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it is tuesday, december 27th. don is off. we are glad to be here. what a day. you got home okay yesterday. yeah. but airports are insane so i feel for people like that passenger there, on hold over six hours. unbelievable. plans unravelled for airlines. more than 60% of flights already canceled today. the death toll is rising in buffalo, new york, after a blizzard crippled the area and residents are still digging themselves out of the snowstorm this morning. we re live on the ground where officials say conditions remain dangerous. and china taking a big step reopening its borders after shutting out much of the world nearly three years. the other covid restrictions they plan to lose ahead, plus this i m not a criminal. not here. not abroad, in any jurisdiction in the world have i ever committed any crimes, but he is admitting to embellishes his resume. congressman santos is admitted to lying about parts of his past but will still take office next week, though ....
Even have to cancel more flights today. begin with gabe cohen live at the airport in baltimore this morning. can you help people understand, gabe, why this is happening to southwest in particular when much of the bad weather is gone? reporter: well, poppy, that s a great question, and first off, as you mentioned, southwest airline passengers can expect this meltdown to only get worse. they ve already cancelaled more than 60% of their schedule for today. close to 2,500 flights and the ceo of the company told the wall street journal they re only expecting to fly just over a third of their schedule in comes days as they try to regroup after what they re really blaming, which is the winter storm and the holiday rush saying they re trying to get things back into place ahead of new yeear s holiday. the airline canceled more than 2,900 flights, more than 70% of ....
Few hours was seven. we didn t find out until 5:00 this morning it was canceled and we were on the phone for seven hours. when i talked to them they said they re having problems. they wouldn t say what it was and you are lucky you got a flight. harris: southwest airline passengers not happy. the airline canceled more than 1,800 flights over the weekend and more than 330 flights already at this hour today. the company is blaming air traffic control issues and the weather for all of it. but social media users speculate there may be a different reason. senator ted cruz tweeted this. joe biden s illegal vaccine mandate at work. suddenly we re short on pilots and air traffic controllers. thanks, joe. fox business s lydia hu with the latest. insiders are calling this an operational meltdown. the cancellations appearing to continue this morning. ....