following this hour. extreme heat and storms threatening holiday celebrations from california to the east coast as more than 1,000 flight delays frustrate travelers trying to reach friends and family by the fourth of july. also this hour, vladimir putin looking to strengthen ties with china after the public embarrassment of last week s armed rebellion as president zelenskyy argues the pace of ukraine s counteroffensive is not meeting its hopes. more troops occupying the west bank as president netanyahu faces criticism from the united nations. we begin this hour with what s become a record setting run-up to independence day. from busy skies to hectic highways, nearly 51 million americans are expected to travel for july 4th. friday broke records as the single busiest day in tsa history. extreme weather could slow everything down with millions under severe weather alerts an concerns over strong thunderstorms in the mid-atlantic states and portions of the northern great pla
let me put it that way. if you win iowa and you win new hampshire, they ve never had a loss. there s never been, so ware not going to be the first i can tell you. at one point in this campaign there were 14 of us running and we were at 2% in the polls. well, i m a fighter. and i m scrappy. and now we re the last ones standing next to donald trump. that s nikki haley vowing to stay in the race despite a double digit loss to donald trump last night in new hampshire. we ll break down those results and the future of the campaign. plus, president biden hits the campaign trail with a passionate speech focused on the contrasts between him and donald trump. and also ahead significant progress perhaps on bringing peace to gaza as israel and hamas appear to be close to a cease-fire deal. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, january 24th, the morning after the new hampshire primary. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. donald trump w
flight delay and cancel llation stacking up meaning the domino affect is under way. ashley is live in new york, the country s biggiest air traffic hub. it s kind of a mess out there. reporter: it is. the severe weather and staffing shortages are contributing to scenes like this at airports across the nation. more than 28,000 flight s were delayed wednesday and 2,000 were cancelled. some travelers have been stuck at the airport for days. i am so mad but i m trying not to explode. they just told us it was delayed and they delayed it and they delayed it. at 4:00 a.m., they said it was cancelled. reporter: could you imagine. united had the most cancellations. the ceo putting the blame on the faa for staff and overall inexperience but the flight agency fired right back in a statement saying we will always collaborate with anyone seriously willing to join us to solve a problem. in denver, set up 3,000 cot and stranded passengers, it was all for them. cell phone video taken
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lawsuit that was filed by a former wwe employee. mcmahon denied the allegations and said he is prepared to defend himself in court. in a statement tonight he said he was resigning, quote, out of respect for the wwe universe. thank you very much for joining us tonight on this very busy news week. you will get great legal perspective coming up. . $5 million did not stop donald trump, will $88.3 million? . the jury says that donald trump must pay 83.3 million to e. jean carroll for statements he made against her. vastly more than anyone expected and a huge victory for e. jean carroll. before the verdict was read the judge asked the jury foreperson what does the m mean? the answer, million. that comes on top of $5 million awarded back in may by the jury that found trump sexually abused carroll and defamed her in 2022 by disparaging her and denying the allegations. the former president is livid. obviously. he has gone on social media, also, obviously, to try to blame, wait