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that means traveling from coast to coast are stranded. some of them forced to drive thousands of miles. we were at the airport at noontime on sunday, finally made the call at 10:30 p.m., that we could not afford to lose any more time if we were going to drive. i can t rely on southwest to get the family home, so we maid need to leave a little early to drive ourselves home. the kreismt on the blaming the travel disaster on schedule and outdated infrastructure. the ruling that keeps on tens of thousands migrants now bait in limbo. we ll go to el paso, texas in just a moment. let s begin with an absolute nightmare for southwest airlines passengers. 0% of today s 2700 flight cancellations are from southwest. the company s ceo, bob jordan, said system upgrades are floes to avoid a repeat. the tools we use to recover from disruption service works well 90% of the time, but we need to double down on our existing plans to upgrade systems for these extreme circumsta ....
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 ....
hello, i m abby phillip in washington. thank you for joining us today. it is the nightmare that just won t end. southwest airlines canceling thousands more flights with airports coast to coast already packed. more than 4,800 flights today and tomorrow no longer on the books, nearly 16,000 canceled since thursday. all week we have been meeting miserable passengers and southwest says it ll be days before this all clears up. busloads of stranded customers arriving at houston hobby airport this morning, some on the road for more than 24 hours and at chicago midway, this is the sea of luggage that is finally moving. workers are now scrambling to reunite passengers with their bags. we ll begin with cnn s nick valencia at hartsfield jackson international airport in atlanta. another major connecting point for southwest nick, what is happening there behind you? reporter: yeah, hey there, abby. the line here behind me is noticeably shorter than it has been the last several days ....
it s the subway series menu. 12 irresistible subs. the most epic sandwich roster ever created. it s subway s biggest refresh yet! it s 3:00 p.m. eastern, and thank you for sticking with me. i m sara sidner. this just in, the u.s. will now require all travelers entering the country from china to show a negative covid test. the new requirements come as cases in china surge following the country s move to ease restrictions. cnn s kevin liptack is traveling with president biden as he goes to the virgin islands. tell us about these new restrictions and why they have been put in place. reporter: yes, sara. these are going to go into effect on january 5th. so about a week from tomorrow, and what they do is require all passengers who are traveling from the united states to show proof of a negative covid test before they get on their airline. it can be a negative pcr test. it can be a negative self-antigen test that s administered by a tell health service, but they need ....
great middle of the week. clearly they are playing that song for you, katie. she has some kind of wonderful. it is good, great day so far halfway between christmas and new year s the weird we saw a couple of poinsettias on the left and right but are you celebrating christmas? katie: why not? the tree is still on fox square. it is not new year s yet and i think it s great to have a couple of days. griff: rachel said we have to abide by the 12 days of christmas and not take any trees down here that will not happen on this show. katie: everything has been great. i am with you guys this morning. griff: a lot happened the last 24 hours, obviously regarding the border supreme court keeping title 42 in place against the white house s wishes for now. katie: and title 42 dropped, we could see 14,000 encounters every single day at the border, which would add up to 5 million illegal crossings each year. joey: lucas tomlinson is live, what do you got? speak with ....