hi, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm harry smith in for kate snow. "news daily" starts right now. ♪♪ >> today, monday, december 26th, 2022, arctic blast -- dozens of people now confirmed dead after an historic holiday weekend storm. the communities hit hardest by the arctic plunge. going nowhere -- millions rushing to return from the holidays are running straight into delays and cancellations. we're tracking conditions in the air and on the road. plunged into darkness.

tens of thousands left without power after attacks on a power station in washington state. the hunt for suspect is under way. and crashing the party -- the growing concern among doctors that our holiday gatherings could be spreading more than just cheer. we begin today with that winter blast still gripping the country after throwing the christmas holiday into chaos. >> at least 55 people have died as a result of the severe winter weather. most of the depths happened in new york state. buffalo, new york, was hit really hard by snow, nearly 4 feet of it. crews are out today to rescue stranded drivers and clear out what they can from the roads. >> the storm had ripple effects across the country on travel. snow and ice made driving extremely dangerous. major airports across the country were brought to a standstill, that as thousands of flights were canceled, stranding passengers for hours on christmas. leading us off, shaquille brewster at chicago o'hare and

meteorologist angie lassman with the latest forecast. let's begin with nbc news correspondent dasha burns here in new york. thousands without power in the northeast. talk to us about the recovery effort. >> reporter: we've just learned within the last hour new york's governor nor kathy hochul spoke to president biden about the situation here. she tweeted out a photo of her on the phone with the president saying he promises to swiftly approve a request for federal emergency disaster declaration. any and every bit of aid is going to be so important here as this region, buffalo, new york, was just so incredibly devastated by this storm. at least 18 dead in buffalo alone. you can imagine what that community is dealing with now just after a holiday weekend that was supposed to be spent celebrating with family. instead, people were trapped in their homes and people are now learning that some of their loved ones have perished because

of the storm. as you mentioned earlier, rescue crews are still very much in that effort to clear the roads. there are abandoned cars, downed power lines. there is a lot they're dealing with. some areas they're still working to reach. >> do we know how these people passed away? >> reporter: harry, the vast majority were from either exposure, car accidents, and some medical emergencies where ambulances and folks just weren't able to get to those individuals. we learned that during the storm, a single ambulance, a single hospital run took about three hours because of the snow and the conditions. so just an incredibly devastating situation here, guys. >> burn dasha burns, thanks so . >> shaquille brewster joins us from chicago o'hare airport. the airports have been like a bad movie in some places. what are the big issues you ear hearing that they're dealing with today? >> reporter: well, airlines and

airports are having to play catch-up for the canceled flights we saw into the holiday weekend and through it. but the problem is you're seeing more of those cancellations and delays into today, this monday. this day alone we're approaching 3,500 cancellations, more than 5,000 flight delays at airports across the country. so that's why you're seeing more lines today, and if you're coming to an airport, the guidance is to come early and to really have that patience with you. >> as you said, a lot of people didn't make it home in time for christmas. other people can't get away from where they were able to get to from christmas. what are you hearing from passengers about how they're feeling about all this now? >> reporter: one passenger told me his emotions, he couldn't describe in temperature friendly words, but i want you to listen to what some other passengers had to tell me in friendlier terms. >> it looks like a zoo. it's complete and utter zoo, chaos. it's crazy. >> i haven't been in the airport

in a while but i haven't seen it this crowded i don't know if ever. >> we got canceled and had to scramble and ended up on a charter. the only way to get here. how was the flight? >> it was a nightmare. >> nightmare. >> reporter: the word nightmare you are hearing a lot from many of these passengers. by the way, it's not just struggle you see at airports but you're also seeing it on the roads. tomorrow is being described by travel experts as the worst travel day of the year. so there's congestion on the roads, congestion in the air. it's not very pleasant for folks trying to make it home or to whatever destination they're trying to get to ahead of the new year. >> rough days ahead. shaq brewster, thank. let's bring in nbc news meteorologist angie lassman now. what should we expect for the rest of the week? >> some improvements depending on where you are. a couple locations still dealing with the snowfall are important

