s. airline. southwest airlines have been canceled. now this comes shortly after a move by the southwest airlines pilot association, the labor union that represents over $10000.00 pilots at southwest airlines filed for a temporary block on a move to mandate a vaccinations federally mandated corona virus vaccinations. now they have filed a lawsuit against those mandatory vaccinations and they are asking for a block on the vaccinations until this lawsuit regarding us labor laws and how it applies to these vaccinations can be resolved. now the union was quick to step up and say that they were not responsible for the cancellation of these flights. this was not a strike. this is what they had to say southwest by 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. southwest airlines came forward and said that it was not a bad decision from the management. as the union alleged, it was rather weather conditions that caused the cancellation of thousands of fligh

that's what the company, southwest airlines, claimed. they claimed 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

. southwest airlines have been cancelled. now this comes shortly after a move by the southwest airlines pilot association, the labor union that represents over $10000.00 pilots, that southwest airlines filed for a temporary block on a move to mandate vaccinations, federally mandated corona virus vaccinations. now they have filed a lawsuit against those mandatory vaccinations and they are asking for a block on the vaccinations until this lawsuit regarding us labor laws and how it applies to these vaccinations can be resolved. now the union was quick to step up and say that they were not responsible for the cancellation of these slides. this was not a strike. this is what they had to say southwest by point to their how they manage the network, how their i t also supports that network. but once a little hiccup occurs, due to the internal processes, our pilots are getting to where they need to be. we've been sounding this alarm for about 4 years and they've seen very little approach to correcting it's. southwest airlines came for

. southwest airlines have been cancelled. now this comes shortly after a move by the southwest airlines pilot association, the labor union that represents over $10000.00 pilots, that southwest airlines filed for a temporary block on a move to mandate vaccinations, federally mandated corona virus vaccinations. now they have filed a lawsuit against those mandatory vaccinations and they are asking for a block on the vaccinations until this lawsuit regarding us labor laws and how it applies to these vaccinations can be resolved. now the union was quick to step up and say that they were not responsible for the cancellation of these flights. this was not a strike. this is what they had to say southwest by point to their how they manage the network. how there is she also supports that network, but once a little hiccup occurs due to the internal processes, our pilots are getting to where they need to be. we've been sounding this alarm for about 4 years and have seen very little approach to correcting it's. southwest airlines came for

is kellum open. chaos and airports across the country as flights from a major us airline. southwest airlines have been cancelled. now this comes shortly after a move by the southwest airlines pilot association, the labor union that represents over $10000.00 pilots, that southwest airlines filed for a temporary block on a move to mandate vaccinations, federally mandated corona virus vaccinations. now they have filed a lawsuit against those mandatory vaccinations and they are asking for a block on the vaccinations until this lawsuit regarding us labor laws and how it applies to these vaccinations can be resolved. now the union was quick to step up and say that they were not responsible for the cancellation of these flights. this was not a strike. this is what they had to say southwest by point to their how they manage the network, how their i t also supports that network. but once a little hiccup occurs, due to the internal processes, our pilots are getting to where they need to be. we've been sounding this alarm for about 4 years, and it seen very little approach to correcting it's. southwest

. southwest airlines have been canceled. now this comes shortly after a move by the southwest airlines pilot association, the labor union that represents over $10000.00 pilots, that southwest airlines filed for a temporary block on a move to mandate vaccinations, federally mandated corona virus vaccinations. now they have filed a lawsuit against those mandatory vaccinations and they are asking for a block on the vaccinations until this lawsuit regarding us labor laws and how it applies to. these vaccinations can be resolved. many conservative and republican voices have spoken up and given a pretty strong view of how they see the situation. jo biden's, illegal vaccine, mandated work, suddenly was short on pilots in their traffic controllers. i stand with southwest airlines, employees who are fighting against these mandates. this isn't about the vaccine, this is about freedom. now the union was quick to step up and say that they were not responsible for the cancellation of these slides. this was not a strike. this is what they

s. airlines. southwest airlines has now cancel thousands of flights. 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 repu

