thank you for staying with us. i m alex within new york. this hour we ll have an update on the cancellation crisis that s frustrating customers and flight crews trying to get passengers back home. the pilots did show up. we were there to work and willing and able. southwest just can t match us to the aircraft. that s the problem. also this hour, a closer look at the political strategy for both president biden and former president trump as both men the plot their approaches to 2024. and hopes for a peace agreement in the war in ukraine are weakening as russian officials dismiss president zelenskyy s latest plan after major disagreements over who controls four key regions. we begin this hour with two big stories, weather and trvl. it s the same story for southwest airlines customers today as they see another wave of cancellation ace cross deparn buffalo where the weather is preventing residents from leaving their homes. joining me is blayne alexander at jackson airport in
plane crashed in nepal. the yeti airlines flight came down close to the tourist town of pokhara. it s thought a number of foreign nationals are among the dead. nepalese airlines have a poor safety record and are banned from european union airspace. caroline davies has the latest, and a warning there may be distressing images here. believed to be the final moments before the crash, flying low and the sound of the impact. this video appeared on social media, reportedly showing the yeti flight. shouting. at the site, chaos and confusion as smoke and flames engulf the charred crater where the plane crashed. this is only 1.5km from the flight s destination, pokhara airport. the crowds step around what s left tangled metal and plastic. among the passengers, 53 were from nepal, five from india, four russians, two koreans and one passenger each from ireland, australia, argentina and france. the plane took off at 10.32 this morning from kathmandu. an airline commander said the incid
kevin, behind kevin spacey. and as you know, it s always preferable to be behind kevin spacey. of course, it took 15 ballots to confirm mccarthy which coincidentally is a sin that took biden to become president. [laughter] yes, stu mae. while the house was voting a re- voting was proving revenge much like the fruity pebbles bill hemmer feeds me in the morning,e is a dish best served cold. what s different this time?do republicans learn something froe trump. s they are keeping their promises and fighting like fiends.ov oner tuesday they took steps toa boost oversighndt of the chinese government and the biden administration. granted it s hard to tell the twd eo apart. first they approved a new subcommittee designed to probe the weaponization i hate thatex acword weaponization its overuse exactly what you are exactlypeop investigating. abuses against the america n people. does the government collect info on or otherwise investigate this citizens of the u.s.?us how deep wasio tha
continues to grow, house republicans refused of office. then, are worse that the week, we re putting the two craziest conspiracy theories against each other to see which gop controversy is truly more outrageous. i am ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. started. we begin this hour with breaking news. today, we learn more classified materials have been found in president biden s delaware residents, white house lawyer richard sober uncovered these documents on thursday. in a box that was initially discovered by the presidents personal lawyer s the day before. bringing the total number of batches of records found 23. now from breaking route news, we want to go to some backroom deals. his exchange for that coveted gavel newly elected speaker of the house kevin mccarthy similarly made a deal with the devil. but will the american people ever find out the details? the beginning of the week, mccarthy managed to get his caucus in line and narrowly passed a rules package for the 118th
student loan safety net. under the plan which was first announced an august, federal loan borrowers would see a long lower monthly payment, have an easier path to forgiveness and unpaid interest would not be added to a borrowers loan balance. the plan would also reduce payments to zero dollars for borrowers who make less than $30,000 a year. and right now, there are about 8. 5 million federal student loan borrowers already enrolled in a number of repayment plants. this proposal is a path towards a single simplified option. but, it is still unclear when the new plan will be up and running. it has to go through a 30-day public comment period, and the administration will consider feedback before the plan is finalized. this is all taken shape as biden student loan debt cancellation plan remains stalled, awaiting the supreme court decision. moral arguments for their case are slated for the end of her. coming up on the second hour of ayman, some backroom deals, with the kevin mccar