doncic. we're very happy about this. >> it's a great morning, great to see both of you. l luka doncic is the gift that keeps on giving. he reported a 60 point, 20 rebound, 10 assist stat line in the game. the all-star crushing the knicks' hopes and dreams, the mavs down 9 with 33 seconds to go, but doncic carries the team like santa with a bag of toys. he intentionally misses the free throw, gets the put back himself. no team had come back trailing by 9 with 35 or fewer to go. in over time, he pours in 7 to bring him to 60 on the night. after dallas' win, luka wanted to pour a cold one. >> i'm tired as hell. >> you can rest later, you're

young. >> i need a recovery beer. >> it wasn't a recovery beer. but his teammates were waiting for him in the locker room with a nice refreshing water bottle shower. now isn't that how we finish the show every morning, too? >> yes. that's what i do. >> totally what we do at 9:01. >> i never heard the phrase recovery beer but i love that. >> love it too. >> thanks for making our morning. >> you got it. "cnn this morning" continues right now. ♪ good morning, everyone. don is off this morning. southwest airlines, though, coming under federal scrutiny as officials are vowing to hold the company accountable for the meltdown that has left thousands of passengers stranded. more flights have been canceled today and the chaos is expected to continue into the new year.

>> also overnight, the supreme court handing a victory to 19 republican-led states as they order title 42 to remain in effect for now. she said she thought her daughter was going to die overnight because it was so cold. >> thousands of migrants in limbo and serious danger at the southern border. we're live with rosa flores talking to them about their dangerous journeys. new this morning, a big development as the u.s. is considering new covid measures for people traveling from china as china is easing its restrictions. but we start with what's happening here in the u.s. no end in sight to the chaos that has been created by the meltdown at southwest airlines. the company under federal scrutiny as they are confirming that today more than 60% of the flights have already been canceled. the ceo, bob jordan is insisting the airline is doing everything possible to return to normal. >> i want everyone who is dealing with the problems we've

been facing whether you haven't been able to get where you need to go or one of our heroic employees caught up in a massive effort to stabilize the airline to know is that we're doing everything we can to return to a normal operation. and please also hear that i'm truly sorry. >> adrienne broaddus is live for cnn this morning at chicago's midway international airport. you spoke to passengers yesterday who are incredibly frustrated by what the cancellations were doing to their plans. what are you hearing there this morning? >> reporter: it's quieter this morning kaitlan but the passengers we heard from were frustrated. we've seen some progress but certainly not perfection. and you can see that for yourself if you look behind us here where all the bags have piled up. some of the areas are thinner but we see there are crates like this, where these bags have been brought over from carousels 5 and 6. we saw crews pulling these bags

over yesterday as flights were actually coming in. some bags were left behind but still a familiar scene, you see canceled flights. flights are arriving but southwest has reduced its schedule and canceled more than 60% of its flights. and passengers, even some of the most loyal southwest customers say there needs to be a change. >> this last 48 hours has been the worst fiasco i've ever seen in the last 20 plus years with southwest. this is one of those moments i think there needs to be some type of federal intervention because this is clearly whoever is guiding the ship has lost their way at this company right now and they have completely bungled this in ways that have really caused great hardship to a lot of folks. and the transportation

secretary calling for accoun accountability. even speaking about fining some of the airlines. one thing that is different this morning, some southwest crews are inside of this, shall we call it, the new baggage area as passengers show up to collect their bags. kaitlan and poppy, back to you now. >> amazing. pete buttigieg saying they're going to not only make sure they get through what's happening now but make sure it doesn't happen again. thank you. this morning, transportation secretary, pete buttigieg is vowing to hold southwest accountable for the mass cancellations. listen to this. >> i understand you just spoke directly with the ceo of southwest airlines, did you get any explanation at all for this horrendous meltdown of epic proportions? >> meltdown is the right word this is an unacceptable situation. you look at the number of passengers stranded and how hard it is to get somebody on the

