best. the problem is now americans, when we do need to look to the government, are looking for suspiciously.

parents are looking suspiciously at decades-long vaccinations that helped the country and the world and children because of being misled because of the behavior of our politicians in the last few years. that's on them, it is a shame and parents should always be skeptical when someone tells you there is no other option or everyone agrees or this is what we do. that needs to end. >> molly: journalists that skepticism comes right in. thank you for joining us, happy 2023. tragedy striking nearly coast to coast this holiday weekend. shootings taking the lives of 16 people including a mother in new york. >> innocent lady, passing by. it is a shame especially around the holidays. >> molly: a career criminal finally behind bars. his arrest renewed questions on soft on crime policies. power panel next.

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>> molly: it was a violent christmas weekend across the country. shootings, killings at least 16 people killed, 25 others injured. new york city was not spared. a mom was shot dead in broad daylight while on her way to the supermarket with her son. police say it was likely from a stray bullet. meantime the nypd caught a career criminal on christmas eve they say the man was behind a deadly crime spree including a deadly slashing outside a lower manhattan bar earlier this month. police say he has 12 prior arrests. the violence renewing concerns over dem-led cities soft on crime policies. >> when you see this kind of violent crime, these people aren't supposed to be walking around. it has to start with folks saying we have to keep our cities and streets safe coming from the people of these cities

who keep getting attacked. >> molly: former trump add v -- thank you both on the panel for joining us this week. we appreciate time around the holidays. pretty serious topic, very disturbing crimes over this holiday weekend. very sad. the loss of a mother, a doctor stabbed just before christmas. really heart wrenching. mayor eric adams in new york has talked about this and reining in the crime and chicago, philadelphia seeing a lot of crime. where are the solutions as we head in and turn a new year, jason? >> look, molly, the vast and overwhelming majority of these violent crimes and shootings are being committed by career criminals in democrat-run cities. these crimes are rising rapidly nationwide because there is a war on cops, there is no cash bail reform and soft on crime

d.a.s. the solution is mass incarceration of criminals. criminals need to be prosecuted. career criminals need to be kept off our streets and we need to fund and support law enforcement. i think albany has a real way of potential of making a change here but they would rather talk about global warming while it is six degrees outside and we have violent crimes and shootings. >> molly: tim, jason raises a point that we've talked about a lot. bail reform is something that has been particularly a topic in new york city. police officers often say we catch them but then they're let right back out again. your thoughts on what we can do to keep some of these criminals particularly the ones that commit crimes repeatedly off the streets? >> there is a lot in there but pre-trial rearrest rates have stayed generally the same in new york city since the introduction of bail reform laws. you are the homicide rates are higher in oklahoma than they are in new york and california.

in new york city homicide rates are down 17%, shootings are down 13%. and the reality is we want to talk about solutions, one of the solutions just put forward is in the omnibus bill. 1800 additional police officers on the streets and body cameras. to say democrats are soft on crime i'm not following it. you have kevin mccarthy doing outrage theater on the house floor because he doesn't have the votes to be speaker instead of whipping his caucus to vote for this to help police officers. >> molly: when we look towards 2023 about to turn the corner. is there anywhere where democrats and republicans can come together when people aren't feeling safe? you can talk about whatever the statistic car in whatever city. we know crime rates have gone up and people murdered in the streets and videos coming out of new york city of horrific things

happening to everyday people without any expectation. what can be done collectively that goes beyond the politics of the moment to find some sort of solution that both sides are willing to work with? jason. >> i would focus on no cash bail reform. i think that's the biggest problem. you are essentially broadcasting to career repeat criminal offenders that they can go out and do exactly what they did with no accountability. so i think democrats and republicans should come together, look at bail reform, and understand that we need to protect our streets, we need to protect our children, families and that's the place that i would spend the most time focusing on. >> molly: tim, if you could 15 seconds on where collaboration can be found. >> i think it's funding for important programs like mental health programs. people have a right to be safe and people don't feel safe. funding for healthcare, for reentry programs and getting

illegal firearms off the streets. those are all things we can focus on. getting ghost guns off the streets. there is a lot where people can come together. >> molly: we appreciate it. a new congressman elect george santos is coming clean now admitting to really lie after lie after lie about his background. his whole resume but saying it won't stop him from serving in the new congress. david lee miller has the story. >> for the first time since "the new york times" published allegations that republican congressman elect george santos lied or misrepresented his past he is speaking out. he told a radio station the times article was unfair. >> i'm not going to make excuses for this but a lot of people overstate in their resumes or twist a little bit or make themselves looking grander. i'm not saying i'm not guilty of that. >> he did admit to lying about

getting a degree from a particular college and blames using a poor choice of words for saying he was directly work citigroup and goldman sachs. he worked for another company that did work with those two firms and he shot down allegations he charged with fraud in brazil. zbliem owe not a criminal. never have i ever committed any crimes in any jurisdiction around the woefrld. >> he says he will not step down. >> molly: it is mind blowing. where was the opposition research? david lee miller, thank you so much. wild report. thank you. extreme weather causing people to crank up thermos stats this winter. energy market analyst will break down the sticker shock and a once in a generation storm next. no place like home for the holidays if you can get back there, that is.

