as christina mentions, laguardia 31% of the flights out of laguardia now have been delayed.re, but mainly because we are in a situation where we get the ripple effect. you see any yellow up there, that is trouble either late flights, canceled flights on the rest and that is what's up there. now, we are in the middle of the country, but the storms continue out on the west coast. always happy see claudia cowan somewhere and hopefully not too much of a mess. >> staying dry inside, taking a look at the very wet streets here in san francisco as we drive along the embarcadero. here in the mountains where this winter storms has walloped the sierra nevada's dropping several feet of snow which are but remain in effect, great first years, not so much for drivers who had to endure long traffic jams, the section of interstate five known as the grapevine was shut down for a time for a huge back up there, fierce winds also knocking out power to 1,000 customers lake arrowhead. we can rain totals topping 7 inches in some places, the storm was pretty much parked over the bay area for about 3

kristina partsinevelos is at laguardia airport in new york.is at o'hare international airport in chicago. let's start with kristina because she is outside. reporter: because it's cold outside. the snow has just stopped right now but it is still raining a few taxi drivers are saying it is crazy, very, very hectic to even get into laguardia airport but according to flightaware.com, they track flights, they say right now unfortunately the laguardia is the number one worst airport for flight delays in the united states followed by newark and o'hare. that means major economic woes for a lot of airlines. according to the faa it will cost each individual airline for every hour a flight is delayed, $4500. of course, passengers time is money. that means for each passenger about $63. a lot of passengers though seem to be optimistic. i spoke to one lady who says she rearen'ted her travel. listen. >> i got out of atlanta early today. so i got out on an earlier flight because i knew it would be a crazy mess when i got here. reporter: so that woman was play

it is, as i said come at the outside here in laguardia. disturbing not even a mouse. >> charles: thank you very much. if you are not traveling, there's a good chance you are shopping. >> charles, we have been talking to christmas eve shoppers all day here. families tell us it's a tradition to head out the door on christmas eve. other people tell us they are looking for a good bargain, but the majority of people we've talked to so far say they haven't found any extraordinary christmas eve deals. >> i found some deals. it is what it is. you've got to get what you are supposed to get. >> is the day before. >> honestly i'm never really looking for deals. i'm just looking for that perfect present for the morning so that when they wake up, they feel like this is the best christmas ever. >> this is really fun, because we are in december. this is more fun because we can find a lot of things and a lot of sales. it's a very good bargain. >> if you do anticipate heading out today, here are some national chains that tell fox news they are open today.

now, laguardia is being redone and so forth.s the airline industry -- are you responsible for helping to build the airports? ed: we are actually building airports ourselves. we got tired of waiting for the government partnerships out there, trying to crack that code. we have massively improved the flight experience, the onboard experience. the next thing is the airports themselves. the airports of the country were built for the 1960's. david: you are building airports where? ed: we are building airports everywhere. we are building the new laguardia airport. it will take a few years. airport construction is the most difficult construction because you have to build it, live it and operate it at the same time. we bought a new airport in salt lake city. we are building one in seattle. we modernized atlanta. david: you have been an advocate for not allowing airlines that have government subsidies to compete against you. is that a problem? ed: it is a big problem. i have to give the trump administration great credit for recognizing th

david lee miller at laguardia airport. folks are still shopping.by car this holiday season. the most ever on record according to aaa. urgently, they are not on the road right now. we look at the west side high, which is actually moving. the west side

, boston and new york's laguardia. one traveler described a frightening landing in boston. >> we were just circling around, and it was -- you couldn't see anything at all until you got way out. >> reporter: heavy rains in the bay area pushed delays to nearly four hours in san francisco's airport. >> it looks like one of the inflatables. >> reporter: and an extraordinary sight outside of boston when an evacuation slide fell off a delta flight into someone's backyard. flights here were about 94% full at the start of the day, so reaccommodating passengers on those cancel flights could take a day or two but the airlines say they hope to operate something resembling a normal schedule tomorrow. norah? >> o'donnell: sounds like a tough day of travel, kris. thank you. some terrifying moments today at a high school outside milwaukee. police say a student pulled a gun on a school resource officer. dean reynolds reports on why officers are being praised for reacting so quickly. >> reporter: a school voice mail to parents was calm