airlines, we will talk the president of southwest airline policy association that's later, the latest on the global energy crisis you are watching "squawk box" on cnbc they have a better finance system than we do. i feel like they might have a better finance system than we do. workday. how do they make better decisions faster? workday. it's got to be something workday. i think i got something. work... hey, rob, you're on mute. hello! hey, rob, there he is. workday. the finance, hr and planning system for a changing world. >>> welcome back to "squawk box. the faa saying there is no evidence that a protest against a covid mandate was behind the forced cancellation of thousands of airline flights over the weekend. phil lebeau joins us with more on that story and our next guest. good morning >> good morning, andrew, let's bring in captain casey pary the president of the southwest airline pilots association, swapup for swapa for short. they are coming down a little bit every day. when do you expect the satellite schedules to be back-to-normal so-to-speak? >> i think we will start getting b

s. airline. southwest airlines have been cancelled. now this comes shortly after a move by the southwest airlines pilot association, the labor union that represents over $10000.00 pilots at southwest airlines filed for a temporary block on a move to mandate a vaccinations federally mandated corona virus vaccinations. now they have filed a lawsuit against those mandatory vaccinations and they are asking for a block on the vaccinations until this lawsuit regarding us labor laws and how it applies to these vaccinations can be resolved. now the union was quick to step up and say that they were not responsible for the cancellation, these flights. this was not a strike. this is what they had to say southwest by 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. southwest airlines came forward and said that it was not a bad decision from the management. as the union alleged, it was rather weather conditions that caused the cancellation of thousands of flights

. southwest airlines have been cancelled. now this comes shortly after moved by the southwest airlines pilot association, the labor union that represents over $10000.00 pilots, that southwest airlines filed for a temporary block on a move to mandate vaccinations, federally mandated corona virus vaccinations. now they have filed a lawsuit against those mandatory vaccinations and they are asking for a block on the vaccinations until this lawsuit regarding us labor laws and how it applies to these vaccinations can be resolved. now the union was quick to step up and say that they were not responsible for the cancellation of these slides. this was not a strike. this is what they had to say. southwest, i point to their how they manage the network, how their i t also supports that network. but once a little hiccup occurs, due to the internal processes, our pilots are getting to where they need to be. we've been sounding this alarm for about 4 years and they've seen very little approach to correcting its southwest airlines came forwa

s. airline southwest airlines have been cancelled. now this comes shortly after a move by the southwest airlines pilot association, the labor union that represents over $10000.00 pilots at southwest airlines filed for a temporary block on a move to mandate vaccinations, federally mandated corona virus vaccinations. now they have filed a lawsuit against those mandatory vaccinations and they are asking for a block on the vaccinations until this lawsuit regarding us labor laws and how it applies to these vaccinations can be resolved. now the union was quick to step up and say that they were not responsible for the cancellation of these flights. this was not a strike. this is what they had to say southwest by 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. southwest airlines came forward and said that it was not a bad decision from the management. as the union alleged, it was rather weather conditions that caused the cancellation of thousands of flight

s. airline southwest airlines have been cancelled. now this comes shortly after a move by the southwest airlines pilot association, the labor union that represents over $10000.00 pilots at southwest airlines filed for a temporary block on a move to mandate a vaccinations federally mandated corona virus vaccinations. now they have filed a lawsuit against those mandatory vaccinations and they are asking for a block on the vaccinations until this lawsuit regarding us labor laws and how it applies to these vaccinations can be resolved. now the union was quick to step up and say that they were not responsible for the cancellation, these flights. this was not a strike. this is what they had to say southwest by 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. southwest airlines came forward and said that it was not a bad decision from the management. as the union alleged, it was rather weather conditions that caused the cancellation of thousands of flights

