southwest does not. delta has more than 100. southwest has none. you got to wonder with southwest if that's going to change now. >> so many people are blowing up our twitter and instagram say we can't get out of the airport. >> you have to switch airlines. the southwest crews and airlines are essentially out of position, so you have to wait for the next available airplane and the next available seat, and that could be days away. what you should do when you're booking, choose your airline carefully. >> i love southwest. s the so easy for me to fly. >> you should know your options. you should know what other airlines are flying there. should you have a plan "b" in place? maybe you should. if you have time -- >> i'm hearing this may not be a two or three day thing. this could get into the holiday season. this is getting serious. what's the prognosis? >> we as travelers have to prepare for the possibility. it's on us to come up with a plan blktsr "b" at this point. >> there was a link that said perhaps this had to do with the pilots being forced to be

we asked southwest about that. an agent say, unfortunately, there's quite a bit of bad information floating around. southwest florida airports saw weather and air traffic control s issues, prompting significant cancellations for us friday evening. alex needed to get back from chicago and had to rebook on another airline. >> if it's weather-related, why are all the other airlines operating? it seemed like a mess. >> reporter: many passengers are hoping they will eventually reach their destination. >> i guess i will be all right. it sucks. >> reporter: if flights are not taking off, they need to check in with security. they have their luggage and they are hungry, unable to get to the food in the terminal and without a ride to pick them up. >>> an aviation expert we talked to earlier tonight spoke about southwest issues this weekend. he said bad management had a ripple effect. >> part of the situation is the nature of how southwest works. it's a point-to-point airline, as opposed to the other carriers, where they work

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southwest blames weather and air traffic control issues.ot expensing the same disruptions. here is elizabeth josie -- schulze. >> southwest airlines is apologizing to passengers after canceling nearly 2000 flights in two days. >> the delayed timeline throws a wrench in things. >> chaotic scenes at airports, leaving thousands of travelers frustrated during the busy holiday weekend. in denver, ryan lacey says he waited more than three hours in this line to rebook his flight. >> we were going from denver to tampa and we are not quite sure how we are going to get to orlando, yet. >> in a memo to staff, one southwest official apologized to employees. writing, i'm sorry for the struggles that you and our customers are experiencing once again. among the hardest hit airports, denver. baltimore, dallas, and phoenix. southwest initially blamed bad weather and air traffic control. but, the faa says there have been no major air traffic control issues since friday. >> all of the cancellations are southwest and none of the other flights are from other ai

while southwest struggles to rebuild its schedule, we spoke to the union representing southwest pilots there was no walkout. from l.a. to miami... >> it's not a great end to a good good vacation. >> reporter: dallas to denver... >> we're going to try to gety tt there. when, i don't know. >> reporter: thousands of southwest customers had weekend travel plans ruined by more than 2,000 flight cancellations. tonight the company offering a "tremendous apology" to customers and employees, citing weather and external constraints. did any of your pilots call out sick this weekend? >> we have data on what exactly happened and, so, our pilots sick rates are right in line with what was occurring this summer. >> reporter: captain casey murray is president of the southwest pilots union and insists there was no protest of the company's pending vaccine mandate, but he acknowledged the union is suing southwest over its policy. >> the pilots were picking up extra flying. >> reporter: southwest stood out because other carriers had nowhere near its rate of cancellations. some stranded passengers hit the

southwest vowed to end overbooking but we found southwest and other carriers are still blindsiding lots of passengers by bumping them. almost as long as we've had airlines, we've had bumping. >> pan am once bumped ella fitzgerald off a flight. >> reporter: reported on page 6 of "the new york times" december 31st, 1954. this image of fitzgerald's complaint is in the national archives. >> bumping is not new. >> reporter: that's henry, an airline analyst and consultant in san francisco. an aviation insider since twa. >> i have worked for several differenturned upside down four years ago. >> my god. >> reporter: watching airport guards forcefully bump a passenger. in aviation lingo, he's being yen voluntarily denied boarding. after the controversy caused by this incident on united, many airlines denounced bumping. >> the last thing we want to do is deny a passenger their flight. >> reporter: that's southwest's ceo gary kelly. >> the company has made a decision to cease to overbook going forward. >> reporter: yet southwest continued to bump passengers. in 2019 southwest involuntarily denied

why southwest?e spirit and other airlines with more minor issues that didn't see to have to do with mandates necessarily. >> yeah, sure. i think that's exactly one of the reasons, you know, i would highlight that there's a danger of that element to the market oversimplifying the situation. 10% of the pilot pilots taking action, that's a big piece of the force, presumably that's true, that can have an impact on operations if you look at this weekend, spirit airlines had a great deal of difficulty over the summer and then over the weekend, the cancellation rate for them was around 4%. so they had little slack in their system in the summer you had this surge of people traveling and you're trying to get pilots back, get them in flight simulator time, and then back into the cockpit. you know, spirit airlines, i think from what we can tell from this past weekend's flight cancellations now does have sufficient slack in its system to avoid these kind of issues. but if you do get a weather delay in one place

