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
all of that is coming up. but first you re here today. your ceo didn t want to show up. i want to sincerely apologize impacted by this. caused a loft of anguish. people want to know if we re going to invest in this system so it won t happen again. we need to invest in technology and also in our operational system because the winter operations were too much for us. it was a failure epically from top to bottom. it s obvious that ya ll messed up and your customers, they expect you to fix it. neil: all right. the fix is not in, at least not yet. a south airlines number 2 executive getting grilled on capitol hill over that holiday travel chaos that grounded nearly 17,000 flights. today lawmakers are demanding answers. unfortunately, they didn t get many answers. we ve got you covered with fox s lydia hu on why a southwest apology didn t cut it. robert ray on winter weather that could be testing it all over again. not only for southwest but an entire country. let s
a daring evacuation. the u.s. military carries out an operation to pull government personnel out of sudan s capital. but thousands of americans are still trapped in the country as it descends deeper into chaos, and the white house says it s not safe to get them out right now. the gop s fight over abortion erupts over the weekend. political peril for the republican party as the national battle over reproductive rights heats up. and kimberly potter set free after serving only 16 months in pr prison for killing daunte wright. the former police officer spent more than two years behind bars for fatally shooting wright while yelling taser. critics say the punishment didn t fit the crime. we re following these major developing stories and many more coming in right here to cnn news central. scrambling to get out of sudan as foreign powers rush to evacuate the war-torn country. the biden administration says that u.s. special forces have carried out a daring rescue operation, s
united states and all around the world. i am rosemary church. just ahead on cnn newsroom, hanging in the balance, controversial u.s. border restriction, title 42 is here to stay for now, at least. the reaction from the u.s. mexico border. stranded by southwest airlines, thousands of flights have been grounded. the ceos message for travelers. and, from one extreme to another, why warmer weather could actually be bad news for the united states. good to have you with us. well, the u.s. supreme court has ruled to keep title 42 temporarily in place while legal challenges play out. it s preventing the biden administration from winding down the trump era border policy after 19 republican led states filed a lawsuit, saying, this would result in a migration catastrophe. title 42 allows border agents to turn away migrants in the name of covid prevention, and with no clarity on when it will be lifted, thousands of migrants and americas southern border are wondering when they will be abl
A look at the days news and headlines. At low containment. Bill its a big job. Probably something we deal with all week. Thank you live in redding, california. Sandra President Trump raising the stakes in the battle over the border wall threatening to shut down the government if he doesnt get the funding he has been demanding. The President Firing off this warning a short time ago tweeting quote, i would be willing to shut down government if the democrats do not give us the votes for Border Security. Which includes the wall. Must get rid of lottery, Catch And Release, etc. And go to system of immigration based on merit. We need great people coming into our country. Doug mcelway live at the white house this morning. Doug, an interesting tactic to see a republican president embracing the prospects of a Government Shutdown. It sure is. History has shown that whenever there has been a Government Shutdown in the past it is the Republican Party that takes the blame for it and in the aftermat