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another day of travel chaos with thousands more flight delays and cancellations. southwest struggles to recover from holiday storms and system-wide operational problems. the u.s. department of transportation says it is launching an investigation. >> as a wash dog well hold them accountable and have to take a deeper look whats going on with their scheduling systems. we all understand you cant control the weather but this is clearly crossing the line from whats on uncontrollable weather ...

Down. i wrote an opinion earlier this year with the argument what is happening on the southern border constitutes an invasion. you see folks like governor abbott follow that lead by deploying the guard and erecting barriers. this is the federal governments responsibility, not the states. the white house has power when it comes to border security and nat national security and failing on both counts. theyre failing miserably. >> rich: thank you for joining us. >> julie: that was my phone. sorry ab...

Want to be in a bubble. what do you pay attention to that we should make sure we do, too? >> those white college educated voters will be the deciders here and parents. what happened in virginia is happening here, too. when we came back out of christmas a lot of local metro atlanta schools closed down for a week in the middle of omicron. parents are done with it and with mask mandates. there is a lot of pushback there. it has to end soon. if the democrats the most unbending on it. even san franci...

Happy that at least joe is pulling in the same direction with us was very quickly rejected by the republican leader and by other republicans who manchin would like to see brought along on this conversation. heres what minority leader mitch mcconnell had to say about manchins counteroffer to the democrats earlier today. >> it still turns the federal election commission from a judge to a prosecutor by taking away the 3-3 ballots and making it 3-2 democratic and in what in what is dubious reconstit...

>> sandra: president trump strongly defending his supreme court nominee as a second woman accuses brett kavanaugh of sexual misconduct ahead of a public hearing on thursday. welcome to a new hour of "americas newsroom," im sandra smith. its monday morning. >> bill: are you all right? >> sandra: im good. >> bill: how about tiger woods? >> sandra: what a weekend. well talk about that in a bit. >> bill: im bill hemmer. good morning everybody at home, office or wherever youre watching us today. ther...

Short while now before two separate sen rat congressional committees. >> bill: the one camera is live with secretary tillerson. what is he expected to say with his testimony, rich? how much do you have on that? >> this is supposed to be a budget hearing but the first time that rex tillerson as secretary of state has appeared before a committee since his confirmation hearing before the administration started. he will be defending the administrations budget and be asked about the latest on the qat...

Mentors young minority men. they have set up a scholarship fund for sergeant johnsons children. theyre hoping to raise the million dollars. so far, theyve raised more than $600,000. alex. >> all right, a very difficult morning there in cooper city, florida. thank you very much, maya rodriguez. now to nbcs kelly odonnell at the white house for us. all this controversy surrounding the presidents phone call with the widow of sergeant ladavid johnson. the political firestorm surrounding that call se...