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PBS News Hour - Segments

News Wrap: Nearly 7 million under winter weather alert in U.S.

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

Daily News, News

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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In our news wrap Monday, nearly seven million people are under winter weather alerts as lake effect snow impacts the Great Lakes region, Hezbollah fired projectiles into a disputed border zone in southern Lebanon for the first time since a cease-fire took effect and the Biden administration is preparing another $725 million in weapons assistance for Ukraine. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

The day's other headlines begin with the winter storm in the northern states that's lasted all weekend and still won't let up.

0:07.5

Nearly 7 million people are under winter weather alerts today as lake effect snow coming off of the Great Lakes continues to pound parts of the Upper Midwest and Northeast.

0:17.7

Western Michigan could see another foot of snow today, while other parts of the state,

0:22.5

as well as New York and Pennsylvania, are digging out from close to four feet of snow from this

0:27.3

weekend. This weather is Buffalo weather. It's amazing weather. It's great weather. That didn't stop

0:32.7

tailgators ahead of the Buffalo Bill Sunday night game. The team paid fans $20 an hour to help dig out the

0:38.8

stadium before kickoff. The snow wasn't enough to deter most air travelers either. The TSA says

0:45.3

more than 3 million people took post- Thanksgiving flights yesterday, and that set a new record.

0:52.0

Turning now to the Middle East, where for the first time since a ceasefire

0:55.7

took effect last week, Hezbollah has fired projectiles into a disputed border region in southern

1:01.9

Lebanon. The militant group says it was a warning shot for what it called repeated Israeli

1:07.2

violations of the truce. No one was reported hurt. Israel responded with its own

1:13.0

airstrikes and retaliation hours later. A Lebanese official accused Israel today of breaching the

1:19.1

ceasefire more than 50 times in recent days with strikes and other provocations. Despite that,

1:24.9

a State Department spokesperson said the ceasefire is working and that claims of violations are being investigated.

1:32.3

Broadly speaking, it has been successful in stopping the fighting.

1:35.3

Now, with respect to violations or potential violations of the ceasefire, we set a mechanism up to look into this very question where the United States, along

1:46.1

with France, will engage with the Israeli military, will engage with the Lebanese military

1:51.7

to look at potential violations.

1:54.6

Meantime, Israel's military says an Israeli-American soldier previously thought to be alive

1:59.6

in Hamas captivity is now presumed dead.

2:02.8

The body of Omer Nutra of New York was taken by Hamas in southern Israel during the October 7th attacks.

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