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
kaitlan, beijing s response is to defend its own decisions. this was at a press briefing when the ministry accused western countries for hyping up and distorting covid changes. this is what the foreign ministry said, quote, we need all parties to work together, scientifically against the epidemic to ensure the safe movement of people between countries maintain the stability of the supply chain and promote healthy growth in the world economy. china believes the measures taken to prevent the epidemic, should scientific and moderate. the irony here is that since the start of the pandemic china has had the strictest border controls in the world. but now that the country is abandoning zero covid, opening up and cases are surging, other cou countries are getting nervous.