loads of passengers still stranded in airports throughout the country. but amid the staggering number of flight cancellations and delays, finger pointing from employees now over who is to blame for this mess is beginning. senior correspondent mike to. mike: good evening, bret. and as southwest executives are promising return to normal operations, transportation secretary pete buttigieg sends out a letter scolding the airlines for problems that were, quote: within the control of the airlines. as he writes that, he also wrote these frontline employees are not to blame for mistakes at the leadership level. the secretary add mop be issue inned the airline to make good on everything from reimbursement to returns home. nearly 2500 flights were canceled across the nation today. the bulk of them southwest. the bosses at the airline issuing another apology. my personal apology is the first step of making things right. after many plans changed, and experiences fell short of your ex
of questions. however, the house is paralyzed until it picks a speaker. the house can t swear in members. can t pass bills, can t launch investigations. all promised by kevin mccarthy. we got important investigative work, so we hope he gets the votes and he will be elected speaker on the first ballot. that s what we re looking for. the house just told g.o.p. investigators it must resubmit requests on information on a host of probes once republicans take control. that, coupled with murkiness about who may be speaker, could delay g.o.p. investigations until february or later. arizona s andy biggs vows to challenge mccarthy for speaker. biggs says he would never vote for mccarthy. he has got a body of work. you go back to 17 and 18 the floor leader mccarthy cut deal with democrats. woo a group of five g.o.p. opponents to for weeks. promised more control of the floor schedule. time to read bills. but mccarthy won t budge on a demand to allow them to vote him