a controversial covid emergency immigration policy remains in place. yet the southern border crisis shows no signs of slowing down and a plan for how to manage a post title 42 border is nowhere to be found, at least not yet. we have fox team coverage tonight, matt finn is on the ground again in eagle pass, texas. one of the epicenters in the migrant encounters in the u.s. we begin with aishah hasnie on the politics at play and the growing blame game on all of this. good evening, aishah. good evening to you, bret. it s not just republicans. tonight texas democratic representative help beery cuellar tells fox the white house can and should do more to stop the flood of migrants while also fighting off criticism that congressional democrats didn t do enough to secure the border when they had the chance. i think homeland security department is struggling with some of the more progressive white house staffers and i hope homeland wins this particular fight. congressman henry c
young. i need a recovery beer. it wasn t a recovery beer. but his teammates were waiting for him in the locker room with a nice refreshing water bottle shower. now isn t that how we finish the show every morning, too? yes. that s what i do. totally what we do at 9:01. i never heard the phrase recovery beer but i love that. love it too. thanks for making our morning. you got it. cnn this morning continues right now. good morning, everyone. don is off this morning. southwest airlines, though, coming under federal scrutiny as officials are vowing to hold the company accountable for the meltdown that has left thousands of passengers stranded. more flights have been canceled today and the chaos is expected to continue into the new year. also overnight, the supreme court handing a victory to 19 republican-led states as they order title 42 to remain in effect for now. she said she thought her daughter was going to die overnight because it was so cold. t
reading faces, biological and environmental reasons why that could be, but that s what they found. poppy, kaitlan? elizabeth cohen, thank you. fascinating. cnn this morning continues right now. we didn t get any texts or any message telling us it canceled before we came. flight s canceled. hang out with pops a couple more days. call my boss and tell him, i m sorry. hope this wasn t a bad decision. good morning, everyone, who s not at the airport today. don is off this morning. as you can see there, it has just been chaos at the airports over the last several days and it s not changed as flights have been canceled, travelers have been stranded. southwest airlines forced to scrap more than 60% of its flights today. also, the death toll is rising amid a record-breaking blizzard in buffalo, new york. we re live on the ground there. also this morning, ukraine s foreign minister is aiming for a peace summit in the new year. could russia potentially be invited to the
they by potentially reinforcing this image of extremism that hurt republicans so much through purple states. there are others, but for me those are the biggest known unknowns for 2024. and that last one is a great question because you have heard republicans, you know, they have been basically chomping at the bit to take over the majority for obvious reasons. but with such a small majority, you negotiation i heard from republicans who say, we re concerned about what these investigations look like and what path this goes down and do we look like we have a strategy that we have it together or we don t know who is going to be the house speaker next week when the new congress takes over. good point. ron, thank you very, very much. thank you, guys. happy holidays. thank you. cnn this morning continues right now. good morning. it is 8:00 a.m. eastern. we re so glad you re with us. it is december 27th. welcome to cnn this morning. all right, so we will begin with
those are on southwest. the airline now apologizing, but as you can imagine that s little comfort for people who may miss out totally on seeing their loved ones this holiday season. i m beyond frustrated. and hurt. because i can t see my dad. my mom is in the hospital and i wanted to be there for her once she like got discharged. unfortunately because of the situation they are saying that the closest flight is the 29th. are you going to make it home today? no, likely not. i mean, i heard someone say over the intercom not to expect to get a flight within the next four days. that s definitely not what i wanted to hear. people just missing their family and loved ones. the log jam starting with the powerful winter storm that hit western new york the hardest. look at that. this morning people in buffalo struggling to get food, water, medicine, after days of driving bans and closed stores. we are going to take you live there in just a moment. let s go first to our team co