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Canceled roughly 16,000 flights over the past week. the airline saying it expects to return to normal operations tomorrow. "outfront" now, democratic congressman rick larsen. he is the incoming ranking member of the house transportation and infrastructure committee and the current chair of the aviation subcommittee. congressman, thank you so much for joining us. you will be the ranking member, as we just mentioned in just a few days. the senate commerce, science and transportation committee has ...

House. this is a deep institutional decay in the american system. and its an absolute threat to our constitutional liberties. >> yeah, speaker, i think that thats key because we keep hearing about bidens afghanistan debacle, bidens border, all these things are institutional with a bureaucracy that seems to be rotten to the core. and we either arent we either address it now or we dont address it at all. thank you, sir, for joining tonight. excellent insight. always appreciate it. now, as you all ...

Was nothing. southwest actually booked me on a flight for january 2nd. my wedding is tomorrow, december 30th. >> wednesday, the airline chief commercial officer released a video apologizing for the debacle. >> my personal apology, on behalf of everyone myself and everyone at southwest airlines, for all of this. you know now all the flexibility in planning that we put in place to deal with this storm just was not enough. >> this travel nightmare has gone on for more than a week. and southwest air...

Stories of compassion with southwest passengers coming together to help one another like the three strangers from wisconsin stuck at the airport in st. louis who ended up car pooling tore milwaukee. >> he had seen my packer hat nice wisconsin gia sumd i was going to milwaukee. >> or a couple who ended up hitching a ride with a stranger. >> she jumped right up. she said, if you guys want to join me, im going to denver. id be happy to take you guys. >> sadly for some, the outcome is a little more ...

Your family firsthand. tell us how. be my kids got stranded trying to make it home christmas eve. they love visiting cousins christmas time when school is out. trying to make it home and got stranded in baltimore halfway home trying to get home. we were up very late saturday night like everybody else trying to find flights. trying to find a rental car. trying to find train tickets to get my family home and nothing was available for four to five days. i do want to thank the capitol police who too...

0 when a truck hit my car, the insurance company wasnt fair. i dididt t kn whahatmy c caswa, so i called the barnes firm. im rich barnes. its hard for people to k how much their accident case is worth.h barnes. t ouour juryry aorneneys hehelpou hello and welcome to our viewers 20th from the united states and all of the world. today u.s. lawmakers will reveal a bit of what former president donald trump has kept hidden for years. his tax returns. what to expect ahead. plus -- pure joy for one tr...

The rest of the aviation system is down to 4% of flights being cancelled, north of 60% when it comes to southwest. this indicates a system failure. >> todd: pete buttigieg is facing criticism, he learned he was warned of something happening like this months ago. ninaturner saying this is incompetence, this is what placing unqualified people in position of power will get you. direct line from secretary buttigieg to the debacle and we shouldnt pretend there isnt. >> ashley: lets bring in cheryl ca...

Developed frostbite for prolonged exposure to temperatures. unions representing southwest pilots and flight attendants say that they are members have been stuck sleeping at airports because they were unable to find hotel rooms. that is all on top of having to deal with thousands of angry customers every day. the southwest ceo offered an apology last night, signal doing everything the day -- today, southwest rolled out a new website specifically for travelers to submit requests for refunds. the e...

She said if you guys want to join me im going to denver, id be happy to take you guys. >> reporter: sadly for some the outcome is a little more heartbreaking. like it is for this st. louis bride, forced to cancel her wedding in belize. >> we were -- i was in shock. we tried to rebook. and there was nothing. southwest actually booked me on a flight for january 2nd. my wedding is tomorrow, december 30th. >> reporter: wednesday the airlines chief commercial officer released a video apologizing for ...

Employees who have had to be the brave front of this debacle. >> nancy, im sure that the ceo and employees there are happy to hear that you still want to continue to use southwest. but you do want them to do the investments necessary so this doesnt happen again. i appreciate your time, thank you, nancy. >> thank you. 39 people now are confirmed dead in the christmas blizzard that crippled upstate new york. and now erie county officials are warning the death toll could rise in a matter of days....