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
incredible ways. why we are known as the city of good neighbors. but in a few instances, there are a minority of individuals that decided during this dangerous and deadly storm that they were going to loot retail establishments in the city of buffalo. completely up acceptable, and we re going to do everything we can to find the individuals correspondentible for this. totally disgusting indeed. erie county enacted a travel ban friday morning after many people had driven to work or gone out for holiday errands. was it a mistake, with hindsight, knowing what you know right now, was it a mistake not to implement the travel ban sooner? well, a travel ban was implemented at 9:30 on friday. also implemented by the city of buffalo at 9:30 on friday. there was a lot of advanced
you just went back to saying pecans. i just said pecan? maybe the influence of your southern roots. i say pecans. is this the who is on first routine? thieves. let s go to thieves. they are certainly busy this time of the year as we reach for our wallet more and more. it might be a good time for a refresher. if you are carrying pecans, be careful out there. abc s cecilia vega gives us tips on how to avoid pickpocket pros. reporter: while you re busy running last-minute holiday errands, make sure someone isn t running away with your wallet. watch as this unsuspecting shopper turned away from her cart. he takes her wallet and hides it under a tote bag. the woman has no idea as the man then hands off the wallet to his partner. he has guts to do it just when she s reaching. reporter: profession naltal
true arctic air is over the next seven days. the purple color and then the white, that s the really, really cold polar air. the light blue, it s chilly but that s not the heart of winter. as we go through the next seven days out to next weekend and getting to the christmas weekend, you notice that the heart of the cold air, the purple, that still stays up in the hudson bay. the light blue stays over the northern plains which means it will be chilly but we re not looking at any big shot of cold air any time soon. all the cold air is locked up over siberia and around the north pole. as far as your forecast goes this weekend, saturday and sunday, both days are similar. just showers down there in texas. mostly sunny to partly cloudy skies over much of the country. alex, no snowstorms heading our way. there s really no huge shots of cold air either. it s great for getting holiday errands done but doesn t feel like christmas and the holiday season in a lot of places. sooner or later it will
snowstorms on the way. temperatures are pretty much near average if not above average. saturday and sunday. so the good news here is that for all of your holiday errands, you can get those done with no problems whatsoever. the bad news is, if you re hoping for a white christmas, not looking like it s going to happen for many of us. you re watching morning joe brewed by starbucks. everyone have their new blackberry from at&t? it s 4g, so you can do more faster. so, kathryn, post more youtube videos of your baby acting adorable. baby. on it. matt, ignore me and keep updating your fantasy team. huh? jeff, play a game. turbo-boosting now, sir. dennis, check in everywhere you go on foursquare. that s mayor dennis. of the water cooler. you re the best. liz, rock out to pandora. oh, no i m an only child. and nick, you shouldn t even be here, you can do everything from the golf course. good? good. [ male announcer ] on at&t, blackberry® torch moves at the speed of 4g.