according to flightaware, more than 10,000 flights have been delayed and more than 2400 canceled outright. our reporter was at sfo, where families are stranded and the staff says the worst is yet to come over the holiday weekend. >> call it the nightmare before christmas as omicron fears jet into holiday panic. >> i keep seeing these cancellations and keep my fingers crossed. >> she was hoping to fly to united -- on united. >> how many flights have been canceled? >> to my knowledge, 170. the number keeps going up. >> airline staff sick, prompting a slew of airlines, including jetblue, to cancel hundreds of flights nationwide and here in the bay area. it happened to jack. he's worried he won't make it to seattle. >> we are on the 12:50 flights, but it has trouble. we are going at 2:18 now. >> we've been constantly checking all the websites. we are crossing our fingers and hoping we will be able to make this trip. >> do you have a backup plan? >> no, we don't. >> omicron mixed up 50% to 70% of new covid cases in california. bay area travelers questioning if the trip is worth the risk. >> i'

flig flightaware noting hundreds of cancellations for today so far. airlines citing the rising number of coronavirus cases among crew and staff. jetblue is joining delta in asking the cdc to shorten the quarantine period for vaccinated workers to five days to ease some of those crew shortages. the surge in covid cases not deterring travelers this year. tsa screenings over the past week nearly double the amount over the same period last year. on the roads, the more than 100 million that drove to their holiday destinations are also facing challenges. a challenging storm is complicating travel in the and in the west, from colfax, california to the nevada state line. some injuries reported. in washington state, drivers running into whiteout conditions. heavy snow also expected to take its toll on travel into the dakotas and northern great lakes well into monday morning. on monday, congestion in the new york city city area expected to be up more than 350% during the evening commute. there could be more travel troubles. this morning's weather could again af

according to flightaware, more than 10,000 flights have been delayed and more than 2400 canceled outrighthere families are stranded and the staff says the worst is yet to come over the holiday weekend. >> call it the nightmare before christmas as omicron fears jet into holiday panic. >> i keep seeing these cael

the flight tracking firm flightaware has said more than 2000 christmas eve flights have been cancelledxplaining their decision, united airlines said: . and delta airlines warned: . in the us, daily 0micron cases have risen beyond the peak of the delta wave and hospitals are quickly filling up. despite this, many are still taking the risk to reach their loved ones. i'm very scared to be flying, to be honest. i'm glad to see everyone looks pretty masked up. ijust hope people on the plane as respectful of those around them. fully vaxxed and boosted and all of that and i said, you know, i'm just so glad to be back with people, doing what we do. it kind of feels good. i mean, i'm still worried about the variant, omicron and all that, but at the same time, i'm just like you know what? let'sjust — let's get back to living our lives a little bit. airlines are now calling for reduced quarantine for vaccinated staff with delta's ceo asking for those experiencing breakthrough infections to isolate ten days instead of five. but in the meantime, many will still be struggling to make it home for the

according to flightaware data tracking website, at least 7,000 flights have been cancelled today, christmas hardest hit. further disruption is expected on monday. companies have blamed staff shortages on the fast—spreading 0micron variant. simon calder is the travel correspondent for the independent and joins us now at gatwick airport. we were talking in the last hour about the disruption, some big examples of that and i think, should we talk about america first? yes. examples of that and i think, should we talk about america first? yes, so we've 'ust we talk about america first? yes, so we've just had _ we talk about america first? yes, so we've just had the _ we talk about america first? yes, so we've just had the count _ we talk about america first? yes, so we've just had the count increased i we've just had the count increased to 679 flights cancelled to or within the us today and that represents around 100,000 passengers to add to many hundreds of thousands of people who have had their plans disrupted and the worst affected airlines are delta and jet blue but american allegiant and ame

according to flightaware data tracking website, nearly 6,000 flights have been cancelled today, christmaspear to be the hardest hit. further disruption is expected on monday. companies have blamed staff shortages on the fast—spreading 0micron variant. simon calder is the travel writer and editor of the independent. bring us up to date with the situation in the united states. it certainly is. if you are at gate b ten at all airport in chicago hoping catch the first united flight to houston it is not going anywhere. —— 0'hare. . the airline saying it is cancelled during two covid affecting crew availability. there were around 150,000 people affected by flights being cancelled on christmas eve and christmas day and the spread of 0micron means the airlines don't have enough pilots and flight attendants and dealt out, jet blue and united are the worst affected. the chief executive of delta said last week to the us health regulator please reduce the length of isolation because we can't run our airline. well over 500 cancellations today just within the airline. well over 500 cancellations todayj