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 institution that has been burdened with theseof mandates, so has the l.a. county sheriff's department. the sheriff in l.a. county, alex villanueva, says he will not enforce the mandate, he is a democrat, we tell you. he joins us tonight to tell you why. sheriff, thank you for coming on. i will throw it to you. why are you taking this very public step to defy this order? >> well, it's very simple. i know my employees ve

airlines >> the travel nightmare for thousands of passengers after southwest airlines canceled more than 2,200 flights in just the past 3 days. stranded passengers again today hours long lines at the denver airport, just to reschedule flights. >> about 90 more flights canceled today as southwest airlines struggles to get back to normal after days of chaos and cancellations. >> tonight travel, chaos and confusion. southwest airlines cancels thousands of flights, leaving passengers stranded. lines were 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 passe

airlines and southwest airlines. and after southwest airlines filed in court about possibly, you know, trying to get these restrictions. oh, returned argument. they're not in consistent with us labor laws are there were thousands of flights that were cancelled around the country, causing a little bit of panic at the airports. now after that, the union made clear it was not their decision. this was not a strike or anything like that. ah, this, it was not them who cancel these flight. it was southwest airlines themselves. and southwest airlines said it was bad weather that had caused these unplanned flight cancellations. we experienced weather challenges in our florida airports at the beginning of the weekend challenges that were compounded by unexpected air traffic control issues in the same region, triggering delays and prompting significant cancellations. now another workplace that is apparently been affected by this is the white house. however, the white house denies rumors that some staff were not coming to work i

s. airline. southwest airlines have been cancelled. now this comes shortly after a move by the southwest airlines pilot association, the labor union that represents over $10000.00 pilots at southwest airlines filed for a temporary block on a move to mandate vaccinations, federally mandated corona virus vaccinations. now they have filed a lawsuit against those mandatory vaccinations and they are asking for a block on the vaccinations until this lawsuit regarding us labor laws and how it applies to these vaccinations can be resolved. now the union was quick to step up and say that they were not responsible for the cancellation of these flights. this was not a strike. this is what they had to say southwest by 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. southwest airlines came forward and said that it was not a bad decision from the management. as the union alleged, it was rather weather conditions that caused the cancellation of thousands of flight

. southwest airlines have been canceled. now this comes shortly after move by the southwest airlines pilot association, the labor union that represents over $10000.00 pilots, that southwest airlines filed for a temporary block on a move to mandate vaccinations, federally mandated corona virus vaccinations. now they have filed a lawsuit against those mandatory vaccinations and they are asking for a block on the vaccinations until this lawsuit regarding us labor laws and how it applies to these vaccinations can be resolved. now the union was quick to step up and say that they were not responsible for the cancellation of these slides. this was not a strike. this is what they had to say. southwest, i point to their how they manage the network, how they're i t also supports that network, but once a little hiccup occurs, due to the internal processes, our pilots are getting to where they need to be. we've been sounding this alarm for about 4 years and have seen very little approach to correcting its. southwest airlines came forwar

that's what the company southwest airlines, claimed. they claimed 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 itep is untrue. all of that is lie, if not what happened.th twe've spoken to several people with direct knowledge of what actually did happen. we canan tell you the shutdown f southwest airlines over the weekend was a direct consequence, it was a reaction to, joe biden's vaccine mandates.s it b began last week when gary keller, ceo of southwest, sent an internal memo tof 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 thousandsnt of people. some unknown but apparently large number of these peopl

so southwest airline has since saturday, canceled close to 2400 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. flight 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 and noun. smith did southwest president mike van divan finally amid to its employees. on monday, things got out of control because the airline didn't have adequate staffing. in fact, that according to the department of transportation, south was currently has 7000 fear employees. then the airline had before the pandem

course of the last few days about southwest airlines. we now know that some of those planes were absolutely false, and actually the issue ws 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. of course, southwest is not the only institution that has been burdened with these mandates, so has the l.a. county sheriff's department. the sheriff in l.a. county, alex villanueva, says he will not enforce the mandate, he is a democrat, we tell you. he joins us tonight to tell you why. sheriff, thank you for coming on. i will throw it to you. why are you taking this very public step to defy this order? >> well, it's very simple. i know my employees very well