. >> do you own southwest in the investment club? >> no, i do not. i would have at one time but i think i'm now going to -- >> you don't own any airlines -- >> i'm back to the way when i was at goldman sachs in the '80s. >> for decades they didn't -- >> they started selling at six times earnings. >> and then they had this incredible move and they charge you for ever last little -- nickel and dime you for everything and it worked out. >> the only travel i'm in is wen. people went much too negative. let's say you were talking to a guy like steve wynn. the chinese, they need jobs. i know that sounds odd i come back and say i've before evergrande -- how many evergrandes are there? we have others that are coming up cynic. when is that coming up sinic. it feels like a bit of a house of apartment cards >> they've got a great deal of property that isn't being lived in that's developed that's resulted in enormous debt loads being amassed by these companies. if they can't sell as quickly, it becomes more difficult to service that debt or they

it just seemed like a mess. >> reporter: both southwest and southwest pilots' association debunked rumorsn sick to protest a mandatory covid vaccination policy were to blame, and we can say on friday the pilots' union did ask a federal court to intervene. over the weekend, saturday and sunday for all three bay area airports, more than 160 flights were canceled. here's to hoping for these travelers the situation is much better today. we won't know until later this morning. in san jose, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> thank you, kris. >>> another hopeful sign of recovery for san francisco's tourist industry. a live look near the pier where cruise ships are finally returning. this morning the "majestic princess" returns to the port of san francisco. the port experts more than 20 cruise calls through the rest of the year, and a record 127 for next year. >>> some parts of the bay area under a red flag warning. overnight, damage from the strong winds out there. these are photos from cal fire showing a little bit of the damage there. it also took down power lines. this is not far from maver

like southwest. >> reporter: predominantly southwest over the weekend you are right. >> how many times do passengers and customers need to go through an experience like this to give up on the previously built loyalty with an airline? >> reporter: depends on where you are and what options you have for taking another airline. if they have cancelations that come out of the blue and say we have perfect weather, why is this flight canceled if you have options odds are you will try somebody else depends on the loyalty mileage and points with a particular carrier but there are some people they have southwest as the predominant carrier in the market and it has more flight options and you go with where you have the most options and the lowest price. >> before you go, there was another discussion on the social media universe about what's going on with the pilots for southwest and not consulted before decisions made about vaccination. clear it up. it is not pilots not showing up to work? >> reporter: this is not an official or unofficial sickout by the pilots at southwest airlines they haven't be

he said that's left southwest shorthanded. southwest has confirmed staffing shortages. laura podesta. >>> sfo is among three united states airports and new cdc sister vailance program targeting variants. here is how it works. thotheself test. r sir voluntfo the others the hope to identity new variants as soon soon as tomorrow and limit the spread. >>> and coming up on kpix5. >> texas is fighting back against the president's vaccine mandate. a look at their governor's new executive order next. >>> and amazon expanding flexibility. they can work from home indefinitely but there is a catch. what they are still being asked to do next in the money watch report. >> and later a plea for one grieving bay area father. the warn that came too late for his daughter. >>> let's look outside on the windy tuesday morning. we will be right back. >>> governor of texas is pushing back against vaccine mandates. laura has the latest developments. >> texas governor greg abbott's new order forbids any group including private businesses from enforcing vaccine mandates in the nation's second mo

