just got his bag. every once in a while big cry go up through the island of miss fit bags with someone saying they have got their stuff and they are on their way home. it s still a mess. you still have people who are stranded and can t get home. you have flight staff that can t penetrate this antiquated communication system to let the airlines know that they are available to fly people home. you have got a lot of really tired people and they are just stuck. our luggage is missing. it s mia. we ended up completely canceling southwest entirely. we are hoping we will get a refund. 2,885 domestic flights were canceled. 86% of them were southwest. 2,509. the southwest pilots union, as well as the flight attendants union say the melt down was very predictable because southwest executives did not invest in and modernize the logistics and communication technology. the ceo of southwest offered an apology. the tools we use to recover from this disruption serve us well 99%. time
first, breaking tonight, a controversial emergency immigration policy remains in place. if the southern border crisis shows no signs of slowing down and a plan on how to manage the post title 42 border is nowhere to be found. we have fox team coverage, matt fin is on the ground in eagle pass, texas. we begin with correspondent isisha isisisha hasnie. democrats did not do enough to secure the border when they had the chance. they are struggling of the white house staffers and i hope homeland wins this fight. reporter: congressman cuellar voicing his frustration after one day president biden did not do anything differently. the administration is still relying on a year old homeland security plan while blaming republicans for not passing immigration reform. it is not immigration reform. it is border security. that s where the focus has to be right now. reporter: conservatives are blasting democrats like cuellar alo aloalon alon along along 27 party and the spending p
a controversial covid emergency immigration policy remains in place. yet the southern border crisis shows no signs of slowing down and a plan for how to manage a post title 42 border is nowhere to be found, at least not yet. we have fox team coverage tonight, matt finn is on the ground again in eagle pass, texas. one of the epicenters in the migrant encounters in the u.s. we begin with aishah hasnie on the politics at play and the growing blame game on all of this. good evening, aishah. good evening to you, bret. it s not just republicans. tonight texas democratic representative help beery cuellar tells fox the white house can and should do more to stop the flood of migrants while also fighting off criticism that congressional democrats didn t do enough to secure the border when they had the chance. i think homeland security department is struggling with some of the more progressive white house staffers and i hope homeland wins this particular fight. congressman henry c
another day of travel chaos with thousands more flight delays and cancellations. southwest struggles to recover from holiday storms and system-wide operational problems. the u.s. department of transportation says it is launching an investigation. as a wash dog we ll hold them accountable and have to take a deeper look what s going on with their scheduling systems. we all understand you can t control the weather but this is clearly crossing the line from what s on uncontrollable weather situation to something that s the airline s responsibility. julie: president biden dodging the travel chaos and winter weather as he jets off to a tropical vacation. peter doocy is live at the white house. we have a heater right here. it s pretty warm. not that bad. it s not that bad. as we look at some of these images from airports, julie, people who are stranded and looking to the federal government to maybe help them out, help them get home faster are out of luck. and there is really n
spokesman chris oliveras will be here to weigh in. once again rebooking customers, at this time, the 31st and beyond. my phone is dead, i m hungry, i m tired, i m ready to go home. hectic, all in all, exhausting. what are we supposed to do, it s ridiculous. it s lives, they cannot give us a direct answer. gillian: welcome to america reports, i m gillian turner in washington. anita, wonderful to be with you this afternoon. anita: you, too, gillian. a holiday tradition to host together. gillian:. let s keep it, a good one. anita: john and sandra have the day. southwest meltdown, the worst airline disruption in decades and based on the latest numbers, far from over. more than 2500 southwest flights have been canceled, the company claims is necessary in order to reposition flight crews and the planes themselves. gillian: the chaos began over christmas weekend as the blizzardpted southwest s operations, but then the outdated communication system then reported