stability for the loads of passengers still stranded in airports throughout the country. staggering numbers of cancellations and delays and finger pointing to employees now of who to blame. mike tobin is at the chicago airport, good evening, mike. reporter: good evening, southwest executives promised to return to normal operation. secretary pete buttigieg sends out a letter scolding the airline of problems that were quote, within controls of the airlines, the secretary monitors the airlines making good on everything on reimbursements and returning home. nearly 2500 flights were canceled and bulk of them is southwest. the boss issuing another apology. my personal apology is the first step of making things right after many plans changed and experiences fell short of your expectations of us. we are continuing to work to make this up to you and you will hear more about that soon. but for now, we are focused on reliability and level of customer experience of what we expect o
loads of passengers still stranded in airports throughout the country. but amid the staggering number of flight cancellations and delays, finger pointing from employees now over who is to blame for this mess is beginning. senior correspondent mike to. mike: good evening, bret. and as southwest executives are promising return to normal operations, transportation secretary pete buttigieg sends out a letter scolding the airlines for problems that were, quote: within the control of the airlines. as he writes that, he also wrote these frontline employees are not to blame for mistakes at the leadership level. the secretary add mop be issue inned the airline to make good on everything from reimbursement to returns home. nearly 2500 flights were canceled across the nation today. the bulk of them southwest. the bosses at the airline issuing another apology. my personal apology is the first step of making things right. after many plans changed, and experiences fell short of your ex
angle. laura: now how often have we seen the press try to kind of pretend that religious americans are part of a fringe movement? liberals warn of christian nationalism and even link the faithful to domestic terrorism. now these same elites relishing headlines like christianity in the u.s. is quickly shrinking and gleeful to support that millennials are turning against organized religion. and if you re someone who offers thoughts and prayers after tragedies, well, they assume you re just a fraud. we are not going to give thoughts and prayers, which to me is just [bleep]. the rhetoric that we ve used, the thoughts and prayers you ve just referred to has done nothing to stop the epidemic of gun violence. laura: liberal high school administrators let s not forget them they felt threatened by public displays of religion for decades now. remember joe kennedy beloved football coach in washington state? he lost his job for the high crime of praying after games. it was ne
So the Writers Guild has reached this tentative deal with studios. Those are writers celebrating in los angeles last night, after the agreement was announced. Guild members are now set to vote and decide whether to accept that deal. In the meantime, hollywood remains shut down. Actors are still on strike, No End In Sight there. Economists say this strike has cost the u. S. Economy more than 5 billion. Not only in l. A. , but in other tv and Film Production hubs like georgia and new york. Cnn national correspondent, Camilla Bernal is live for us in los angeles. The big question right now is, one, will it get voted through. But two, whats actually in this deal . I know details are sparse, but camilla, what do we know right now . Thats really what Everyone Wants to know, phil. Ive talked to a lot of writers who tell me, look, were confident in the wga negotiators, because they knew exactly what we wanted. And part of that is higher wages and Artificial Intelligence. There was a huge focus
A deal next . Five days left until a Government Shutdown. Could there also just be five days left in Kevin Mccarthys speakership . Hanging in the balance not just his job but the jobs and salaries of thousands of workers. And the calls are coming from inside the house and the senate now, a growing number of democrats say senator bob menendez needs to step down after being charged with bribery. The senator is set to speak out this morning for the First Time Since the indictment came down. Im sara sidner with john berman, kate bolduan is off. This is cnn news central. They have a deal, but its tentative, after 146 days on strike the Writers Guild of america has agreed to terms with major studios but the deal is not quite put to bed yet. If they can finalize it popular tv shows and films could soon be returning. For months now most of hollywood has been shut down as the Writers Union and another Union Representing actors have been striking. But more than 11,000 writers may get the green l