>> well, i'm really proud of all the employees of southwest, but especially our pilots. our pilots are picking up extra flying amend they are out there on their days off, and it's really internal al processes at southwest as well as i.t., and what we haven't seen is southwest speak to what is going to be the solution moving forward. >> right. you know, do pilots already feel stressed and overworked and now this? give us insight into what's going on with them. >> yeah. well, you know, we're seeing sick rates in line with where they were this summer so that's not an issue. we're seeing pickup rate. our pilots are the most productive in the world. they are the safest in the world and they work harder than anyone else, and they are out there trying to serve of our customers and they are doing everything they can, so picking up on their -- on their off days, all of that time and looking back at the data this weekend, our pilots are out there doing everything they can to -- to do just that, safely and efficiently, service our customers. >> so a transcript of a video message, t

and this comes in the immediate aftermath of the southwest pilot air it. southwest airlines pilot association, which represents over $10000.00 pilots. that's the labor union. ah, they have called for a temporary block on the federally mandated vaccinations. so for corona virus, son, this is until a law suit regarding us labor laws. in these acts, the nations is resolved. now the pilots union is adamant that they are not responsible for the cancellations of flights. and they say that this is rather a bad decision that has been made by the management of southwest airlines. southwest, i point to their how they manage the network, how their i t also supports that network. we've been sounding this alarm for about 4 years now to come to, to go on that a southwest airlines has stepped up and said it is not a decision of their management that is to blame. but rather it is the weather. they blame the weather for these massive flight cancellations. now there have been some conservative and republican observers that a different interpretation of these events. jo biden's, illegal vaccine, mandated work,

>>> a holiday travel nightmare thousands stranded around the nation after southwest cancels nearly 2,000 flights over the extended weekend we'll tell you why, and when traveler also see relief >>> we have the latest on the minnesota bar shooting and the suspects that poce are most interested in after 14 were wounded and one person died. >>> nuclear secrets for sale a navy engineer is accused of trying to pass nuclear submarine intel on a data card hidden inside of a peanut butter sandwich >>> gas prices are soerg, with americans paying more than they have in almost seven years >>> we've got some of the biggest moments from this weekend's blockbuster saturday night live with guest host kim kardashian >>> and the missing texas toddler found alive and well "early today" starts right now >>> hey there, good morning. i'm philip mena. >> glad you could join us. i'm frances rivera we begin with severe weather hitting the southern plains. reports of six tornados touching down in oklahoma overnight public schools there have been canceled as they survey their buildings. overnight, more than 50,000

this is specific to southwest. >> last hour i spoke with a southwest passenger whose flight was cancelled. listen to what she told me. >> and at 7:45 p.m. friday night, i was dealt a devastating blow that my flight was cancelled and they sent me a link to rebook at all on southwest or any other airline. that's when i began to cry. i was devastated to know that less than 12 hours from my flight, i was told i could not go and attend and join my family for such a sad time. they were very professional in their communication with me, so there is nothing that -- there was no other option. there were no other flights on any other airline, miami, west palm beach, nothing. >> so is there any indication, pete, of when southwest will get issues resolved and resume normal operation? >> we'll see. it will take a little bit. what airlines have to do is halt everything to try to get faults and planes and crews in their proper spot and there is issue like this when they get stuck out at different out stations rather than a main hub as the places are planes aren't supposed to be takes a little time for th

>> southwest is failing its customers in the fact that this is becoming a fairly routine issue with southwestch we saw it all summer, we've seen it over the last couple years and we saw it this weekend. we are seeing failures of internal processes as well as it issues that don't support the size the operation has become. todd: does this have anything to do with pilots not showing up to work in one of these, quote, walk outs? >> we were able to look at the data yesterday and our sick rates are right in line with where they were this summer. our pilots do a lot of work in their off time so we have seen it at almost record highs. our pilots are out there supporting the customers and trying to get them safely and efficiently to where they want to go. todd: a statement from southwest, quote, the lawsuit from the union representing our pilots has nothing to do with the operational challenges of the weekend, we experience whether challenges at the beginning of the weekend, challenges compounded by air traffic control issues in the same region. what is interesting to me is neither you nor southwest s

a announcement did southwest president mike van d. then finally, amid to its employees on monday that things got out of control because the airline didn't have adequate staffing. in fact, according to the department of transportation, south was currently has 7000 fewer employees then the airline had before the pandemic. and that's because when air travel plunge at the beginning of the pandemic south was offered by outs and early retirement packages to reduce staff. now, although the weakens problems were and mainly limited to southwest, it is by no means the only aero, and struggling to restore stuff. and slides that were trimmed during the fan pandemic. and fixing these problems will be expensive and time consuming and are likely to cause further pain for passengers returning to the skies. okay, so, so obviously that's, that's a problem that, you know, southwest wasn't honest to begin with about this. but there have also been rumors that this stuff shortage was actually caused by some kind of a sick out that was taking place. essenti

