to those hit hard by the pandemic. the post-holiday travel nightmare. tonight, chaos at airports across the country. thousands of flights cancelled just since christmas eve. passengers left scrambling, now racing to get home. major airlines blaming covid-fueled staffing shortages and poor weather conditions. tonight, that dangerous winter blast. the powerful system slamming the west. in washington, cars getting stuck in whiteout conditions. feet of snow shutting down highways like i-80 in california. tonight, as millions take to the roads for their return home, when is the best time to travel? remembering a legend. archbishop desmond tutu, the nobel prize winner who helped bring an end to apartheid in south africa. the tributes coming in tonight. a deadly christmas day house fire killing a father and two children. authorities point to the lights on their tree as the likely cause. tonight, how to keep your home safe this holiday season. it s also gift return season.
i love when i start a day and i really don t know where it s going to take me. waking up every day in a different country, creating projects, never really looking back. just being in the action. action, action, action. maybe that s why i ve always been documenting it. to keep a trace of it. the greatest past ever. i m actually kind of shy and can be afraid to talk to people. but when i do a project, i have to explain. i come here by myself. with my own money. to try to do this project here with you in your community. if it makes sense to you. then of course some people ask, yeah but, what is this actually? i will say i don t know. let s see. it s almost as if you do a pact with the unknown. okay. we re going to do this but i have no idea where it s going to take us. one more time. thank you. so here i am, super max prison, to meet some inmates that have been incarcerated when they were teenagers. mainly because of the load, this is maximum security level four so a lot o
peak levels. and even on this day after christmas, people are lining up to get tested. airlines are also struggling with the surge and sick-outs, which means airline travel is beginning to plummet. thousands of cancellations. let s start with you. . we re talking about thousands of flights canceled today alone. think about all the people who travel on the day after christmas, and it s all coming together with so many people thinking they would be able to go see family and friends and get back to work with business as usual starting monday morning for many americans. unfortunately, a thousand flights canceled today. that brings the total up to about 2,000 for the weekend of cancellations and delays, and then you add in those international flights that were canceled as well. we spoke to some travelers that were just frustrated, right? they finally wanted to get out and meet family members, some of them for the first time in two years, but their flights were canceled. one woma
festival have gone on to be nominated for emmys and oscars, including the winner of the 2020 academy award for short documentary. this year we have some of the best films we ve ever been privileged to showcase. they tackle some of the biggest issues of the last 18 months, from democracy and covid to race and the teaching of history. you re about to see three films here plus my conversations with two of the directors. first up is the facility directed by seth freed wesler. later in the program, you ll see meltdown in dixie and golden age karate. we hope you enjoy. my name is nilson barahona. i m originally from honduras. my father is a citizen. my wife is a citizen. my son has been born here. my mom is a legal resident. i ve been here for 20 years. so what is the point of i.c.e. having me here for? [ speaking foreign language ] covid-19 can be characterized as a pandemic. all of italy, a country of 60 million people, is now effectively a red zone. covid-19 is
to get tested for covid. the white house is facing increase criticism over its handling of the testing situation. dr. anthony fauci saying this today. we should be using testing much more extensively than we have, even in a situation where you have people who are vaccinated or boosted, but the situation where you have such a high demand, a conflation of events, omicron stirring people to get appropriately concerned and wanting to get tested as well as the fact as the run on tests during the holiday season. we ve obviously got to do better. i mean, i think things will improve greatly as we get into january but that doesn t help us today and tomorrow. this morning, two cruise ships returned to florida after several passengers and crew members after fully vaccinate tested positive for covid. it s not just cruise ships dealing with covid. we just learned more than 800 flights have already been cancelled as airlines now deal with staffing shortages. cnn s nadia romero is here