young. i need a recovery beer. it wasn t a recovery beer. but his teammates were waiting for him in the locker room with a nice refreshing water bottle shower. now isn t that how we finish the show every morning, too? yes. that s what i do. totally what we do at 9:01. i never heard the phrase recovery beer but i love that. love it too. thanks for making our morning. you got it. cnn this morning continues right now. good morning, everyone. don is off this morning. southwest airlines, though, coming under federal scrutiny as officials are vowing to hold the company accountable for the meltdown that has left thousands of passengers stranded. more flights have been canceled today and the chaos is expected to continue into the new year. also overnight, the supreme court handing a victory to 19 republican-led states as they order title 42 to remain in effect for now. she said she thought her daughter was going to die overnight because it was so cold. t
28th. welcome to cnn this morning. southwest airlines now facing federal scrutiny as thousands of passengers remain stranded, some for more than a week. southwest today has already cancelled 60% of their flights and the ceo now issuing this video apology. i want everyone who is dealing with the problems we ve been facing, whether you haven t been able to get where you needed to go or you re one of our employees, to understand that we re doing everything that we can to return to normal operations and also hear i m truly sorry. the supreme court has decided to keep in place the border restriction known as title 42 and the legal challenges the court will hear in february, it now could be months that the migrants desperately seeking asylum could get the way to enter the united states legally. and it s revealed that former white house aide cassidy hutchison said she saw mark meadows burning documents in his office about a dozen times. she also told the committee there we
program. thank you for keeping the focus on this because the next big scandal will be about his personal money. i can guarantee when he s on capitol hill next week, the reporters are everywhere there are and they ask reququestions constantly. a new documentary on the january 6th capitol attack features more than 50 interviews with lawmakers and first responders. you ll hear from them directly. the director is with us next. yeah, i m tall. 563 feet and 2 incnches. i m onon top of the world. i m looking for someone who likekes to be in the middle of it all, but also likes some peace and quiet. you hungry? i know a place, and few others nearby. it s the city that never sleeps, but hey, if you need the rest, i ve got you covered.
on the line but also moments of humanity when we see representative susan wilde who thinks she s going to have a heart attack locked in the balcony of the house chamber and suddenly somebody puts their hand her shoulder saying we re going to be okay, representative jason crowe and putting his hand on her shoulder saying we re going to be okay. thank you very much for the way you re telling this story. the documentary is january the 6th. you can stream it all on discovery plus next thursday. and cnn this morning will continue right now. good morning, everyone. we re glad you re with us. it is 8 a.m. eastern. i m poppy harlow. kaitlan collins, it is december