all of that is coming up. but first you re here today. your ceo didn t want to show up. i want to sincerely apologize impacted by this. caused a loft of anguish. people want to know if we re going to invest in this system so it won t happen again. we need to invest in technology and also in our operational system because the winter operations were too much for us. it was a failure epically from top to bottom. it s obvious that ya ll messed up and your customers, they expect you to fix it. neil: all right. the fix is not in, at least not yet. a south airlines number 2 executive getting grilled on capitol hill over that holiday travel chaos that grounded nearly 17,000 flights. today lawmakers are demanding answers. unfortunately, they didn t get many answers. we ve got you covered with fox s lydia hu on why a southwest apology didn t cut it. robert ray on winter weather that could be testing it all over again. not only for southwest but an entire country. let s
here in the cnn newsroom i m fredricka whitfield in new york , and today s jobs report revealed a slight cool down in the labor market. employers added 236,000 jobs last month, the figure that missed economists expectations and sit significantly below the number we saw the last two months. the unemployment rate, meantime, dropped to 3.5% a new cnn poll found half of americans say their personal financial situation is worse than it was a year ago. and the president of the nation s largest bank exclusively, telling cnn that the threat of a recession still looms following the recent banking crisis. has this banking crisis even though you think it s almost over which i m really glad to hear, though. increased chances of a recession here. yes. but i look at like it s not definitive. it s just like another weight on the scale . people say it s like raising rates, another 50 basis points or something like that. we are seeing people reduce lending a little bit. cut back a little bit.
sighted last night. gusts of winds reaching 114 miles per hour. when you stand for our value, you come under assault. florida governor ron desantis speaking out and sparring with disney over parental rights. you have woke ideology taking over so many institutions. a group of grannies giving rihanna a run for her money, they are shining bright like a diamond, some critics say they outperformed rihanna. griff: good morning, new orleans, it s 7 a.m. central time zone, 8 a.m. in new york city and it is monday, february 27, year of our lord 2023. we re glad you re here for this final hour of monday edition. joined as always, ainsley earhardt, today we have a surprise, griff jenkins. griff: you did the date and i just realized it is my niece sofie garcia s birthday. ainsley: happy birthday niece. most uncle don t know their niece s birthday. griff: she just had her first child, cooper. brian: better than me, i tell you that. ainsley: we re glad you are here.
to give you some idea what change looks like on an issue that some fear is impervious to it. take a look at the front page of today s nashville, tennessee and lee. it reads that republican governor bill lee wants gun law action and beneath it, jones, meaning democratic state representative justin jones expelled after gun violence. protests on the statehouse floor reclaims his seat in the legislature. two major bipartisan developments in the wake of last month school shooting in nashville happening with remarkable speed, creating a front page that might have seemed inconceivable just a few days ago, and that was before local officials voted today to reinstate the second expelled state representative justin j. pearson of memphis last night on this program, representative jones said he saw a change of heart in governor lee and then perhaps another sign of that both his reinstatement and representative pearsons today were unanimous. representative pearson joins us now, representa
for a free book 1 808 220400 or go to meso book .com. good evening to give you some idea what change looks like on an issue that some fear is impervious to take a look at the front page of today s nashville, tennessee. in lee. it reads that republican governor bill lee wants gun law action beneath it. jones meaning democratic state representative justin jones expelled after gun violence. protests on the statehouse floor reclaims his seat in the legislature. two major bipartisan developments in the wake of last month school shooting in nashville happening with remarkable speed, creating a front page that might have seemed inconceivable just a few days ago, and that was before local officials voted today to reinstate the second expelled state representative justin j. pearson of memphis last night on this program, representative jones said he saw a change of heart in governor lee and then perhaps another sign of that both his reinstatement and representative pearsons today were