disastrous holiday weekend continues to come at the expense of their customers. also this hour we ll check on the next storm system as buffalo residents begin to dig out and get back on the road and hopefully avoid tlooding in their communities. and an update from officials as doctors continue around the clock supervision of pope benedict from his bedside in a vatican city monastery. some new developments in the southwest airlines debacle just in the last few minutes. southwest is now announcing plans to, quote, return to normal operations with minimal disruptions by tomorrow. but still today thousands more flights have been cancelled. thousands of fliers still struggling to figure out how they are going to make it to their final destinations. other airlines like american, delta, united have offered to try to help putting a cap on flight prices between certain cities to give customers more options. it s unclear whether that s work ing. let s bring in nala charles. what
confirmation that israel has actually got the hostages yet, but the choreography well under way. let us talk to our correspondent there. we just heard helicopters flying near the air base, we are not sure if they are the ones who are going to take the hostages back to israel, but there is a great sense of anticipation here in this air base, we have been waiting for any news about the hostages coming, it was believed before that they were coming by helicopter, through the rafah crossing, and then we were told they were coming by bus from border crossing, between israel and gaza. once they arrive here, they will be looked after being a huge operation that was organised by the israeli army, they said they have made everything possible to make this first delivery, or this first batch of hostages, the delivery, to go as good as possible, because there is a great pressure within israel, the families have been desperate to see any, to hear any good news about their loved ones, and a
generators, pumps, thousand the weather is warming up pup we mentioned it s in the 40s, approaching the 50s later this weekend. things are looking up. we got this stat from erie county officials. national guard was helping out make dialysis runs, they did 80 yesterday. today they only got two calls. so in many ways, things are improving. back to you. a silver lining. thank you. the supreme court decision to keep title 42 in place while legal challenges move through the courts is a frustrating and painful reality for thousands of migrants seeking asylum along the southern borderer. sam brock has been speaking with those migrants in el paso throughout the week and filed this report. reporter: the streets of el paso continue to be a representation of human heart ache playing out before our very eyes. el paso has been a parking lot of the immigration crisis for a
it s getting a failing grade for the crisis at our southern borderer. give me two ways that they can improve their grade right away. well, they need to fully implement the migrant protection protocols and seek the assistance of mexico like the previous administration did to slow this flow down. that will protect the people that are in the pipeline, it won t further destabilize the region, and it won t enrich the cartels. they need to implement that across the board and put that tool back on the table. arthel: is mexico ready for that? are they onboard? mexico s only going to help us if we help ourselves. so the last time we were threatening to shut down the border, and the president was threatening tariffs. that s what got them engaged, and they started to secure their own border. that s the kind of pressure that needs to be applied here. they re willing to do it, but not while we have an open border, not while the policy encourage courage encourages people to come here. they imm
i think in the short run there will beni some temporary relief. but in the long run, this is not going to profoundly influence the crisis on the southern borderer for two very good reasons. first of all, mexico has no interest in halting the flow of either illegal immigration from its country or any other in latin america into the united states. that s how they off-load excess population, discontented citizens, and criminals onto the united states. they ve been doing it for decades. while there may be temporary relief, it ll resume inevitably. secondly, mexico is a narco state. we need to be honest about this. the places ruled by six drug cartels, these drug cartels control the government. they control the institutions of governance. no one can move in that country without their permission, so ultimately they have a permanent interest in keeping open borders. they have no interest whatsoever. they want to filter in people and they want to filter in