to mention. these places downwind of the lake, so we have that west-northwesterly wind and the snow bands have not let up yet, and in places like buffalo, they could add on to the 4 feet of snow they already have with another 4 to 10 inches over the next day or so. that will be important to watch. otherwise, as we zoom up and out, you can see on our satellite and radar, we have some snow that's falling basically from the northeast stretching into parts of the south and eventually into parents of the southern plains. that is a clipper system. it moved out of canada, a quick-moving system. it's not impacting travel all that much. that's the most important thing today when you have a headache with travel. will get a dusting in some locations. nashville has received just under an inch of snow, so not all that impactful for folks. we will keep an eye on it. we will also see temperatures rebound back to normal. we're still below normal in the east over the next day or so, but by tomorrow, check this out, temperatures rebound to the upper 50s in birmingham, cincinnati returns to the upper

40s, and those improvements will continue, and more specifically up into the northeast whereby the time we hit friday it will be 50s degrees, saturday 55 degrees in new york, and buffalo will also see the warming and thawing out as well. so, that's good. we head into 2023 with warmer than normal conditions on the east coast, but we of course are watching that system, and that's impacting folks on the west coast from seattle to san francisco. we have the heavy rain working in with this system. it could bring potentially flooding concerns for a lot of folks. we're going to see los angeles get in on the action as well. some much-needed rain for people there, but of course with that comes the flooding concern, especially in the areas with burn car s especially in the areas with burncars and not to mention up to 3 feet of snow in the sierras and cascades. >> thank you, angie. utility companies and law enforcement trying to figure out who attacked an energy grid again, this time on christmas day. one of the four washington substations targeted was set on fire last week. this all happened near tacoma

just south of seattle. an estimated 17,000 customers were left in the dark. local sheriff says i would appears to be vandalism. no arrests have been made yet. nbc news correspondent dana griffin is following this story from our l.a. bureau today. dana, first question to you,000 is the restoration effort going? >> reporter: well, aaron, i can tell you that we've got a little bit of good news within the last hour. according to poweroutage.us, there are more than 46,000 people without power, it was about 47,000 an hour ago, so most of the homes that have been affected have had their power restored. one of the people affected was amanda clark. she was preparing dinner for 12 people on christmas, but that power outage ruined her plans. >> we're not sure why anybody would want to do that to other people a day when, you know, we're here to celebrate with our families and be together and, you know, have that down time, especially through the last couple years where things have

been really hard for everybody. >> reporter: she had a cake sitting on her dining room table. aaron? >> didn't expect the cake there. i can't imagine that happening. we've seen a number of deliberate attacks on power stations nationwide, really, in the past few weeks. talk to us about that. >> reporter: it seems like this is some sort of trend we have been noticing. we've got a graphic to show you some of the location where is we have had some of these attacks. so, at least six attacks were reported in november at electricity substations in washington and oregon. in december, a shooting attack occurred in north carolina. that left 45,000 customers in the dark. you know, energy experts are saying that this is one of the reasons why we need to harden these facilities because they are vulnerable to domestic terrorism. now, investigators for the christmas day attacks are a lilt hesitant to call this domestic terrorism because they do not have a suspect yet. but they are increasing security around those facilities,

especially during the holidays. aaron? >> all right. dana griffin, thank you. with christmas and hanukkah now behind us, today marks the first day of the return rush. >> the national retail federation els mates around $171 billion of holiday presents will be brought back to the store this year. that's nearly 1 out of every 5 gifts. that's not a good batting average. nbc news business and data reporter brian chung is at the garden state plaza mall in paramus, new jersey. brian, some stores have changed drastically their return policies. tell us what we need to know before we go to the mall. >> reporter: yeah. as you mentioned, harry, that batting statistic very much not good. you give someone five gifts, chances are they return one of them, maybe not the right size or they want the cash, but there are plenty of people on this day after christmas making those returns. we asked them about whether or not they noticed anything

