in chicago, 21 police officers who have not entered their vaccination status into the city s portal have been put on no-pay status. today there is going to be a hearing in a case filed by the chicago police union against the city over its vaccine mandate. what we ve seen from the fraternal order of police, particularly leadership is a lot of misinformation, a lot of half truths and frankly flat-out lies in order to induce an insurrection. and we re not having that. and so we want to make it very, very clear that the law is on our side. we feel very confident about it. meantime, southwest airlines says it no longer plans to immediately put employees who request a vaccination exemption on unpaid leave. instead the airline said those applicants will continue to work with mask and distancing guidelines. all right. cargo gridlock, ship congestion at a new high at the ports of long beach and los angeles on
reports that haitian gang kidnapped 17 missionaries, including 16 americans, is demanding $1 million each for their release. and cargo gridlock has eased at the port of los angeles. but some 200,000 shipping containers remain parked off of the coast. the huge backlog, there is some ocean traffic as you can see coming just as the demand for retail items is soaring for the holiday season. washington state university s head football coach nick roll ovich fired for refusg to get vaccinated. a seven foot tall statue of thomas jefferson will be removed from the new york city council s chambers. it is the culmination of a two decade effort by council members prompted by jefferson s history as a slave holder. and that s five things to know for your new day. more on these stories all day on cnn and cnn.com. download the five things podcast