everybody. i m lindsey riser in for katy tur in new york city. the big news today, the potentially historic battle surrounding house republican leadership and the growing resistance to kevin mccarthy, as he scrambles to find and secure the 218 votes he needs to become the next speaker. despite that, we learned over the weekend that mccarthy has already moved into the speaker suite in the capitol, if he secures the votes, no problem, but if he doesn t, he ll have to move out and that is seeming like more of a possibility by the day. before sunday, the number of republicans openly opposing kevin mccarthy was five but that number has appeared to grow after nine more republicans released a letter saying that mccarthy s concessions up to this point have not been enough to win them over. one of the original five, congressman bob good says the plan is to deny kevin mccarthy the votes he needs and see what happens. what we ll do is we ll block kevin. i suspect there will be 10 or 1
was able to get that precious time with family. but you know, a lot of other people weren t as lucky. and so people here are grateful that it seems to be over. but they definitely have their eye on southwest right now. everyone seems to be aware of the investigation, you know, grateful to be in most cases flying other airlines today, but also very curious to see what ends up happening, and what kind of accountability there may be for the airlines and what kind of changes they ultimately make, lindsey. what about you at har hartsfield-jackson, what you are hear requesting? a day and night different from last week, and last week, i was in the same spot talking to frustrated passengers, watching the southwest line growing by the hour. and today it is completely different. it is the typical busy day at the world s busiest airport. and the book end of a busy travel holiday season and air travel this season has been up 14% over what we saw last year, so no matter where you go, you are go