back for another hour. here are the big stories we re watching. another tidal wave of plight cancellations for southwest customers today, thousands left stranded and baggage grave yards across the airports and exhausted customers fighting for answers. i ve spent about nine and a half hours trying to get through to southwest, just on hold with them. probably about 17 calls. and every time, i get about two and a half hours in, it just drops. the line just drops. in buffalo, snow is starting to melt as the death toll mounts. with mounting snow of this volume comes rapid flooding for search and rescue teams to deal with. the latest on their efforts and the blame game over the county s response to the historic blizzard in just a minute. new developments on capitol hill. the january 6th committee just dropped another batch of deposition transcripts, and there are some familiar trump world names on the list. speaking of donald trump, after almost four years of legal battles,
[inaudible] so let s get started. less than 48 hours in the first [inaudible] election day two parties, big stage in pennsylvania. [inaudible] plus as republicans look [inaudible] marches and rallies, we re also seeing more [inaudible] trying to scare voters. those outrageous claims. and later, turning voter fraud claims into a game. i added to the polls tuesday, [inaudible] , in this it s a clarifying. democracy. good morning to you, i m charles in for katy this morning. thanks for starting your sunday. two days till election day. maybe a voting plan yet? biden, obama, trump, descending on the critical saturday. how are the stakes for the midterms? we move through with. we ve seen what happens when you give up democracy. in other countries where governments tell you what books you can read, and what books you can t. countries that on all the media. throw reporters in jail. if you want to stop the destruction of our country and save the american dream than this tuesday, you
office in new york is now looking into lies told by republican congressman elect george santos. this as cnn is uncovering even more false claims that he s made. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. one of the biggest airline debacles in recent memory has stranded even more passengers this hour. we re following all the new cancellations and the delays by southwest airlines and efforts to get the airline back on track. cnn s reporter is over at bwi airport. this meltdown appears to be far from over, gabe. give us the latest, what are you learning? reporter: look, wolf, just another brutal day for these travelers. southwest canceling 2500 flights, more than 60% of its schedule. as you mentioned, it looks like tomorrow is just going to be more of the same. behind me, just a few of the passengers still searching for their lost luggage. some of them never got out for the holidays. others are
another night for the history books, with only one thing for sure. the 11th vote was not the charm tonight for kevin mccarthy s bid to become speaker of the house. no nominee having received the majority of the votes cast, a speaker has not been elected. and with that, the 11th rejection done with about three hours shy of the 11th hour in the third day of his failure to become speaker. the call went up to end the proceedings until noon tomorrow. the question is on the motion that the house stands adjourned until noon tomorrow. those in favor say aye those aye! those opposed, no. no! in the opinion of the chair, the no s have it. the yeas and nays are requested. those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. a sufficient number having risen, the yeas and nays are ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. the motion to adjourn prevailed. the day ended without kevin mccarthy holding a single holdout. kevin mccarthy still beli
hello and a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and everywhere around the world. i m bianca nobilo. i m max foster joining you live from london. just ahead on cnn those opposed, no. no! no nominee having received the majority of the votes cast. a speaker has not been elected. dna evidence, a suspicious vehicle and a new witness account. critical information released publicly for the first time. now they want to use christmas as a cover to at least briefly stop the advance of our guys in donetsk. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is friday, january 6th. 9 a.m. in london, 4 a.m. in washington where the house of representatives still doesn t have a speaker. we ve seen 11 votes over the last three days and each time publicly kevin mccarthy has fallen short despite his party s narrow majority in the chamber. no nominee having received the majority of the votes cast. a speaker has