u.s.-mexico border looking for asylum in the united states. breaking, the biden administration officially out with new rules for travelers from china. we re live at the white house with the details developing as we speak. i m hallie jackson in washington. joining me now is msnbc correspondent shomari stone at bwi airport, mike memoli is with the president in saint kroi in the virgin islands. some people have canceled vacation plans altogether. what are the airlines saying. talk us through that piece of it. reporter: right now people are trying to get answers. they re understandably frustrated and they re waiting in line here this line has grown over the last hour and they re trying to get more answers right over there. people can rebook their flights if it was within 30 days of the original travel date. people can also go on the southwest website and try and get a refund. i tell you, that s just not the problem with all the cancellations. look over here. look at all thi
press. if you want peace, destroy hamas. if you want security, destroy hamas. we want to minimize civilian casualties and we want to minimize casualties on our side while maximizing the casualties on the, of the hamas terrorists. and netanyahu also offering some hope for the release of 239 hostages including americans. is there a potential deal? there could be but i think the less i say about it, the more i ll increase the chances it materials. if a deal is available, well, we ll talk about it when it s there. we ll announce it if it s achieved. plus, speaker johnson s two step plan to fund the government. a second shutdown show down in the new year. and a live report from manhattan where former president trump s attorneys are beginning their defense today in the trump organization civil fraud trial with don jr. back on the stand. good day. the world health organization says gaza s main hospital is no longer functional while others have closed completely. as newb
get a refund. i tell you, that s just not the problem with all the cancellations. look over here. look at all this luggage right here. some of this luggage is supposed to be in boston. you have seattle, atlanta, houston. it s here in baltimore. this is kelsey. let me get this right. you were flying from hawaii to las vegas to baltimore. your luggage is not here. where is it? las vegas. we have an air tag in it so we know where it isment we still have to fill out a claim and wait in line. what s going through your mind? this line doesn t look like it s moving. it s frustrating. we ve been here about two hours now waiting to fill out this claim. we asked if we can do it online and we re told no. wow. well, i hope things work out for you. some passengers say this has ruined their christmas. they re concerned about new year s. you have folks who have their medicine in some of the luggage