phone to address it. southwest is unable to locate even where their own crews are, let alone their own passengers and baggage. >> passengers as you've been hearing from all morning having a very hard time getting in touch with anyone on the phone for customers service. employees themselves, if you can believe it, have not been able to reach or communicate with the airline. listen to what lynn montgomery, the president of the southwest flight attendant's union told cnn about the system. >> the phone systems that the company uses is just not working. they're not manned with enough man power in order to give the scheduling changes to flight attendants. and that's created a ripple effect that is creating chaos throughout the nation. >> so let me bring in now former vice president of american airlines and now an aviation consultant scott mason. thanks for being with us, scott. >> my pleasure to be here.

>> how can an airline, in 2022, be operated largely by reliance on a 1990s phone system? because that's the crux of this, right? >> i think there are several cruxes, that seems to be one of them. and the simple answer is, i don't understand how this can happen either. on the one hand scheduling crews is complicated and recovering from what the industry calls schedule operations putting airplanes and the crews back together again is a difficult problem but airlines have been working on this for a long time. we built systems to deal with it 35 years ago. and have improved them over the years so the systems are better, the algorithms are better, communications are better. cell phones and texting and giving the crews access to the systems from home. it's hard to understand how

southwest could have gotten themselves in the situation. >> so what's different? you were a high ranking exec at american airlines. what's the system that american or united or delta uses that is so different from the system that southwest uses? >> i'm not familiar with southwest. i will tell you that most of the big airlines built their own systems. but you can also buy a system from off the shelf from another company that will take this problem, it says, okay, our airplanes and crews are out of position, here's the schedule we're trying to fly. what is the best thing to do? how do we put things back together again? how do we marry crews with the airplanes. and these systems were put in place in the last 20, 30 years. >> i'd love your reaction to something else that pete

buttigieg said to wolf yesterday. >> i also talked with union leadership from the pilots and flight attendants. they made clear they have been raising the alarm of these issues in their system for some time and this really has to do with decisions and choices in terms of the investments that this airline has made or failed to make over the years that seem to be catching up to them now. >> how long will this fix take, do you believe? >> well, my sense is, that fixing the communications problem is probably the easier fix. it ought to be possible to put in place the man power, the electronic communications in order to be able to better reach your crews relatively quickly. say within the first year. but building a system to help them solve this problem -- so imagine, what they're looking at is they have airplanes and crews all over the place and very few

of their scheduled flights, which they have i think 4,000 a day. are prepared to operate without some intervention. building the system to help their crew schedulers and their operations control people to figure out what to do is a harder problem. and if they really don't have anything in place to help them with that today, they might be looking at a couple years or more to get a good system in place to be able to handle the problem the way american and probably united and delta do. >> a couple years. quickly, scott, before you go. thanks for the insight, so helpful to help us understand. one of the reasons people love southwest is because it's more affordable than the bigger c car carriers. can they make these fixes and remain as affordable as they've been? >> i think they have to. i don't think they have any choice at this point whether or not pete buttigieg and the d.o.t. decides to impose legal

sanctions or obligations, this is not something that southwest can afford to have ever happen again. so they're going to have to do that. as your costs rise, it certainly is logical to expect fares to rise somewhat. but they also are going to be governed by the marketplace. since their competitors have better systems in place already those airlines aren't going to face increased cost. so southwest are going to have to deal with the fact that their costs are rising faster than their competitors are. >> scott mason, you helped us understand what's going on. thank you for your time. >> my pleasure. also this morning, thousands of migrants are now facing potentially months of more uncertainty after the supreme court's decision that the border restriction, title 42, is going to remain in effect for now. it was a brief unsigned order from the justices yesterday that halted a trial judge's ruling that would have lifted the measure. this is the measure that allows

