is that, you know, to have a congress that can t function, it is just embarrassing. we re the greatest nation in the world. how can that be? president biden calls the drama playing out on the house floor embarrassing. this morning, there s still no speaker after three more rounds of voting. we ll have the latest from capitol hill. plus, buffalo bills safety damar hamlin is still in critical condition, but the team says he s showing signs of improvement. we ll get an update on his health. and the president says he s planning a trip to the southern border amid a record number of migrants crossing into the united states. what we re learning this morning about that trip. good morning. and welcome to way too early on this thursday, january 5th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. the house of representatives is set to vote again today on its next speaker after republicans failed to unite around a single nominee for the second straight day. after thr
organization continues to express concern about the lack of outbreak data coming from beijing. more headlines here, congress wants answers following the mass cancellation and delays of southwest flights between christmas and new year s. the chair of the senate commerce science and transportation committee yesterday announced plans for upcoming hearings. this as the airline tries to make amends to customers. the carrier is offering 25,000 bonus points to affected travelers. that s the equivalent of roughly $300. the points are on top of reimburse manies for customers who had to make alternate travel plans. more than 15,000 flights were canceled between december 24th and january 2nd. a date for the congressional hearings has not yet been set. and first lady jill biden is set to undergo surgery next week after a small lesion was found above her eye during a routine skin care screening removed out of an abundance of caution.
actually help the migrants and the rest of us. germs don t care if it s a migrant or u.s. citizen. so what the doctors are concerned about is we don t know what s going on in these detention facilities. we know what s going on in refugee centers? africa because the united nations publishes that outbreak data. but no one is publishing data about what s going on in these detention facilities. that means the doctors who are caring for people further inland where they might catch diseases, they don t know what s going on. and researchers don t know what s going on. and the value of sharing the data is you get the wisdom. researchers can look at the data and say i think you need to do this or that to help the problem. we ve all seen the pictures. they are congested in these little tiny areas and it s a perfect storm for spreading diseases. absolutely. and that s exactly why i m wondering about this decision on flu vaccinations. the way the government has said why they re not going to vacc