the midterms are 11 days away. conspiracy theories, misinformation and lies are flourishing. on the same day as the attack on nancy pelosi s husband, the alleged attacker, as you know, he was shouting where is nancy. federal officials are warning that domestic violence extremists are growing for the midterm elections and beyond. we have harold lewis with us. also, charis swisher, the host of on with charis swisher in pivot broadcasts. great to see all of you. john, i know you have some great reporting on what happened with this attack, how it went down. how did the attacker get into the pelosi home? do we know that yet? entered through the rear yard where they have the large french doors. they are still reviewing the videotapes, there is an assumption that the hammer was mostly used as an entry to appear he came in with a hammer? yeah. again, they are going back over the videotapes, but i have asked a few times was the hammer in the house or something that got picked
the midterms are just 11 days away, but the conspiracies and attacks are emerging. federal officials warning that domestic violence extremists are a growing threat to the midterm elections and beyond. here to talk about all of this. we have errol lewis with us, also kara swisher. and cnn chief law enforcement and analyst john muller. john, i know you have great reporting on what happened with this attack. how it went down. how did the attacker get into the pelosi s home? do we know that yet? so he entered through the rear yard where they have the large french doors. they re still reviewing the video tapes but there s an assumption that the hammer was also used as an entry tool. he came in they think with the hammer. yeah. they re going over the video tapes. i got asked several times, was the hammer in the house and was picked up. or is it something that he came with. they believe he came with the hammer. and the movie version is how police get summoned. agreed. becaus
they by potentially reinforcing this image of extremism that hurt republicans so much through purple states. there are others, but for me those are the biggest known unknowns for 2024. and that last one is a great question because you have heard republicans, you know, they have been basically chomping at the bit to take over the majority for obvious reasons. but with such a small majority, you negotiation i heard from republicans who say, we re concerned about what these investigations look like and what path this goes down and do we look like we have a strategy that we have it together or we don t know who is going to be the house speaker next week when the new congress takes over. good point. ron, thank you very, very much. thank you, guys. happy holidays. thank you. cnn this morning continues right now. good morning. it is 8:00 a.m. eastern. we re so glad you re with us. it is december 27th. welcome to cnn this morning. all right, so we will begin with
out on seeing their loved ones at all this holiday season. we had to wait in a line that was four hours and still in line. and nobody s giving us any direction what tline to get in. a total you know what show here. according to southwest, nowhere to be found. hung up on multiple times. and southwest, they don t give any answer. they don t answer the phone. there s no option to rebook anything online. oh, also been on hold for 5 hours and 43 minutes. 5 hours and 43 minutes on hold. that logjam starting with the powerful winter storm that battered western new york. look at that in particular. this morning people in buffalo struggling to get food, water, medicine. basic necessities, after days of driving bans and closed stores. live to buffalo in a moment but want to start with the thousands of southwest airline cancellations this morning. cnn s adrieene broaddus is live at chicago s midwear airport and nick valencia at atlanta s airport. we see bags behind you.
with qualifying internet. thank you so much for joining me again at top of the hour on cnn newsroom. we begin this hour with an air travel meltdown. it isn t all the weather s fault, let s be clear, more than 4,000 flights grounded today again, nearly 09% on southwest airlines. southwest patients from raleigh, denver, are all lining up at ticket counters looking for answers. many customers are completely fed up. i m traveling with my senior citizen parents for their christmas vacation. i have an autoimmune disorder. i don t have medications. we have nothing. we brought no carry-ons. we ve seen a lot of families who are sleeping on the floor and it just breaks my heart. if my boss is watching this yes it s true i just didn t just blow off the day i m actually standing in the airport doing nothing and i do have a ticket and i hope to come to work at some point in my life. i love that he had some levity there. with new year s eve with just days away nearly 2500 fligh