for the expulsion of migrants who could seek asylum. instead the court granted the republican-led request to prevent the winding down of title 42. the court said it will hear arguments from the case, from the republican-led states in february. rosa flores is live in el paso, texas. you've been reporting how the migrants are feeling. i'm sure a lot of them are confused by what this development means for them. >> reporter: you're right, kaitlan. there is a lot of confusion because these migrants are trying to figure out how it's going to impact them. this is on a case-by-case basis so it depends. because they're in the states in el paso, there's a sense of calm. so they're focussing on the basics, food and shelter. 1-year-old brenda has no shoes. her tiny feet, beare on the col

pavement of a parking lot. her parents anthony and and glenda say they wrapped this rosery around her ankle for protection when they left venezuela four months ago and said it saved her life multiple times in the jungle between central and south america. he says that the most dangerous part of the journey was through the darian gap, they say they saw adults who died, children who died. brenda's most recent brush with death, crossing the rio grand into el paso. she said she thought her daughter was going to die overnight because it was so cold. they had just crossed the river, they were wet. desperate, she said she started knocking on doors asking for help.

she said that she prayed to god, that she hugged her daughter as tight as she could and tried to warm her with her own body heat as much as she could to try to save her daughter's life. the family is part of the growing number of migrants crossing into the u.s. during the latest surge. this as the supreme court ruled that the trump era public health rule, title 42, remains in place while the legal challenges play out. migrants like them line the streets of el paso near a catholic church that turns into a shelter overnight. many here have no money for transportation and some have no family in the united states. he said they don't know anyone. the texas national guard erected over 2 miles of fencing along the u.s. side of the rio grand in el paso in the past week. the barrier is not deterring up to 1,600 migrants border patrol

is encountering every day. migrants like selena, a venezuelan mother of two has decided to wait in mexico where she said shelters are at capacity. which means, sleeping on the street. officials there say they don't know how many migrants are waiting in their city for title 42 to end. advocates and officials in the three northern mexican cities estimate nearly 22,000 migrants are waiting in shelters, on the streets, and in camps. as for the blancos, they credit the rosery for saving them during their journey. brenda and her parents are still here in el paso, they've been staying at that parking lot that you saw in the story. her parents are trying to raise money, poppy, to get out of the border area, out of el paso.

but they don't have any money and they don't have any family in the united states, and that's the situation that a lot of these migrants we've been talking to are in. they don't have money, they don't have connections in the united states and so they're stuck here. >> i think what often gets lost, rosa, thank you for that great reporting, what gets lost in this conversation is that to seek asylum is a legal action. it is legal for people to go through the process and seek asylum in the united states. but you have some really interesting reporting on how backlogged that system is for people that even get in that line. >> reporter: you know, you're absolutely right. and the backlog is of historic proportions. there's a group at syracuse university that crunches all this data and according to their data, the number of immigration cases, immigration courts here in the united states and at uscis nears 1.6 million cases.

they say this is the highest on record. and they say it's a 7-fold increase since 2012. and, you know, what's the impact of title 42 on all of this? effectively title 42 stops migrants from going to a port of entry and seeking asylum, which is supposed to be legal in the united states, but that's not happening because of title 42. but the impact is bauds of the surge that's happening, because there's so many migrants coming to the border hoping to enter the united states, those numbers are shooting through the roof. poppy, between october and november, that federal data shows that more than 30,000 asylum cases were added just during that short period of time and that's expected to continue. as you can see behind me a lot of these people, what they want is asylum. and here's the thing. the wait just for a hearing right now, according to this group, could be more than four years. poppy. >> and they can't legally work during that time, right?

>> reporter: you know, you're absolutely right. if they are not here legally in the united states, they can't work. once they are in the asylum process, legally they can file for an application for a work permit, but i've covered those stories, too, there's been backlogs there, too, so if they qualify for the work permit, sometimes there are delays on that, and their hands are tied. they can't work. >> remarkable reporting. rosa flores, live in el paso, we'll check back in with you, thank you. also this morning we're learning about how the united states is considering a new measure, restriction on people traveling to the united states from china as beijing is easing their travel protocols getting rid of the quarantine period required when you initially went to china where selena wang is live in beijing. what are you hearing from chinese officials about their concerns about these measures that the united states might put in place here?

