nbc's kathy park takes a closer look. >> michelle stepped back from her part-time job and into a full-time as a stay at home mom when the high cost of childcare just didn't add up. >> how much were you paying, how much were you looking at? >> it would've been $2,340 a month for both kids. which is more than our mortgage now. i am in the process of building a business. it is really tough not to have the option of a committed childcare option. >> experts say she's not alone. >> even the cost of childhood, ranges between 20.30% of a household budget, it makes sense that parents might decide someone to stay home and care. it might be more financially feasible for the family. >> last, month the a record 104,000 americans missed work due to childcare challenges. many families being pushed to the brink with kids out sick with the flu. rsv or covid. the outbreaks are having as daycare centers and public schools nationwide struggle to stay fully staffed. when infections soar earlier this month, some school districts in tennessee and kentucky shut down. >> we were sending children home sick. we just

nbc's kathy park has that story. >>> michelle stepped back from a part-time job and into a full timef chide care didn't add up. >> how much were you paying, how much were you looking at? >> it would have been $2,340 a month. for both kids. which is more than our mortgage now. i'm in the process of building a business. and it is really tough not to have the option of have a committed child care option. >> experts say she is not alone. >> given the cost of child care, which ranges anywhere from 20 to 30% of the household budget. it makes sense that parents might decide someone should just stay home and care because it may be more financially feasible for the family. >> last month, a record 104,000 americans missed work due to child care challenges. many families being pushed to the brink with kids out sick with the flu, rsv, or covid. the outbreaks are happening as day care centers and public schools nationwide struggle to stay fully staffed. when infections soared earlier this month, some school districts in tennessee and kentucky shut down. >> we have sending a lot of children homesi

governor kathy hochul canceled plans to visit hard-hit watertown yesterday after being told that it wasn't safe to travel there. since last thursday, orchard parkhome of the buffalo bills, received the most snow, 80 inches. the bills moved yesterday's game to detroit. >>> coming up, explosions near a nuclear power plant in ukraine. we're going to tell you about the damage. >>> and harsh reality. tv stars todd and julie chrisley will learn their punishment for fraud and tax evasion. risley learn their sentence for tax and fraud evasion. it's one pill, once a day, that's effective without topical steroids. many taking rinvoq saw clear or almost-clear skin while some saw up to 100% clear skin. plus, they felt fast itch relief some as early as 2 days. that's rinvoq relief. rinvoq can lower your ability to fight infections, including tb. serious infections and blood clots, some fatal, cancers including lymphoma and skin cancer, death, heart attack, stroke, and tears in the stomach or intestines occurred. people 50 and older with at least one heart disease risk factor have higher risks. don't take if allergic to rinvoq, as serious reactions can occur

park, home to buffalo bills. there are states of emergencies in effect. mayor kathyed in the national guard to help stranded residents. this is what folks in that part of country really care about. the game has been moved to detroit. polo sandoval is in buffalo, new york for us. polo, thanks as always. and i can see the snow piled up behind you. there's a lot of it. >> reporter: yeah. you would think you had a snowstorm blow through here, right, jim? we're in the heart of downtown buffalo here. this kind of gives you an idea what folks have had to deal with all of today. you see that system, that storm band, snow band basically shifted north overnight. and the result was buffalo got its share of snow. not what the communities south of here got. you mentioned six and a half feet of snow. in some areas, as you sort of take all of this in, approached and the buffalo airport exceeded the amounts. what we have seen the last 48, that is concerning officials including kathy hochul. she said this has been a life-threatening event in some cases. sadly, two people lost their l

kathy hochul has declared a state of emergency. >> it's dangerous and life-threatening. >> reporter: driving is nearly impossible. more than six feet of lake effect snow off lake erie has buried the city. orchard parkwhere the buffalo bills play, has seen more than 6 1/2 feet of snow. the bills/browns game has shifted to detroit. some neighbors dug in to help players get to the airport. >> the city of good neighbors. >> reporter: the snow will keep falling, possibly another ten inches, until tomorrow afternoon. there were extensive power outages in orchard park, leaving some residents using the snow as refrigerator and freezer. here the snow has blanketed everything from the parking lot to the seats inside. >> tara lynch, thank you. >>> former president trump is lashing out after the appointment of a special counsel to oversee two criminal investigations involving mr. trump. cbs's natalie brand is in washington with the latest. >> the former president reacting to this news is now trying to use it as a rallying cry ahead of 2024. >> this is a rigged deal. >> reporter: he called the appointment of a special counsel an expected political stunt and repeated without offering proof what he said about oth