according to flightaware data tracking website, at least 7,000 flights have been cancelled today, christmasus and china. companies have blamed staff shortages on the fast—spreading 0micron variant. simon calder is the travel correspondent at the independent and joins us now at gatwick airport. i take it you are not due to fly today? i take it you are not due to fly toda ? ., ., ., ., today? no, i have learned over the ears today? no, i have learned over the years many — today? no, i have learned over the years many things _ today? no, i have learned over the years many things can _ today? no, i have learned over the years many things can go - today? no, i have learned over the years many things can go wrong i today? no, i have learned over the i years many things can go wrong with christmas travel, but everyone here at gatwick airport is getting away pretty much on time, many flights going early, and that is partly because of the ban by france and germany, so easyjet for example, the biggest airline here, has cancelled flights to berlin, munich and are nice and bordeaux. and with fewer flig

christmas eve flights have been cancelled globally, explaining the decision, united airlines said: —— flightaware warned: in the us, daily 0micron cases have risen beyond the peak of the delta wave and hospitals are quickly filling up. despite this, many are still taking the risk to reach their loved ones. i'm very scared to be flying, to be honest. i'm glad to see everyone looks pretty masked up. i hope people on the plane are as respectful of those around them.— are as respectful of those around them. , . u ., around them. fully vaccinated and boosted _ around them. fully vaccinated and boosted and _ around them. fully vaccinated and boosted and all _ around them. fully vaccinated and boosted and all of - around them. fully vaccinated and boosted and all of that . around them. fully vaccinated | and boosted and all of that and i said _ and boosted and all of that and i said i— and boosted and all of that and i said i am _ and boosted and all of that and i said i am so glad to be back with— i said i am so glad to be back with people, doing what we do. i am _ with people, doing what we do. i am s

according to flightaware data tracking website, at least 7,000 flights have been cancelled today, christmaspear to be the hardest hit. further disruption is expected on monday. companies have blamed staff shortages on the fast—spreading 0micron variant. earlier, i spoke to simon calder, travel editor at the independent newspaper, from gatwick airport. he told me that over 670 flights were canceled in the us today alone. worst affected are are dealt and jet blue but american, allegiant and south west also badly hit along with united and they are effectively saying, we have not got enough staff because they are all oft isolating because they are all oft isolating because of the ohmic run variant. in comparison, things are working very well here at gatwick and indeed at the airports around the uk, very few delays, that is largely because the french and german travel ban mean there is ten or 15% fewer passengers travelling than expected and people reporting their easy security queues and many flights leaving early but one big exception is british airways flight to 236 which came in 50... yes, o

flightaware, 700 flights have been canceled with thousands of others delay.major airlines a workers, both contributed to the increase in delays and cancellations. holiday season one of the busiest travel periods of the year as we visit family and friends. todd: as omicron surgeons across the nation the cdc is updating its coronavirus guidelines again, to keep society functioning after two years of shutdowns and shifting rules. here to break it down is fox news contributor doctor janette nesheiwat. new guidelines, the cdc slashing quarantines from 10 days to 5 days. wear a mask for 5 days post quarantine, no quarantine needed, those boosted should wear a mask for 10 days. it is in a different phase and we need to move on. >> we need to move on, learn to live with and adapt to this virus and not let it control our lives, go on with daily functions but in a safe manner. if you to test positive the reason they want you to quarantine for five days is we know your most contagious one or 2 days before you test positive and develop symptoms and 3 to 5 days after. tha