>> kaitlan, beijing's response is to defend its own decisions. this was at a press briefing when the ministry accused western countries for hyping up and distorting covid changes. this is what the foreign ministry said, quote, we need all parties to work together, scientifically against the epidemic to ensure the safe movement of people between countries maintain the stability of the supply chain and promote healthy growth in the world economy. china believes the measures taken to prevent the epidemic, should scientific and moderate. the irony here is that since the start of the pandemic china has had the strictest border controls in the world. but now that the country is abandoning zero covid, opening up and cases are surging, other cou countries are getting nervous.

u.s. officials are concerned about the lack of data from china, including sequencing which makes it difficult to identify any new variants. the u.s. said they're considering a testing requirement for passengers from china. so far india and japan have put testing requirements in place, kaitlan. >> there's a distrust between the u.s. and china on what the numbers look like. thank you for that reporting. up next we'll talk about more on the southwest airlines meltdown. it's forced one family to drive across the country to make their son's christmas wish come true. they'll join us live during that journey next. will you make something better? create something new? our dedell technologies advisors can provide you with the tools and expertrtise you need to bring out the innovator in you.

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their son's christmas wish come true. bowen's only wish was to go to the winter classic to see the bruins play at fenway but after southwest delayed and canceled their flight from arizona they decided to drive. tim and kelly started their journey in arizona joining us from ohio as they are making their way and as they are, along with their children, as you can see them there. thank you all for being here. this is just a remarkable journey that you have been on, embarked in. i know it's in the hopes of making this christmas wish tom true. tell us what the last, you know, 36 hours of your life has looked like. >> yeah i think a little bit of a whirlwind when we made the decision in terminal 4 on sunday to turn this into a drive. i remember my husband saying, guys, this is a really big commitment, is everybody up for this? i think secretly we were

dreading it a little bit, but we have actually laughed a lot and had lots of smiles. yesterday morning we left super early, got into the car at 4:00 in the morning and our stop that early was in tulsa and we met lovely women in tulsa at the gas station wishing us a wonderful journey. so that certainly helped to pump us up a little bit. but it's been a little bit of a whirlwind. maybe if we sat and thought about it a little longer we wouldn't have done this, i'm not sure but i'm glad we did. >> probably some of your best family memories. bowen, do you realize how awesome your parents are? >> yeah -- >> we talk about the family memories and you guys have amazing attitudes about this. but i know this is also expensive. this is a very long drive. it would be 40 hours to go the

whole way. have you done -- have you added up the cost of how much it cost to rent a car, for the gas. i know you don't know whether or not your bags are going to be there when you make it, it's going to be very cold where you're going. >> so we like to travel, but we had an idea -- we had some cards set aside and we wanted to get to chicago if we could, but that got canceled. so we just went over to enterprise at the south phoenix sky harbor and we have to go. there's no choice. we were going to go no matter what. but yeah, the guy there, will, he was awesome. got us in a big truck. there's six of us, went home, went to bed, packed a couple extra things because we do not have our luggage yet, but that was a big deal for us too. i just had thoughts about southwest canceling my flight it's irritating, but i'm walking around and there's people

everywhere. and there's just flight attendants there, pilots, they can't get through to the company, i'm thinking about people's luggage, not able to get their luggage for a week. i'm thinking this is crazy. people have gifts or medication or electronics in those bags they just handed you, thinking they'll get it in a couple hours and they're not going to get it for a week, if that, i don't know. but it just -- those are my thoughts i started tweeting out, southwest where are you? it was the honest thing. we're a loyal southwest family. we look nowhere else except southwest. but this was the first time i've seen it collapse. >> so what about -- >> the people, the workers at the counters, the ground crew, they were awesome. it was just they were trying to get in touch with people that they couldn't talk to. they were on hold for four or five hours. >> they're going through so