so southwest airline has since out of they cancelled close to $2400.00 flights. and on tuesday, another $87.00 flights or 2 percent of their schedule were also canceled. and in a statement south west blame the air traffic control issues and bad weather in their florida station for the cancellation. but according to the federal aviation administration, that wasn't entirely true. and that came after the f. a responded to the southwest statement in a tweet saying no f, a air traffic staffing shortages have been reported since friday fly delays and cancellations occurred for few hours friday pm, due to widespread, severe weather, military training and limited staffing in one area of the jackson will jacksonville and route center and only after the f a announcement did southwest president, mike van de then finally, amid to its employees on monday things got out of control because the airline didn't have adequate staffing. in fact, according to the department of transportation, south was currently has 7000 fear employees, then the airline had before the pandemic. and t

while southwest struggles to rebuild its struggle, we spoke to the union representing southwest pilots no walkout. from l.a. to miami -- >> it's not a great end to a good vacation. >> reporter: dallas to denver. >> we're going try and get there. when, i don't know. >> reporter: thousands of southwest customers had weekend travel plans ruined by more than 2,000 flight cancellations. tonight, the company offering a, quote, tremendous apology to customers and employees exciting citing weather and external cons constraints. did any of your pilots call out sick this weekend? >> we have data on what exactly happened. and so our pilot sick rates were right in line with what was occurring this summer. >> reporter: captain casey murray is president of the southwest pilots union and insists there was no protest of the company's pending vaccine mandate. but he acknowledged the union is suing southwest over its policy. >> the pilots were picking up extra flying. >> reporter: southwest stood out because other carriers had nowhere near its rate of cancellations. some stranded passengers hit the road

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southwest is one of the best run airlines in the country. forever, i studied them and studied their quick turn program years ago carriers turn airplanes in 30 to 35 minutes, southwest is 15 minutes. that's the positive of this tsunami experience the problem is, like so many things in life, that strength can be its weakness. they schedule so tight when you face the combination, i believe it is the combination of covid, pilot issues and i think there are some pilot issues, no, i don't think they're slowing down that sort of thing but before you effect the mandates 100% -- i'm sure gary does this. you have to sit down with the pilots and say if somebody says no what about sick leave, these issues and so on in addition, the demand, as i mentioned once before, has caught everybody by surprise wait until you see thanksgiving and christmas -- >> it's going to be -- david i'm flying every week, i'm flying again sunday, i'm at the airports probably done 50,000 air miles already this year. i've seen it firsthand i think the issue is the pilots union a

he said another rough day for southwest air.of red on the boards at tampa international airport. so we will continue to follow this story to see if all those flights will be up and running again today. >>> uc berkeley police are investigating what they are calling a hate crime. officers are not releasing much information, only saying a car was vandalized in a way that qualifies as a hate crime, and the destruction of the car was likely motivated by bias. it happened on friday in the berkeley hills. anybody with information is urged to come forward. >>> changes are on the way to children sections of large department stores. governor newsom signed a law that makes california the first state to require a gender neutral section. retailers with more than 500 employees must display things like toys and child care items engender neutral ways. separate boys and girls sections will still be there. the rule does not apply to clothes. lgbtq advocates say traditional marketing methods pressure children to conform to gender stereotypes. >>>

that's what the company, southwest airlines, claimed.aimed that in a statement to us today, a long statement. it's what many media outlets have repeated uncritically for the past two days and yet we can tell you it is untrue. all of that is alive, if not what happened. we've spoken to several people with direct knowledge of what actually did happen. we can tell you the shutdown of southwest airlines over the weekend was a direct consequence, it was a reaction to, joe biden's vaccine mandates. it began last week when gary keller, ceo of southwest, sent an internal memo to his employees declaring that per joe biden's directives, any southwest employee who is not fully vaccinated by the eighth of december will be fired, canned, done, right before christmas. this would include not simply pilots at southwest and flight attendants of course, but ramp workers, mechanics, dispatchers, schedulers, ticket agents, people from the top to the very bottom. many thousands of people. some unknown but apparently large number of these people have still no

southwest airlines again canceling or delaying nearly half its flights. is it related to those vaccine mandates >>> plus, the new showdowns over vaccines leaving some police departments worried about staffing. >>> plus, a small plane crashes in southern california in a neighborhood hitting two homes, setting them on fire the late details now coming in. >>> the whistleblower accusing capitol police leaders of mishandling intelligence about the january 6th riot and failing to take action how the department is responding. >>> almost 20 million americans tonight facing severe weather warnings after more than a dozen reports of tornados in the midwest. state of emergency in puerto rico. the new crisis over its power supply and the tv legend who played "star trek's" captain kirk about to boldly go where no man at his age has ever gone before. >>> this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening a potential new weapon against covid-19 may soon enter the fight an anti-covid pill, not to prevent but to treat the infection in high-risk patients drug ma