athena jones, we'll check back with you from laguardia airport. so it has been indeed a weekend of a lot of weather-related tragedies. the desperate search is ongoing for a 6-year-old right now after she was swept away by flash floods. the little girl's family was driving over a creek yesterday when their vehicle was suddenly overcome by flood waters. two other children who were swept away with the little girl have been found dead. four other children and two adults managed to get to safety. >>> all right. still ahead in the newsroom, joe biden may be sitting on top of the democratic field but he is not a front-runner in the key state of iowa. could this be an opening for another candidate? 2020 presidential candidate andrew yang is hoping to seize that top spot, raising $2 million in just the last week. he's joining me next. >>> and a critical week for president trump. will he or his counsel be present in the upcoming impeachment hearings? we're live coming up. so we're in this little town near salerno and everyone has dad's eyebrows! we chose el

no long lines here at laguardia airport in new york so far this morning. they're testing out the new technology in hopes of preventing long lines they've seen here in the past. the focus today will be on the east coast airports. you have to make sure to pack your patience. whit? >> zachary, thank you. the weather expecting to get worse. for a look at where the storm is hitting now and where it's headed next let's go to cheryl scott from our chicago station. she's in for rob this morning. cheryl, good morning. what are we looking at here? >> oh, good morning. so many traveling home after thanksgiving and there will be so many impacts. we're tracking this major storm. this area of low pressure still bringing heavy snow to the upper midwest and great lakes. this low pressure will continue to slide to the east. we have rainy conditions and also snow expected across the northeast and new england. here you can see the watches and warnings just littered across the northern half of the country. so many travel impacts will be felt. let's track this system. as it co

our correspondent david lee miller is live at laguardia airport. good afternoon. >> good afternoon.beginning to look a lot like most air travelers are where they would like to be for the holiday season. take a look over my shoulder here in terminal b at laguardia airport and you can see it's relatively quiet systemwide. forecast today as the least busy of the travel season. there are some last-minute passengers that are arriving and there was one glitch today early this morning. fog resulted in a ground halt for all incoming parts of my flights at chicago's o'hare and midway airport. operations there have now returned to normal but in total 87 consolations at o'hara making for a total of 158 at that location alone. the airline industry predicts that overall this will be a record-breaking holiday season for air travel, that's up 3% from last year and the tsa says it's ready. >> at all the airports nationwide, you are using some extra funds for overtime to get the officers to encourage them to take extra shifts and have even more people available. >> so while things are relatively qui

laguardia right now is worst airport for these delays and cancellations, hopefully it will get betterke storm is still here. david: winter weather likely giving a boost to cyber monday sales. we saw record on-line sales on black friday, but foot traffic dropped more than 6% from last year, is this another nail in the coffin for brick and mortar stores of bad weather. >> there is a huge change toward e-commerce but not real-time as we make it out, e-commerce is less than 20% of all retail sales still. it 15%. amazon is 40% of that. big, and growing 15 or 20% a year, this a industry that agrees 4% that means there is an inflecttion happening but there is a lot of retail in brick and mortar, that will will remain. >> you remind me of blockbuster in late 1990ss. >> i remind you of blockbuster. >> oh, he that netflix no one will stop coming to blockbuster. i think you think of drives to parking lot, and parking and getting huggies and gets back to the car, we will laugh about that. it changing, new direction are the experience, major starbucks, roastery, you get to smell coffee. >> i think

