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
that at all. a subvariant of omicron. with millions of people seeming to be getting sick at once over there. hospitals fill, morgues filling. i think it s time we actually put a pause here because before we have gotten into problems from at the beginning of the pandemic. let s face it, china does not see itself as part of the global health world community. they are not going to give us the correct data. it s a dangerous situation for the world. bret: so, as you look at this from not only the different variants, maybe more virulent variants of covid coming from this situation in china. you also have now new questions about the efficacy of maskings. the covid coordinator, dr. shaw at the white house saying to the philadelphia enquirer, most experts plea if we make some basic investments in indoor air qualities we can reduce all respiratory infections by 60, 80%. the note you can cut respiratory infection no study that shows
bret: the european union is considering new travel restrictions for visitors from china. italy recently announced a testing requirement for airline passengers. the rest of the 27-member european union block has not agreed to the new travel rules as some nations argue any variants coming from china are already circulating in europe. meantime here in the u.s., certain parts of the country are reassessing their covid mandates and guidance. the national park service has reinstituted mandatory mask mandate at saint lewis gateway arch and at harper s ferry national historic park in west virginia. some state and local governments are taking note of the threat overseas. health officials in los angeles, new york city, oregon and washington state are once again asking indoor public settings regardless of vaccination status. let s continue our conversation