held lee, and. helling low just ahead on cnn newsroom. originally it was a 10, 11, 11, 1. either it s leaving in a few minutes or i ve got a couple of hours. for the next few days, don t even try to fly southwest. cnn s k file uncovers more. it s clear george santos has emotional issues. the increasing number of migrants who got desperate in mexico and decided to enter the united states illegally and are stuck here in el paso. to the people of the united states, to the government of the united states, why don t they want her here? announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it s thursday, december 29th. 9 a.m. here in london. 4 a.m. here in new york. some relief may be on the way for frustrated southwest passengers stranded at airports across the united states. it probably won t come today. the airline is struggling to recover from a week of flight delays and cancellations. a representative of the pilots union s
hello, i m abby phillip in washington. thank you for joining us today. it is the nightmare that just won t end. southwest airlines canceling thousands more flights with airports coast to coast already packed. more than 4,800 flights today and tomorrow no longer on the books, nearly 16,000 canceled since thursday. all week we have been meeting miserable passengers and southwest says it ll be days before this all clears up. busloads of stranded customers arriving at houston hobby airport this morning, some on the road for more than 24 hours and at chicago midway, this is the sea of luggage that is finally moving. workers are now scrambling to reunite passengers with their bags. we ll begin with cnn s nick valencia at hartsfield jackson international airport in atlanta. another major connecting point for southwest nick, what is happening there behind you? reporter: yeah, hey there, abby. the line here behind me is noticeably shorter than it has been the last several days and t
announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it s thursday, december 29th. 9 a.m. here in london. 4 a.m. here in new york. some relief may be on the way for frustrated southwest passengers stranded at airports across the united states. it probably won t come today. the airline is struggling to recover from a week of flight delays and cancellations. a representative of the pilots union says it looks like the flight schedule will be mostly full by friday. southwest has canceled more than 2300 flights today. 97% of all u.s. cancellations are on southwest. the airline has canceled more than 15,000 flights in the past week. i ve been a long time southwest fan, 20 years, companion pass holder, travel a lot. this year has been a bad one. this he have disappointed me. do you have a message to the ceo if he s watching.
then i also spoke to an 11-year-old girl who had every intention and plan of getting on her on time flight today. when she got to the gate she encountered a different set of problems. i ve been a longtime southwest fan, 20 year, companion pass holder, travel a lot. this year has been a bad one. they have really disappointed me. do you have a message to the ceo if he s watching? fix it. fix it. he s got a lot of loyal fans and losing them left and right. you doing all right? you got tears in your eyes. what s going on? i didn t get to see pie best friend in florida. did they tell you you would be able to fly and then last minute they said you couldn t fly? is that what happened? yeah. reporter: so it is a mess here still. perhaps not as much of an optics of a mess as past days but very much so a headache these passengers are dealing with. just off camera i could overhear a woman on hold with the airline for more than hour finally got