so we want to bring in now, cnn s lucy kavanaugh, she is live for us in denver, what is the situation, lucy? well, alison, this is what not a lot of fun looks like. denver airport unfortunately leaving the airport a shunt in terms of flight delays and cancellations, more than 500 flights delayed, more than 468 flights canceled, 75% of those coming from southwest. and that is unfortunately not denver alone. those numbers reverberating. those delays reverberating across the nation. impacting travel all across the country. i wasn t anticipating a nightmare, but it became a nightmare, it did. christmas maybe over, but for thousands of passengers, the travel nightmare goes on. they canceled our flight. they said they can t help us. so we don t know what to do. southwest airlines at the top of the list for cancellations. the airlines ticketing counter at baltimore s airport is a zoo. denver s airport lines for the southwest to counter even longer. we have to wait in a l
flights canceled, 75% of those coming from southwest. and that is unfortunately not denver alone. those numbers reverberating. those delays reverberating across the nation. impacting travel all across the country. i wasn t anticipating a nightmare, but it became a nightmare, it did. christmas maybe over, but for thousands of passengers, the travel nightmare goes on. they canceled our flight. they said they can t help us. so we don t know what to do. southwest airlines at the top of the list for cancellations. the airlines ticketing counter at baltimore s airport is a zoo. denver s airport lines for the southwest to counter even longer. we have to wait in a line that was four hours, and we are still in line. and nobody is giving us any direction on what to line to get in. it is a total, you know what, show here. for those trying to call to rebook, good luck getting through. calling southwest, calling other airlines, they are nowhere to be found. actually got hung
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Now on bbc news talking books. Welcome to hay festival, now celebrating its 30th year. Hay brings together scientists, historians, novelists, musicians, all of them here to discuss their latest ideas and stories. Today im interviewing the multi Award Winning author elizabeth strout. Her six novels, all of them have received critical acclaim, but it was Olive Kitteridge that received the prestigious pulitzer prize. Born and raised in small towns in New Hampshire and maine, her latest book Anything Is Possible explores a cast of extraordinary characters and their own small town lives. Applause i stand to be corrected, but i think it was chekhov who was asked by, i think his brother, it was a hint about writing, and he apparently said, you know, the thing about writing is find the small detail that reveals the big story. I think elizabeth strout, if i may say so, follows in that tradition because what she does is tell the story of small individual lives and yet they seem to reveal a massi