good morning, everyone. i m jessica dean in washington. jim sciutto is off today. the pressure is on for southwest airlines. the airline canceling another 2,500 flights already this morning. we are now up to more than 15,000 since the meltdown began a week ago. passengers from coast to coast remain very stranded. overnight southwest airlines ceo bob jordan issuing an apology. he says he s optimistic they will be back on track before next week. i want everyone who is dealing with the problems we ve been facing, whether you haven t been able to get to where you need to go or you are one of our heroic employees caught up in a massive effort to stabilize the airline, to know that we re doing everything we can to return to a normal operation. and please also hear that i m truly sorry. also ahead this morning, the crisis at the u.s. southern border. tens of thousands of migrants now wait in limbo after the supreme court ordered title 42 restriction toss remain in place as legal
the premarket shares are off 1.5%. we will see what the day brings. here is why it will likely be so expensive for the company to fix it according to industry experts that i have spoken to. not only will it be expensive for them to return and reimburse all of the flights, more than 15,000 as you have pointed out since last thursday, you have to think about all of these employees, these folks who are working the phones, working reservations, they re going to likely have to pay them overtime and then these upgrades to the information technology, the software scheduling system which the ceo said clearly we need to double down on our already existing plans to upgrade systems. unclear how much that is going to cost for an harrell as large as southwest, the largest domestic carrier in the u.s. all of the reasons making it clear that it will be expensive for southwest airlines to fix t solutions, jessica, not easy, not quick and certainly not cheap. right. it is a really tough situation.