according to flightaware data tracking website, nearly 6,000 flights have been cancelled today, christmashardest—hit. further disruption is expected on monday. companies have blamed staff shortages on the fast—spreading 0micron variant. well, despite many countries avoiding lockdowns over the holidays, cases of the virus are surging around the world. let's take a look at some countries reaching a record number of cases. in france, health officials have registered more than 100,000 daily infections. that's a new record for three consecutive days. italy has registered more than 50,000 daily cases, their highest number since the beginning of the pandemic. and in australia, testing clinics were forced to close with more than 9,000 cases reported on christmas day. the surge has disrupted holiday plans for many families, some even having to spend christmas isolating. the bbc�*s azadeh moshiri reports. positive covid tests, travel restrictions and flight cancellations — for some this is not the merriest holiday season. many governments have insisted christmas is not cancelled this year but with

since friday, more than 7,000 flights have been cancelled according to the flightaware tracking websitetors said many pilots and crew had tested positive. chinese and us airlines appear to be the hardest hit, with further delays and cancellations announced for tomorrow. cricket, and england have it all to do when day 2 of the third ashes test gets under way in a little under two hours�* time. another batting collapse saw them bowled out for 185 on boxing day. at the close of play, australia, who lead the series 2—0, were 61—1. joe wilson reports. captaining australia will challenge pat cummins, some time, some place, but melbourne, it's a breeze. cummins took three early wickets himself having won the toss himself. still, england's captain looked like he could take on australia on his own. joe root�*s timing and placement were impeccable, until on 50 he got out. the most telling reaction is root�*s, furious with himself, and then he had to watch the rest. ben stokes had tried all sorts of shots. this was the last one he played, into australian hands. now did jos buttler�*s approach matc

according to the latest data from flightaware, delta canceled 15% of its schedule, 305 flights, delta, 238 flights. jetblue, 12%, 223 planned takeoffs that won't happen. cancellations come one day after hundreds of other cancellations on christmas eve. some carriers are changing equipment and crews to try to get people to their destination. for many passengers, those efforts simply were not enough. >> i think we have to roll with the punches. i think everybody needs to be safe. you know. i mean i think, if it gets canceled you got to have a good attitude and have christmas in the airport. >> we kind of expected it you know. everything is delayed or shut down. reporter: although the cancellations took a lot of passengers by surprise there was concern in the industry that the omicron virus was going to cause serious disruption. only days ago a trade group asked the government to shorten the isolation period for people who had tested positive. despite all of the cancellations that we're seeing according to to the tsa yesterday they screened 1.7 million passengers. keep in mind that these

now, according to flightaware, dot com nationwide on friday. there were 6500 delayed flights and more than 2800 cancellations. jetblue united delta. pretty much all airlines canceling flights problems caused by covid-19 now here in the bay area at sfo. there were 55 cancellations on friday. 51 delays san jose. 9 canceled flights 26 delays in oakland. there were 6 cancellations and 15 delays. also here at sfo at the international terminal. covid-19 testing is required for many international flights that has resulted in long line of people waiting to get tested before they can get on their airplanes. now, if you're headed out to the airports over the next couple of days. keep in mind that we are expecting more cancellations. this problem is going to get worse before it gets better. call ahead. check with your airline to make sure that your flight it's still leaving on time. but for now t sfo, charles clifford kron. 4 news. >> state superintendent of public information. tony thurmond was in the east bay today, tony was helping to hand out covid te

more than 2,800 flights worldwide were canceled monday according to tracking website flightaware. with covid cases surging, the travel chaos is threatening unfortunately to extend through the new year. cnn's richard quest has the latest on that. >> reporter: it is not a surprise that the largest number of cancellations are in the united states and china. china is locked down to outsiders. therefore the domestic industry has managed to continue while in the united states there's been a huge upswing in travel demand as things get back to normal. however, the airlines are working on very thin margins in terms of staffing shortages. so when the staff started calling in sick with covid or isolating or in quarantine, well, that's when the effects were truly felt. in europe, not so many cancellations, but that's because the industry isn't fully back on its feet. so now you've got airlines that are already announcing cancellations for the winter schedule not because they don't have the staff but because bookings are down as a result of omicron. overall, the airline industry is once again