that hit all the airlines, to a certain extent but far more impact on southwest. there was an air traffic control staffing issue very briefly on friday night that is not what caused the cancellations over the weekend what caused them saturday, sunday, into today, crew shortages for southwest airlines some of that is crews not being in the right position. remember, this is a point-to-point system. all it takes is for a few cancellations, then you start to see a number of them throughout the system this is different than the hub and spoke model you see for the other major airlines shares of southwest airlines, it expects normal flight schedule later this week. this sounds similar to what we saw with spirit airlines earlier this year. that's because it is very similar in terms of it takes a while to get the schedule recalculated and back running as it should. southwest's coo did say in an employee memo they plan to trim their schedule in november and december take a look at the other airlines remember, all the airlines, while they were initially cautious about what t

southwest airlines is inching back to more normal operations. this as the carrier's ceo denies claims the disruption was caused by staff protesting the company's vaccine requirements. nbc's kerry sanders has more on what the airline is now promising passengers who had their travel plans interrupted. >> reporter: this morning, southwest's ceo says most of their crews are now finally in position to resume normal flight operations. this after a nightmarish holiday weekend for customers wondering what went wrong. >> it was just one thing after another, after another. >> reporter: southwest blames bad weather in florida as the critical trigger to the massive disruptions. what happened to southwest more acute than impacts at other airlines. >> because they don't have hubs with extra planes laying around, one flight away if there is a cancellation, the cascading effects any of operational inefficiency simply get out of control. >> reporter: the pilots union says the more than 2400 canceled flights had nothing to do with pilots protesting the federal va

southwest is headquartered in texas.est and now american airlines and ibm have announced they will defy meg abbott's ban. oh, they are more afraid of joe biden then they are of greg abbott.t. over the white house, by the way, joe biden's top flag is doing what she does every day, lying, lying, lying. here are more lies about what is happening at southwest. >> i know there was a little hubbub over the course of the lastom few days about southwest airlines. we now know that some of those claims were absolutely false, and actually the issue was clearly unrelated to vaccine mandates. >> tucker: oh, you live. they are not completely unrelated to vaccine mandates. talk to the people who called in sick, they were a direct result of the vaccine mandate. you did this, joe biden white house, you are wrecking our interstate travel system. over christmas, you are going to make it impossible for people to travel. you did that. at some point, it is going to be very obvious to the whole country. so, of course, southwest is not the only

so the problems at southwest may run deeper than the staff issues. we're hearing about when a site's avenue, thanks so much for that update. well, do a story that's being described as science fiction becoming reality, art, imitating life, if you will. legendary star trek actor and host of i don't understand here on our to america. william shatner is said to take off on a flight with blue origin, wednesday morning where he will become the oldest person to ever reach orbit. i'm going up into space and i don't know how many people can say that it's life changing. not because of the very old adventure, but because the people at me i it is the latest launch in the world of space tourism that is costing some customers a quarter of a $1000000.00. while countless questions, of course, remain as to what risk the travellers on board are assuming when they blocked off for that adventure of a lifetime. joining us now discusses aaron pay just about your business strategy with a focus on space commercialization. and it's great to have you back on the show today, a

southwest flight cancellations. the white house press secretary today called it a quote little hubbub but pilots, even southwest's own ceo does not like things like government mandate. biden's mandate is not even out yet. the faa is not the reason for this what is going on with southwest, but pilots say, yes it is. we have walkouts, firings nationwide. polls show growing voter distrust of the white house's handling of covid-19. joining us tonight congressman james comer, dan bishop, parent defending education, former ceo andy puzder, gop strategist ford o'connell, former top security official, kt mcfarland. this top story. we have a major new push by gop senators. they are demanding attorney general merrick garland stop his family conflict of interest, bigger than realized. his son-in-law makes big bucks from school boards pushing toxic agendas on children as the ag aims major federal firepower at parents. we have the goods going missing on empty store shelves nationwide. this debate. the white house knew about this