kathy hochul called an historic storm. >> when you hit 80 to 85 inches over a course of couple days of snow, from natural bring in north country to orchard parkt is one to te to tell your grand kids about. reporter: g governor deployed 150 national guard members and signed a federal emergency dec declaration to unlock funds for response and rescue operations. crews are working to remove cars that have been abandoned. local officials put a call out during the night for help, in sign of progress, there are no longer any power outages and no new storm related deaths, beside two people who official said died from cardiac arrest because of snow snow plowing or snow shoveling activity. south buffalo right now is under a travel ban and other hard his areas also under a travel ban, local officials are hoping they can lift it soon. it will depend on the conditions. eric. eric: do you like chicken wings? reporter: yes, i was actually able to try the wings here, they call is wings, not buffalo wings here in buffalo. >> you know 6 pet feet of snow will not stop buffalo chicken wings, the anchor bar is open, and duffs is open, the bills are playing browns

park. but there's a feeling to what abby was saying that you cannot combat with that kind of flippant attitude that kathysts on having about this issue, as if it's on her side. it's not. new yorkers feel unsafe and democrats need to deal with that. >> changing the subject again, bakari. you got the oprah question. let's do jimmy kimmel for you. he's talking about the contest in nevada. >> you know that creepy cousin in every family no one wants to sit with at every thanksgiving. that's adam laxault. these people think jfk is coming back from the dead. jfk isn't coming back, even if he did, he wouldn't be voting for you. >> oprah is one thing, but do you think this is helpful for the democratic incumbent there in nevada? >> i don't really know what that was, to be completely honest with you. i don't know what the messaging was. i don't know the reasoning behind it. i don't know the timing of it. i don't know who asked for that. and if they asked for it, they probably need to be fired. i love jimmy kimmel. i love the fact that people are speaking up and speaking their minds. i'm never somebody who says shu

see voters take out kathy hochul and put lee zeldin in place first time seeing is a republican running new york since george pataki. dagen: i was on west side hudson river in the park there, right near where that woman -- that tourist was raped last week a big emblem when they open park said governor jornl pataki mayor mike bloomberg i thought good old days weren't they? if more democrats spent time in diners talking to very people that brian brenberg talked to they might not be in the position where they are about to get their asses, handed to them by voters but, again, hobnobbing with clintons out of touch with people since 09 pods, joe liz and mark, the next hour of "mornings with maria" begins. maria: good tuesday morning, thanks very much for joining us this morning, i am maria bartiromo. it is tuesday, november 8, top stories right now 8:01 east coast, election day, voters are lining up polling centers across the country, congressional and gubernatorial races hire house of representatives, about a third of the u.s. senate, and 36 governors races across the country on today's ballot joining me this morning all hands on deck dagen mcdowell, come onman author jo

park. and for the most part let the leaders are too stubborn to admit it's their garbage policies sent people fleeing like cat from the cops. here is that new york governor kathy hoke oh. >> the bright spring spring government back to the people and out of the hands of dictators. we are here to say that the era of trump and bizzell and mln ar jump on a bus and head down to florida where you belong. get out of town. you don't represent our values. you are not new yorkers. >> we took your advice and here we are. let's hope she did not follow a down here on her broomstick. it seems a lot of people are taking her advice. just not about her eyebrows. it gives her that surprised loo on her face like when you accidentally sit down on a child's toy. i said accidentally. >> maybe she is as shocked as w are that she one if it is the braska any higher they would turn into wings. she's the embodiment of the fla of the last stinky everything they think should be a negative about florida is something is people where probably like a re white and blue speedo. for example, when governor desantis ended the covid lockdown and opened up businesses and schools in place like new yo