different in the holiday return policies or the general difficulty in returning those things. take a listen to what the people we chatted with earlier today said about the spirit of returns. >> stores do have different policies and lines even. sometimes you're in the wrong line. >> you have to wait in pretty long lines. >> reporter: was the return pretty seamless? >> it was just crowded everywhere we went, so the lines were a little longer than we expected but took like 15 minutes to exchange. >> reporter: what's interesting is we talked to a lot of people who bought online, but they ended up driving to the mall today, in many cases to avoid the restocking and reshipping fees because if you do buy something online and you read the fine print, you might notice it could cost $5, $6, $7 to send it back. people trying to save a buck by coming here to the mall, guys. >> when you look more broadly at

holiday spending this year, how did this year compare to previous ones with inflation and all the other big-money concerns out there in 2022? >> reporter: yeah, it's interesting because by dollar amount it smashed records. that's what we saw from adobe analytics. amazon said they broke a record in terms of what they sold on black friday through the cyber monday weekend. that's all in dollar amounts. a reason is because everything was more expensive, if you adjust for inflation, sales pretty much flat between this year and last year. >> brian, thank you. up next, how you can avoid the tridemic alz you head back home after the holidays. it only y takes a sesecond for an e everyday ititem to becomome dangerouous. tide podods child-guguard k for an e everyday ititem to becomome dangerouous. helps keepep your launundry ps for an e everyday ititem to becomome dangerouous.

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viruses. many americans are all too aware. >> i'm vaccinated and boosted and even got the flu vaccine. >> we're trying to safe, you know, trying not to see a lot of people at this time so we can be with our loved ones. >> reporter: those all-important get-togethers are coming at time where hospitalizations for the flu have fallen for two weeks but activity remains high and covid infections are gathering steam. over the last two weeks covid hospitalizations are up 7% and deaths 15%. the places with the biggest change in hospitalized patients span the map from delaware, d.c., and new hampshire in the east to louisiana and the south and wyoming in the west where the figure has jumped more than 40% in a week. in miami's largest health care system, jackson health -- >> it's quadrupled. >> reporter: the -- medical officer says there's been a significant uptick in patients in recent weeks. >> we saw covid was in the teens

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significant changes are coming to covid restrictions in china. the country says starting on january 8th, foreign travelers will no longer need to quarantine once they arrive. earlier this month, china abruptly ended its strictest zero-covid policy following protests. ft. myers, florida, is still rebuilding months after being devastated by hurricane ian, but this year, the community's holiday spirit is stronger than ever. >> here's nbc's kerry sanders. >> reporter: the sheriff landed on ft. myers beach. >> a lot of progress. >> reporter: where three months ago hurricane ian destroyed much of this community. >> this is ground zero hurricane ian. we landed our helicopter one hour after the storm and you couldn't walk one foot here without walking over debris. >> reporter: the beach front usually packed with snowbirds empty. >> it's also tough to get holiday spirit when you look

around where yards away from here we're looking at debris. but the christmas spirit is here. >> reporter: the yucatan bar and grill is gutted like others. a makeshift kitchen in the parking lot works for now. >> it's going to be definitely different, but we are alive and very thankful. my boy. >> reporter: you should bring him to headquarters. >> where they had a se v surprise for sebastian and his mom. >> to see everyone helping for the better cause leaves me speechless. >> mama is coming to town. >> reporter: neighbors like sonja rodriguez turning her home into santa's workshop through facebook connections and countless donations. >> i love christmas. >> reporter: she is bringing joy to 30 families in hard-hit areas. >> they lost everything, so i've gotten everything from bicycles, $500 worth of gift cards, this is the end result, so ft. myers,

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if they are traveling by air or ground, assume other passengers are infected around you and wear masks. social distance when possible, and remember to keep those test kits around. and especially test after the holidays before heading back to school or work. back to you. >> tom, thanks very much. here's another story we want to share. a man in santa cruz lands behind bars, accused of giving out fake parking tickets. the 19-year-old targeted cars near the beach on wednesday. fraudulent tickets directed people to a website to pay. police say they don't know how many cars got the fake citations or if anyone paid the fine. investigators found evidence of the scam in the teen's car. three buses from texas dropped off a large group of migrants near vice president kamala harris' d.c. residence on christmas eve. they arrived during historically frigid time. we can show you video of a dropoff back in september.

