years and did nothing about it. customers of which there were thousands were frustrated and they want answers. it s horrible to be sitting in an airport for five hours. it shows the lack of leadership. there was a major problem. a disconnect somewhere. this should not be happening this day in age. we shouldn t be having this kind of ground stoppage throughout the country. it makes no sense to me. dana: the hearing about begin in moments with one notable absence, southwest ceo jordan will not face questions because of a previous commitment. lydia hu has what to expect. hi. good morning. the hearing before the senate committee on commerce, science and transportation is scheduled to start around now. southwest chief operating officer is expected to apologize again for the holiday meltdown that stranded an estimated 2 million passengers over the christmas holiday. lawmakers will demand answers on why the budget airline was unable to adequately cope with the massive wint
speak with the issues we discuss first and foremost on most votes minds. 2024 who was pumped up for the election? [cheers and applause] my man donald trump. nikki haley! governor desantis, but what about president desantis? i like it. [cheers and applause] lawrence: you are looking at jacksonville, florida, where the sun is coming up already. one end of the slushy mess mess, ainsley. brian is having breakfast with friends. ainsley: is not too far away. [cheers and applause] at a diner called the metro diner. and he used to live there his wife right down the street, hey, brian. [chanting: usa] film xp when they are pumped up and they love the country. when the sun came up, these guys are hitting their peak. by lunch time, they should be out of control but i m keeping them somewhat under wraps but big final hour and of course we have governor desantis and tom cotton. for people here when you mention leonard skinner jacksonville, johnny van zant here, that
shocking video showing a migrant squeezing himself through a border fence into the u.s. and you can ask yourself whether or not this is just a preview of things to come real soon 13 days and counting. new hour starts now. dana has the day off. i m bill hemmer. shannon, you are back with us. shannon: always my pleasure to be with hemmer time. thank you so much. for dana today. officials expect upwards of 10,000 migrants to cross into our country daily, every day when title 42 ends. it is coming up on may 11. chaos is already beginning to unfold in el paso where migrants packed the city streets in high speed car chases take place on a nearly daily basis. this situation is no better on the mexican side of the border where thousands of migrants have set up camps waiting to cross as biden administration officials finally lay out a new asylum plan. bill: making migration more safe, orderly, humane. the whole model is to reach the people where they are to cut the smugglers out
tex. he leveraged the media, talked about the cellphone stuff. this guy got it done. kudos. they re still looking for a third suspect. might have news today on that. paul mauro, thank you. thank you. 13 american soldiers killed in the terror attack at the kabul airport. now the biden administration attempts to shift blame for the chaotic withdrawal from afghanistan. welcome to a brand-new hour of america s newsroom. i m dana perino. dana, good morning to you. nice to see you. getting ready for the easter weekend. wow. passover is underway. i m bill hemmer. good morning. the new report released by the biden administration saying the decision to end a 20-year war was the right thing to do. it does not, however, erase the pain. one marine recently calling the massive blast at the kabul airport leaving him severely injured. remember this? a few days. i m thrown 12 feet on to the ground. i opened my eyes to marines dead or unconscious, lying around me. mmy abdomen ripp
looming over it all the latest and boldest example of chinese spying on u.s. soil. bill: that s the chinese spy craft shot down over south carolina. the military is in the process of recovering debris as we speak. crews combing through search area the size of 15 football fields. they ve already apparently pulled some pieces from the water and taking those to the f.b.i. lab in quantico for analysis. dana: republicans are pummeling the white house to allow the air ship to spend days over military sites. the president, through the national security advisor directed the military to refine and present options to shoot the balloon down immediately. to collect the bull balloon. we took maximum precaution to prevent any intel collection. i was in close coordination with the united states strategic command and we provided counter intelligence messages out of our intelligence shop across the entire department of defense and interagency so that we could take maximum protective m