according to the tracking site flightaware, united airlines has now canceled more than 160 christmas eve flights. a company memo obtained by cnn says the surge in cases has had a direct impact. the airline says it's working hard to get passengers to their destinations, and alaska airlines called off 17 flights thursday, warning more cancellations are possible today. the tsa expects the number of air travelers over the next ten days to rival pre-pandemic figures from 2019. cnn aviation correspondent pete muntean has details from washington, d.c. >> reporter: things are getting busier by the moment at reagan national airport and at airports across the country. the tsa says it screened more people on wednesday than we saw back in 2019, before the pandemic. 2.08 million people this past wednesday compared to 1.84 million people back then. a little bit of context, though. that same wednesday back in 2019, that actually fell on christmas day when passenger loads are lower. but even still, we have seen numbers about 2 million lower or higher, give or take, each day for about a week. the tsa

according to the website flightaware, there were more than 1,500 cancellations within into or out of united states today. that number so far today, about 500. >>> former president trump continues to defend coronavirus vaccines even when it leads to rebukes from his most ardent followers. in a volatile interview with candice owens, trump who has shifted on his tone, he pushed back among his supporters. >> more people have died under covid this year, by the way, under joe biden than under you, and more people took the vaccine this year, so people are questioning -- >> the vaccine works -- the ones that get very sick and go to the hospital are the ones that don't take the vaccine, but it's still their choice, and if you take the vaccine, you're protected. look, the results of the vaccine are very good, and if you do get it, it's a very minor form. >> the vaccine is one of the greatest achievements of mankind. >> hmm. conspiracy theorist alex jones railed against the former president for his new covid vaccine stance. in a christmas statement he called out trump. take a look. >> an emerge

flightaware records nearly 1,000 flights were canceled yesterday.ve blamed the mess on staff shortages due to covid and extreme weather in parts of the country. >>> tax season is just around the corner, and the irs wants its cut. any income brought in from drug deals, bribes, stolen goods, and prostitution needs to be included on the filings. don't leave that out. this provision reports if you steal property, you must report its fair market value, but only if you don't return it to its rightful owner in the same year. this baffling regulation went viral thanks to a post online and amazingly the law has been on the books for years, though, that feels like something affiliated with april fools' day. tax day is april 15th. be sure to blog your briberies. >>> still ahead, u.s. covid cases are raging at an all-time high, even as top health officials find that omicron is less serious than delta. >>> a look at this date in history when in 1999, former beatle george harrison nearly died when a knife-wielding intruder entered the home he shared with his wife

so far today, according to flightaware, more than 1000 flights have been canceled. jetblue announced it is canceling more than 1000 flights starting today through mid-january to help stop the spread of covid-19. so what's happening here in the bay area. here's a look now at san francisco international airport. so far 19 flights have been canceled. oakland airport. 2 flights canceled and in san jose 6 flights have been canceled. there definitely check with your airline before you travel. coming up here. if you're traveling to southern california, it's going to take the grinch still making his rounds. someone is stealing christmas displays in the east bay with the plea from homeowners tonight. an officer after the break. a jewelry store was targeted by thieves in san francisco and now businesses are hoping that city leaders. going to step in and try to help. stay with us. kron 4 news at 3 is going to can you save water running a less-than-full dishwasher? you bet! we do it every night, like clockwork. cascade platinum in a certified dishwasher uses less than 4 gallons

so far today, according to flightaware, more than a 1000 flights have been canceled. more than 3,000 flights have been canceled since monday cancellation start despite the day before christmas during the busy holiday travel season. we're getting a look at our local at sfo 38 flights have been canceled. that one up from the last hour. 3 flights canceled in oakland and now out in san jose. you're looking at 10 flight cancellations. again, we've got all this information scan, this qr code on your screen. that's going to take you over to our website at kron 4 dot com travel restrictions and things you just don't want to miss. still ahead on the kron morning news. a new year means new rules for california schools are take a look at some of the new lawsuit. >> go into effect starting next year. and after the break, the sierra sees a record snowfall to live look at tahoe this morning. we're going to show you how the snow might impact california's drought on. yeah. and we are looking at lots of sunshine for a couple of days here breaking out of that wet pattern for just a min

