appliance company electrolux is setting up a task force to find alternative routes while ikea is warning of potential product shortages. ryan petersen from the supply chain management company flexport told me more about how the disruption is already impacting business. it s just getting started, but over the weekend and through today, we ve had all ten of the top container shipping lines in the world represented about 95% capacity have begun delivered vessels to avoid salem to the red sea and to go around the tip of africa, as you said. it takes about 25% longer to go that way, from asia to europe, and it went reduction in the supply of shipping, we are going to see huge delays, obviously, but also big price increases, because its supply and demand, and if the supply comes down .5%, one thing we ve learned last few years is a small disruption in supply can lead to a huge swing in price. indeed, we are seeing an impact on oil prices as well there. the united states planning to
all of that is coming up. but first you re here today. your ceo didn t want to show up. i want to sincerely apologize impacted by this. caused a loft of anguish. people want to know if we re going to invest in this system so it won t happen again. we need to invest in technology and also in our operational system because the winter operations were too much for us. it was a failure epically from top to bottom. it s obvious that ya ll messed up and your customers, they expect you to fix it. neil: all right. the fix is not in, at least not yet. a south airlines number 2 executive getting grilled on capitol hill over that holiday travel chaos that grounded nearly 17,000 flights. today lawmakers are demanding answers. unfortunately, they didn t get many answers. we ve got you covered with fox s lydia hu on why a southwest apology didn t cut it. robert ray on winter weather that could be testing it all over again. not only for southwest but an entire country. let s
to know. more than 30 dead in buffalo. anger and frustration and now questions mounting about the response. were residents adequately warned about this monster storm? the national guard going door-to-door and more than 400 pieces of snow equipment on the ground to reopen streets. calls for prayer around the world for the former pontiff. pope francis saying his predecessor s health has taken a turn for the worse. one nation overdosed. the break glass tool that high schools are turning to do stop fentanyl overdoses in their hallways. and the incredible come back. a varsity athlete attacked by a shark. how she recovered to swim her way to a state title. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. and good evening. i m tom llamas in for lester on a very busy night. we are tracking two developing stories right now. one of the worst airline meltdowns in recent memory and for southwest it is far from over. the airline canceling more than 2,500 or 62% of it
airlines meltdown that s leaving passengers stranded in terms analysis. we re going to talk to the president of the company s pilot association about what went and what is still going wrong. meanwhile, other airlines are struggling to get back to track after a monstrous winter storm pummelled the northern part of the country leaving more than 60 people dead. we re going to take you live to western new york. and this morning, another legal roadblock for migrants seeking asylum in the u.s. after the supreme court decided that title 42 will remain in place for now. we re going to be live in el paso. and as we speak, we re closely following news that s coming out of the vatican that s saying the 95-year-old former pontiff, pope benedict, has fallen very sick. pope francis now calling for prayers for from around the world. and later this hour, fresh fallout over that congressman-elect, george santos, facing new criticism after admitting to fabricating parts of his resume a
no doubt cleotha abston is involved in this case. jackie ibanez with major details, jackie. this is turning into an incredibly scary story. an unidentified body found for a missing mother of two eliza fletcher. authorities uncovered a body during their search for the billionaire heiress in a heavily wooded area just 7 miles where fletcher was last seen in a mile from where the suspect with his car close. the police have not confirmed the identity or cause of death. cleotha abston setrst hearing ls morning. the convicted felon is facing additional charges for identity theft after reportedly stealing a woman s cash wrap and gas card the day before fletcher went missing. . as the suspect s uncle tells news outlets, he is 100% sure he had something to do with her abduction. my whole family is wacky. they are all perpetrators of something. she set out for her job when she was attacked near the university of memphis. she was reported missing by her husband just before 8:00 in th