kathy park is in laguardia airport with more.the weather already impacting travel is the question? because there's kind of a mish mosh across the country with travel. >> right. good morning. we are here at laguardia. i have some good news. if you're flying into the airport or out, no major delays. in fact the security line is moving pretty quickly but later on today it could be a much different story in parts of the midwest in one of the busiest travel weekends of the year. winter weather causing chaos across the country. in lubbock county, texas, a highway is back over after a multi car pileup. a news crew caught this after news crews ran from a crashing semi. the wreck sending two to the hospital with minor injuries. >> the low visibility and coming off that overpass made it hard for folks to see. >> in southern wisconsin, a train jumped the snowy tracks derailing cars. and it didn't help holiday travelers headed home in southern california, with some places getting nearly two feet of snow, authorities shut down interstates str

kathy is at laguardia airport. good morning to you. >> reporter: hey, craig, good morning to you let the holiday travel chaos begin. bad weather is being blamed for briefly shutting down fort lauderdale international airport this morning meantime, here at laguardia, things are starting to pick up and experts say this is just the beginning. be prepared for crowded highways and airports because a record 150 million americans will be traveling this holiday season. >> across the country, travel nightmares before christmas. overnight, torrential rain and flash flooding slamming south florida completely shutting down fort lauderdale international airport. in virginia, ice and foggy conditions causing this 69 car pile up according to police temporarily closing a major interstate and sending 51 people to local hospitals some with serious injuries >> the fog was really dense. couldn't really see more than 30 feet in front of you. >> reporter: in washington state, flash flooding triggering this massive landslide halting and

at laguardia, things haven't been that bad just yet. we talked to a few travelers. >> need back to work tomorrow, but so far so good. >> heading back, hoping everything is on time. >> so far so good. >> as long as it lands. still says on time. so just hoping r for the best. we know what's coming. >> so people hoping for the best. i can tell you the federal aviation administration says ta here because of the weather, there is a traffic management plan in place at laguardia which means some arriving flights may be delayed by an hour. if you look across the region, looks like about 25% of the flig flights are delayed coming into newark. about 22% in minneapolis and we're seeing similar numbering when it comes to departures. the board of flights behind me, there have been b about double the number of delays, but we're still talking about a small number. so so far, we're not seeing the kind of major delays and cancellations at least here at la a guard area that you might expect. >> frustrating none the less. that's for sure. thank you so muc

now, laguardia is being redone. >> we are building airports ourselves. we got tired of waiting for the government partnerships that are out there trying to crack the code. we have massively improved the flight experience and the onboard experience. the airports in our country were built for the 1960's. >> you are building airports square. -- airports square. ed: this is the most difficult construction that is done. you have to build it and live it and operated. we are building a new airport in seattle. we have modernized atlanta. david: you have been an advocate for not allowing airlines that have government subsidies to compete against you. is that a big problem? ed: it is. i have to give the trump administration great credit for recognizing that in reaching agreements with the uae to try to draw attention to it and stop it. it is freezing where it is at. david: are they doing anything about it? what will happen? ed: they are being responsive to the administration. gulf, in the persian there are 30 airplanes per day that fly between the persian gulf and

now laguardia is being redone and so forth.y, areline you responsible for helping to build the airports? ed: we build airports ourselves. we got tired of waiting for the government partnerships out there. so we have massively improve the flight experience, the onboard experience, the next thing are the airports themselves. david: you are building airports where? ed: we are building airports as we are -- airports everywhere. we are building the cordy. you have to build it -- building look cordy appeared you have to build it and operated at the same time. we are building a new airport in seattle. we have modernized atlanta. advocateu have been an withoutines government subsidies to competing against you, is that a problem? ed: i have to give the trump administration great credit for recognizing that, to draw attention to it and stop it. david: are they doing anything about it? what will happen? ed: they are being responsive to the administration. in the persian gulf, 30 planes fly between the persian gulf and the u.s., not one of

you had 45% at jfk. 43% delayed flights yesterday at laguardia, which is funny that laguardia ends upgood conditions. and then up in boston, to our north here, you had about 22% delays yesterday in boston. they did a little better than the new york area. the storm hadn't quite gotten to them yet. we caught up with travelers talking about just how much of a mess it is to have this kind of a situation when you are trying to get back home from the holidays. >> seems like the rest of the night they are cancelled there is a huge line over there i waited for a while. >> frustrated because i have coming up soon. >> my flight got cancelled. atlanta and then to cleveland. it's a bit of a detour. rob: so 66 flights here at newark cancelled yesterday as i said about 45% delayed. it's going to be another busy one today a lot of people didn't make it to work today. a lot of people still trying to get home. janice will talk to you about the storm today. coastal low. starting to rain, sleet snow here at this point. steve: it's the 1-2 punch. thank you, rob. brian: hopeless feeling. you are in charge

