hello, i m sara sidner in for victor blackwell. welcome to cnn newsroom. the southwest airline meltdown is now in its seventh day of derailing people s travel plans. since last thursday, the company has cancelled more than 15,000 flights, including 2300 set for tomorrow. flight aware finds 89% of the nation s cancellations just today belong to southwest airlines. transportation secretary pete buttigieg promises to hold the nation s largest domestic carrier accountable. but for some passengers, southwest may never be able to make up for days of delay. misplaced luggage and ruined holidays. i hate southwest. southwest, i hate them. i hate them. how did you make out? i was there from 12:00 12:00, still stranded. i need to drive nine more hours. i m upset, i m stressed, i m tired and i hate them. okay. she did not pull any punches there. cnn correspondent nick valencia is outside of hartsfield-jackson airport, the busiest in the world. nick, what are you hearing
the struggle is real for southwest. the lead starts right now. six days in, southwest has canceled more than 15,000 flights. tomorrow may not be better. southwest s stock is taking a hit. then, new details emerging about the final days of the trump administration. a witness told the january 6th committee donald trump s chief of staff regularly burned documents. gives a whole new meaning to fireside chats. plus, why celebrities and social media are driving a shortage of a life-saving diabetes drug. welcome to the lead, i m phil mattingly. relief is still a few days away for southwest airlines passengers. the airlines canceled 2,500 flights today. more than 2,000 others already canceled tomorrow. putting the total number north of 15,000 since bad weather hit last week. airports are filled with long lines of southwest passengers trying to rebook as piles of lost luggage continue to grow. now, while other airlines recovered from the winter storm fairly quickly, southwes
and good evening. i m erin burnett in london tonight. out front tonight, king charles iii is at westminster castle after leading his nation and the world in an emotional farewell to his mother queen elizabeth. nearly half the world watched this crucial funeral as the transition of power was symbolized with the imperial state crown, the orb and the sceptre. they were atop of the queen s coffin and they are now on the high altar. they will be given to king charles at his coronation. we witnessed history as the royal family united for its final farewell to the queen. never before had anyone in the world seen a state funeral like this broadcast live. this was the first time, and the stillness and the quiet of the city were palpable from where we sat overlooking westminster abbey, you could feel everything stop and the moments of silence. that was a solemn hour-long service that we all witnessed. the queen s casket passed just behind where i m sitting tonight. it was draped in the
states. what is a governor supposed to do? they re trying to send a message to the rest of the country. make sure that no one s homeless, no one s hungry, and make sure that we always continue to treat people like human beings. i m pamela brown in washington. you are live in the cnn newsroom. hurricane fiona, this massive storm, might drop 30 inches of rain on puerto rico before it moves on. and already, we are seeing scenes like this on your screen. flooded rivers tearing away bridges and making matters worse, no power. the island s entire electric grid is offline. it failed and plunged 3 million americans into darkness, hours before fiona made landfall. and puerto rico s main energy supplier says power will most likely be out for days. fema s assistant administrator for response and recovery told me just a short time ago, that more than 300 fema responders were already on the ground before the storm hit. let s bring in cnn meteorologist karen maginnis, monitoring fi
helping a woman in the floodwaters. an official says 1,000 people have been rescued so far, and more resources are on their way from the u.s. mainland into puerto rico. an official now saying that some areas have seen record levels of water. more rainfall and rivers even higher than after hurricane maria. jennifer gray is standing by in the weather center for us, but first, let s go live to puerto rico and cnn s leyla santiago, and you re there on the ground. what are you seeing? well, we re in the northeastern part of the island, but i just got back from the southern part of the island, which was really hit hard, and i guess the story right now is that there are catastrophic floods. this has already taken an impact. and it is not over yet. i want to show you video and talk to you about what i saw. this was an area where the national guard had to rescue people overnight. i talked to the mayor. she said they have more than 2,000 families that have been impacted by this, and