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>> announcer: live from london, this is "cnn newsroom" with max foster and bianca nobilo. >> it's thursday, december 29th. 9 a.m. here in london. 4 a.m. here in new york. some relief may be on the way for frustrated southwest passengers stranded at airports across the united states. it probably won't come today. the airline is struggling to recover from a week of flight delays and cancellations. a representative of the pilots union says it looks like the flight schedule will be mostly full by friday. southwest has canceled more than 2300 flights today. 97% of all u.s. cancellations are on southwest. the airline has canceled more than 15,000 flights in the past week. >> i've been a long time southwest fan, 20 years, companion pass holder, travel a lot. this year has been a bad one. this he have disappointed me. >> do you have a message to the ceo if he's watching.

>> fix it. fix it. he's got a lot of loyal fans and he's losing them left and right. >> are you doing all right? you have some tears in your eyes, what's going on? >> i didn't get to see my best trend in florida. >> did they tell you you would be able to fly and last minute they said you couldn't fly, is that what happened? >> yeah. >> we essentially spent 30 hours in a car over the last couple of days and our bags, they have no idea where they are. >> reporter: what did they tell you they might be? >> i went up and talked to the lady at the counter and she told us they're not here. that's essentially all she told me. we can call you if we find them but they're not here, if we find them. >> we're learning that southwest was already struggling with staffing shortages at denver before last week's storm. the washington post said they declared an unusually number of sickouts. they're blasting the airline and

say they were ready to fly. >> it's been a struggle for our pilots out there. we certainly feel for our passengers. those stories are all heartbreaking. just know your pilots were there. we showed up. we wanted to fly those airplanes and get you to the families, just that the system wouldn't allow us to do it. >> the chicago department of aviation says it expects southwest to be 100% by saturday. that can't come soon enough for some passengers. >> reporter: southwest meltdown continues here in chicago at midway, there has been some progress but not perfection. this is what we are used to seeing at the baggage claim area, people waiting for their bags to show up. instead, we've seen this. luggage, an overflow. there's been some progress. crews spent the day wednesday removing the luggage that was just passing through this

chicago midway airport. we saw a contrast when it comes to experiences shared by travelers. the journey ended for some but it was just beginning for others. one woman shared she was fearful she would not make it home safely because her medicine was still in her luggage and her oxygen machine wasn't working properly. >> i have to rent certain oxygen for the plane. >> i have to gasp for air. i don't want to end up in the hospital here. >> i haven't had this bag in a week. i've been wearing other people's clothes. i want to wear my wardrobe. all i'm going to go out and party like it's 2023. >> reporter: and the last traveller you heard from who is celebrating said southwest did compensate him well. he's a loyal southwest customer

but he says he's not sure if he's going to fly this airline again. adrian broaddus, cnn, shug jool meanwhile, buckets of snow are falling on the denver area. the national weather service says the roads are getting dangerous with multiple vehicles ending up in ditches. drivers should plan on slippery conditions as well as possible power outages. the winter storm warning is in effect for about another six hours. western new york is finally getting a reprieve from the blinding blizzard that's been tormenting the region for the better part of a week. buffalo lifted the ban on non-essential driving just a few hours ago. allstate highways have been reopened. >> it has been six days. some people have not been able to restock groceries, to restock

medications, to get to medical appointments and being able to lift the travel ban safely now will allow people to do those important things. >> reporter: the number of deaths has risen to 37 in erie county, new york. as emergency crews reach areas blocked by the blizzard. ten people have been arrested for window store looting. warmer air is moving into the region which is going to cause a major snow melt and even possible floods. we have the latest from buffalo. >> reporter: the snow is over and it's warming up in buffalo. city and county officials are clearing the streets. 1.3 meters of snow that fell over the past three days. the goal is to make sure one lane of traffic and every street is cleared so that emergency services can get through. so the people can get to the

stores. the death toll continues to climb as authorities search house by house and search in vehicles just to make sure people are doing okay. starting early this morning the national guard started going door to door in neighborhoods where people lost power, neighborhoods that lost power at one point during the storm. they're checking on the houses to make sure people have the heat, food, water that they need. intending to bring them help if they need it. also emergency services workers who are going door by door either checking on people with known medical conditions or checking on homes that called 911 during the height of the blizzard and couldn't be reached, couldn't be helped. they began with about 1100 unanswered calls and they were down to a few hundred earlier today. that is a process that continues. but i will tell you this, city officials say they're preparing for snow melt, rapid snow melt. we still have piles and piles of snow at various places around town, some of it blocking

