and experiences fell short of your expectations of us. trace: pete buttigieg tweeting that the chaos is unacceptable . the department of transportation is investigating. mike tobin is live from chicago midway international airport with more on this. mike, good afternoon. good afternoon, trace. southwest executives are promising an end to this ugly chapter in aviation and a return to normal tomorrow with minimal disruptions. almost 2,500 cancellations today across the board of american aviation. but 2,300 plus of those belong to southwest airlines. they still feel the impact of the meltdown from this winter storm. jump ahead to tomorrow. that number drops to 39 projected cancellations again as the executives are promising a return to normal operations. southwest customers have had enough. i need my medicine, my charger. everything, my perfume, all my personal stuff is in the suitcase. some presents for christmas. so my concern is really one of my bags is all christmas
administration is responding to it. we begin with matt. edward, day after day, we watch as so many of those migrants cross in to the united states right here in eagle pass, texas. we re seeing something unprecedented. the state of texas is bolstering its border here. these cargo containers were brought in before christmas and now over the past two days, we have watched as the national guard has put razor wire on top of those shipping containers. governor greg abbott s office tells us that its taking unprecedented action to enhance its border safety strategies. that s something that we re witnessing in real time here in eagle pass and also to the northwest in el paso where the national guard installed two miles of fencing along the border there. we have new video of yet another large smuggling bust. texas dps says 18 illegal migrants including a child were being smuggled inside of a tractor trailered. the driver was arrested for human smuggling. texas dps says people from al
disastrous holiday weekend continues to come at the expense of their customers. also this hour we ll check on the next storm system as buffalo residents begin to dig out and get back on the road and hopefully avoid tlooding in their communities. and an update from officials as doctors continue around the clock supervision of pope benedict from his bedside in a vatican city monastery. some new developments in the southwest airlines debacle just in the last few minutes. southwest is now announcing plans to, quote, return to normal operations with minimal disruptions by tomorrow. but still today thousands more flights have been cancelled. thousands of fliers still struggling to figure out how they are going to make it to their final destinations. other airlines like american, delta, united have offered to try to help putting a cap on flight prices between certain cities to give customers more options. it s unclear whether that s work ing. let s bring in nala charles. what
In the middle of the city, up closer to twin peeks it was clear. Ocean beach dealing with thick fog but relatively Clear Conditions at the bay bridge toll plaza. Temperatures are in the 40s and 50s. San francisco, good morning, you are at 55. 49 leaving the livermore. As we take a look at the headlines, today will be another warm day. Temperatures perhaps climbing to the 80s for the warmer inland areas. Into tomorrow, another warm day. Temperatures will cool down as a ridge of High Pressure moves east. We are looking at the possibility of rain. Full details in about 15 minutes. Marty . Thank you, rear rei kay. Two erica. Two americans released from jail are back on u. S. Soil. Matthew miller from bakersfield and kenneth bae from lynwood, washington, flew back to the u. S. They spent two years, miller seven months in custody, both sentenced to hard labor for their crimes. We report from south korea on why the two mens were released now, a move which surprised many. Reporter a Top Secret
Global economy for wiping out the middle class, as he put it, and he went hard after the United States free trade negotiations in deals with other nations. That goes against decades of republican position in favor of trade deals and global expansion. Analysts say part of the billionaires strategy is to appear to bluecollar voerlts and appeal to them, those who leaned democratic in past elections. Donald trump made the speech not in one of his ritzy trump resorts but this time instead in a metalworks factory in the suburbs of pittsburgh. Among the promises in his speech, that as president he would make sure buildings only use American Steel with only American Workers doing the jobs. Were keeping an eye out for any response to this speech from democratic rival Hillary Clinton. Last week she called donald trump dangerous to the economy and an economic disaster. We have team fox coverage on all things politics. Catherine herridge here with a longawaited congressional report on the benghazi