where they can, trying to cordon them off and respect their rights to protest at the same time. but there is growing frustration certainly on both sides of the border. a very important bridge obviously. 40,000 vehicles go across every day. $300 million in goods go across the bridge every day. it s having to go around in other crossings right now which is really complicating things for everybody else. that s what i was going to ask you, if they have a long line of people waiting for them to reopen or rerouting them. it sounds like they re rerouting. paula, this has been going on nearly two weeks, these protests. this has gotten to a new level of impact but where do things stand? reporter: not in a good place, i will tell you, ana. where i am right now this has been going on we re into week two, and truckers here are not just dug in, they are getting support from every element of society here who says that they are sick and tired of the
for the operators. but i think you are right, we should not get too hung up, you know? this is not good news for the airline industry but we do have really strong, pent up demand. there are alternative welts that take us away from these areas of conflict and yes, they do add every 15 a5 minutes to a flight time routes. the demand is so strong this summer, australia has reopened, there s lots of family trouble going back and forth, so i think there is still a lot to be positive about and the war is a frustration, we don t need it, but we will survive and work our way through it s like the airline industry always does. ., ., ., does. you mention the rerouting and russian does. you mention the rerouting and russian airspace does. you mention the rerouting and russian airspace being - and russian airspace being closed and it is a huge area that airlines now cannot fly through, western airlines, so to what extent does that affect them, given the travel between europe and asia is fair
yeah, in this kind of situation, you would expect dozens of fatalities. many had five minutes to flee. it would be remarkable if there aren t any. we hear about people reporting others missing. there is no missing folks wie r trying to identify but there couldn t be a charred body that is later discovered. but we re holding up hopes at the very least, mass fatalities were avoided with a well done evacuation supported by the local sheriff, later on in the eng evening and today our national guard have also provided assist on on road closures and rerouting. remarkable first responders all around. let s hope the fatality number stays at zero. i do want to turn to something else making news out of your office and that is to a case that really has garnered national attention of the truck driver, rog el maduro who was
they dealing a lot of de-escalation conversation. we have been offered counseling for myself and a staff to help because the police have been very transparent that given their current reality, street patrol is not a reality anytime soon. ainsley: i am so sorry. we are seeing restaurants close down in new york for the same reason and vandalism and homeless problems. we have to leave it there, but kristin, thank you and i wish you all the best and i hope city leaders listen to you and do something about it. thank you for your time. ainsley: could florida save christmas with a shipping container backlog putting holidays at risk the solution could be as simple as rerouting ships to miami as florida ceo for counsel joins us next to explain.
there. there are tents going up. they are drying their clothes on fences. and officials say unless something happens quickly the processing of the individuals could take weeks so that s a big concern. now i talked to city officials earlier today about the flights that dhs says that will be ramped up. city officials say they have not received confirmation that s happening. so they are waiting on that to see if that is the plan from the federal government to provide some relief in this area. because they are so concerned that they don t have the resources to deal with the issue. about the international bridge, customs and border protection announcing the closure of the international bridge and the rerouting of traffic to eagle pass about 57 miles south of where this international bridge