it is a tongue of land cutting -- jutting out, if you ever fly into laguardia, you fly over it comingrom the north. it is a tongue of land that juts out into the east river most -- almost directly across from laguardia airport. it is kind of a gated community in all of the wrong ways. on three sides it is cut off by everything else by water and on the fourth side, it is cut off by the massive interstate, the expressway. it is where new york puts things it does not want. garbage dumps, junkyards, auto body shops. it is also home to 40,000 people. susan: who are they? who lives there? chris: 99% hispanic and black, working-class. 50% below poverty level. they live in one area. the minute i walked into the neighborhood, i felt, in an odd way, what i had grown up with, which is a small town where people watch out for each other. -- and it also, as a it facesher, because the south, it has good light. it doesn't have tall buildings and has good light and it was very good photographically. susan: i want to put another picture on screen. this is a person whose name is keisha. who is she? chri

the 50's they're traveling across country now not bad either although we are seeing some delays at laguardia but those are minor delays and looks like that's improving right now no delays at jfk or chicago o'hare of course got some storms that are all impacting the travel over the next couple of days so stay tuned. yeah we've got to more storms on the way. outside right now though it is fairly quiet around the bay area light winds out there still some high clouds streaming up above you can see that there all that moisture least the brunt of the moisture heading up in the sitting west-northwest right now bringing them actually some record amounts of rainfall but that's going start to work its way into the bay area you'll see that here as we head in toward tomorrow afternoon that starts to move in you got an area of low pressure developing on the back so you almost get that little idea of a swirl there that's gonna slow down that system of finally coming on shore check the winds really picking up throughout the day tomorrow heavy rain overnight tomorrow night into sunday morning that we start

waiving change fees if your flights have been impacted by the storms >> kathy park in new york city's laguardia airport. thank you so much. >>> the travel chaos is set to get much worse with ripple effects all over the country. wnbc's dave price has the messy forecast dave >> jose, two storm systems bringing major travel trouble across the country as we wrap up this holiday weekend. one new storm beginning to push its way on to the west coast, and another strong system rolling through the upper midwest and bringing messy weather all the way up and down the eastern seaboard heading into sunday, major travel delays in minneapolis and chicago, throughout the northeast, boston and new york, out to the west in seattle and portland, san francisco, as well and keep in mind that's just the airways. the roadways will be a mess and treacherous, too, with some areas d ateiving upwards of a busy 95 corridor between boston and new york seeing snow, rain, and ice into and through monday jose >> dave price, thank you so much. >>> president trump has called british prime minister boris johnson to offer his con

next few airport delays my last check, we had over 600 across the northeast if you're at jfk and laguardia, over an hour delay with over a foot of snow expected for interior new york into northern new england, major delays will continue the next 24 hours. still people trying to get home from cleveland to albany where we will see 6 to 8 inches and behind that is colder air and i'll show you snow totals coming up. >> thank you. >> the house judiciary committee holds its first hearings on wednesday witnesses will testify. jerry nadler had invited the white house to participate and last night he goatico. in a chairman, white house counsel wrote, in part, quote. note that the white house only mentioned wednesday's hearing. leaving the door open for future participation. nbc kelly o'donnell has a preview of what to expect. >> reporter: leaving florida sunshine behind, president trump heading back into the storm of impeachment. a critical week. lawmakers review the draft report of allegations against the president. tuesday, the house intelligence committee votes to send the findings to the house