this, though, what just happened on christmas eve, is yet another example of a republican governor bussing migrants to what's considered to be more liberal cities like new york, philadelphia, and d.c. that's the video right there. local organizations are working to get the migrants to shelters. immigration activists are calling this cruel because of the freezing temperatures. that nasty weather is sweeping across the country. we can show you some video from buffalo, new york. dangerously cold there. today more than 400 national guard troops will be arriving to help those in need. the storm has killed at least 50 people over the past few days. new york's governor has declared a state of emergency. all right. what about here at home? let's turn to our meteorologist, who is tracking rain headed to the bay area. >> we started out with dry conditions, but now we are monitoring this low pressure system that's expected to bring

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bottom of the hour now. here are some of the stories making headlines on "news daily." the city of jackson, mississippi, is now under a boil water advisory. the warning was issued due to water line breaks brought on by the winter storm. jackson has been plagued with water issues for several months after its water system partially collapsed in late august. the city says the breaks are being repaired and has set up water distribution sites for those in need. police are releasing new information about an apparent murder/suicide at a jehovah's

witness hall in colorado. authorities are saying incendiary devices were found at the scene where a man and woman were married on christmas day. the man reportedly shot the woman and turned the gun on himself. those devices were recovered and disabled by police. the mega millions jackpot keeps on climbing. nobody matched all six numbers in friday night's drawing. a whopping $565 million up for grabs. that would be a cash option of about $293 million. aaron, i'm pretty sure you're interested. >> i am. >> the next drawing is tuesday night. it's the sixth biggest prize in mega millions history. russia's military says it shot down a ukrainian drone near an air base deep inside russia today. three russian service members were killed in that incident. meanwhile, attacks inside ukraine did not stop during the christmas weekend. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskiy is warning that russia wants to make the coming days, quote, dark and difficult. nbc news foreign correspondent

matt bradley is in kyiv for us now. matt? >> reporter: that's right, aaron. there was no reprieve for the holidays, and this city, kyiv, thanks to all of the russian attacks, is still cloaked in darkness. in state-run tv interview released sunday afternoon, russian president vladimir putin saying russia is ready for talks to end the war in ukraine. it's not the first time putin has offered to negotiate, and ukrainian officials have already dismissed the offer as not serious. putin's offer comes as russia's attacks on ukraine continued on christmas day after air strikes in kherson on christmas eve, killing 10 people and wounding 55 more. ukraine's president urging his countrymen to keep the faith. "we will celebrate our holidays as always. we'll smile and be happy," he said. this family is doing just that. they're cooking over a gas camping stove. are you celebrating christmas in spite of putin? >> i would say yes. we know they want to destroy all

our holidays, so some holidays for us, they could be target for them like it is in kherson. >> reporter: but from the front lines to the home front, christmas carries on. russian bombs leveled this house outside kyiv. last christmas at this time you were making christmas dinner here. "yes, we were decorating the christmas tree here with hand made toys." now they live in a prefab modular home next door, their christmas tree smaller than they're used to. her 7-year-old grandson let me decorate it with him. david's parents told me david was distraught when his home was destroyed. "it was tough for us to accept what happened, much less to explain it to david." the boys on the front are always front of mind. vitaly's brother is deployed as a military cook. he's busy cooking christmas dinner for his comrades. "are you guys in a good mood?"

"they are," he responds. even though they're not at home, they're in a good mood. a bit of christmas spirit even as this war rages on. we just heard from the ap who interviewed the foreign minister of ukraine, and he said he wants to see a peace conference held at the united nations before the end of february, but he said russia wouldn't be invited until they submit to war crimes tribunals and charges. so it's unclear whether that will ever get off the ground. guys? >> matt bradley for us in ukraine today. thank you. southern californian military officials say it fired warning shots and scrambled fighter jets after north korean drones flew into its air space. south korea's military says one of five drones flew near the capital, seoul. nbc news foreign correspondent raf sanchez is following the story for us. good afternoon. this is the first time in some time that something like this has happened. what else do we know about it?