now, according to flight tracking website flightaware, thousands of flights have been canceled since christmas eve and part of the problem has been the spread of the omicron variant, which is impacted flight crews at several airlines. here's a look at what's happening right here in the bay area. last time we checked in we were going up here at sfo. so we're right around 40 flights now are about 53 flight cancellations in oakland. you're looking at 6 flight cancellations in san jose. you're looking at 7 flights being canceled. also developing news we're following this morning fires continue to burn in colorado overnight. so far an estimated 580 homes have burned there. 10's of thousands of people had to be evacuated and the fires were fueled by winds of up to a 105 miles per hour yesterday, evan kruegel has the latest from colorado this morning. >> yeah, this was the scene early this morning here on this toll lane in lewisville multiple homes burning as firefighters go door to door to try to stop this spread. take a look at this home. you can see just how close his home that is still

that's according to flight tracking website flightaware, thousands of flights have been canceled since christmas eve. now part of the problem has been the spread of omicron, which is impacted flight crews at several airlines. well, back here in the bay area. we're getting a look at flight cancellations. it looks like at sfo. the numbers have gone down. so now it's 54 there in oakland where at 6 flight cancellations in san jose. there are 9. and developing news. we're also following this morning. fires continue to burn in colorado overnight. so far an estimated 580 homes have burned there. 10's of thousands of people had to be evacuated. now the fires were fueled by winds of up to a 105 miles per hour. evan kruegel has the latest from colorado this morning. >> yeah, this was the scene early this morning here on this still lane in lewisville multiple homes burning as firefighters go door to door to try to stop this spread. take a look at this home. you can see just how close he's home. that is still standing is to this home. that is a complete loss early this morning. firefighters actual

morning because the chaos continues at airports all across the nation so far today, according to flightaware, more than a 1000 flights have been canceled. more than 3,000 flights have been canceled since monday. and those cancellations began to spike the day before christmas during the busy holiday travel season. here's a look at bay area airports. we have 38 flights canceled at sfo oakland. you have 3 flights canceled. and san jose 11 flights have been canceled to make sure to check on your flights. still ahead on the kron 00:00am morning news. a new year means new rules for california schools are going take a look at. >> some of the new laws go into effect starting next year. and after the break, the sierra sees a record snowfall. looking at a live look this morning and everyone up in tahoe. we're going to show you how that snow might impact california's drought so much better than it was both as far as the drought goes, as far as those roadways are concerned. >> crews have that opportunity to get them cleared out up there in the sierra here in the bay area. we're drying out for a few days

that's all according to flight tracking website flightaware, thousands of flights have been canceled since christmas eve. now part of the problem has been the spread of the omicron variant, which is impacted flight crews at several airlines. we're here's a live look at bay area airports. these numbers representing both the in-goal becoming an outgoing flights at sfo. now we're up to 47 flight cancellations in oakland 6 flight cancellations and in san jose, 7 flight have been canceled. now, remember fluid situation. make sure to check on your flight. and developing news we're following this morning fires continue to burn in colorado overnight. so far an estimated 580 homes have burned 10's of thousands of people had to be evacuated. the fires are fueled by winds of up to a 105 miles per hour yesterday evan kruegel has the latest from colorado this morning. >> yeah, this was the scene early this morning here on this still lane in lewisville multiple homes burning as firefighters go door to door to try to stop this spread. take a look at this home. you can see just how close he's home.

morning is chaos continues at airports all across the nation this morning so far today, according to flightaware, more than a 1000 flights have been canceled more than 3,000 flights have been canceled since monday alone and cancellations again despite the day before christmas during the busy holiday travel season. this. here's a look at the area airports at sfo. so far. 37 flights have been canceled in oakland. 3 flights canceled and in san jose 9 flights have been canceled. going to be tracking that for the latest updates. this qr code going to give us can it's going to take you over to our website at kron 4 dot com. or you can get more guidelines on the travel restrictions. booster shot updates and the cdc guidelines. still ahead on the kron 4 morning news a new year means new rules for california schools are going. >> take a look at some of the new laws go into effect starting next year. and after the break, the sierra sees a record snowfall. this is a live look at all this morning. look at all that snow and might impact california's drought is all right, john, that's had a big impact on the