airlines and southwest airlines. and after southwest airlines filed in court about possibly, you know, trying to get these restrictions overturned, arguing they're not inconsistent with us labor laws. there were thousands of flights that were cancelled around the country, causing a little bit of panic at the airport. now, after that, the union made clear it was not their decision. this was not a strike or anything like that. this it was not to them would cancel these flights, it was southwest airlines themselves, and southwest airlines said it was bad weather that had caused these unplanned flight cancellations. we experienced weather challenges in our florida airports at the beginning of the weekend challenges that were compounded by unexpected air traffic control issues in the same region, triggering delays and prompting significant cancellations. now another workplace that has apparently been affected by this is the white house. however, the white house denies rumors that some staff were not coming to work in prot

so southwest airline has since out of they canceled 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 blamed air traffic control issues and bad weather in their florida stations. 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. flight delays and cancellations occurred for few hours friday pm, due to widespread, severe weather, military training and limited staffing in one area of the jacksonville, jacksonville, and route center. and only after the f. 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 pand

. southwest airlines have been cancelled. now this comes shortly after a move by the southwest airlines pilot association, the labor union that represents over $10000.00 pilots, that southwest airlines filed for a temporary block on a move to mandate vaccinations, federally mandated corona virus vaccinations. now they have filed a lawsuit against those mandatory vaccinations and they are asking for a block on the vaccinations until this lawsuit regarding us labor laws and how it applies to these vaccinations can be resolved. now the union was quick to step up and say that they were not responsible for the cancellation of these slides. this was not a strike. this is what they had to say southwest by point to their how they manage the network. how there is she also supports that network. we've been sounding this alarm for about 4 years. southwest airlines came forward and said that it was not a bad decision from the management. as the union alleged, it was rather weather conditions that caused the cancellation of thousands of f

more than 1,300 southwest airlines flights were delayed or completely canceled. today in the bay's, tom jensen, reports. >> a busier than normal saturday for southwest airline counters, lines backed with passengers they got the distressing news bright and early. >> when i woke up this morning i got a text saying my flight had been canceled. >> they texted me this morning. >> what did they say? >> the flight was canceled. they were rebooking for tomorrow. >> 11 flights canceled in san jose, and 17 delays. 11 more southwest cancelations at oakland international. they are among hundreds more canceled flights on southwest airlines across the nation. hundreds more delayed as well. >> at first i thought it was rebooked for this morning at 6:30, because i was kind of in a panic, and then i realized they rebooked it for tomorrow. >> it all had to do with weather in florida on friday night, that led to a cancelations do to a faa management program. it led to a domino affect in saturday. meanwhile, passengers told us they can't wait and hope to get on a rebooked flight on

southwest airlines canceled thousands of flights. air traffic controllers and others taking sick days to deal with vaccinations and mandates. the airlines says it is not saying that is the reason. they canceled flights and blamed weather when other airlines were flying the same routes. the southwest airlines pilots union recently fired a lawsuit against the airline's vaccine mandate. lydia hu has more on the story. good to see you, lydia. reporter: liz, the southwest cancellations wrecking holiday travel plans for thousands. more than 1800 flights canceled over the weekends and those cancellations continuing today. 10% of southwest airlines flights are canceled as of now. southwest blamed the cancellations on disruptive weather and air traffic control issues but the faa responded, pushing back saying there have been no air traffic staffing shortages reported since friday. notably, no other airline seemed to be experiencing this level of disruption. now the cancellations come after the union representing southwest pilots filed a reque

the delays for southwest passengers and a response from the airline. >> a red flag warning. the areas bracing for power shutoffs. it is monday, october 11. you are watching abc seven mornings, live on abc seven, hulu live in wherever you stream. >> we will start with a check of the forecast with meteorologist lisa arjun. >> it is windy out there. some debris on my way to work. that is the system dropping in from the sierra nevada. look at the fire from the bay area. 30 to 50 mile-per-hour gusts. here is our wind advisory throughout the day, today. even in the valley, san mateo and san francisco. 52 in san ramon. we will get windier throughout the day. right now, 23 to 22 mile-per-hour gusts. we are gusting to 20 in oakland. 21 in san mateo. a windy day out there. it will be sunny and brisk. much cooler temperatures today. >> overnight, the usgs is reporting a magnitude 6.9 earthquake along the southern alaska peninsula. this struck after 2:00 a.m. our time. there are no reports of any injuries and no tsunami warnings have been issued. we will update you on this as we learn m

