they by potentially reinforcing this image of extremism that hurt republicans so much through purple states. there are others, but for me those are the biggest known unknowns for 2024. and that last one is a great question because you have heard republicans, you know, they have been basically chomping at the bit to take over the majority for obvious reasons. but with such a small majority, you negotiation i heard from republicans who say, we re concerned about what these investigations look like and what path this goes down and do we look like we have a strategy that we have it together or we don t know who is going to be the house speaker next week when the new congress takes over. good point. ron, thank you very, very much. thank you, guys. happy holidays. thank you. cnn this morning continues right now. good morning. it is 8:00 a.m. eastern. we re so glad you re with us. it is december 27th. welcome to cnn this morning. all right, so we will begin with
it is december 27th. welcome to cnn this morning. all right, so we will begin with travel chaos. yeah. glad you made it back. barely. i made it back. but we are empathizing with all of you stuck in the airport this morning. more airport chaos ahead for travelers trying to get home after christmas, more than 2800 flights canceled today. that is after more than 4,000 flights were canceled monday. travelers with southwest airlines really feeling the worst of it. 62% of all southwest flights have been canceled today. and if you re looking to rebook a flight, prepare to wait. longer than normal. southwest just told customers they will have to wait until december 31st to rebook. yes, december 31st. several days away from now. new bookings won t be possible until january 3rd. the ceo of southwest airlines telling the wall street journal we had a tough day today, and in all likelihood we ll have another tough day tomorrow as we work our way out of this. this is the largest scale