it s the top of the hour on cnn newsroom. i m pamela brown, and we begin the hour with a travel nightmare. thousands of flights have been canceled or delayed across the country today. the hardest hit, southwest airlines, which has scrapped more than 60% of its flights. take a look here. these are some of the long lines of southwest passengers in raleigh, atlanta, and denver airports. in a statement to cnn, southwest airlines said it is, quote, experiencing disruptions across our network as a result of the winter storm s lingering effects on the totality of our operations. carlos suarez is on the southwest side of the terminal. what are you seeing? what are you hearing from passengers? reporter: well, pamela, i m hearing a great deal of frustration from a good number of passengers who are stranded, and are flying southwest airlines or at least they were hoping to today. the airport here in atlanta has seen well over 200 canceled flights and a majority of those flights have
it s subway s biggest refresh yet. well, thousands of migrants have arrived at the border, in anticipation of the decision, title 42. that s the trump-era restriction that allows authorities to turn away migrants at the border. m meantime, in washington, d.c. three bus loads of migrants were dropped off at kamala harris home christmas eve. in texas, el paso is under a state of emergency due to the influx of asylum seekers. some were forced to sleep outside in the freezing temperatures.
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Another Christmas Eve, as I look out my bedroom window, and wonder where the kids could be, it seems so long ago, he sings in the opening verse of the melancholic, three-hanky folk song.Â
This song has special resonance for McGee this year. For the first time in his life, he won t get to see his mother, Martha, on Christmas. She became a resident at Priddy Manor in King a few weeks before the spread of COVID-19 forced assisted living homes to restrict visitors. Typically, we d have a big family gathering, said McGee, who is the executive director of the Stokes County Arts Council. We d be there Christmas morning. This is different, and I m definitely relating to this now. I didn t know it at the time, but she s the someone I was singing about when I wrote this. Years later, she s the subject of my song.
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