we asked southwest about that, and they replied that southwest florida airports saw weather and air traffic control herbs, quote, triggering delays and prompting significant cancelations for us beginning friday evening. alex from oakland needed to get back from chicago, and had to rebook on another airline. he's now out 600 bucks and said southwest explanations doesn't add up. >> if it's weather related, why are all the other air lines operating. so it just seemed like a mess. >> regardless of the explanation, many passengers like steven are hoping they will even chely reach their destination. >> i guess i will be all right. but it sucks. >> another hitch for stranded passengers here, if their flights are not taking off yet, they cannot check in through security. many are waiting here next to the security counter with their luggage, and they are hungry, unable to get to the food at the terminal and without a ride able to pick them up. >>> cruise ships are coming back in san francisco. this morning the majestic princess returns to the port of san francisco. you may remember in march of 2020,

pete, what's behind this discrepancy between southwest and the faa? >> reporter: really a massive operational mess here, boris. you know, it's not like southwest can flip on a switch and get things back to normal right away. this is really more akin to unplugging the operation and plugging it back in again because it says all of these problems began on friday. it pins the blame on whetheathed air traffic control issues. but the federal aviation administration put out a rare statement saying it was not a problem on saturday and sunday when southwest experienced the lion's share of its cancellations. look at the numbers here. 800 southwest flights canceled on saturday, 1,100 on sunday. that's about 30% of southwest total schedule for the day, but 350 flights canceled for today, about 1 in every 10 flights. a memo to southwest employees explains this ripple effect that this had on the operation, people and planes put in the wrong spots, some flight crews didn't have hotels. this really all trickled down to tens of thousands of passengers who were strande

. >>> a live look at our bay area airports where frustration is growing over more southwest airlines flight delays and cancellations. people still stranded. let's go live to oakland international airport. we have the latest on this changing situation. andrea? >> reporter: well, it is day three of extensive flight cancellations for southwest airlines and passengers annoyed, are frustrated and fed up. jay and trent are on day two of trying to get from hawaii back home to denver on southwest airlines. >> and our first flight got canceled yesterday morning. rebooked for a later flight, and then that got delayed for seven hours, and then got on the plane, and then at that moment, after everybody was seated. >> reporter: they spent $140 for a hotel in oakland, and still trying to get home today, and even that is not looking promising. >> the flight for today, the one that we rebooked has been delayed again, so just hoping it doesn't get canceled again. >> reporter: over the weekend, southwest canceled more than 2,000 flights and another 260 today. the low coast airline said in statement we

. >>> southwest troubles. the airline cancels nearly 2,000 flights over the weekend, stranding passengers. the debate over the cause of the disruptions. >>> the president's agenda. a cbs news poll finds out how many americans really know about mr. biden's top priorities. >>> the boston marathon returns. the big changes to the race after it was canceled last year because of the coronavirus. well, good morning. i'm ann marine green. >>> southwest troubles. the airline cancels nearly 2,000 flights over the weekend, stranding passengers. but the faa is painting a different picture. laura, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne marie. the faa is saying don't blame us. we had enough people on staff all weekend. now, there are reports that this is a protest by pilots who don't want to be forced to get vaccinated. >> reporter: ryan lacey and his family were looking forward to going to disney world. but like thousands of other passengers across the u.s., their flight from denver was canceled. >> we're going to t

southwest hasn't released numbers thus far.mandates in the industry? >> yeah, i mean, delta also hasn't officially mandated it to their employees. you know, in canada, they mandated it, except for local freight carriers. you know, i think, you know, the majority of people support it. people want to be safe while flying. it will be interesting to see how it plays out especially with governor abbott and his new executive order. >> if southwest is using the vaccine mandate as cover, does that bother you? >> of course. i also think it's shady to throw the faa under the bus with blaming them and weather, and i think they also, you know, they lost a lot of credibility coming out and saying that. they're feeding these conspiracy theories because they were not honest about the true reason for the cancellations, so i think they need to do a much better job not just at p.r. but also with customer service. thousands of passengers weren't even notified that flights were cancelled. my friend was rescheduled on a flight at 4:00 in the mornin

though southwest pilots have asked a court to temporarily block the mandate. american's pilots union says 30% are still not vaccinated while 84% of delta's employees and 99% of united's are vaccinated between airline staffing shortages, controversy over vaccine mandates, and a surge in passenger traffic, this could be a challenging holiday season ahead lester >> all right, tom, thank you. >>> up next, taking aspirin to prevent heart attacks and strokes. the new guidance being proposed shoot. what's wrong? i think i'm down to my last inhaler. don't worry. you can refill it and get it delivered using the kaiser permanente app. smart. refill most prescriptions online and get delivery for no cost. wanna help kids get their homework done? well, an internet connection's a good start. but kids also need computers. and sometimes the hardest thing about homework is finding a place to do it. so why not hook community centers up with wifi? for kids like us, and all the amazing things we're gonna learn. over the next 10 years, comcast is committing $1 billion to reach 50