everything everyone things are getting worse for southwest airlines today. the company canceled a 1000 more flights today. >> the airline has already canceled more than a 1000 flights nationwide and delayed nearly 700 others. kwok sec. you checked in with passengers and reports now from san francisco international airport. >> some passengers i spoke with here at sfo had to rebook their flights in order to make it to their destination on sunday. some others even booked secondary flights on other airlines as an added precaution after hearing about all the cancellations. >> thousands of flights canceled by southwest airlines on sunday, including a dozen here at san francisco international airport was until last night. >> i like packing everything getting ready that it was like flight canceled. pick something else about it's like a building. so there's like a 1000 flights are canceled. felony lane lives in san francisco. >> it was originally scheduled to leave for denver colorado around 6 o'clock this morning. thankfully she was able to get on a later flight sun

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

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

a third straight day of widespread cancellations from southwest airlines. hundreds of flights grounded again. tonight, how the airline is now explaining this. the message late today. saying, quote, weather and other external constraints are to blame. what the faa is now saying about that explanation. furious passengers stranded. >>> tonight, the u.s. navy engineer and his wife accused of trying to sell secrets about nuclear-powered submarines to another unnamed country. authorities say encrypted files were hidden in a peanut butter sandwich, in a pack of gum. >>> the tornado threat as we come on the air tonight. the city of chicago and surrounding areas under a tornado watch right now. already multiple reported tornadoes across several states. and the major snowstorm we're tracking, too. ginger zee is standing by. >> the missing 3-year-old boy w groceries in t that boy has been found alive and what authorities are now saying about the case. >>> the attack on the capitol and never before heard audio. the interview with former president trump with our jonatha

so southwest airline has inside 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 blamed air traffic control issues and bad weather in their florida stations 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 for to just have been reported since friday. flight 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 and noun. smith did south west president mike van d. then finally, amid to its employees, on monday, things got out of control because the airline didn't have adequate staffing. in fact, that according to the department of transportation south was currently has 7000 fear employees, then the airline had before the pa

southwest is one of the best run airlines in the country. i've known them 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 th

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southwest is dealing with a staffing shortage like so many airlines are. the airlines packed flight schedule. they may reduce their schedule moving forward but today, charles, we're seeing delays and cancellations mounting. i just checked, 25% of the airline's flights are now delayed on twitter. the airline says they hope that they will return toe normal operation. charles: just a domino effect, right? once these things start it is hard to reverse it just immediately? >> so many passengers are without flights. they're having trouble rebooking a lot of people are just out of luck at the moment. charles: i like how the faa called them out on twitter. don't blame us. >> reporter: right. charles: lydia, thank you very much. appreciate it. nobody is buying the notion this is all about the weather, southwest airlines, only clouds fall on their airplanes? there is a lot of scuttlebutt that the pilots are protesting after filing the lawsuit we talked about. joining me iwf fellow. president biden gloating about effective about the vac scene mandates. there are fuzz

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

in many of them, you should know love southwest airlines but felt they had no choice but to do this, nobody was standing over them, not the congress, which by the way has excepted itself from vaccine mandates, not even their labor union, which exists and is paid to defend them, but they are not. so in desperation, the pilots committed the most basic act of nonviolent civil disobedience,

this isn't the government telling united airlines and southwest, it's that airlines think we want our pilots and those who work for us vaccinated. we can disagree. everyone has the right to express their freedom however they choose but there are consequences when you do your freedom. if you would've told me at 2020 last year, we were in a presidential race. we had our first debate. biden and president trump. then vice president biden. if you would've told me a year later we would have three vaccines and that only 60% of americans will be fully vaccinated, less than 60%, i would've taken a bet on the opposite side. i would've thought we would have three quarters of our nation vaccinated. the first that i came on the show, you are kind to have me and jesse said clearly if everyone who is vaccinated software masks, that's wrong. i'm vaccinated. the likelihood of me getting this virus is so small and the likelihood of me getting sick is very small. infant. infinitesimally small. those numbers still exist today. i hope people get vaccinated and those who choose not to, there will be conseq