much, too, those pilots, flight attendants, folks behind the desk, trying to get answers from the airline, too. you say how loyal you guys are to southwest. do you think that remains after this? >> you know, it's hard to say. someone asked me that yesterday and we got a little quick trip in january that is phoenix to anaheim that would be a super inexpensive flight and save a lot of time. i think, well, the drive is five and a half hours and i don't know that we would risk -- it's the time lost. we were at the airport at noontime on sunday. and finally made the call at 10:30 p.m. we needed to go. we could not afford to lose any more time if we were going to drive. and that's what we face. we have the flights home on january 6th from manchester that we're sitting here saying, are we going to get back in the car or risk trying to get -- it's not just oh, do you have an extra seat, it's six people this

is very impactful. we're certainly thinking things through. it's certainly caused paused. >> we have to get back to work as well. i hate to say it, but i can't rely on southwest to get us home. so we might have to leave early to drive ourselves back. again, it's -- this has been a good memory for the family, we've had a lot of fun but at the same time you would like to rely on a carrier but we just might not be able to rely on them at this time. >> we are rooting for you guys. kids do not ask your parents are we there yet? do not say that, okay. send us a picture from the winter classic. thank you and good luck. >> thank you. >> thanks a lot. thank you. >> thank you guys. >> my kids would not be that patient. >> i know. like they have an amazing attitude about all of this. it's remarkable to see. they were saying they didn't get

an offer for a voucher from southwest, they're loyal to southwest and here they are, it's expensive driving across the country. >> i hope they get reimbursed. ahead, just terrifying the fentanyl epidemic in this country and fentanyl overdoses in los angeles county have increased more than 1200% over the past six years. we'll shoal you two parents using the pain of their son's death into action to prevent more deaths. >> as hard as it is to talk about it and as hard as it is to share the story, i feel him with me when i do it. so adding “and” student might feel dauntnting. national uniniversity is here o support all your “ands.” national university. supporting the whole you.

♪ welcome back to "cnn this morning." the fentanyl crisis in this country is gripping so many families. a california family said their son accidentally took what he thought was a pain pill that he bought from someone on snapchat. the teenager later died from fentanyl poisoning and now this family is urging other parents

to pay attention to the dangers of this powerful synthetic opioid. josh campbell reports. >> i found zack asleep at his desk, his head laying down on his arm. i could feel before i touched him that something was horribly wrong. >> reporter: every parents' worst nightmare. 17-year-old zach found unresponsive in his room two days after christmas of 2020, medics arrived and began resuscitation efforts. but it was too late. >> i started resuming cpr, they stood there, i got mad at them, help me save my boy. when they didn't, i started talking to zach, begged him, don't go, please come back. do not go. >> i walked up and chris said our baby is gone. >> reporter: we sat down with chris and lori inside zach's old

classroom theatre room. surrounded by memories of their son. >> he loved school, loved sports, starred in the musical. he was such a stellar young man. he always wanted to help other people. >> reporter: zach's sudden death initially a mystery to investigators. but the coroner had two theories, either an undetected medical issue or fentanyl. >> and that further spiralled us into -- >> into confusion. >> yeah, debilitating confusion. why would you say that word. we had no red flags of zach having struggles with any drug use or addiction or depression. >> reporter: nine out of every ten overdose deaths in teenagers involves opioids. and most common, fentanyl. >> fentanyl is so potent that

teens, particularly teens who have never used an opioid before and have no tolerance to them can die quickly. we're talking within seconds to minutes. >> reporter: new cdc data indicates the most common place for teens to overdose is home. and there are various reasons they turn to pills. >> two out of every five teens h who overdose has a history of depression. >> reporter: health officials announced accidental fentanyl overdoses skyrocketed over 1200% from 2016 to 2021. >> the problem is serious not just in the city of l.a. but nationwide. >> reporter: to understand where teens are getting fentanyl, we spoke with a detective. we agreed not to name him. >> the most popular cites would be facebook, instagram,

