do you have a deal with those guys right now? a lot of progress. he says a lot of progress. we re following that progress this morning across the capital and washington. full team on standby. lauren fox, let s kick things off with you. you have a little more information on this meeting with the mccarthy holdouts. what are you learning? reporter: we expect this meeting is going to be really important because it is a key sign of whether or not these lawmakers are going to get behind kevin mccarthy today, tomorrow, the next day, next week. i think one of the things we re going to be looking for is if these concessions are really making a difference. the most important one that you pointed out, of course, lowering the threshold of how many members it would take to force a vote to oust a sitting speaker, just from five members now down to one. the other concession that kevin mccarthy made that will fundamentally really change the way that the house could function is he promised to p
two words. mentally exhausting. reporter: martin said southwest airlines lost the checked baggage of her nephew and mother who flew in from st. louis. in one of her mom s stut cases, critical medical supplies needed for her. it is like being lost. you re in the middle of the ocean with no way to get back and they re looking at you sand saying we don t have to tell you. reporter: southwest is returning lost luggage with great urgency. the pilate southwest baltimore hub has disappeared but the pile is still dwindling at airports like denver where they canceled 2300 holiday flights. southwest has a lot of work ahead of itself. reporter: rob finestein said they correct the most checked bags for free. in an employee memo, they said
on the influential rules committee. that committee sets the agenda for which bills come to the floor, how those bills are structured on the floor, how many votes they take, what the amendment process looks like. it s a very important functioning committee. it s usually just an extension of the speaker s office, most of the time his key allies sitting on that committee. another important concession. i ll tell you this morning, one moderate i spoke to had a lot of concerns about how far mccarthy is going here and the influence it would have on their ability to govern going forward. jim and erica. we had a moderate on this broadcast yesterday, don bacon, who expressed some of the same reservations. lauren fox, thank you. let s go to melanie zanona. central to the ongoing negotiations, saying if negotiations panned out, that could flip a number of these holdouts. enough? what are you hearing? reporter: there s a reason
execution. you mentioned the buy now pay later. yeah. i m really concerned about that. that s a higher share of the sales. which is fine if it s zero percent interest. but don t fall behind on the payments or you get hurt. the store credit cards, apr, 29% on some of these. so sure you get a deal when you open the store card. you must pay it off, or the discount is eaten up in two months with the higher interest. we heard a few months ago jamie dimon head of j.p. morgan said there s a hurricane coming. and tomorrow we have brian moy happ from bank of america. great. they see what you re doing in your bank account. the jobs picture is right we have a robust job market.
medicare and medicaid, it s going to be detrimental to voters and voters seem to be in the last few weeks realizing, oh, i need to pay attention to what i could get on the other side. he s been an extraordinarily effective messenger. the question is was it too late. when you say it s a complicated economy, it s a terrible message but it s also true. i was talking with a friend the other day the issue about the job situation in her small town in western new england and i was like, you know what, the bottom line that nobody is talking about is unemployment is at 3.5%. unemployment is like build the man camps in north dakota levels all over the country. unemployment hasn t been this low in 50 years. yes, there s other things going on in the economy, too, but isn t that something for the democrats to be running on? without a doubt they could be making the argument if you re struggling, there s not just a job out there, there could be two jobs. in battleground states, arizona, georgia,