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it's the top of the hour on "cnn newsroom." i'm pamela brown, and we begin the hour with a travel nightmare. thousands of flights have been canceled or delayed across the country today. the hardest hit, southwest airlines, which has scrapped more than 60% of its flights. take a look here. these are some of the long lines of southwest passengers in raleigh, atlanta, and denver airports. in a statement to cnn, southwest airlines said it is, quote, experiencing disruptions across our network as a result of the winter storm's lingering effects on the totality of our operations. carlos su...

Company says damage has led to limited usage of the main power grid. three russian soldiers were killed in the response to shooting down of a drone over a key military base. now ukraine is warning its troops of a retaliatory missile strike. tensions are also es calating between china and taiwan. they have crossed the median on the taiwan strait on sunday. china says this was part of a military drill. the south korean defense minister says its military fired at five north korean drones which officials say entered their air space earlier today. south korea can't confirm whether any were shot dow...

New plan requiring anyone to buy a drone to register with the department of transportation. the federal government is set to make the announcement any day now. it comes amid concerns about a recent spike in the close calls between drones and aircraft. it's a flight in the history books. the final u.s. airways flight took off friday in san francisco and landed this morning in philadelphia. the plane was given flight number 1939 in honor of the year the airline began flying as american aviation. all flights will be under the american airlines banner. following the merger announced two years ag...