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we are following all the developments in the house where lawmakers are on track to vote on a bill to raise the nation's debt limit. a key vote in this race to avoid default is just over two hours away and we're on it. u.s./china tensions soaring. a chinese fighter jet gets so close to a u.s. spy plane it causes turbulence. the pentagon is calling it an unnecessarily aggressive maneuver in international airspace. we'll have more on this close call ahead. and nasa tracking ufos. the space agency holding its first-ever public meeting on unidentified aerial phenomenon. the truth is o...

stability for the loads of passengers still stranded in airports throughout the country. staggering numbers of cancellations and delays and finger pointing to employees now of who to blame. mike tobin is at the chicago airport, good evening, mike. >> reporter: good evening, southwest executives promised to return to normal operation. secretary pete buttigieg sends out a letter scolding the airline of problems that were quote, "within controls of the airlines," the secretary monitors the airlines making good on everything on reimbursements and returning home. nearly 2500 flights were ...

loads of passengers still stranded in airports throughout the country. but amid the staggering number of flight cancellations and delays, finger pointing from employees now over who is to blame for this mess is beginning. senior correspondent mike to. >> mike: good evening, bret. and as southwest executives are promising return to normal operations, transportation secretary pete buttigieg sends out a letter scolding the airlines for problems that were, quote: within the control of the airlines. as he writes that, he also wrote these frontline employees are not to blame for mistakes a...

Debt ceiling deal, with the nation barreling toward june 5th, the day the treasury department says it will no longer bow able to pay its bills. leaders from both parties are expressing confidence the deal will get passed today. there are two significant . 218. that's how many votes the bill needs to pass the house if every lawmaker is present. the other number to watch is 111. that is half the republican membership. the bill does not get a majority of republican votes, kevin mccarthy could be in trouble. hard-line conservatives have suggested they would move to oust the speaker if the bill doe...

Awkward right now for house republicans. >> and very quickly, we can only do you think mccarthy has the votes come january ? it's going to be really, really close. and here's an interesting aspect of this. you know, a lot of congress has been voting by proxy all the last two years. so the big unknown about tuesday's speaker vote is who actually shows up and what do those numbers look like as you're counting heads? >> yeah, it will be fascinating. we'll have a covered panel. >> thank you. finally tonight, a special report salute. police officers in south bend, indiana, were able to rescue the c...