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staff burned documents. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. tonight, transportation secretary pete buttigieg tells me the biden administration will hold southwest airlines accountable for the meltdown in its operations that has left thousands of flights canceled and thousands of passengers stranded. gabe, what is the situation there right now? reporter: wolf, thousands of travelers are still stranded. the lines to rebook here in baltimore have been more than three hours long at times today. the wait to reach customer service has been longer for many customers. some are literally sleeping here at the airport, just trying to get home. the meltdown at southwest airlines just gets worse. it s a total you know what show here. reporter: southwest canceling more than 2500 flights on tuesday. more than 85% of all u.s. cancellations. and they have already canceled nearly the same tot ....
executives say they ll need to cancel many more tomorrow. then, breaking his silence did i embellish my resume, yes, i did. and i m sorry. but i m still the same guy, i m not a fraud. republican congressman-elect george santos admits he lied about major parts of his resume, but wait until he explains his jewish heritage claims. and miami dolphins quarterback tua tagovailoa has been placed in concussion protocol, hours after playing an entire game. welcome to the lead, i m phil mattingly, in for jake tapper. and we begin this hour with the winter travel meltdown plaguing a major u.s. airline. thousands of southwest airlines passengers are still stranded, unable to get to their destinations. some of those passengers is been trying to travel for five days or more, after a massive winter storm battered parts of the u.s. southwest canceled nearly 2,600 flights today, accounting for more than 85% of all flights canceled in the u.s. and the company s telling pass ....
And work history to his philanthropic pursuits and jewish heritage. i apologize if anybody feels hurt or betrayed. i will gain everybody s trust back by just delivering results for them and making sure they do not forget why they voted for me in the first place, which was to get stuff done. reporter: santos has boasted of working for investment banks citigroup and goldman sachs. he now admits he did not. the congressman-elect claims he received degrees from nyu and baruch college. he now says he did not. but he maintains he is not a criminal and still intends to serve in congress. i m not resigning. i have to leave congress, it s going to be by a pink slip by the voters november of 2024. reporter: and then there are the questions surrounding his alleged jewish heritage. we re no stranger to persecution. my grandfather fleeing ukraine in 1920s to belgium, then fleeing belgium to brazil in 1940. reporter: those claims were ....
In 1940. reporter: those claims were contradicted by family trees compiled by genealogy websites, records on jewish refugees, and interviews with multiple genealogists. santos now saying he never claimed to be jewish. i always joked i m catholic, but i m always jew-ish. i grew up that my grandparents were jewish. reporter: in a document he shared with prominent jewish groups. santos now drawing the ire of the republican jewish coalition who says they were deceived. santos will no longer be welcome at our jc events. i m not a fraud, i m not a cartoon character, i m not some mythical creature that was invented. i m no russian puppet. reporter: no word yet from republican leader kevin mccarthy. ....
Back by just delivering results for them and making sure they do not forget why they voted for me in the first place, which was to get stuff done. reporter: santos as boasted of working for investment backs citigroup and goldman sachs. he now admits he did not. the comeman-elect claimed he received degrees from nyu and baruch college. he now says he did not. but he maintains he s not a criminal, and still intends to serve in congress. i m not resigning. i have to leave congress, it s going to be by a pink slip by the voters november of 2024. reporter: and then there are the questions surrounding his alleged jewish heritage. we re no stranger to persecution. my grandfather fleeing ukraine in the 1920s to belgium, then fleeing belgium to brazil in 1940. reporter: records on jewish refugees and interviews with multiple genealogists. santos now saying he never claimed to be jewish. ....