snapchat. buying it on a social media account or buying it from somebody on the street or a friend, then most likely it's going to be counterfeit. >> reporter: if you look at the photos, the fake pill looks just like the real pill. >> they do. the dealers' main objective is to get you hooked. if you don't die from it, then you're a customer as long as you live. >> reporter: in zach's case his parents said he met a dealer on snapchat who sold him a pill that zach thought was percocet. >> it was the first case to decide to hold someone responsible for someone's death and if so, how much. the message to dealers we're fed up. >> reporter: zach's dealer was sentenced to 17 years in prison. but the district attorney who advocated for aggressive charges against dealers said prosecution

alone won't solve the crisis. >> it's education and awareness. >> i've had a lot of struggles -- >> reporter: warning families about the dangers of fentanyl is a life mission for zach's parents who spend countless hours going into schools, telling their story. >> as hard as it is to talk about it and share this story, i feel him with me when i do it. i feel him helping me find the words even. >> reporter: what is it that goes through your mind before you step out onto the stage? >> i hope we reach them. i see their faces. i just scan the room and they're listening and absorbing it. i just think, god, please let us reach them. >> reporter: such a truly remarkable family. and for parents out there who might be wondering how do i talk to my kid about fentanyl. officials say you want to approach the conversation in the spirit of curiosity, asking open ended questions that helps

create a dialogue, officials and experts say parents as they're having these critical conversations you want to do more listening than lecturing, guys. >> really good advice. i'm so glad you spent time with them and did that reporting our hearts are broken for them but grateful what they're doing for other families. >> can you help us before you go, because so much focus has been on fentanyl and china. but where is it coming from now mostly? and how is it getting into this country? >> reporter: it's so important. you know, especially in this era where we talk about immigration and building walls, what we're finding, our colleagues at "the washington post" who did a remarkable profile on how the drugs are getting into the u.s., they found most of them roll across the u.s. border at legal points of entry. where i am in southern california, down near san diego, is ground zero. most of the actual seized fentanyl in the united states is

from that port of entry. to give you a staggering figure. this analysis that the post did found that only about 5 to 10% of fentanyl coming into the u.s. is being seized. that shows you how critical and serious this problem is. it's worth pointing out for these cartels this is a billion dollar industry with the low capture rates they can take the gamble to send people over, if they get caught, that's fine. they stand to make a lot of money, the serious question raised by this is why isn't more being done to provide more resources at the border to protect it. >> and why is the dea so understaffed right now to deal with it. thank you for the fantastic reporting. >> thank you. republican leaders in the house are pretty quiet this morning over the series of lies from congressman-elect george santos that he told in the lead up to his election. we'll talk about that with the democrat who lost the race to santos next.

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the reaction from republican house leadership has been pretty muted as the incoming congressman-elect george santos is facing controversy for fabricating his resume, something he admits to. he seemed to backtrack his apology during an appearance on fox news last night as he defended his past claims about being jewish. >> may heritage is jewish i was identified as jewish, raised as a practicing catholic. i've got through this, not being raised a practicing jew, i joked and in the campaign i joked i'm jewish. i was raised catholic. >> joining us is the democrat candidate who lost to santos in

that election. >> good to be with you. >> do you think he should resign? >> absolutely. i called for his resignation without question. if his name is george santos, let's get that straight, assuming his name is george santos he should resign his position. >> do you think it's likely he'll resign. >> based on the lies he told. i'd face him in a rematch. but do i think he'll resign, no, i don't think he'll resign. he's a pathological liar i think, not capable of shame. but the investigation the new york attorney general opened one the house ethics committee that a republican member just called for, i think all of that is leading to hopefully a department of justice probe and i think those investigations can be game changers over his personal money and how he used his money for his campaign. >> we were looking at the spread in the election and it was -- he won by about 7.5%, 20,000 votes,