>> reporter: harry, good afternoon. these drones are relatively small, about 6 feet long. this is the first time in five years that the north has so directly violated south korean air space using drones. today's drones appear to have been unarmed, but they caused major alarm in the south. two civilian airports had departures canceled for about an hour or so. that's a scary moment if you're at one of those airports and your flight is called off because there are north korean drones unaccounted for. now, the south scrambled both fighter jets and attack helicopters trying to intercept these drones. we know the helicopters fired around 100 rounds. it does not appear they actually shot any of these drones down. one of the fighter aircraft crashed on takeoff. both those pilots ejected safely. they are being treated in hospital. and, harry, later in the day, the south responded by sending its own reconnaissance aircraft up to that very heavily--

militarized boarder to start taking pictures of north korean military positions on the other side of the dmz as an act of retribution. >> these things bubble up from time to time out of north korea. didn't they just shoot some short-range ballistic missiles recently there in the neighborhood? >> reporter: yeah, two more missiles this week. they have fired more than 90 so far this year, more than any year on record. the north say they are going to launch a new spy satellite sometime in april, but the world is waiting and watching to see if they move ahead with kim jong-un's threat to carry oud v out a seventh nuclear test. it has been years since they carried out a nuclear test. the world watching closely to see if they do again. >> raf sanchez, thanks. congress closed out its term, passing a massive spending package that will fund the government through most of next

year. despite passing key legislation in 2022, 2023 will bring a set of new changes with the added hurdle of a republican-controlled house. nbc news congressional correspondent julia joins us. congress has a lot more work to do in the new year. what are the priorities on the hill. >> reporter: it depends on who you ask. we'll see a lot more legislating and a lot more investigating. that's because alison kartevold, who will be the majority leader, vying for that speakership gavel, has said numerous times as he's in this close race that he wants to investigate the biden administration, including secretary mayorkas for his handling of the border crisis. you flip to the senate side and look at the democratic control of the senate there, they're not going to have subpoena power, something they didn't have in the last two years in a 50/50 closely divided senate.

they're hoping that there could be some bipartisan compromise as well, including on some big tech bills like bills to curb tick cocke, for example, one to curb that on government phones included in the omnibus bill. they're hoping to take that further. cryptocurrency a big topic as well. and ukraine funding, that's always going to remain top of mind, especially as you have some republicans in the house saying they won't be writing a blank check for the country. >> julie, thanks. more than 100 migrants including children were bussed to washington, d.c., from texas over the weekend. they arrived outside vice president kamala harris' residence on what turned out to be the coldest christmas eve day on record in washington. it all comes as the title 42 public health policy remains in limbo as we await action from the supreme court. here's nbc news correspondent sam brock. >> reporter: there has been a

tremendous amount of uncertainty as it regards title 42, the trump-era policy that allows for the expulsion of migrants coming to the united states who were seeking asylum without thourgs under fears about concern of spreading covid-19. of course that's no longer necessarily applicable. that's what's been argued in court. a federal judge back in november said this policy should be lifted, but 19 republican attorneys general led by the state of texas argue that the administration needs to -- sorry, the supreme court needs to step up and they did last week, issuing an administrative stay. that put everything on hold as you're seeing this humanitarian crisis explode on the border, thousands of migrants who are sleeping on the streets of el paso and trying to seek help in shelters as temperatures have dipped into the 20s and 30s. the biden administration did respond saying they don't believe title 42 should be kept in place but they need more time to implement this transition as they're still overseeing title

42, some 23,000 agents on the southwest border trying to manage what has been utter chaos for the moment. what's the significance of december 27th, tomorrow, that's when the biden administration asked at least until that period of time to make this transition. but everything remains murky at this point as we are currently under this administrative stay issued by the supreme court. how is it going to be resolved? that's not clear. what is clear is we're looking at one of the worst crises in terms of immigration in the last half-century with political and economic distress throughout the region rocking the state of affairs. you're seeing it play out on our border right now. what happens later this week is anybody's guess. in miami, sam brock, nbc news. with title 42's future unclear now, millions of migrants and asylum seekers are headed toward el paso, texas. now that city is struggling to keep up with the influx of people. >> so what exactly does it take to help and work with migrants entering the united states? jalen henderson takes us to chicago to find out.

