thank you for staying with us. i m alex within new york. this hour we ll have an update on the cancellation crisis that s frustrating customers and flight crews trying to get passengers back home. the pilots did show up. we were there to work and willing and able. southwest just can t match us to the aircraft. that s the problem. also this hour, a closer look at the political strategy for both president biden and former president trump as both men the plot their approaches to 2024. and hopes for a peace agreement in the war in ukraine are weakening as russian officials dismiss president zelenskyy s latest plan after major disagreements over who controls four key regions. we begin this hour with two big stories, weather and trvl. it s the same story for southwest airlines customers today as they see another wave of cancellation ace cross deparn buffalo where the weather is preventing residents from leaving their homes. joining me is blayne alexander at jackson airport in
and this is kind of an unprecedented situation when a sitting pope passes away, it triggers centuries old ruch yules and traditions. we know what the funeral of a pope looks like and that it culminates with a cardinal can claif to elect a new pope. what we do not know is what happens when a former pope passes away, because pope benedict is the first pope in 600 years to step away from his position. they had to create this new title for him. so we are likely to see if and when pope benedict does pass away some historying with made. we have not seen a funeral like this happen before. the last papal funeral was 2005 pope john paul ii passed away. we saw dozens of heads of states including president bush and presidents clinton and president george h.w. bush.