held lee, and. helling low just ahead on cnn newsroom. originally it was a 10, 11, 11, 1. either it s leaving in a few minutes or i ve got a couple of hours. for the next few days, don t even try to fly southwest. cnn s k file uncovers more. it s clear george santos has emotional issues. the increasing number of migrants who got desperate in mexico and decided to enter the united states illegally and are stuck here in el paso. to the people of the united states, to the government of the united states, why don t they want her here? announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it s thursday, december 29th. 9 a.m. here in london. 4 a.m. here in new york. some relief may be on the way for frustrated southwest passengers stranded at airports across the united states. it probably won t come today. the airline is struggling to recover from a week of flight delays and cancellations. a representative of the pilots union s
good morning to you. i m jessica dean in washington. jim sciutto is off today. we re following several major stories this morning. overnight ukraine rocked by a barrage of russian missiles. the defense minister saying it s the most massive missile attack since the invasion began in februariment we know power is out in several regions including parts of the capital kyiv. we ll be live on the ground ahead. plus, the u.s. reinstating covid tests for travelers coming from china as beijing drops its own restrictions despite an overwhelming surge in cases. a fresh apology from southwest airlines today, plus new steps the airline is taking to reimburse passengers whose holiday travel was ruined. still more than 2,300 southwest flights canceled today. we re told the scheduling nightmare could end as soon as tomorrow. let s begin this morning on the ground in ukraine. cnn senior international correspondent ben wedeman is in kyiv. ben, you saw firsthand some of this damage. tell us
good morning. i m erica hill. i m jim sciutto. is there movement on capitol hill? we are watching closely this morning as standoff over who will be the next house speaker has now entered its third day. california republican kevin mccarthy failed to secure the votes needed after a total now of six rounds of voting, but, after furious negotiations last night, lots of coffee, new major concessions to his hard line opponents, mccarthy s speaker bid could be showing new signs of life. hard line members who is held out against his speakership are still meeting behind closed doors. these new concessions include what was once a red line for mccarthy. once a red line. agreeing to propose a rules change that would allow just one member to call for a vote to oust a sitting speaker. but even with that concession, it is not clear at this hour if mccarthy will ultimately be able to lock down the votes he needs. do you have a deal with those guys right now? a lot of progress. he s
cultural and economic fallout. we have new information on that terrifying shooting at a missouri high school and how it could have been even more tragic when a 19-year-old stormed in with a long gun and hundreds of rounds of many ain admmunition. plus it s crunch time in the midterm campaign, two weeks to go, and warning signs of piling up for democrats as key races tighten, including one that do determine who holds the senate. tonight the nation will be watching as democrat john fetterman and mehmet oz face off in the only debate for that critical pennsylvania senate race. jeff zeleny is in harrisburg and athena jones is with us in new york following a closer than expected new york governor s contest. let s first go to the action in pennsylvania. jeff, what s the pulse there right now? reporter: there s no doubt this senate race has been a marquee race of the cycle. tonight s debate is a marquee event. th th it s the only time these two candidates will come face to fac
witness. our congressional correspondent ryan nobles is joining us from capitol hill. ryan, as far as we know, former pence chief of staff mark short is the highest profile witness to tv in the criminal investigation. what can you tell us? that s exactly right, wolf. mark short is among the people that has the most insight into what was happening on january 6th and in the time leading up to january 6th and specifically the pressure campaign on his former boss vice president mike pence and what this all shows is that that criminal investigation won by the department of justice is expanding at the same time the january 6th select committee s work is far from done. the january 6th select committee is far from done. the committee will be in order. reporter: planning hearings for september and promising their august will be spent expanding an already sprawling investigation. we anticipate talking to additional members of the president s cabinet. we anticipate talking to ad