home tonight. that is it for this special report, fair, balanced and unafraid. it s still a holiday week as we head towards the new year. we have a complete wrap at the end of the week of the year that was. it was something. i m bret baier. have a great evening. rachel: the cancellations at southwest airlines show nothing signs of slowing down. americans are left stranded as 5,000 flights have been canceled today and for tomorrow. senior correspondent mike tobin is in chicago with the latest. mike? mike: well, you know, it would be inaccurate to say that the mess isn t getting any better. what you see behind me are people going through with a really low tech solution. just walking through this big pile of bags and you hear that guy just walked by shouted he
across the united states it is barley letting up especially for southwest airlines and its inconvenienced customers. senior correspondent mike tobin has the latest from midway international airport in chicago. good evening, mike. good evening, bret. it s ugly out here the pilot bags did get smaller low tech solution. people are walking through the bags trying to identify their own stuff and getting home. still have thousands of people who are stranded. you have staff who would get them home unable to penetrate the communications meltdown and let the airlines know that they re available to fly people home. so nationwide, you have 2885 flights that were canceled today. of those 2500, 86% are southwest airlines. with the other major airlines rebounding, clearly this is no longer about the weather. our luggage is missing. it s mia. we ended up completely