the travel nightmare that began before christmas is is still not over. pamela brown here in for anderson tonight. and when we left you last night, southwest airlines ceo was apologizing to all the passengers stranded by all the flights the company canceled due to the weather and its system meltdown. well, 24 hours later there are about another 2,500 reasons to apologize, as in about 2,500 more cancellations today and nearly as many tomorrow. and it s gotten to the point that southwest has been busing some people from airports as far away as new york s laguardia and denver to houston. details now from cnn s gabe cohen. reporter: tens of thousands of travelers still weathering southwest s meltdown without a clear end in sight. i m hungry and exhausted. i just want to go home. reporter: the airline canceling more than 2,500 flights wednesday. 62% of its schedule according to flight aware. with a similar wave of cancellations already shaping up for thursday. this has been
- [announcer] do you have an invention idea but don t know what to do next? call invent help today. they can help you get started with your idea. call now 800-710-0020. the travel nightmare that began before christmas is still not over. pamela brown here in for anderson tonight, and when we left you last night, southwest airlines ceo is apologizing to all the passengers stranded by all the flights the company canceled due to the weather and it s just a meltdown. well 24 hours later, there are about another 200 2500 reasons to apologize, as it about 2500 more cancellations today and nearly as many tomorrow. and it s gone to the point that southwest has been busing some people from airports, as far away as new york s laguardia and denver to houston. details now from cnn s gabe cohen. tens of thousands of travelers still weathering southwest meltdown without a clear and insight. i am hungry, i am exhausted, i just want to go home. the airline canceling more than 2500 fligh
to get out of another s way. the two threw punches, then tumbled down a moving escalator. the suspect was charged with assault. another chilling scene. a man viciously pushed onto subway tracks over the weekend in the bronx. good samaritans thankfully rescued him with second to spare. the suspect is still on the streets in that one. this one yesterday, the suspect has a special place in hell. a 48-year-old man died after he was shoved in front of an oncoming train during rush hour in queens which means you don t have a lot of time to save somebody. the tragedy happened when the victim accidentally bumped into another rider, triggering a fight between the two, according to police. and look at the numbers. transit crime in new york city, up by 41%, compared with last year. new york city mayor eric adams insists it is not what it seems. well, what is it? dealing with actual crimes, those eight homicide, and dealing with the perception of fear that people are feeling. that s th
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
action. also tonight, parts of buffalo, new york remain paralyzed by a once in a lifetime blizzard. the national guard now going door to door as the death it will keeps rising and the city struggles to dig out. as the january 6th committee releases a bach of transcripts, i ll speak with adam schiff. stand by for his take on the latest revelations including a claim that trump s white house chief of staff burned documents at the white house. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world, i m wolf blitzer. you re the situation room. let s get right to the southwest airlines meltdown. it s causing major disruptions across the country. our correspondents are covering the impact at major airports to the fallout from southwest and the airline industry. let s go to nick valencia. he s over at the atlanta airplane, the busiest airport of the nation. nick, how are southwest passengers being affected there? reporter: wolf, some passengers flying southwe