i wonder, a, what, if anything, you heard from constituents that you ran to represent since this and if you think you would have won had they known how many lies were involved in his, you know, resume and his campaigning. >> we had a republican landslide in new york state as was well documented. we had four congressional seats we hoped to win and of course we lost. it was an election defined by the crime issue, that was difficult. that was the dominant issue in the race. i think had there been this national isfocus on the lies he told, education, job career, his faith, using the shooting at the pulse nightclub as a stunt and lying about his connection to the holocaust, using the holocaust as a political prop i think something as viral as that, had this gotten the national attention i think it would have made a difference in the election. but the reality is about going forward right now and it's bigger than me. it's about holding him accountable and restoring trust

in public officials. >> to hear him talk there as he did on fox about his claims of being jewish. because even matt brooks said he misrepresented his history and he deceived him and they banned him from going to their events. >> that's important to note. it's important to see republicans now speaking up more and more, right wing media challenging him and deserting him. that's important. but as the former jewish president on long island, the idea he would use the holocaust, the unspeakable tragedy of the holocaust as a political stunt, it is such a hateful, disrespectful act to take towards the jewish community. really the ultimate act of >> we're out of time but i'm sure you'll be back as we hear more and we every day invite congressman santos to the

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welcome back. a new documentary will premiere next week on discovery plus. it tells the story from a unique perspective of those who witnessed it firsthand. watch. >> the capitol has been breached. >> you're in danger. you have to leave the chamber. >> lock the doors. we need to leave now. >> go, go, go! >> a shot fired. >> people were banging on the door -- >> trying to barrel their way into the main door of the u.s. house of representatives. >> i cannot believe that this is happening. >> i called my wife.

>> i called my uncle. >> i had my gun out on my desk to defend myself. >> we went from protecting the capitol to surviving. >> i see one of my officers dragged away. >> it was an all-out battle. >> no matter how bad you were hurt, you had to get back in. >> i will not die in this hallway. >> joining us is the director and executive producer of that film called "january 6th." it is an emmy award winning film. you were the first to get such full access to the capitol and metropolitan police department and people who saw it from that vantage point. >> it always take a lot of time.

the work my brother and i do is earned, not given. to get the relationship with the capitol police, it took a long timing, to do an apolitical documentary. we wanted to show the people there, the minute by minute, the moment that life takes a turn that you don't know where it's going to go and especially to show the humanity, to remind people underneath that uniform there's a father, a mother, a son, a daughter. and they went through pretty horrific, traumatizing things that day. >> i was there covering the white house when that happened that day and it was just this haunt haunting day and i remember i couldn't get an uber home because there was no one there to pick you up.

there was this weird sense that descended on the city where people felt unsafe where people typically feel safe. one thing you it was that was so interesting was talking about the human impact and they all had loved ones at home watching this happen and were worried about them. >> you know, on september 11 i was in the lobby, i ended up in the lobby of the world trade center. it's the same kind of thing i saw. you're okay, your family is watching from five miles, from 5,000 miles away and they don't know. and we wanted to highlight these moments on september 11th, just like january 6th. i think you've seen some of the worst of humanity. you always see the best in people rising up. that's what we wanted to show these moments, of course the overt ways of courage and first

responders putting their lives on the line but also moments of humanity when we see representative susan wilde who thinks she's going to have a heart attack locked in the balcony of the house chamber and suddenly somebody puts their hand her shoulder saying we're going to be okay, representative jason crowe and putting his hand on her shoulder saying we're going to be okay. >> thank you very much for the way you're telling this story. the documentary is "january the 6th." you can stream it all on discovery plus next thursday. >> and "cnn this morning" will continue right now. good morning, everyone. we're glad you're with us. it is 8 a.m. eastern. i'm poppy harlow. kaitlan colls,