out on seeing their loved ones at all this holiday season. we had to wait in a line that was four hours and still in line. and nobody s giving us any direction what tline to get in. a total you know what show here. according to southwest, nowhere to be found. hung up on multiple times. and southwest, they don t give any answer. they don t answer the phone. there s no option to rebook anything online. oh, also been on hold for 5 hours and 43 minutes. 5 hours and 43 minutes on hold. that logjam starting with the powerful winter storm that battered western new york. look at that in particular. this morning people in buffalo struggling to get food, water, medicine. basic necessities, after days of driving bans and closed stores. live to buffalo in a moment but want to start with the thousands of southwest airline cancellations this morning. cnn s adrieene broaddus is live at chicago s midwear airport and nick valencia at atlanta s airport. we see bags behind you.
hello, everyone. at this hour departure boards bringing post-christmas misery to travelers everywhere. one major u.s. carrier is the big source of a nationwide headache. plus, incoming congressman george santos says he should get a pass for lying about virtually every single detail of his resume because not telling the truth is not a crime. and new cnn exclusive reporting about why you ll pay less at the pump now, but should be preparing for more pain in the spring. this is what we re watching at this hour. we begin this hour with the blame game playing out at southwest airlines. thousands of stranded travelers just want to get where they are going but bad weather, bad planning and bad systems mean more than 25 hundred southwest flights grounded today so far. that s around 90% of all flights canceled in the u.s. southwest passengers can t get through to customer service and its employees are struggling to speak to the people in charge. it s just it s frustrating for pil
transportation secretary pete buttigieg and breaking down tr ch transcripts from the january 6th investigation. welcome to the viewers in the united states and around the world, i m wolf blitzer. you re the situation room. > let s get to the breaking news. significant developments involving the united states supreme court decision and impact on the migrant surge at the border. cnn priscilla alvarez is following the story here the situation room. tell me more about this important ruling. the supreme court shar sayin title 42 in effect since march 2020 will e remain in effect including the court hearing arg mtds in the next session in february of 2023. now, this is a order that summit mittly a victory for republican led states to stop the termination of the authority. what it means on the ground, border officials will be able to continue to expel migrants back to mexico or their native countries for the next several months. the administration has been preparing for this
wall street journal assistant editor james freeman is here to weigh in. but first, no end in sight for the migrant crisis overtaking the southern border and no plan in place yet from the white house with the title 42 policy possibly ending any day now. welcome to america reports, i m aishah hasnie in washington. i m rich edson. border patrol agents are taking drastic steps to prepare for the worst. in just a matter of days, built a massive tent in the el paso desert bigger than a football field to handle the expected overflow of migrants if title 42 is lifted. and the new york post puts it welcome mat for illegal immigrants. chad wolf is standing by, but first matt is live at the southern border in eagle pass, texas. matt. rick, so far today our crews have seen four different migrant groups cross into the united states. standard procedure along the southern border. the surge is not slowing down and did not slow down over the christmas holiday weekend. sources
where he faces a possible life sentence and in ukraine, resistance forces are on the offensive as some analysts say the military s fighting capabilities are running out. we ll take you live to kyiv. but we begin with our top story right now, unfolding across the country, a travel nightmare for millions of people trying to get home after the christmas holiday as a monstrous winter storm barrels east. right now, more than 2800 flights have been cancelled. that s today alone leaving frustrated travelers strand ed i airport terminals. southwest will operate just one-third of its scheduled flights in the coming days representative from the pilot association says the airline s scheduling system is partly to blame. the death toll has climbed to 63 nationwide after this brutal storm blanketed parts of western new york with as much as four feet of snow and brought powerful wind gusts up to 70 miles per hour with more snow in the forecast, tishls fear the deet death toll could cont