the united states and all around the world. i m whitney wild in for christine romans. a resolution to the crisis at the southern border has been postponed again. the supreme court order dering title 42 to remain in effect for now as legal challenges played out. the justices agreed to hear the appeal in this session that begins in february. their 5-4 order defeats the biden administration which had hoped to end title 42 saying it outlived the pandemic it was designed to fight. it doesn t matter what i think the court will do. the decision is a huge disappoi disappointment for migrants. thousands have crossed anyway. cnn s rosa flores has more on that from el paso, texas. reporter: 1-year-old brenda has no shoes. her tiny feet bare on the cold pavement of an el paso parking lot. are you going to sleep outside again? what are you going to do? her parents anthony blanco and her mother said they wrapped this rosary afrptd her ankle and said it has saved her life multiple tim
transportation secretary pete buttigieg and breaking down tr ch transcripts from the january 6th investigation. welcome to the viewers in the united states and around the world, i m wolf blitzer. you re the situation room. > let s get to the breaking news. significant developments involving the united states supreme court decision and impact on the migrant surge at the border. cnn priscilla alvarez is following the story here the situation room. tell me more about this important ruling. the supreme court shar sayin title 42 in effect since march 2020 will e remain in effect including the court hearing arg mtds in the next session in february of 2023. now, this is a order that summit mittly a victory for republican led states to stop the termination of the authority. what it means on the ground, border officials will be able to continue to expel migrants back to mexico or their native countries for the next several months. the administration has been preparing for this
out of here. reporter: southwest blames last week s winter storm for the chaos but the southwest pilots association says there s more to southwest problems than ice and snow. the storm that hit last week was the catalyst to this, but what went wrong is that our i.t. infrastructure for our scheduling software is vastly outdated. reporter: southwest executives acknowledge that saying, quote, matching up those crew members with the aircraft could not be handled by our technology. our system today cannot to that. they don t know where we are. they don t know where airplanes are. reporter: travelers stuck in snaking lines or on hold for hours. phone calls were busy. you couldn t get ahold of anybody. it was awful. reporter: customers also trying to track down their luggage. pam says she s diabetic and needs the medicine in one of her bags which may be at a different airport. i m scared that i could go
public with apologies. we recover well 99% of the time. clearly we need to double down on our already existing plans to upgrade systems for the extreme circumstances so we never again face what s happening right now. cnn s lucy kavnof is in denver. unfortunately the earliest for rebooking is the 31st and beyond. reporter: it s another day of travel chaos. flight is canceled. i don t know when i go back home. reporter: another day of flight cancellations, delays and frayed nerves. phone calls were busy. you couldn t get ahold of anybody. it s awful. reporter: braving long lines only to receive more bad news. they said even if you go through this line, it might be up to new year s to get a flight. reporter: travelers on southwest bearing the brunt of the post christmas
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