important drainage systems. they want to make sure they can clear that snow strategically before this warmup comes. that's all you've got. by the time it gets to friday we're going to see much higher temperatures and they're expecting rapid melt and that could lead to floods. that's exactly what they're trying to avoid. athena jones, cnn, buffalo, new york. explosions and air raid sirens are being heard all across ukraine in what ukrainian officials say is a massive missile attack from russia. in cities throughout ukraine 1r 20 missiles have been launched at ukraine. let's bring in cnn's ben wedeman from the capitol kyiv. we are hearing about missile attacks in odesa, kyiv, p

surrounding areas. what are you witnessing? >> reporter: what we heard was a series of explosions here in kyiv. we understand by and large most of the missiles, 15 of them, they were aimed at kyiv were shot down by air defenses according to the mayor of kyiv. now there has been damage. one home was hit by what appears to be falling debris from downed missiles and understand from the kyiv mayor that three people were injured, among them a 14-year-old girl. now the mayor has warned that as a result of these strikes there may be emergency power cuts. he's urged residents to charge their cell phones and stock up on water. of course, there have been, as you said, strikes across the country in lviv in the far west, the mayor says that 90% of the power in that city is out. the local transport system has been suspended for the moment,

trams and trollies are no longer running. here in kyiv the metro system was suspended temporarily, but we understand it's now back in operation. the air raid sirens have been frm turned off in most of the country. understand that in the far west as well as crimea they're still on. so it appears that this wave of attacks is over for the moment. by our count it appears this is the biggest drone and missile strike that the country has seen, the biggest one before was on the 10th of october when there were 108 strikes. but it appears, as i said, this is over. it was anticipated that there would be something like this after several days ago there was a strike on the angle 2 air force base well inside of russia. this may have been the response. bianca. >> another horrendous milestone.

ben weedman live in kyiv. thank you very much. fallout for george santos who admitted to lying about parts of his background. federal prosecutors are investigating his finances. here's eva mckend with the latest. >> reporter: these are blatant lies. my question is, do you have no shame? >> reporter: incoming republican congressman george santos facing his most contentious interview yet as he tries to explain lies he told about his life while campaigning for congress. >> i hear what you're saying. as i stated and i continue, we can debate my resume and how i worked with firms such as -- it's debatable. >> no, it's not false at all. it's debatable. >> trying to minimize his lies as mere imbell lischment. his answers getting strong push

back. >> it's hard to imagine how they could possibly trust your explanations when you're not even willing to admit the depth of your deception to them. >> reporter: tonight cnn's k file under covering more saying he attended an elite prep school. >> it was in the bronx and on my seen be i don't remember year of prep school unfortunately my parents fell on hard times. i left school four months to graduation. >> but a spokesperson said there is no evidence santos ever attended the school and further fabrications about his family heritage. >> we don't carry the ukrainian last name. for a lot of people who are p world war ii refugees or survivors. a lot of names and paperwork were changed so i don't carry the family last name. >> a genealogist recently told

cnn there is no sign of jewish and/or ukrainian heritage and no indication of name changes along the way but santos appeared to use the aislely he is for fundraising. santos insisting despite the controversy that he intends to serve in congress. >> now it's going to be incumbent upon me to deliver on those results. i look forward to serving -- >> you're exactly right. >> i look forward to err is offing my district. >> house gop leader kevin mccarthy remaining silent even as incoming gop house members from new york issued statements criticizing santos's lack of transparency. the most recent one congressman elect mike lawlor urging santos to cooperate with any investigations and called on him to apologize calling the whole controversy a distraction. santos also under scrutiny for how he made his money. how he was able to loan his campaign more than $700,000.

santos telling news outlets he earned his money in the capitol introduction business and did deal building and specialty consulting for high net worth individuals. and the nassau district attorney who is a republican pledged to get to the bottom. she said this is stunning in a statement saying the residents of nassau county and other parts of the third district must have an honest and accountable representative in congress. no one is above the law and if a crime was committed in this county, we will prosecute. so multiple law enforcement officials looking into this matter. eva mckend, cnn, washington. official in the county george santos is set to represent is speaking out about the controversy. bruce blakeman says he should apologize and look at what the deeper issue might be. >> it's clear that george santos has emotional issues and i think

