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the day. we re going to take you live to pa so. and unfolding this morning at airports nationwide, frustrated and confused passengers still stranded with southwest airlines in the midst of that meltdown. transportation secretary pete buttigieg is calling for accountability. it comes as thousands are trying to recover from that once in a lifetime blizzard that left more than 60 people dead. we ll take you live to buffalo for the latest. also this morning, we re keeping a close eye on the vatican. pope francis calling for prayers for his predecessor, the retired pope benedict, as his health worsens. and with covid cases rising sharply in china, two officials now tell nbc news that the white house is weighing new travel requirements for travelers from china. we begin with the ongoing legal limbo for migrants trying to come to the u.s. in search of a better and safer life for themselves and for their families. the u.s. supreme court says the public health measure known ....
congressman george santos as his apology tour fails to alleviate concern over his false statements to voters putting pressure on the incoming house majority to act. we re following new concerning development from vatican city. pope francis met with retired pope benedict after his health took a turn for the worse. begin with ongoing anger and frustration at airports across this countries as today there are already thousands more flight cancellations by southwest airlines adding to the public relations nightmare for an airline struggling to explain why they can t keep overcoming the same holiday obstacles as their competitors are managing to, and nbc shamar stone is at the baltimore airport for us. what a mess. i can t believe all the luggage behind you. what about the extended lines of frustrated customers? just give us a sense what it s like there at dwi. reporter: all right. first of all, we ve been here since 6:00 this morning. seems as though things are getting p ....
they by potentially reinforcing this image of extremism that hurt republicans so much through purple states. there are others, but for me those are the biggest known unknowns for 2024. and that last one is a great question because you have heard republicans, you know, they have been basically chomping at the bit to take over the majority for obvious reasons. but with such a small majority, you negotiation i heard from republicans who say, we re concerned about what these investigations look like and what path this goes down and do we look like we have a strategy that we have it together or we don t know who is going to be the house speaker next week when the new congress takes over. good point. ron, thank you very, very much. thank you, guys. happy holidays. thank you. cnn this morning continues right now. good morning. it is 8:00 a.m. eastern. we re so glad you re with us. it is december 27th. welcome to cnn this morning. all right, so we will begin ....
washington. we begin with new developments out of israel where the israeli military has as released a preliminary report on its killing of seven aid workers in gaza. the investigation finds a series of devastating mistakes unfolded earlier this week when three vehicles carrying the world central kitchen workers traveled outside the combat zone those vehicles were hit in three separate strikes over the course of almost a mile and a half israel says it was a case of mistaken identification after two gunman were spotted nearby, quoting from the report, one of the commanders, the israeli say mistakenly assumed that the gunman were located inside the accompanying vehicles and that they these were hamas terrorist. the idf has fired two senior officers. i want to bring in cnn s nic robertson are international diplomatic editor nick, does the report answer all the questions? it still seems to leave some questions outstanding. for example, the world central kitchen said that t ....
for free visit otter.ai, ai or download the app. i ll rafael romo at the georgia state capitol in atlanta. this is cnn cnn breaking news i m wolf blitzer, the cnn newsroom, and we re following breaking news out of new york right now of four only eight, four magnitude earthquake rattling the tri-state area just a few moments ago, initial reports indicate there shaking was felt in new york, and new jersey donna philadelphia, as well as washington, dc, where i am right now, the nypd says no damages or injuries have been reported, but only happened a few moments ago, new york s governor, kathy hochul says, her team is assessing the impact and the new jersey governor phil murphy says he s activated the state s emergency operations center, cnn, as of course, covering the story from all angles, i want to go to our meteorologist elisa raffa. she s over at the cia weather center for us. so at least walk us through what we know so far yeah. well, i mean, i know that new yor ....