>> we've been around for 150 years. neighborhood house. we have been in the west town neighborhood since our inception in 1870 providing comfort and social services. we really take on a settlement house approach to the work that we do, which is really about taking care of the individual but also thinking about everything else that's impacting their circumstances and any barriers or challenges they may be facing. >> breaking news tonight to the controversy over immigration at the border with mexico, coming front and center to chicago tonight. the state of texas sending a group of migrants here and they just arrived. >> it was a rapid response. it wasn't something we were expecting. however, as the weeks have gone on, there's more coordination between the city and the state to think about how to best

support them. erie has been welcoming them at the welcoming center, doing some initial intake. we've had our staff there almost daily, volunteering with other nonprofits as well. and we're providing basic case management, meeting basic needs as much as medical care, warm food, clothing, because they are coming with limited possessions. and from there there's that case management piece. legal services are critical and important to the work we're doing. yes, needing basic needs is important, but that legal piece is critical. what we're learning is our partners in erie, staff, that provide asylum support and refugee case management is they'll have a year to apply for asylum. but between now and then, we all know that the immigration system is backed up, so this is going to take a long time for folks to have some clarity on what legal status or representation or

benefits that they may be eligible for because the court system is backed up. i'm not sure a lot of folks really understand the why and, you know, global economics and the global political atmosphere, right, like all of the reasons why somebody would pick up, oftentimes by themselves, travel for a month on foot to get to another country because there's the hope of economic prosperity and a hope that they can make a better live for themselves here to support themselves and their loved ones. there has to be something really dire and urgent for somebody to make those choices. what's happening right now has really reinforced or highlighted that chicago is, indeed, a sanctuary city. we've received outpouring support from just community members making cash donations, basic needs, toiletries, shoes,.

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from the slap heard around the world to an investigation at ticket maers, it's been an eventful year in the entertainment industry. >> we look back at hollywood's biggest headlines. >> reporter: the year began with a bang, or more specifically, a slap. actor will smith stormed the oscar stage in march hitting chris rock in the face after the comedian made a joke about his wife's jaden. the ugly incident overshadowing his best actor win moments later. he was later banned from the oscars for ten years and posted a lengthy apology. >> chris, i apologize to you. >> reporter: no such apologies were issued after the closely watched defamation trial between johnny independent and amber heard. there were disturbing allegations of domestic violence. >> he hit me over and over and

over again. >> i have never struck a woman in my life. >> reporter: both were ultimately found liable for defamation against each other with the jury awarding significantly more damages to independent. heard appealed but settled this month. then there was the year in ye. the rapper formerly known as kanye west. early in 2022 he launched an instagram campaign against comedian pete davidson who was dating his ex-wife, kim kardashian. he then stunned observers by wearing a white lives matter t-shirt during paris fashion week. but it was anti-semitic comments made later in the year that sparked more backlash losing deals including adidas. taylor swift had bad blood not with ye but ticketmaster. high demand for the upcoming tour led to a botched presale with error messages, long waits and outrageous prices. >> i am really upset with ticketmaster today.

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i'm chris chmura. a winter storm is turning holiday travel upside down. thousands of flights are delayed or cancels and people are getting stuck. meanwhile, luggage piling up across the country. no snow here, yet the arctic blast created a mess coast to coast. we have a look at the situation at fso. >> reporter: it has been a very busy morning for travelers at fso, whether you have been waiting in line for flight delays or trying to rebook because of flight cancellations. this morning the flight cancellation not letting up and extending across alaska's two counters. it was a scene many hoped would improve after flights were canceled. oakland international and san jose international also experiencing delays and cancellations on a smaller scale than sfo.

the silver lining from what we saw this early morning here at the airport, the tsa security lines coming in shorter than the wait times for the flight delays and cancellations at the counters. >> ginger, thanks very much. the picture is looking to be ugly in the days ahead. let's turn to the meteorologist who's tracking rain headed to the bay area. >> reporter: we'll remain under a microclimate weather alert until tuesday because of this atmospheric river. we've also got a series of storms heading into this week. minuted gusts 40 to 60 miles per hour. potential for 3 to 9 inches in total for the rest of the week, and also lots of sierra snow. winter storm warning will be in effect through wednesday along with a high wind warning. we could see the potential for 99 plus inches of snowfall by

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