well there you go san jose and oakland looking good laguardia all open and clear chicago great little bit chilly down to 39 degrees right now jfk, 42 and los angeles they have some scattered showers there but even that has not slowed things down still there may be one place that might slow you down a little bit that's the high country little snow falling up there. that will continue to diminish and decrease overnight tonight. but certainly if you're headed that way. yes, south lake tahoe, reno, those be prepared you're likely run of some snow in the next few hours. but you can see the storm system in southern california brings some rain in that direction we've got another one off the coastline. this will impact the bay area starting tomorrow. we'll see those clouds on the increase throughout the day and a chance of rain developing throughout the night. temperatures right now getting a little chilly in spots already down the 40's in many spots bundle up this could be one of those cold nights outside with some temperatures dropping near freezing overnight tonight. lori forecast somewhat

laguardia has been redone and so forth.ut why aren't the airline industry, are they responsible for helping to build the or not? >> we were actually building the airports ourselves. waiting for the government partnerships that are that are trying to pry that goad. the massively improved flight experience, on-board experience. next is the airports themselves. 1960s.re built for the >> you're building airports where? >> everywhere, we're building airport, aguardia building that. it will take a few years. airport construction is the most difficult construction that's you've got to build it and live and operate it all at the same time. uilding a new airport in lax, we're building a new airport in salt lake city. we're building a new airport in international facility. we modernized atlanta. >> speaking of government an advocate e been for not allowing airlines that have government disto compete against you. that a big problem? >> it is a big problem and i have to give the trump great credit for recognizing that, in reaching uae

>> reporter: kristen, right now most of the delays are concentrated in denver and dallas here at laguardia things are running relatively smoothly kristen? >> thank you, kathy. >>> wnbc's dave price is tracking where storms are headed next. dave >> as we wrap up this holiday weekend, travel trouble as we roll into sunday with so many people heading home. nashville and atlanta could see rough weather roll through. we could see shorter delays baltimore stretching back to the midwest. here's what's happening. as we head through tonight, heavy snow continues in the northern plains through the arklatex strong storms continue to roll through the tennessee valley through sunday delays through the midwest and the rain continues into the southeast. into monday, that rain and icy mix moves into interior sections of the northeast and cold winds behind that front move into the midwest. kristen? >> dave price, thank you for that. >>> we now know more tonight about that deadly chopper crash in hawaii, including who was on board and what might have been the cause. now new questions about the safety of hel

according to flightaware, newark is the worst followed by laguardia. of the american airlines board. we reached out to them. on the board there are five delays. according to them 7900 flights they have, only 75 cancellations. unfortunately the vast majority of them are in upstate new york as well within the new york region. but if we're talking about the storm, we're expecting wind, ice, ice being a major factor for a lot of these planes. you can see the weather. it stopped raining. it is not as bad. it is very slippery. that is causing numbers across the country. total delays across the united states at the moment, over 1200. there is over 275 cancellations. this is according to flightaware. obviously will create some type of economic impact, especially during this busy, busy time. but stu, right now it has not been too unpleasant for some of the travelers here. wait times are ten minutes. you're seeing increasing number of delays and cancellations across the board. back to you. stuart: i'm glad i'm not traveling. i'm glad i'm not at laguardia. that i

laguardia from san francisco to travelerfts stranded. >> god had a bigger plan for my travel plans. >> reporter: w are doing what they can to ease the pain. delta, american, jetblue and united a fees in certain cases d storms are expected to stretch into tuesday creating a slow into next week. >> tomorrow at 9:00 a.m., but the storm is coming tonight. so, just better to fly direct. >> reporter: at the world's busiest airport in atlanta with 300,000 passengers flying through today, they hope more lanes and employees will mean less wait time at security. little comfort to passenger jacob, he started his journey at 3:30 this morning. what time are you expecting to get home tonight? >> closer to midnight. >> reporter: 24-hour travel day. >> you mentioned waiving the fees for passengers. what else are the airlines doing? >> well, kate, both the tsa and airlines at counters here and around the country are beefing up their staff. they have more employees on the clock hoping to get passengers through as quickly as possible. now, if you do need to rebook your flight, you may have a little bit