he needs to address those issues with a health care professional because what he did was not normal. i think there needs to be an investigation by the ethics committee of the house of representatives and they have to determine whether or not he violated any laws or whether he violated any moral regulations that the house of representatives have. i think the more important thing is is george santos embarrassed? does he feel shame at what he did? because if he doesn't, then i think that we have a real problem going forward. i think basically he has to understand that dwhae was wrong and that he violated a trust with the people in his congressional district and throughout nassau county and the state of new york for that matter and the nation. the january 6th committee has formally withdrawn its

subpoena of former president donald trump. witness transcripts now made public by the committee highlight the depth of its lengthy investigation including talk in the oval office of presidential pardons for the rioters. you may recall what trump said last january, one year after the insurrection. >> if i run and if i win, we will treat those people from january 6th fairly. we will treat them fairly. and if it requires pardons, we will give them pardons because they are being treated so unfairly. zblm according to his transcript, john mcafee told the committee trump mentioned a blanket pardon including white house staff. that never happened. but committee member adam schiff said the fact pardons were discussed at all is telling. >> it suggests that he understood that he may have

committed federal crimes, that people around him may have committed federal crimes. the fact that even now he talks about pardoning these people that were engaged in a violent be attack on police officers defending the capitol is really unthinkable but it just shows, you know, the extreme nature of, you know, his narcissism, frankly, that he can't contemplate what it must look like to the rest of the country that he would pardon these people. but i think it's plain evidence of a consciousness of guilt on a massive scale. >> he also told the committee that after january 6th he heard trump speak negatively about his vice president mike pence refusing to go along with the illegal scheme to block congress from certifying joe biden's win. migrants on the border with mexico are not giving up their dream of a new life in the u.s. still ahead, cnn speaks with migrants who want to stay despite a court ruling that makes it easier to send them

back. then the pope praised his predecessor of pope benedict. incoming travels from china, testing for covid-19. we'll break down what it means for frequent flyers after the break.

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the vatican says doctors are keeping a close eye on former pope benedict xvi who we're told is very sick. catholic church leaders are not offering any specific details about his current illness but in 2020 the vatican said he suffered from a painful but not serious condition. now let's go to barbie nadeau covering this live from rome. barbie, do we know where the former pope is battling his illness and anymore details on his current condition? >> reporter: well, you know, we were told yesterday this really is just a product of his old age and his condition was worsening. he's 95 years old. you'll remember when he resigned almost ten years ago it was because he felt he didn't have the mental or fiscal capability

to continue to lead the catholic church. ten years on we heard various reports of people who have seen him recently saying he's very weak, he's very frail, that he's still cognizant and still very zero reason. so we're not expecting to get a play by play. this is unprecedented to be reporting on a retired pope. we haven't seen this in 600 years since it happened. the rules are being made up as they go along in terms of how the vatican is going to keep people posted on his condition. whether we'll get an update this morning or whether we won't get any news until there is news to report. bianca. >> barbie nadeau, thank you. we'll keep checking. u.s. house of representative jamie raskin has been diagnosed with a serious but treatable form of lymphoma. he's served on the house january 6th committee and was the

impeachment manager in the second impeachment trial. italian officials say almost half of all travelers from china to milan tested positive for covid-19. u.s. is following suit mandating anyone coming from china, hong kong or macao to test negative before they board for the united states. cnn's arlitt saenz explains. >> reporter: the u.s. will require negative tests traveling from china to the u.s. as they're concerned about the rising cases of covid-19. the new travel rules are set to go into effect on january 5th. it would require travelers getting negative covid-19 tests no more than two days before their departure. this must be a pcr test or an

antigen test. this doesn't just apply to those traveling directly from china to the u.s. it would include those travelers who are possibly going through a third country. so it would apply in airports like seoul, vancouver and toronto as well. the health officials say they set this january 5th time line in order to give the airlines more time to set their operations in place so they could be prepared. this is since the elimination of the zero covid policy in china. very strict policy in place since the start of the pandemic. additionally health officials say they are concerned about the lack of transparency in the data china is providing, that includes data relating to the number of coronavirus cases, hospitalizations and also deaths. officials are also specifically concerned with the lack of

