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Technology so this could happen again because it takes a while to get technology up to speed. >> well, as i said we sounded the alarm bell for years. on november 14th of this year i recorded a podcast and we are one winter storm, one atc event away from christmas my thanksgiving, or new years being affected. and we are in a very precarious situation. so, they are well aware. they decided to walk a very fine line. here we are with hopes and dreams of christmas really dashed. >> edward: the other airlines able to catch up in a few days because they had the weather issue too. 90% of the flights c...

Southwest airlines spokesperson said about the cancelations. >> with the cancelations, as a result we end up with crew not in the cities we need to be in to continue our operations and that's how we ended up where we are. >> you heard that there. can you give us a little more insight? was this a mechanical issue or a staffing issue, and it couldn't be a weather issue. what was going on here that caused this problem? >> well, thanks for having me. what the southwest spokesman said, that's their job, and that's where they failed. it pains me to hear, you know, in the lead-in to this our customer...

We're watching tennessee as many other states are bracing for what is ahead. the massive storm and it is massive affecting nearly every part of this country and is walloping the upper plains with blizzard conditions and life threatening wind chills. i want to bring in the meteorologist in charge of the national weather service in rapid city, south dakota. david, thank you for being here. normally people talk about a weather issue and it is focused on a certain regime. all eyes are on this storm because so many people are impacted and it continues through the weekend. this has been called a o...

County authorities in el paso did open up for shelters to offer places to sleep for a lot of the migrants that have the documents. the issue in el paso is that a lot of the migrants are not asylum seekers. they have not turned themselves in to border patrol. they don't have a document. they tell me it's difficult to find a shelter that will take them. the only shelters helping this particular group of migrants are the catholic churches. then again, there's a church that said, we can take you there. they didn't know if they could get on the bus. it's a communication issue. it's a weather issue....

Out, but they are up against mother nature. many of these lawmakers both on the house and senate side have said to me they are worried about their flights getting home for the holidays. many americans feeling that way right now, but certainly it's palpable in the halls of congress as the senate works through their portion of this and heads over to the house and they will do their part too. >> ali vitali and congressman, thank you both for being with us this morning. ali was talking about the weather issue. it's having an impact on capitol hill, but it's putting people crossing our border at ...