and that. is it a cartoon or is it congress? the seemingly endless lies from congressman elect george santos could be catching up with him. the embattled republican under investigation by the feds and his state with just six days until he is scheduled to be sworn in to office. the clock is ticking. santos vows he s going to take his seat in the house. the plan is being met by resistance. democrats and some republicans are questioning his legitimacy. santos has some defenders. they argue plenty of d.c. politicians have been caught telling very tall tales. welcome back as america report goes on. anita, i m gillian turner. we ll ask who santos should do. we begin with southwest airlines facing major backlash from its own pilots. at the end of the day, southwest wasn t prepared. unfortunately, this has been a decade in the making. we ve sounded alarm bells and tried to get them to change processes. nobody has reached out to inform us to what s going on, even the recov
and experiences fell short of your expectations of us. trace: pete buttigieg tweeting that the chaos is unacceptable . the department of transportation is investigating. mike tobin is live from chicago midway international airport with more on this. mike, good afternoon. good afternoon, trace. southwest executives are promising an end to this ugly chapter in aviation and a return to normal tomorrow with minimal disruptions. almost 2,500 cancellations today across the board of american aviation. but 2,300 plus of those belong to southwest airlines. they still feel the impact of the meltdown from this winter storm. jump ahead to tomorrow. that number drops to 39 projected cancellations again as the executives are promising a return to normal operations. southwest customers have had enough. i need my medicine, my charger. everything, my perfume, all my personal stuff is in the suitcase. some presents for christmas. so my concern is really one of my bags is all christmas
effect there, and although a driving ban has now been lifted, local officials are urging people to stay off the roads, unless they absolutely have to. i m asking people to still be cautious, and if you don t need to drive, please don t. and the winter travel nightmare continues for thousands of americans still stranded in airports across the country. almost every airline in the nation has bounced back from the storm, except southwest airlines. at this hour, southwest has canceled almost 60% of its flights for today. now, giving a new update this afternoon, on when they plan to be running normally again. we re live from l.a.x. with the latest. and the january 6th committee just dropped another batch of interview and deposition transcripts, among them some of the biggest names from trump world, including don jr., kimberly gulfoyle and steven miller. what we re learning from them, coming up. we begin with the chaos still unfolding in airports across the country. with tho
violation of all international norms, laws, and israel s pledges to the american president. in the uk forfive days after the american president. in the uk for five days after industrial action by world workers. the last few minutes we have learned that kevin mccarthy has failed in his bid to become speaker of the house of representatives. these are like pictures from the capital hill could see mr mccarthy talking to colleagues, smiling a little as well but this will not have been what he wanted. as for you my colleague will grant straightaway. help us understand the process and understand why mr mccarthy cannot get there. in process and understand why mr mccarthy cannot get there. in terms ofthe mccarthy cannot get there. in terms of the process mccarthy cannot get there. in terms of the process we mccarthy cannot get there. in terms of the process we had mccarthy cannot get there. in terms of the process we had a mccarthy cannot get there. in terms of the process we
tonight with the context, ron christie former adviser to george w bush and ayesha hazarika journalist and former labour adviser. welcome to the programme. it s the first day of the new us congress and it s already one full of drama. the new us congress and it s after the swearing in of the new members, the new house of representatives is stuck at the very first hurdle, choosing a new speaker of the house. we ve already had rounds of votes. the latest kevin mccarthy received. short of the 218 majority. this is the scene live in the house now another round of voting is under way. nothing can go ahead until a new speaker is elected, so this could go on for hours or perhaps even days until someone is chosen. we ll go live to our correspondent will grant on capitol hill for us in a moment. but first, let s rewind back to the days and weeks before the midterm elections. all the polls pointed to a resounding republican victory in the house, a red wave that would have meant today w