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>> molly: the flight nightmare before christmas, a week of bitter cold temperatures and massive snow stranding travelers at airports coast to coast. the week saw tens of thousands of cancellations and delays. southwest airlines was 2/3 of all cancellations. scheduling problems and the winter storms. feds aren't buying it. the department of transportation calls southwest's high rate of cancellations unacceptable and says it is investigating. that as piles of lost luggage mount across the nation. displaced travelers are reaching the breaking point. >> it looks like a complete breakdown of southwest's system. i can't figure out why. >> get yourself together, figure it out.

>> 48 hours before we can get it back. what are we supposed to do? it is ridiculous. it is lies. they can't even give us a direct answer. >> molly: the frustration. steve harrigan is live in the thick of it. one of america's busiest airports in atlanta. >> you can really hear that frustration, that sadness. many people on the second or third day of simply trying to get home after the christmas vacation. piles of luggage at airports around the country just stacking up from canceled flights. more than 4,500 flights international and domestic canceled today blamed on extreme winter weather and more than 2,500 from southwest. they have no luggage, no clothing. and no information about what is next on how to get home. >> we're on vacation but trying to go back and we can't get back.

i feel bad for my kids because they are tired. they gave me a flight for the 28th. they said they don't have anything available. >> first flight was at 7:00 a.m. and then 9:50 and sold out for tomorrow. so maybe the day after tomorrow there will be another flight open. >> the department of transportation is taking a hard look at southwest airlines trying to figure out why the brunt of the cancellations are coming from that airline. the company says it will make things right for its passengers but many of those flights cannot be rebooked until after january 1st. molly, back to you. >> molly: thank you so much. the pictures are incredible. i think about the car seats that didn't come through for parents, man, big trouble. steve, thank you very much. big energy worries at home and home eating cost estimates reach their highest level in a decade. november report predicted the average home heating cost would be over $1200 this winter

season, up 17% from last year and almost 36% from the year before that. that was well before this weekend's historic storm. "wall street journal" op-ed says the once in a generation winter weather led to a christmas electric grid emergency adding that the strain caused by climate policies left too many americans shivering over the weekend and worse is coming. that's a lot to cover. phil flynn, fox business contributor and senior analyst is here to unpack it for us. thank you for giving us some of your time on this holiday week. i guess we can start with just the impact of this storm in particular. this is the first big storm of the season, probably not a last and people are already digging deep into the wallets. your thoughts. >> i think it will get worse, i hate to say it. i think those predictions that you mentioned about prices being up 17% or 25% are going to come out in the low side especially after this weather event. look what's happening across the

country. this shouldn't be happening. rolling black-outs because we're unable to provide enough energy and heat and natural gas. we really have to wonder why this is happening. it is not like we weren't given plenty of warning before this winter. there have been warnings for months that this quick runoff of fossil fuels is creating problems with the power grid and that when we get faced with these extreme temperatures we put people's lives at risk. this should be a wake-up call to pull back from some of these crazy policies that are hurting the economy and really putting people in harm's way. >> molly: i want to dig in regarding the grid. what about the strain on the overall system? what's the solution for that? is it an all above approach? different parts of the country that handle different kinds of energy better and worse. some of it is more expensive. i live in new england and heating oil is a major cost. >> it is.

i think it is in everything and above approach. it is not anti-fossil fuel, pro renewables, that's what has been happening a lot. we penalize companies and killed pipelines to move natural gas. and because of that we aren't taking advantage of the amount of production that we have in this country that could be keeping people warm and keeping prices down. instead it is turning into a political agenda. we want to drive electric cars. we want to build charging stations. has anybody thought what is happening in this type of weather to those electric cars? you can't charge them if the power can't stay on. and they take a lot longer to charge. so what we have to realize if we're going to meet the energy demand of the future, it has to be everything and above not one over the other. >> molly: there are all the carbon goals within the next 10,

20, 30 years and it has a domino effect but looking at interest rates, inflation, 2022 not so great for anybody watching the market if you have a 401k looking at that. we know this. we're about to turn the corner 2023. >> i think we'll have a better market for investors. we're starting off rough. later in the year it will be good. sometimes the problem is that the stock market will do better than the economy. stocks will look a lot better because they'll look to new policies in the future we'll have to go through the pain. i think it's really a sad state when the federal reserve makes a mistake on inflation. misjudges it says it's transitory and the only way to fix it is to cause economic pain, raise interest rates so people lose their jobs. so i really think there has to be a better way in the future to make these judgments when it comes to inflation because, you know, there will be a lot of

pain. wall street is going to end up doing fine. i'm worried about main street who will have a rough year. >> molly: absolutely. you were mentioning policies looking ahead that could make things better. what did you mean? >> let's flip back to the energy. i think one of the biggest mistakes that the biden administration has made is when it's come to policy was its anti-american fossil fuel policy. by coming into office killing the keystone pipeline, by telling banks don't lend money to fossil fuels, put it into renewables has really left the country vulnerable. not only economically but from a national security standpoint. i think we have to wake up and realize that even though we do want an energy transition, we have to be smart about it and the best way to do that is with american energy. i think we'll be better off if that happens. >> molly: i appreciate your

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♪ ♪ >> cheryl: hello, everyone. this is "outnumbered." i'm cheryl casone. joining me today, dr. janette nesheiwat, katrina campins, michele tafoya, and dr. marc siegel. great to see all of you. well, more than two dozen people have been killed in buffalo, new york, as the city struggles to recover from its deadliest storm in decades. stranded drivers froze to death in their cars. others died after getting trapped inside their homes.