kathy hochul's attitude on crime is exactly why he's in a position to flip new york. >> we have to wake up to video pictures and stories of people being pushed in front of an oncoming subway park gang. people getting beaten on the street and not just inside the city we are seeing stores across the state. heck i had a gang-related drive-by shooting in my front yard a few weeks ago. it hits close to home for all the new yorkers who are hitting a breaking point. we are focusing on those issues and kathy hochul doesn't want to talk about any of it. she wants to look away and say there's nothing to see here. she's calling it a conspiracy and as you list factual data, she will say you are a data denier. she says she doesn't understand why that is important to me, she doesn't understand why it is important to new yorkers. she has really alienated herself not just republicans but democrats and independents too. >> carley: meanwhile vice president kamala harris and hillary clinton quite the dual heading to new york to save kathy hochul's campaign. the recent polls show lee zeldin is closing in on kathy hochul trailing by six points. some polls have them even closer. >> todd: that duo s

talking to people in general like republicans in the park, they pretty much agree with me about the instruction and the mass shootings. host: kathynd new jersey. sadly the debate is over. no one is allowed to agree to disagree anymore. we believe -- we will be watching football. advice on how to deal with friends and family with completely opposite political views. >> especially the aftermath of the election, what is your best advice or people dealing with friends and family who may have completely opposite political views? >> i think you are right that the national local divide and ugly rhetoric has trickle down into the workplace and family. that is problematic. it is can shooting to high levels of anxiety and depression and alienation. when there are people that used to be able to talk to and spend time with and they feel they can't, it is a more toxic time in terms of that. what this book does is offer what science tells us helps. it boils it down to simple things. one thing i recommend is people are heading into thanksgiving, what they are fighting, the data is showing people are spending much less time together at thanksgiv

after more than five years a suspect under arrest and charged kathy park is there for us >> reporter: tonight a major break in the murder mystery of two teens in delphi, indiana. >> an arrest has been made >> reporter: officials charged richard allen with two counts of murder in connection with the killings of 13-year-old abby williams and 14-year-old libby german the two girls went missing nearly six years ago while on a hike their bodies were discovered a day later at a nearby creek. authorities withholding new details and sealing the evidence against 50-year-old allen, who they say was living in the community. >> my goal is to maintain the integrity of this case >> it's sad. >> reporter: after today's announcement the grandmother of libby german confirmed the report that allen, who worked at a nearby cvs, processed photos for the family cvs says in part, "we stand ready to cooperate with the police investigation in any way we can. >> why did it take this long to arrest him? >> it's a really good question and one that we'll be able to tell one day doing it any other way at any other

allen has been arrested and held without bailment bail kathy park has more. >> reporter: fiofficials charge richard allen with two counts of murder in connection with the deaths of abbey williams and libby german they went missing nearly six years ago while on a hike. authorities withholding new details and sealing the evidence against 50-year-old allen who they say was living in the community. >> my goal is to maintain the integrity of the case. >> reporter: the grandmother of libby german confirmed the report that allen, who worked at a nearby cvs processed photos for the family cvs says in part, we stand ready to cooperate with the police investigation in any way we can. why did it take this long to arrest him >> yeah, that 's a really good question and one we'll be able to tell one day. >> reporter: authorities released little information about the investigation but did share this video clip from libby's phone, showing a man heading towards the teens. and this chilling audio recording of a male voice saying "guys, down the hill". the victims' family saying allen's arrest still do

after more than five years a suspect under arrest and charged kathy park is there for us >> reporter: tonight a major break in the murder mystery of two teens in delphi, indiana. >> an arrest has been made >> reporter: officials charged richard allen with two counts of murder in connection with the killings of 13-year-old abby williams and 14-year-old libby german the two girls went missing nearly six years ago while on a hike their bodies were discovered a day later at a nearby creek. authorities withholding new details and sealing the evidence against 50-year-old allen, who they say was living in the community. >> my goal is to maintain the integrity of this case >> it's sad. >> reporter: after today's announcement