City of portauprince. The humanitarian crisis is also a getting worse with hospitals coming under attack and and many people going hungry. This as the Prime Minister has agreed to step down once a transitional president ial council is created. Welcome to fox news live, happy st. Patricks day, im mike emmanuel. Americans trapped in haiti getting a lifeline, charter flights for u. S. Citizens stuck there but warning americans to travel to the pickup point at their own risk. Bryan llenas is live with the late from the Dominican Republic p. Hello, bryan. Reporter hey, mike. Yes, gangs in haiti have made life there virtually impossible, very difficult. We are on the dominican side of the border, and this is a marketplace where haitians are able to buy and sell goods and bring them back to their ohm as their home as their country continues to be in a state of crisis. The United Nations says nearly half of haitis population is food insecure and in need of some kind of humanitarian assistance
white house. the border crisis seeps into the biggest airports. we were just at that one yesterday, where will it pop up next. ainsley: plus, the brother of a chiefs fan says the story does not add up. questions need to be answered and nobody can answer those questions with honesty, except for jordan. ainsley: we ll talk to an nypd inspector on the case. brian: and senator chuck schumer cracking down on nicotine patches. live report coming up, can you believe this? can you squeeze in the border somewhere? your mornings are better because you are with friends. roll the animation. ainsley: the border battle down in lawrence s home state of texas is intensifying. steve: look at all that razor wire. democrats calling on president biden to federalize the national guard, democrats are asking. lawrence: governor abbott is not backing down saying texas has right to defend itself in this invasion. brian: mark meredith is with us, no overcoat. mark: it is in the mid
training and signs he might have been motivated by right wing extremism. we re also tracking the situation on both sides of the southern border as officials race for the expiration of title 42. what the end of the trump era policy means for the expected surge of migration. also tonight, e. jean carroll s civil rape trial is nearing an end. the jury expected to begin deliberations tomorrow after attorneys from both sides just wrapped up their closing arguments. welcome to our viewers here in united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. we begin with allen, texas, where we re learning new information about the gun man who shot and killed eight people. heartbreaking details are coming in about the victims. ed lavandera is joining us from the scene of the massacre. give us the latest. cnn has been able to review posts made by the gunman on a russian social media website that shows some rather disturbing information which includes th
those are on southwest. the airline now apologizing, but as you can imagine that s little comfort for people who may miss out totally on seeing their loved ones this holiday season. i m beyond frustrated. and hurt. because i can t see my dad. my mom is in the hospital and i wanted to be there for her once she like got discharged. unfortunately because of the situation they are saying that the closest flight is the 29th. are you going to make it home today? no, likely not. i mean, i heard someone say over the intercom not to expect to get a flight within the next four days. that s definitely not what i wanted to hear. people just missing their family and loved ones. the log jam starting with the powerful winter storm that hit western new york the hardest. look at that. this morning people in buffalo struggling to get food, water, medicine, after days of driving bans and closed stores. we are going to take you live there in just a moment. let s go first to our team co
can even rebook. but just looking at just look now at the never ending line of people on your screen right now, snaking through atlanta s airport at the southwest counter. passengers are being told to expect even more delays and cancellations. the travel nightmare has caught the attention of the transportation department and investigating if southwest could have better handled the cancellations. the president of southwest pilots association tells cnn that a meltdown like this has been brewing for some time. weather was just the tipping point. we have cnn correspondents nick valencia and gabe cohen standing by. and let s start with gabe at baltimore washington international which is one of the worst effected airports. gabe, describe for us how bad things are where you are and how many more flights are grounded today? reporter: well, the situation seems to get worse and worse for southwest passengers. the airline canceling roughly 62% of their flights today. close to 2500 o