can even rebook. but just looking at just look now at the never ending line of people on your screen right now, snaking through atlanta s airport at the southwest counter. passengers are being told to expect even more delays and cancellations. the travel nightmare has caught the attention of the transportation department and investigating if southwest could have better handled the cancellations. the president of southwest pilots association tells cnn that a meltdown like this has been brewing for some time. weather was just the tipping point. we have cnn correspondents nick valencia and gabe cohen standing by. and let s start with gabe at baltimore washington international which is one of the worst effected airports. gabe, describe for us how bad things are where you are and how many more flights are grounded today? reporter: well, the situation seems to get worse and worse for southwest passengers. the airline canceling roughly 62% of their flights today. close to 2500 o
hundreds ever migrants are schiffering about a critical immigration law. and a drone creeps deep inside of russian territory and killed three soldiers. p plus, should the world take vladimir putin as his word as the russian leader repeats an offer to slide a chair up to the negotiating table with ukraine. this is what we re watching at this hour. and good morning, thank you so much for being here. i m amara walker in for kate bolduan. the death toll from a brutal winter storm rising now to at least 47 western new york bearing the blunt with a once in a lifetime blizzard. the death toll in erie county climbing to 25. more than 43 inches of snow fell over the weekend. and it is still coming down in some places. roads in buffalo are impassable and the city is under a driving ban. over 12,000 people are without power there. the governor of new york has declared a state of emergency and the national guard is deploying 200 additional troops to the western part of the state. e
Good morning. And welcome to the monthly meeting of the San Francisco county Transportation Authority, im scott weiner, the chair of the authority. And mr. Clerk will you please call the roll . All right, item one, roll call. Avalos . Here. Breed, present. Campos chl present. Cohen. Present e farrell. Absent. Kim absent. Mar. Absent. Peskin. Present. Tang. Present. Weiner. Present. Yee. Present. We have a quorum. Thank you very much. And before going any further i want to thank sfgov tv, for broadcasting todays hearing. And item two, please . Item two, chairs report, this is an information item. Thank you. Colleagues, this has been an exciting month for the Transportation Authority. Last friday i was very happy to join with commissioner kims office to to the cal tran and the chp, and the federal highway administration, and the metropolitan commission, and this was the first major capitol project delivered by the traness powertation authority. And the new ramps provide safe access, and
To. I know other colleagues would like to speak. thank you supervisor, peskin. thank you so much for speaking about tom hey den. What an, amazing history. It had an impact on the student movement. I think the vision that came out of the statement is something that i think about every day. His vision support, even how we look at politics today. thank you supervisor, mar . Supervisor yee. legislation for file, i have dedicated my life making San Francisco a Family Friendly city. In january this board passed an ordinance to pass an child care impact fee. This alone will not address the needs for call quality care for our children. The legislation i am introducing today has gone through a number of revisions. This legislation will be first in the nation creating a Program Building if passed this program will be the first of its kind. Developers, rental projects will have the option to be dedicated to these child care programs. We have a need for quality child care and this would be a way t
Here. Breed, present. Campos chl present. Cohen. Present e farrell. Absent. Kim absent. Mar. Absent. Peskin. Present. Tang. Present. Weiner. Present. Yee. Present. We have a quorum. Thank you very much. And before going any further i want to thank sfgov tv, for broadcasting todays hearing. And item two, please . Item two, chairs report, this is an information item. Thank you. Colleagues, this has been an exciting month for the Transportation Authority. Last friday i was very happy to join with commissioner kims office to to the cal tran and the chp, and the federal highway administration, and the metropolitan commission, and this was the first major capitol project delivered by the traness powertation authority. And the new ramps provide safe access, and are the first of many Infrastructure Projects planned for the Treasure Island and yerba buena island, i want to con gr congratulate the director, and for competing the 98 Million Dollar project on time and on budget. And i also would l