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
- [announcer] do you have an invention idea but don t know what to do next? call invent help today. they can help you get started with your idea. call now 800-710-0020. new covid travel requirements for this coming from china, i will talk to a doctor about these restrictions, and whether they can be effective. after days of delays and cancellations, a southwest airlines slowly but surely seems to be working its way back to normal. but it won t get there right away. a representative for the pilots union says it looks like the flight schedule will be mostly full by friday. the airline has canceled more than 2300 flights for the coming day but that number jobs to only 39 cancellations by friday. airports are filled with long lines of southwest passengers trying to re-book as piles of luggage continue to grow. while other airlines recover from last week s winter storm fairly quickly, southwest has not. on tuesday, southwest accounted for 84% of cancellations among all airlines
held lee, and. helling low just ahead on cnn newsroom. originally it was a 10, 11, 11, 1. either it s leaving in a few minutes or i ve got a couple of hours. for the next few days, don t even try to fly southwest. cnn s k file uncovers more. it s clear george santos has emotional issues. the increasing number of migrants who got desperate in mexico and decided to enter the united states illegally and are stuck here in el paso. to the people of the united states, to the government of the united states, why don t they want her here? announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it s thursday, december 29th. 9 a.m. here in london. 4 a.m. here in new york. some relief may be on the way for frustrated southwest passengers stranded at airports across the united states. it probably won t come today. the airline is struggling to recover from a week of flight delays and cancellations. a representative of the pilots union s
to know. more than 30 dead in buffalo. anger and frustration and now questions mounting about the response. were residents adequately warned about this monster storm? the national guard going door-to-door and more than 400 pieces of snow equipment on the ground to reopen streets. calls for prayer around the world for the former pontiff. pope francis saying his predecessor s health has taken a turn for the worse. one nation overdosed. the break glass tool that high schools are turning to do stop fentanyl overdoses in their hallways. and the incredible come back. a varsity athlete attacked by a shark. how she recovered to swim her way to a state title. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. and good evening. i m tom llamas in for lester on a very busy night. we are tracking two developing stories right now. one of the worst airline meltdowns in recent memory and for southwest it is far from over. the airline canceling more than 2,500 or 62% of it
hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we start on wall street where stock markets have suffered their worst first half of the year in more than five decades. as of the close on thursday, the s&p 500 index of top us firms has lost more than 20% between january and june, a sell off on a scale not seen since 1970 when president nixon was in the white house. for the tech dominated nasdaq, it s been even worse a near 30% fall for the first half is the worst in its history. from new york, samira hussain has more. the sell off of the stock market over the last six months has been brought. it is not just one sector bearing the brunt of losses, but a range of companies from disney to apple tokamak target. the latest economic data indicates actually the road ahead may be getting even bumpier. the federal reserve s regional bank in atlanta has been closely watched for the gross domestic product and gdp, which today signalled that the us economy will have shrun