let's check things out with kathy park, who's in new york at laguardia. so, yes, you're inside. the weather isn't that bad here. but when you look at the skies overall, how are things there? >> reporter: hey, alex. good afternoon to you. well, if you're flying into or out of laguardia, happy to report that things are running relatively smoothly. just checked the board, and most of the flights are on time, so no major delays to report. and you know what, the security line, it's short and it's actually moving. we had a chance to talk to some holiday travelers who are coming in and out of the airport, and most of them are saying that their experience this holiday season has been relatively enjoyable. take a listen. >> we flew in probably that sunday before christmas, and it was really nice. it wasn't too bad or anything. >> and it isn't busy right now. >> yeah, it's nice. >> we thought it was going to be crazy. >> we're here like two hours early, but you know. >> any travel tips you could pass along? >> i would just say be prepared to wait, you know? like, i mean, it's -- rather be

you can see the delays now laguardia also delays now into new work and they try to clean up another place we have delays in chicago in jfk. but those are starting to clean up just a little bit now but certainly they're not done with the stormy weather yet in fact we're not done with the stormy weather on the west coast. you see that low still spinning off the coastline. more rain moving into california right now the heavier bands have moved further to the south now south of monterey bay in the central valley, see those very heavy storms moving in that direction certainly for traveling down i 5 you're seeing some very heavy rainfall. more scattered showers popping up around the bay area right now but plenty more to come in across the country. yeah, they got a major winter storm that is just trying to wind its way off the coastline there and you see why things have been snarl day in that part of the country as far as air travel is concerned next today's changes coming our way is still lingering shower for tomorrow. we may see lingering showers early on wednesday morning. and then we see tho

no delays at san jose or oakland laguardia looking good chicago open and clear. >>jfk looking good just some chilly temperatures so really not a bad travel right now across the us and things begin to quiet down a bit now tonight going to be interesting night ahead we've got more rain on the way and certainly that could cause some more delays that rain picking up maybe some isolated thunderstorms toward the midnight hour look at that that is a strong storm system moving through as we head toward one 30 in the morning or so maybe some thunderstorms embedded in that and then all of a sudden this gets really interesting we start to see a change in the color see some peeks some blue and white that some sleet some snow showing up for the north bay mountains also that toward mt hamilton toward the east bay so tomorrow morning on christmas day. that's right we could be waking up to some snow probably not at your doorstep but certainly if you look toward the mounds guys there's a chance of a couple of snowflakes a slight forecast back to you. >>all right well as we all kn

here the rain has come to an end temporarily now not only there but around the country look at that laguardia chicago o'hare, new jfk you've got major problems new work all the start to get back to paul wants one gets backed up the other start to get back to before you know it you've got trouble all all across the country so yeah, just kind of take a deep breath, it's going to be a long ride get home tonight to grab a little extra cup of coffee might need it. and we're not done with the stormy weather here on the west coast. you see that low still spinning off the coastline. that is bringing more rain in the california. the heaviest rain man has now shifted further to the south now moving south. a big sur. i think that low is going to sweep in towards southern california and bring them some very heavy rain as we head in toward tomorrow. just scattered showers around the bay area right now but we're not done with the rain here yet expects more showers and yet another strong storm headed our way we'll tell you when coming up in a few minutes. >>all right. thank you lauren told the high winds ar

laguardia, atlanta, hartfield, and out west, we've got week weather, it will have an impact most likelyesday morning. tomorrow is dry, it starts off cold outside with some valley fog. temperatures will be down near freezing in some places tonight and especially the north bay. somewhere around 6:00 or 7:00 we start to see some showers along the coast that go wednesday night into tuesday morning. tomorrow is not so bad and the wednesday morning commute is not so bad. >> with impeachment all but certain in the house of representatives, the senate is now preparing for president trump's trial. >> and warnings from visa tonight on how to protect yourself from hackers. >> tomorrow we talk with a local couple whose act of kindness has grown into a worldwide movement. >> tasting stocking stuffers with local flavor, tasty treats made here in oakland. >> with news, weather, and traffic to start your day. ♪ (vo) i know what you're thinking. electric, it's not for you. and, you're probably right. electric just doesn't have enough range. it will never survive the winter. charging stations? good luck

