evidence. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. russia s military said to be divided tonight over ukraine s stunning military offensive, retaking thousands of square miles from moscow s forces, which are now on the defensive in eastern and southern ukraine. cnn s senior international correspondent matthew chance has the latest for us. matthew, cnn s reporting that putin himself is giving directions to generals on the battlefield as russia s military appears increasingly divided on how to proceed with this war. tell us more of what you re learning. reporter: that s right, wolf. tonight another illustration of just how much intelligence u.s. authorities have, the u.s. intelligence has, on the thinking of what s going on inside the russian command structure. they re talking about intercepts that they ve sort of made available to cnn. we re reporting on that. about how there are disagreements on the
first, breaking tonight, a controversial emergency immigration policy remains in place. if the southern border crisis shows no signs of slowing down and a plan on how to manage the post title 42 border is nowhere to be found. we have fox team coverage, matt fin is on the ground in eagle pass, texas. we begin with correspondent isisha isisisha hasnie. democrats did not do enough to secure the border when they had the chance. they are struggling of the white house staffers and i hope homeland wins this fight. reporter: congressman cuellar voicing his frustration after one day president biden did not do anything differently. the administration is still relying on a year old homeland security plan while blaming republicans for not passing immigration reform. it is not immigration reform. it is border security. that s where the focus has to be right now. reporter: conservatives are blasting democrats like cuellar alo aloalon alon along along 27 party and the spending p
a controversial covid emergency immigration policy remains in place. yet the southern border crisis shows no signs of slowing down and a plan for how to manage a post title 42 border is nowhere to be found, at least not yet. we have fox team coverage tonight, matt finn is on the ground again in eagle pass, texas. one of the epicenters in the migrant encounters in the u.s. we begin with aishah hasnie on the politics at play and the growing blame game on all of this. good evening, aishah. good evening to you, bret. it s not just republicans. tonight texas democratic representative help beery cuellar tells fox the white house can and should do more to stop the flood of migrants while also fighting off criticism that congressional democrats didn t do enough to secure the border when they had the chance. i think homeland security department is struggling with some of the more progressive white house staffers and i hope homeland wins this particular fight. congressman henry c
gillian: most major u.s. airlines are rebounding from the holiday blizzard, southwest airlines continues spiralling downward. the company ceo says the communications network was thrown off by the historic storm. that was not the only challenge. southwest memo out of denver airport warned of a staffing crisis just days before christmas. gillian: according to bloomberg, the v.p. of ground operations declared a state of operational emergency at the airport after an unusually high number of employee absences. sending a message to workers december 21st. anita: fox team coverage, jacqui heinrich what the white house is saying this hour. gillian: first with fox weather, katie is at philadelphia international airport. what are passengers telling you today? gillian, anita, the situation is very real for people still dealing with stranded luggage or not able to rebook their flights. i just met a family that was trying to travel from california to here in philadelphia, and t
these are the scenes playing out in airports across the united states, as massive disruptions out southwest airlines made holiday travels stranded. plus, frigid temperatures, and power lines and snowfall have parts of the u.s. this holiday weekend, you will speak to one new york official about the difficulties that remain as temperatures finally take a turn for the better. and, no relief for soldiers fighting in ukraine s hardest frontline, towns as president zelenskyy warns the russian troops will stop at nothing to gain just a little ground. and get to have you with, us it is the nightmare after christmas, thousands of flights are being canceled across the u.s.. after the monster arctic storm that pummeled much of the country over the holiday. and for southwest airlines in particular, it is and other catastrophe. right now, the flight tracking website flightaware shows more than 2700 total cancellations in the u.s. on tuesday. and of those, more than 90% of southwest flig