it's continuing at airports across the country so far today according to flightaware, more than a 1000 flights have been canceled. more than 3,000 flights canceled just since monday. the cancellations began to spike the day before christmas during the busy holiday travel season. here's a breakdown of how it affected bay area airports at sfo. 43 flights have been canceled so far in oakland, 3 flights have been canceled. and in san jose 14 flights were canceled there. jetblue says it's canceling more than 1200 flights through january 13th because of growing number of covid cases among its crew members. the flights amount to about 10% of jetblue's entire schedule. a spokesperson for the airline says they expect the number of covid cases in the northeast where most of the crew members are based to continue to search for the next week or 2. they say even more flights could be canceled until case counts start to come. dow. >> for your health tonight, a new study is finding where a person chooses to sit on a bus or train may increase their exposure to particles carrying covid-19 researchers i

according to flightaware, more than 3800 flights have been canceled, more than 1,000 here in the u.s. and the airlines are saying that the omicron is partially to blame for those cancellations. airline workers reporting that they are falling ill or have been exposed to the variant, that highly transmissible variant now accounting for the majority of new covid cases in the u.s. and we're looking at just an increase of 55%. so that is pretty huge. 187,000 new daily cases reported. so 55% increase over the past two week. and renewed concern for those unvaccinated individuals, about 40% of americans still not fully vaccinated against the virus. a white house medical adviser dr. anthony fauci had this to say about those still not willing to get the shot. >> when someone says, well, i'm taking my own chances, it is my body, i'll worry about it, nobody should tell me that i need to get vaccinated or that i should wear a mask in an indoor setting, well, that might be fine for you because you have confidence that you are not going to get seriously ill which quite frankly hospitals are full of

according to flightaware, more than 1,500 flights were canceled into or out of the united states yesterday. so far, 600 flights today have been canceled. all of this as tens of thousands fly for the holidays. >>> now to whether airlines should require proof of vaccination for flyers. dr. fauci said yesterday on "morning joe," the airlines should demand vaccines for any domestic air travel. >> when you make vaccination a requirement, that's another incentive to get more people vaccinated. if you want to do that for domestic flights, i think that's something that should be seriously considered. >> that was my question on "morning joe" yesterday. the white house has not changed its policy yet. the u.s. currently mandates most foreign nationals traveling into the country be fully vaccinated, however, citizens only need to show proof of a negative test taken within a day of boarding. white house officials i spoke to yesterday say this is still on the table but not something, a domestic vaccine requirement, that has been put into play yet. >>> meanwhile the january 6th ee committee will hold a h

take a look at numbers, latest numbers from flightaware. 820 cancellations so far already today. 1200terday, i guess you could say walked back what he had said earlier. that is to say he is not right at the moment pushing for a vaccine mandate. that is good news for the airlines. here is how he put it in his own words? >> i did not say i support mandates domestic flights. i said that is something that is on the table for consideration. i didn't say i support it or didn't support it. reporter: another piece of good news i think fair to say for the airlines, ashley, something they were pushing for. they were getting a lot of workers that were testing positive for covid not symptomatic. they had to be out of work for 10 days. new regulations that is what is leading to the delays and the cancellation of flights, long lines, all the rest. now new regulations from the cdc says you only have to be in quarantine for five days if you're symptomatic. if you're boosted and exposed to covid you don't even need to go into quarantine. you simply need to mask. so good news there. reaction from the c

if you look at flightaware's misery map, the red represents cancellations and delays. it is pretty evenly spread across the nation with the exception of seattle, tacoma. they have got bad weather there. so you have a lot of flights getting canceled. southwest airlines for one indicated all the cancellations are due to weather not necessarily because of the staffing problems you have out there. one thing that could really impact the staffing for the airlines is that industry representatives went to the cdc, give us a break. cut down the amount of isolation if you have a positive covid case and the cdc did just that yesterday, cutting in half the quarantine time for positive cases if that person is asymptomatic. so cutting it from five, from 10 to five days and we'll see what that does in terms of getting people back to work, getting more planes in the air. david. david: we still have something called a misery map. i think that says volumes about where we are in this country right now. mike tobin, great to see you, thank you very much. >>> president biden says covid need