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welcome back to "cnn newsroom." i'm bianca nobilo. if you are just joining us, let me bring you up to date with our top stories at this hour. heavy snow continues to fall over denver and boulder, colorado. denver airport has received more than six inches. the snowfall will continue for another few hours. ukrainian officials say russia hit multiple cities with more than 120 missiles. at least three people were wounded in kyiv including a 14-year-old child. the u.s. is bracing for more migrants coming from mexico despite a court ruling making it easy to turn them away. that's despite the u.s. supreme court ruling to temporarily keep them out under title 42 under

which many of them can be expelled. many migrants don't plan on going back. >> reporter: so what she wants now is she's hoping she can get to dallas where she knows someone to be able to, as she has repeated, find a better future for her children and work. >> reporter: this woman and her 1-year-old son finished a 4-months-long journey from venezuela to be here in the united states of america. >> reporter: her question is to the people of the united states, to the government of the united states, why don't they want her here. that sentiment echoed by many mothers here with their futures in dot after the supreme court ordered to keep in place the title 42 policy. it allows the u.s. government to expel migrants legally seeking asylum. >> it breaks me because there's

no directive. what we're trying to provide with minimal resources we have is a direction so they can go from point a to point b. >> over the past few months tens of thousands of migrants have been surging to the southern border. it's left border towns like el paso overwhelmed and unable to keep up with the challenges of providing care, food, shelter for those in need. >> we've had as many as 2500 crossings a day and that will continue. this is while title 42 is still in place. >> reporter: el paso is preparing for an even larger surge transforming two vacant schools into temporary housing. >> this is just a band aid on a broken immigration system. the system has to be fixed. we can't continue. >> reporter: u.s. customs and border protection says it is setting up a new processing facility to increase capacity. it's one of ten new processing facilities being added on the u.s./mexican border. they're asking people to just

try to see the humanity in everyone. >> they're here. some of them are here. what are we going to do? it's time to step up. say, you know what, they're here. the let's help out these people. >> reporter: and as night falls here and the temperature drops, the winds pick up, you can see there are piles of blankets for those who will spend the night on the streets here. as the country braces for what will be another potential surge of migrants, we've learned that the department of homeland security also concerned about another potential surge. we obtained a memo that circulated just days ago washing of potential violent extremist attacks targeting migrants and critical infrastructure should the trump era policy come to an end. layla santiago, cnn, el paso. on wednesday tiktok was banned from all electronic devices managed by the chamber of the house of representatives. separately the u.s. is expected

to prohibit the app from all federal government devices in a new bill that president joe biden has yet to sign. u.s. policy makers say tiktok is a potential security risk because china may use it to get personal data off of devices. legal problems continue to mount for the disgraced founders of ftx. according to an affidavit ftx founder sam bankman-fried said he and gary wang borrowed half a billion from another hedge fund to buy shares in the trading app robinhood. prosecutors allege that the hedge fund was also illegally funneling customer funds from ftx. wang has pleaded guilty to four counts of fraud and conspiracy. bankman-fried has been indicted on eight criminal counts and is expected to appear in a new

federal court next tuesday. benjamin netanyahu will be sworn in for a record sixth term as israel's prime minister. it is a stunning political turn around for a man who's already led israel longer than anyone else. first, netanyahu's cabinet is widely expected to be the most right wing government in israeli history. we are covering all of this for us from jerusalem. elliott, security officials and many have expressed concern about the direction of this government. what is the expected outcome of the vote today? >> reporter: i think the outcome of the vote, bianca, is beyond doubt. benjamin netanyahu will be sworn in as prime minister. he's just been speaking to the group. netanyahu will again be prime minister. his ministers who he's just presented will be sworn in. this will be the most right wing government in the history of israel. i should say netanyahu when he

went up to the podium p in the chamber, he was greeted by applause but throughout his speech it was punctuated by heckless from members of the audience. in terms of the agenda, this is something laid out by netanyahu just yesterday which he reiterated in what he was outlining to the members. a few of the highlights, i can't give you all of them, included promotion and development of land in all parts of the land of israel they say. and they specified the west bank so we should not be surprised go there is more settlement building going on there, something to largely arouse the ire of the united states and others in the international

community. restoring a proper balance between the legislature, executive and the judiciary. there are concerns they're going to dilute the powers of the high court and the checks and balances on the government will be much more diminished. >> live in jerusalem. thank you so much. victims trapped by fire jumping to their death to escape the flames. still ahead, we'll have heartbreaking eye witness accounts of a fire in cambodia. i'm jonathan lawson here to tell you about life insurance through the colonial penn program. if you're age 50 to 85, and looking to buy life insurance on a fixed budget, remember the three ps. what are thehree ps? the three ps of life insurance on a fixed budget are price, price, and price.

