had to retire by the age of sixty five , not sixty seven . some lawmakers were proposing after the age of sixty five , pete said you can3 4 f1 planes. but judge never explained how racial quotas, enforced retirements would improve the reliability of air travel ahead of the holiday travel rush. but he insisted it would definitely help. six months later, this is the state of air travel in the united states , in chicago, and around the country, mountains of luggage with no travelers to claim them might want to cry. i m tired, frustrated, tired, . baby emilia. her mom, marissa, and grandma rachel spent this little one s first christmas stuck in the dallas airport. it was hard. it was hard seeing all the families with other newborns and children just sleeping on the floor. the family from gallup, new mexico, says southwest rebooked, then canceled their flights five times. kimberly day is pregnant and traveling with her two children. they ve been trying to get from phoenix
the wo woods just yet. ten storm-related deaths after facing an overnight hammering across the peninsula. residents describing what it was like to ride out one of the worst storms to ever hit the u.s. i feared for my life. i went across the street, i got sticks and it didn t last enough for the big bad wolf that puffed away. i was just scared for my children. trace: rescue and recovery efforts underway in numerous cities that have seen historic flooding, fallen trees, downed power lines, and large gaps where a bridge once connected the mainland to the barrier islands. we ve got team coverage for you tonight, kevin corke with a look at how this biden administration is responding to the storm. will nunley still on the ground and we begin with steve harrigan live in florida just 9 miles away from where ian came a short period good evening, you heard from people who rode out the storm the fear as the storm was coming through and then later we are seeing people talking tod
going to hear about it. and you re going to hear about mine. first up, joe , biden calling for unity. our politics has gotten so angry, so mean, so partisan, and too often we see each other s enemies. i sincerely hope this holiday, this holiday season will drain the poison that has infected our politics and set us against one another. but let me remind you, this is the man who accused half of the people in this country of being semi fascist and says our country is steeped in racism. that s the guy who wants to have this big kumbaya moment now that christmas is here in santa is watching. but then, of course, there are his policies, which basically sent our economy into the toilet. all the indications that we see would point to a recession sometime within the first three to six months of next year. i think the greater risk is that at some point during 2020 three , the economy will head towards recession. so recession is very much likely in the coming 12 to 18 months.
over a million people are without power from texas to the east coast as bone chilling temperatures kick in. more than two hundred million americans are currently under warnings or advisories. this massive winter storm is causing holiday travel chaos. transportation secretary buda jen says it is going to be days before this gets sorted out. yesterday, about 10% of flights canceled. now, of course, that means 90% of flights were not canceled, but, you know, if it goes above two percent, we consider that a lot. so 10% means just a lot of disruption for a lot of passengers now getting back to normal. but we re seeing, again, over the middle of the country that extreme cold and then the east that that wind and snow coming. it s going to be rough for certainly the next couple of days. when it comes to aviation. so far , over twenty six thousand flights have been delayed and nearly 9000 canceled since wednesday. mike tobin is at o hare airport in chicago with the latest. hi, m
Its 5 00 in New York City and this is the five. Get ready everyone its the new normal. Right smack dab in the middle of an election season, the leading president ial candidate is off the trail and on trial. Donald trump was back at the Defence Table has new york prosecutors layout their case against him and grow their first witness who was the asked publisher of the national enquirer. They trial a 12 person jury that trump tried to illegally influence that when he 16 president ial election by preventing damaging stories about his personal life from becoming public. Covering up alleged hush money payments. It was Election Fraud pure and simple. Trumps lawyers countering that none of this was a crime and the case should have never been brought. President trump defending himself after court was to miss after court was dismissed for the day. This is a biting witchhunt to keep me off the Campaign Trail. Chi should in georgia now, i should be in florida now for a lot of different places righ