southwest airlines is scrambling to control a travel fiasco, from dallas -- >> unbelievable. people are aggravated. >> reporter: to denver, where long lines stretched through the airport. >> the soonest they can put me on a flight is wednesday >> they said they can get us out on tuesday today is sunday. >> reporter: passengers desperate to get rebooked. southwest canceled at least 1800 flights this weekend sunday alone, 27% of its fleet grounded frustration taking flight. if the long lines weren't bad enough, passengers faced as much as an eight-hour wait to reach someone on the phone 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 said traffic control issues were long resolved. southwest released another statement saying after cutting back flights during the pandemic, recovering is more difficult and prolonged. >> no, it's not a good day to be a southwest airlines passenger what's going on is southwest scheduled too in flights they are struggling wit

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

todd: the airline struggles to get back in. >> southwest airlines is denying the sick out as the carrier is struggling to get flight schedule back to normal. the airline and i was union saying the cancellations were not in response to the airline's decision to mandate vaccinations. casey murray joins you this hour. >> processes are failing and being reassigned or flight attendants being reassigned and covering trips. 3 or 4 days. >> southwest on friday evening the airline into the day with numerous cancellations which lift aircraft and crews out of preplanned positions. that didn't stop chip roy from telling southwest on twitter, working on legislation to clawback covid given to airlines if they fire employees not vaccinated. carley: can you see if that is the first we the never included the words eat it? jillian: i enjoyed that one. it will costs a lot more. that was a segue. a global measure of food prices hitting a ten year high, seeing space in the meat supply beef up of 12%, eggs are up 10%, fresh fish up 10.5% and energy prices jumped in the last 12 months. jillian: it is a serious

. >>> 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

>> reporter: it's a big operational mess for southwest airlines, erica. it's not like flipping on a switch to get it back to normal. this is more like the airline needs to unplug it and plug it back in again because it says these problems all started back on friday when there were weather and air traffic control issues. the federal aviation administration put out a statement saying there were no weather or agency issues on saturday and sunday when southwest experienced the lion's share of cancellations and delays. it canceled 800 flights on saturday, 1,100 nights on sunday, about a third of its overall schedule for the day. it's canceled about 350 flights today, about 1 in every 10 flights. there is a ripple effect southwest says it put planes and people in the wrong spots. some flight crews didn't even have hotels and that left tens of thousands of passengers in the lurch in these long lines, scrambling to get on new flights. also waiting on hold for hours and they are not happy about this. >> there's no explanation for this problem, so i suspect that so

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. >>> more trouble today for southwest airlines. we have the frustrating flight cancellations for travelers across the country. >>> a return to normal for the cruise line industry. a welcome sight in san francisco today. >>> tonight we are at dodger stadium with a preview of the game. good afternoon. i am allen martin. at 3:00 on kpix 5 and cbsn bay area, we start with the fire dangerous and these are the areas affected right now. here is the latest numbers. 4500 customers are without power right now in solano county. 2500 in napa county and some customers in alameda are also affected. kpix 5's justin andrews is in st. helena with how people spent the morning preparing. >> reporter: everyone we spoke with said they have a backup generator for this reason alone. pg&e said 48,000 customers could be without power in 33 counties and it is a normal monday morning in st. helena where the lights are on. dry weather conditions in the forecast so pg&e alerted 40,000 customers that power could be off, stretching from alameda to sonoma county

airlines and southwest airlines. and after southwest airlines filed in court about possibly, you know, trying to get these restrictions overturned, arguing they're not inconsistent with us labor laws. there were thousands of flights that were canceled around the country causing a little bit of panic at the airport. let me use use use ah, the i've never been in favor of corporations imposing and that kind of a mandate executive order from president biden mandates. it all federal employees and then all federal contractors have to have a mandate info vaccine in place by december, the 8th. so we're working through that. ah, ah, in now another workplace that has apparently been affected by this is the white house. however, the white house denies rumors that some staff were not coming to work in protest of the vaccine mandate. this is what the white house spokesperson said when confronted with these rumors, implementing these mandates create certainty. it reduces the number of people who are out of work sick and worse, and