why is the weather only disrupting southwest? now at this point, it seems the issue as close to being resolved, that people are looking at the current flight schedules and expecting that things will return to normal. but questions remain about what caused the panic and cancellation of thousands of flights. if your child is looking to pick out a new barbie doll in a california toy store, well, you'll probably find it next to a g i. joe action figure. california is becoming the 1st us state to force retailers to display toys and other children's products in a gender neutral way. the new law pushed by the democrats doesn't completely forbid stores from having individual sections for boys and girls as long as they provide a general neutral area. it also affects only the state's largest retailers. those with more than 500 employees, archie, contrib, brother, lauren chen says the new law, while apparently well intentioned, is to constraining on businesses. i'm actually pretty open minded in the fact that i think if you're a little girl

southwest hasn't.going into this mandate really at a time critical situation. >> trace: yeah, i want to ask you, because we talked about the flights cancelled over the weekend. you're saying this was not because of a sick-out or organized job action. had nothing to do with the vaccine mandate. >> absolutely not. the two are mutually exclusive. what we've seen now that we're at monday and looking back at the data, our pilot sick rates were in line with where they were this summer. we also see our pilots picking up even more than normal now. so our pilots are out there, serving our customers, out there picking up extra time. so it is absolutely false that our pilots are engaged in any sort of job action. >> here's the concerning part, casey. you have a lot of passengers that are stranded across the country. southwest said the two major factors were weather and air traffic control issues. the faa said there were no air traffic control issues at all. and they said in a tweet, "some airlines continue to exp

there is already chatter of airlines cutting flights to avoid a repeat of the travel knight wears southwesters entered this past weekend and still today. where will it leave your holiday travel plans? would begin with economic woes challenging president biden and creating a drag on the u.s. pandemic recovery. mark meredith is digging into the details for us tonight. >> good to see appeared from rising prices to supply georgia does, americans in many places are struggling and experts say the u.s. and global economy really remain in a fragile state. so now the biden administration facing plenty of tough questions about how it plans to proceed. >> there are different solutions for different industries and we are working to address all of them at the same time. speak of the white house says the president is well aware of the economic problems plaguing consumers and businesses coast-to-coast. >> he has an incredible team that is working all these issues. >> tomorrow that team will address growing economic concerns by meeting the leaders of the port of los angeles and executives from walmart, ups

over the weekend, southwest canceled more than 2,000 flights. now, the company is blaming air traffic control problems, staffing and weather. let's get straight to cnn aviation correspondent pete monteen, he's been following all of this. he's at reagan national airport today. what more are you learning about these cancellations and what's really behind them, pete? >> erica, this is a huge operational mess for southwest airlines and it's not like they can get back to normal with the flip of a switch. this is really more akin to unplugging something and plugging it back in again. these problems that southwest says started back on friday because of air traffic control and weather issues prompted a rare statement from the federal aviation administration saying there were no such issues on saturday and sunday when southwest experienced the lion's shares of its cancellations, 1,100 flights on sunday, about 30% of its total schedule. so far we've seen about 348 cancellations today. that's about one in every ten flights. this is really caused by a rippl

why is the weather only disrupting southwest? now at this point, it seems the issue is close to being resolved, that people are looking at the current flight schedules and expecting that things will return to normal. but questions remain about what caused the panic and cancellation of thousands of flights elsewhere. new york health work is temporarily been allowed to avoid mandatory vaccination after against coven. 19 for a federal judge has extended an order for them to apply for religious exemptions. the series of protests against compulsory, no collections, to contribute to nickel house next, reporting from their. oh, we're outside of thurgood marshall court house, where cambridge, the blasio was being held. michael kane is fighting for another injunction for all the teachers of new york was specifically himself in 10 plaintiffs who were denied the continuation of their restraining order last week. and another court case, mother came said he is optimistic that the judge will hopefully uphold justice to day. he said that the fi

southwest is not doing that. they are being real tough with that and she actually predicted that there was going to be action taken to have something like this happen. in the next day, monday, look what happens. >> dana: in august president biden said the supply chain concerns really temporary and that his experts had told him that they would alleviate it in the economy would improve. we are not saying that. shelves are empty. now you have airlines saying the cascading effect could be that the economy does not improve. >> without question. you saw today some of the retailers are contracting their own cargo ship to bring in products to make sure there are products on the shelves for thanksgiving and christmas. this airline, they mismanaged it. whether it's a mandate or not, they should of told consumers on flyers that they were going to be inconvenienced. that being said, if i were a passenger on southwest airlines i was on a plane with an unvaccinated pilot with my unvaccinated 7-year-old and 6-year-old, i would