customers, there's still plenty of disappointment, especially, according to the latest statistics from flightawareka airlines has cancel at least 12% , 77 flights for today. the airline says it is proactive ly reducing departures from seattle to allow for more time to deice aircrafts. united canceled 7%, 158 of its flights for today, jet blue 8%, delta 3%, american airlines says less than 1% of its schedule has been canceled, across the country, there have been very long lines at a number of major airports especially the hubs, frustrated passengers say they are running out of patience. >> a disaster, a lot of families, people are inconvenienced i've been literally here at the airport since 9:00 p.m. i'm ready to get home. >> we were able to come here and find exactly the spot to lay our heads and use our backpacks for headrests. reporter: and despite the fast- spreading omicron variant, the cdc says it not considering a vaccine mandate for domestic travel. meanwhile, according to the tsa, the agency says yesterday alone, it screened close to 2 million passengers, that number is just about double w

more than 6,000 were delayed, according to flightaware according to can lace are already topping 760. has jumped by 100 in the last two hours you know what? driving sounded pretty good. >> you can control your destiny when you drive. >> and you can stop at stuckey's. think about that [ laughter ] >> oh, the double bonus. >>> let's get you ready for the final trading week mike, we've talked about the santa claus rally, potentially being here this week so far, so good. we do have agree arrows this week. >> we obvious mention how the path of least resistance -- today, this week, that's pretty much usually the story, there's just not a lot of pent-up selling. yes, the santa claus really period, formally speaking, does start today and last through the first two days of the new years. i think it's most useful as a green or yellow indicator. it should be up three quartz of all years, especially when the overall market has been up for a full your. if it doesn't go up, that's sometimes a bit of a yellow light. i do think it's worth kind of stepping back and saying just how strong the market ha

according to flightaware yesterday 1200 flights were canceled, 76 were delayed.n the horizon especially hard-hit by the weather. alaska airlines canceled 12% of its flights today. the airline proactively reducing departures from seattle to allow more time to deice aircraft. united has canceled 7%, 157 of its flights for today, jetblue canceled 81 flights. delta 3%, 101 flights. the airline is trying to change aircraft and the roots to try to improve service and for american airlines they s than one% of scheduled now canceled. the tsa screen to million people a day during the christmas holiday. the number is up from a year ago, before the pandemic and across the country long lines, travelers seem resigned to cancellations and delays. >> i'm supposed to be at work tomorrow. >> let's get getting pushed back to where our connecting flight was no longer going to be on time and we had to rebook. the only way to get out of here. >> the cdc decisions a short quarantine time for people testing positive for covid without symptoms can help the airlines cope with some of the

the latest data from the tracking service flightaware, jetblue canceled 17% of its flight, fewer flights warning for them to consider other options. other airlines reporting cancellations include alaska air, 14% of the schedule today asking travelers to postpone nonessential travel was united 8%, delta 3%. a quarter of all flights at seattle's seatac airport canceled in addition to covid related staff shortages, winter weather plaguing the region, they are tired, angry and frustrated. >> there was no flight, you panic and go online and they -- get squeezed into different places. canceled it and plot a new flight. >> i was supposed to come home sunday, my plane was supposed to land in seattle, it was canceled. we've been trying to get home since then. >> the nation's top infectious disease expert doctor anthony fauci suggested depending on the day there is the possibility in the future there could be a vaccine mandate for domestic air travel but for now at least the mess would provide ample protection. ashley: misery going on at the nation's airports, the cdc is issuing new travel warning

according to flightaware, over 1,000 flights have already been canceled today, and over 600 have beenely reduced its flight schedule through january 13. >> and a flight fiasco, a chicago teacher taking the quarantine after testing positive for covid in the middle of a flight to iceland. watch this. >> ♪ >> well that woman spent the last four hours of her flight in the plane's tiny bathroom. she says she tested herself mid- flight after getting a sore throat and volunteered to jam into the john to keep everyone safe. those are your headlines, guys. lawrence? over to you. lawrence: that is wild. i'm sorry. >> let's hope nobody needed to use the bathroom. i guess there's two, but still, yikes. lawrence: okay, thanks, carlie. new york's health chief admitting to inflating covid-19 data children in an attempt to get more parents to vaccinate their children. are they really following the science? we'll ask dr. marty makary, next and finding their furever home on christmas. we'll talk to a police officer who saved the day and took those little guys home, next on fox & friends. ♪ you've got t