southwest had delays. other airlines did, too. it seems like southwest didn't plan around that stuff and recover from it, as well as other airlines. when one thing goes wrong, it can cascade quickly. >> southwest did not manage the situation as well as the other airlines. >> from what we see, it looks like southwest had trouble managing their issue. and the nature how southwest works. it's a point-to-point airline, as opposed to the other carriers where they work from the hubs and the networks. >> we ended up where planes and flight attendants were in the wrong place. >> how long will it take to recover from this? >> it could be better by tomorrow. it could be a bit longer. it depends how well they are doing. the spirit incident was almost the cause. worst case, that is what you see here. hopefully, it's not like that. this is something that happens periodically to every airline. usually they recover in a day or two. >> do you see long-term impact? i've been seeing people online upset. will this be a long-term problem for southwes

." >>> if you were traveling on southwest airlines this weekend chances are you had a difficult time of it. there were lots of cancelations and delays. we'll talk about whether or not that is going to continue today. >>> avoiding a twindemic. how some fear covid surge combined with flu season could overwhelm hospitals in a matter of weeks. what authorities are saying ahead of the holiday season. >>> right now at 6:30, gusty winds and dry conditions creating a potentially dangerous situation. a red flag warning now in effect and thousands may be left in the dark. meteorologist, kari hall, tracking all of your microclimate weather alert. plus -- >> cancelation chaos. hundreds of southwest flights leaving passengers stranded and frustrated. customers that say the southwest explanation doesn't fly with them. this is "today in the bay." >>> good monday morning to you. thank you for joining us. i am laura garcia. >> i am marcus washington. we want to get right to meteorologist, kari hall. how are the conditions shaping up? >> a fire that does get started, if it does, could spread quickly s

airlines and southwest airlines. and after southwest airlines filed in court about possibly, you know, trying to get these restrictions overturned, arguing they're not inconsistent with us labor laws. there were thousands of flights that were canceled around the country causing a little bit of panic at the airport. let me use use use the i've never been in favor of corporation is imposing and that kind of a mandate executive order from president biden mandates. it all federal employees and then all federal contractors have to have a mandate invoice vaccine in place by december, the 8th. so we're working through that. ah, ah, in now another workplace that has apparently been affected by this is the white house, wherever the white house denies rumors that some staff were not coming to work in protest of the vaccine mandate. this is what the white house spokesperson said when confronted with these rumors, implementing these mandates create certainty and reduces the number of people who are out of work sick and worse. an

and southwest airlines, and after southwest airlines filed in court about possibly, you know, trying to get these restrictions overturned, arguing they're not inconsistent with us labor laws. there were thousands of flights that were cancelled around the country, causing a little bit of panic at the airport. let me use use use ah, the, i've never been in favor of corporations imposing and that kind of a mandate executive order from president biden mandates it all federal employees. and then all federal contractors have to have a mandate info vaccine in place by december, the 8th. so we're working through that ah, ah, in now another workplace that has apparently been affected by this is the white house. however, the white house denies rumors that some staff were not coming to work in protest of the vaccine mandate. this is what the white house spokesperson said when confronted with these rumors, implementing these mandates create certainty. it reduces the number of people who are out of work sick and worse, and that is good ultimately for businesses, it's good for the economy. i know

analysts also say that airlines, southwest airlines, packed flight schedule is an issue here where they're scheduling more flights than they can handle. the airline says they hope to return to normal operations soon. on twitter they're saying possibly this week. neil? >> neil: yeah, all of these people grounded as a result. lydia, thanks for that. to mark murphy, the travel expert. to show you how sweeping this was, even mark was caught in this. mark, how are you holding up now? >> i'm good. text me 24 hours to get back. i made it back on a different flight. i was able to get picked up and back to ft. lauderdale. >> neil: what was the problem? do you know what was going on? >> so when i first went through security, probably an hour before my flight took off, i got the text saying your flight is cancelled. obviously you can't get through. so you know, you go on and you look at the app and there was nothing available till the next day. then nothing available until the end of the next day. cancellations, they were just sold out. appeared to be sold out. so i booked multiple flights back. i st