southwest airlines cancels thousands of flights, leaving passengers stranded.e long and tempers were short at airports in several cities as passengers were forced to wait hours, and in some cases days yes, days, to get on other flights. >> seth: can you imagine waiting days to reschedule a flight? that's not rescheduling anymore. you just live in the airport now. "welcome to cinnabon what can i get you?" "i don't know. a job application? [ laughter ] i'm just kidding no one has ever said, "welcome to cinnabon" at an airport [ laughter ] the best you're going to get is "let me guess? 2? [ laughter ] and it's especially bad for southwest because a lot of their passengers are flying to places like florida on vacation it would be one thing if you were stuck at the airport on your way to a business trip, but if you're going to disney with your family and you're 3 days late -- "all right, everyone, we made it. we got 45 minutes inside the park, then we got to turn around and go home. why you kids, go wait in line at space mountain while your mother and i go get divor

the may helped at southwest counters and gates came hours at they have southwest pilots union filed a lawsuit in federal court against the covid- 19 vaccine mandate set to take effect on december 8th. u.c. hastings professor rice said this lawsuit has the potential to go either way because of the collective bargaining agreement. >> they're not saying it affects rights or really just freedom. they are saying our collective banking agreement sets the relative part for you the management to ask the workers. >> reporter: now, there was some inclement weather in jackson, florida, that grounded flights for a while, but apparently other airlines had fewer canceled flights. and southwest has also said they plan on trimming their schedule going into the fall and winter holidays. >>> california has just surpassed 70,000 coronavirus deaths, and while that's the highest of any state, given our large population, we have the leeest rate of new cases, with a test positivity average of just 2.2%, heading inhe hs starting friday, you'll be able to unmask at indoor gyms and office number san francisco

southwest's pilots union blaming the airline management. in a statement, saying our pilots will continue to overcome swa management's poor planning, as well as any external operational challenges. >> we feel for those passengers. phil, what is southwest's message to the thousands of passengers left stranded tonight? >> reporter: right now, southwest says it's harder to recover from a disruption like this because it's operating fewer flights since the pandemic. the airline is offering a bit more flexibility to passengers when they go to the website to self-rebook. but other than that, it's just an apology and asking passengers for patience. >> phil, thank you. >>> now to the extreme weather alert in the southern plains, where 14 million people from texas to missouri are facing a significant tornado threat. let's get right to rob marciano with the latest. hey, rob. >> reporter: hi, linsey. this is the first significant tornado threat in tornado alley since last spring. tornado watches already hoisted. just starting to get going now. this will

southwest airlines canceled nearly 2,000 flights this weekend. they blamed weather and air traffic control issues but there is more to the story. >> reporter: tonight southwest airlines is scrambling to control a travel fiasco from dallas -- >> unbelievable. people are frustrated and aggravated. >> reporter: -- to denver where long lines stretch through the airport. >> the soonest they can put me on a flight is wednesday. >> then they said they can get us out on tuesday. today is sunday. we have kids. we have a daughter in high school. >> reporter: passengers desperate to get rebooked on new flights. southwest canceled at least 1800 flights this weekend. sunday alone 27% of its fleet grounded. frustration taking flights. if the long lines weren't bad enough passengers faced as much as an eight-hour wait to reach someone on the phone. these travelers in las vegas resorting to sleeping on the bare floor. in a statement southwest blamed air traffic control issues and bad weather in florida from friday but the faa says its traffic control issues were

data shows southwest has 7,000 fewer workers than before the pandemic. >> we want to see southwest notsame failures that we've seen for a few years now, but especially over the summer and this past weekend. >> reporter: southwest insists it has an aggressive hiring plan, but that is not enough for the passengers who reported hours long hold times trying to get through to customer service. anthony scott says he was a long time customer but has now left with a southwest credit to use. >> i'm not sure that i would. you know, this is a very frustrating experience. >> reporter: southwest airlines just issued a new statement. it says it extends a tremendous apology to its customers. it is also underscoring those problems were not the result of employee protests over its new vaccine mandate. wolf. >> pete, thank you very much. coming up, how former president trump is putting american democracy increasingly in peril as he steps up to spread his big lie about a stolen election. people with moderate to severe psoriasis, or psoriatic arthritis, are rethinking the choices they make like the splash