staff burned documents. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. tonight, transportation secretary pete buttigieg tells me the biden administration will hold southwest airlines accountable for the meltdown in its operations that has left thousands of flights canceled and thousands of passengers stranded. gabe, what is the situation there right now? reporter: wolf, thousands of travelers are still stranded. the lines to rebook here in baltimore have been more than three hours long at times today. the wait to reach customer service has been longer for many customers. some are literally sleeping here at the airport, just trying to get home. the meltdown at southwest airlines just gets worse. it s a total you know what show here. reporter: southwest canceling more than 2500 flights on tuesday. more than 85% of all u.s. cancellations. and they have already canceled nearly the same total for
The judge and gag order. The unconstitutional gag order by a highly conflicted judge. Maurice President Biden. We have the worst president in the history of our country. Maurice and the courtroom. Its freezing, by the way. Maurice the Cbs Evening News starts now. Good evening, and thank you for being with us. Im maurice dubois. Norah is on assignment. We begin tonight with day 2 of testimony in the criminal trial of former president donald trump. Former National Enquirer publisher david pecker was back on the stand where he said he worked with trump and his longtime fixer Michael Cohen to hide negative stories about him during the 2016 campaign. The prosecution claims it was all a part of a conspiracy to influence the election. Before todays testimony, there was a tense hearing over whether trump repeatedly violated a gag order by attacking witnesses and jurors on social media. Prosecutors urged the judge to fine Trump Thousands of dollars and hold him in contempt, while the former pre
The judge and gag order. The unconstitutional gag order by a highly conflicted judge. President biden. The worst president in history of our country. And the courtroom. Its reason, by the way. The Cbs Evening News starts now. Good evening, and thank you for being with us. I maurice dubois. Norah is on assignment. We begin tonight with a 2 of testimony in the criminal trial of former president donal donald trump. Former National Enquirer publisher david pecker was back on the stand where he said he worked with trump and his longtime fixer Michael Cohen to heighten negative stories about him during the 2016 campaign. The prosecution claims it was all a part of a conspiracy to influence the election. Before todays testimony, there was a tense hearing over whether trump repeatedly violated a gag order by attacking witnesses and jurors on social media. Prosecutors urged the judge to find Trump Thousands of dollars and hold him in contempt, while the former president complained that his righ
been for me to keep that secret? i feel relieved it s out in the open. sometimes in the newsroom you get a tip or a lead, but it s not reportable yet. but nothing i wanted to celebrate as much as this. yeah, no, it was awesome, and we love reporting good news. i thought you and her had a great conversation. we were all watching and feeling great about it. thank you for all of that and we ll see you soon. you got it. thanks the alicia and again, our big congratulations to nicolle wallace. our time neighbor and a valued colleague among so many of us, and happy news for her and her family. we did want to say that. that is the personal local stuff. we ll get into all the big news in the world. we re tracking several stories on the beat including heat on a trump codefendant in georgia. the white house touting these democratic wins as they gear up for what they say could be a campaign season of blue wave momentum. we have a special guest on that tonight, someone you may
hey, everyone, it is 4:00 in new york. the question of when donald trump s rhetoric crosses the line was a subject of a bit of a lips as pivotal court hearing. prosecutors and attorneys met in front of a three-judge panel in the u.s. court of appeal for a d.c. circuit for oral arguments. the substance was the validity of a gag order imposed on the ex-president that limits what donald trump can say in public about prosecutors, witnesses, and court staff. the heart of arguments, how do you balance the first amendment rights of a defendant who was also a former president and front runner with the need to protect prosecutors, witnesses, and prevent the railing of the justice system? trump s attorney was grilled by the judges for more than an hour, judges pushed back, that they had no right to step in with a gag order. essentially what they are finding is we have a past pattern when the defendant speaks on this subject, threats follow. now he s making similar statements again