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a huge fire has killed at least 16 people at a casino in cambodia with some people so desperate to get out they leaped to their death. that's according to a worker who helped them. he saw two people die when they jumped from the building while other people suffered broken

legs. the fire tore through the building which contains a hotel near the border with thailand. the death toll is expected to rise as emergency crews search hotel rooms for more victims. for more now let's bring in minisha tang. good to have you with us. what do we know about the potential origin of this fire and also the status of those who have been taken to hospital for their injuries? >> reporter: so far we do have an idea from some of those rescue teams that you've been mentioning, they've been speaking to and engaging with our teams over in thailand giving them some information as they're finding it out from the scene. so we know that this started in what they're describing as a lower restaurant and spread. i have been looking at a number of videos coming from the scope. these started coming out overnight and into the morning and as the day has gone on and you can clearly see this blaze in what looks like a restaurant

area. on one side of it actually slot machines. i'm mentioning that because i want to give a little context around this place. it's a town where the grand diamond casino is located. it's really popular with large groups of thai tourists who are enthusiastic about gambling. very close to the thai border and go over for these activities. it's also stop off point for people venturing further into cambodia to venture temples. popular with tourists and gamblers. we know in terms of numbers of people that might have been there, but i can tell you the rescue team said about p 00 thais were rescued. we know 16 people have lost their lives and we are tracking all of the feeds from the rescue teams to keep tai check on that

number. these rescue teams, as you mentioned, they saw people jump for their lives. watched two people dion the spot. i want to quote you what one of those rescue workers said to our cnn team. i was shouting and trying to stop them from jumping off the building. i shouted in thai because most of them are thai. i saw people who died immediately. you can imagine how harrowing those scenes are. we also learned that some of those who died died as a result of smoke inhalation. the fire didn't reach them, the smoke did. >> just heartbreaking. thank you so much for your incredibly comprehensive reporting. appreciate it. a female iranian chess player did not wear her hijab when she competed. it also showed a picture of her without a head covering.

joining me now with more is a nada bashir. you've been covering these where we have iranian athletes or competitors who defy the dress code which is imposed by the regime. what do we know about her and what might you expect? >> the fear is upon her return to iran she could face severe repercussions. in the past the deputy minister for sports said they won't face punishment. this is something we could expect to see. we've seen sports women who have removed their hijab facing repercussions. she later said that this was an accident. why do you believe she was speaking under duress. weeks after that we saw her family home being demolished. we could hear in video

circulating on social media, this was the result of her taking a stand at solidarity against the regime. you remember in the world cup the team there choosing not to sing the national anthem. we later learned from a source working very clees on the security of the games that they had faced pressure, that fair family members back at home had faced threats. there is concern what she could face upon her return. she is the latest on what has been a string of females in iran using their platform to take a stand against the regime. solidarity with the protest movement. this is, as we said, a very brave show of defiance against the regime. >> incredibly brave and bold. we'll keep a close eye on what happens. speaking out against the war in ukraine can have deadly consequences on russian elites. there's no direct evidence of tying their deaths to russia.

melissa bell reports. >> reporter: they were part of the russian elite. some at one point critical of the war in ukraine. several died after falling from windows. at least 13 dead in suspicious circumstances this year. the latest russian tycoon to plunge to his death pavel antof who died saturday in india. over the summer he denied opposing the war. another tycoon to fall from a window, this time in moscow, was raval maganof. they called for the soonest termination of the armed conflict. he was one of several russian energy executives whose deaths have raised questions. some have done so alongside their families.

both of whom were said to have murdered relatives before killing themselves. the kremlin has remained tight-lipped but vladimir putin's mess same has been chillingly clear. >> those who decided to ignore the obvious call lost hundreds of millions if not billions of dollars in the west. this is how much of a so-called safe haven it turned out to be. >> some of those who stayed home have been more fortunate without mincing words about ukraine. >> we have abandoned what was achieved in 2000. now we're waiting for victory. winning what? this is a colossal mistake. >> reporter: the outspokenness of some of those closest to the regime, a measure of what they stood to lose. the while no ties between the kremlin and the deaths have been proven in court, for many they stir fears of russia's reach. melissa bell, cnn, paris.

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walking around looking for my own and thought, oh, this one has a phone number on it. i will text them. and i texted as many people as i could. >> how many? how many people -- >> it was a small thing. >> i think i sent around 70 texts. some turned out to be land lines so those obviously didn't go through. >> just tell me, so of the 70, how many responses did you get? >> i want to say i think 30 people texted me back. you know, it ranged from, okay, i need you to give them my phone number so they can call me to oh, thank you so much and then i actually met a man and a woman that came down, they got seven pieces of luggage. the it belonged to themselves and their parents. so as i was standing there i kind of helped them find their seven bags. they're like, do you work for the airline? no, no, i'm like you, i'm looking for my bag. >> she helped out.

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