minute. plus, migrants being used by republican governors to send a message to democrats and the president. but what about the men, women, and children caught in the middle? we ll talk about their plight coming up. in ukraine, president zelenskyy said his soldiers are poised to recapture more grouped in the south and east. but he also told reuters he doesn t see the war ending any time soon. former ambassador to ukraine, bill taylor, will join us. and take a look out of puerto rico s southern coast. hurricane fiona pounded the island, leaving 1 million people without power. the governor says there is damage that is, quote, catastrophic. and we begin with hurricane fiona s impact. the category 1 storm is currently passing over the then can republic after ripping through puerto rico on saturday. today most of the 1.4 million residents remain without power. luma energy has so far restored power to 100,000 customers. officials say it could be days before power is fully re
sat by while donald trump used the rally to go farther than he has before in this cultish alliance with this dangerous sometimes amorphous group called qanon by pushing lies that may sound bizarre and absurdist you can underestimate how serious they are and how they re building a following. i m not going to repeat or amplify all of them, but among them is the claim that certain hollywood actors and democrats are part of some secret pedophile group aligned with satan or who eat children. it goes on like that. i m not going to do much more of it for you tonight. i ll tell you why that is the top story. what does that have to do with midterm campaigns other than villainizing a few democrats? one of the theories is that trump will lead a battle against the forces and by the way, there are many versions and it rations of these conspiracy theories. it matters in many ways. you may recall right after donald trump was elected, a gunman opened fire in a washington, d.c. restaurant und
those are on southwest. the airline now apologizing, but as you can imagine that s little comfort for people who may miss out totally on seeing their loved ones this holiday season. i m beyond frustrated. and hurt. because i can t see my dad. my mom is in the hospital and i wanted to be there for her once she like got discharged. unfortunately because of the situation they are saying that the closest flight is the 29th. are you going to make it home today? no, likely not. i mean, i heard someone say over the intercom not to expect to get a flight within the next four days. that s definitely not what i wanted to hear. people just missing their family and loved ones. the log jam starting with the powerful winter storm that hit western new york the hardest. look at that. this morning people in buffalo struggling to get food, water, medicine, after days of driving bans and closed stores. we are going to take you live there in just a moment. let s go first to our team co
executives say they ll need to cancel many more tomorrow. then, breaking his silence did i embellish my resume, yes, i did. and i m sorry. but i m still the same guy, i m not a fraud. republican congressman-elect george santos admits he lied about major parts of his resume, but wait until he explains his jewish heritage claims. and miami dolphins quarterback tua tagovailoa has been placed in concussion protocol, hours after playing an entire game. welcome to the lead, i m phil mattingly, in for jake tapper. and we begin this hour with the winter travel meltdown plaguing a major u.s. airline. thousands of southwest airlines passengers are still stranded, unable to get to their destinations. some of those passengers is been trying to travel for five days or more, after a massive winter storm battered parts of the u.s. southwest canceled nearly 2,600 flights today, accounting for more than 85% of all flights canceled in the u.s. and the company s telling passengers
and it was a total train wreck for the left. fetterman, flip-flopping on key issues. watch. good night, everybody. let s talk about the elephant in the room. i ve had a stroke. he s never let me forget that. my doctor says i m fit to be serving. john fetterman during this crime wave has been trying to get as many murderers convicted and sentenced to life in prison out of jail as possible. i believe that i run on my record on crime. i m the only person on this stage right now that can that has been successful about pushing back against gun violence. there s that 2018 interview that said, quote, i don t support fracking at all. so how do you square the two? i do support fracking. and i don t i don t i support the fracking. i stand and to support fracking. fetterman s camp blaming the captioning system provided for him as being delayed and with errors, but that quickly got shut down. they spin the awful performance as a win. i think the people of pennsylvania