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good morning, everyone. i m jessica dean in washington. jim sciutto is off today. the pressure is on for southwest airlines. the airline canceling another 2,500 flights already this morning. we are now up to more than 15,000 since the meltdown began a week ago. passengers from coast to coast remain very stranded. overnight southwest airlines ceo bob jordan issuing an apology. he says he s optimistic they will be back on track before next week. i want everyone who is dealing with the problems we ve been facing, whether you haven t been able to get to where you need to go or you are one of our heroic employees caught up in a massive effort to stabilize the airline, to know that we re doing everything we can to return to a normal operation. and please also hear that i m truly sorry. also ahead this morning, the crisis at the u.s. southern border. tens of thousands of migrants now wait in limbo after the supreme court ordered title 42 restriction toss remain in place as ....
Three little birds pitch by my doorstep, singing sweet songs. Its out in the open. Adults in germany can now possess up to 25 grams of cannabis in public enough to make dozens ofjoints and grow up to three plants at home. While people like marcel are planning newly permitted Cannabis Social Clubs. Not for tourists, though just german residents. Every gram from cannabis which goes from the Cannabis Social Club is one gram thats not on the black market. What do you say to people who say, look, cannabis is addictive and it is harmful, especially to young people . Everything has dark sides. And you have to know about the dark sides and only when its not illegal, you can freely talk about these dark sides. But these Cannabis Clubs in cities like dresden wont pop up overnight, and come with their own rules exacerba ....
Republican party returns to to attack the current administration. thus far the past two years it seems that has taken priorities over actually reaching a consensus on any plan. you turn to what s actually happening. priscilla, there is this major backlog of applications, nearly 1.6 million asylum applications are pending, that s crazy. there s an increase seven fold increase in asylum cases from fiscal year 2012. the overall wait time is four years. what are people supposed to do? then what happens? when i talk to asylum seekers who have been waiting eight years, it is an immense backlog and it really is part of the same conversation which is that there needs to be reform. remember, our immigration system was built on a completely different set of issues. we are seeing mass movement in the western hemisphere, many seeking asylum, many, for example, millions fleeing venezuela and trying to seek political asylum here in the united states. our systems aren t built for that many asylum ....
reporter: that said, remember that kids who are unvaccinated are at risk, and if they do get infected, even though in general they tend to do well, they can get very, very sick. they can get hospitalized. and they can also infect other people. they can infect their parents and grandparents and other vulnerable people. i think it s worth a cry. o donnell: i m thinking we re just weeks away from the unofficial start of summer, and a.a.a. is saying travel reservations are up 122% since last year. so what should you know if you re getting on a plane? reporter: well, the good news is during flight there are ventilation and filtration systems that are pret good at decreasing the risk of infection. the problem is when you re at the gate, and those systems aren t operative. when you re boarding the plane, when you re getting off, or even when you re going through the airport you may be at increased risk. that maybe a good time to take out the n95, the kn95 to decrease your risk. o donn ....