Death toll rises to 37 in the Buffalo area as crews work to clear roads and check on neighbors

Anderson Cooper 360

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3.7 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2022

⏱️ 43 minutes

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The death toll in Erie County, New York has risen to at least 37 as crews continue to clear roads and go door-to-door to check on people who they couldn’t reach during the storm. Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia gives AC360 an update on the search and rescue efforts. Plus, federal prosecutors in New York are investigating the finances of Republican Rep.-elect George Santos. The Congressman-elect has admitted to fabricating sections of his resume, including his past work experience and education. Steve Israel is a former U.S. Representative who once represented most of the same Long Island district as Santos. He tells AC360 what people in his former district are saying about all of Santos’s lies. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The travel nightmare that began before Christmas is still not over.
0:06.2	Pamela Brown here in for Anderson tonight.
0:08.4	And when we left you last night, Southwest Airlines CEO was apologizing to all the passengers
0:13.6	stranded by all the flights the company canceled due to the weather and its system meltdown.
0:19.0	Well, 24 hours later, there are about another 2,500 reasons to apologize, as in about 2,500
0:25.9	more cancellations today and nearly as many tomorrow.
0:29.9	And it's gotten to the point that Southwest has been busing some people from airports
0:34.2	as far away as New York's LaGuardia and Denver to Houston.
0:38.6	Details now from CNN's Gabe Cohen.
0:42.5	Tens of thousands of travelers still weathering Southwest meltdown without a clear end in
0:47.4	sight.
0:48.4	I'm hungry, I'm exhausted, I just want to go home.
0:50.8	The airline cancelling more than 2,500 flights Wednesday, 62% of its schedule according
0:56.6	to flight aware, with a similar wave of cancellations already shaping up for Thursday.
1:01.7	This has been a complete nightmare.
1:03.9	I trusted Southwest with my worldly belongings and to give me from point A to point B, and
1:08.4	I just feel like I was robbed at this point.
1:10.3	Ashley Mays says she stranded in Baltimore with no luggage.
1:13.9	Her flight home to Texas canceled Christmas morning.
1:17.2	She says she was hoping to get back to spend time at her dying grandmother's side.
1:21.8	I couldn't make it, and now she passed away as of yesterday.
1:24.5	I will never get that time back to at least hold her hand or you know, spend that time
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