stephanie is at laguardia airport. good morning >> reporter: good morning. gotten so bad like north and south dakota where officials have had to shut down pieces of the interstate for a period of time in ohio, tens of thousands are without power. wind gusts there up to 70 miles an hour in some places all that bad weather is affecting airports across the country that have been in the last 24 hours up to nearly 6,000 delays and hundreds of cancellations. over the course of the day those numbers likely to go up. the good news here in new york is that the weather will clear out and for new year's eve, it will be dry and above freezing >> stephanie, thanks so much >> meantime the u.s. carried out air strikes on sunday against a handful of targets linked to iranian-backed militias. kristen welker is in west palm beach with three things to watch out for this morning >> reporter: good morning. the first thing we are watching president trump's secretary of defense and state were here in florida overnight to brief him on the u.s. decision to launch air strikes and tar

laguardia to jfk, boston international, dulles, they will have major traffic delays or airport delays, i should say. let's take you to south dakota. we talked about the plane crash that took place that now officials are calling as weather related. but you can see why, right? this is blizzard conditions. they have been dealing with in rapid city. some of the authorities tweeted out earlier on the day on saturday that there was a no travel advisory for the city. and that's as winds and strong bands of snow continue to wallop the area. this is a storm system. here's a look at the airport delays. d.c. to philly, jfk, boston, we expect significant airport delays through the day today. this storm area is expansive from the central u.s. to the east coast. i will highlight the east coast. we know where the storm is headed. it is knocking on the doorstep of new york city and philadelphia. you can see the rain/snow mix with the shading of purple. we have the potential for a full-fledged ice storm up to a half an inch of ice across central pennsylvania. here's the 50 million americans impacted s

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you can see almost everything at laguardia airport is on time. terminal, you can see the security checkpoint. this is the busiest week. we have seen it all day. there is now a nine minute wait to get through security. there was one notable problem today, it was early this morning in chicago. there was some very heavy fog. and there was a ground hall at o'hare and midway airport. in total, 54 cancellations at o'hare. 71 at midway. but now that ground hall, long over, but those cancellations could cause problems as they could people through the system. in total, an estimated 48 million passengers are going to fly on a u.s. carrier during the holiday season. that is a 3% increase, by the way, over last year. we will see a spike on thursday. the day after christmas. and to the travel numbers are really going to take on saturday, january 4th. up at the tsa says it is ready. it is putting more personnel on duty to handle the very heavy number of travelers. and lastly, in case you are wondering, where is it that all of these people are going? the number

and most of our 329 million people is one over fold of the united flight at gate 22 at laguardia, itll means that people are being forced to watch cnn without any choice in the matter. that's the future these guys are planning for you, folks. in the end, the new america will be like the airport. >> tucker: compulsory cable news! whether you want it or not! genius. great to see you tonight. >> thanks a lot, trump. >> tucker: here's a sentence we've read before and it's true before they'll make every time. bizarre new evidence in the jeffrey epstein case for you. we'll tell you what they are next. >> tucker: as you well know, they are plenty of reasons to be skeptical of the way jeffrey epstein died. the overworked guards working for free, the botched there was another development that was surprising, if not more than that. the officials in the video footage of epstein's first suicide in manhattan are missing, apparently destroyed. officials said they recover the footage, remains to be seen if there's anything suspicious about it or what's on it. that's what we are talking to ed gavin,

some of the biggest cancellations at jfk, laguardia and also dca. but we got to talk to the people who were here dark and early waiting in line. tsa says get here two hours early, and you won't believe how early this guy got to the airport. okay. so that was supposed to be a little bit of a sound bite from the guy who was here six hours early. we have a lot of on other people making their way through the airport this morning. again, as things begin to pick up for one of tfof the busiest stretches of travel. and coming up, you'll get some of the best travel tips to make sure that you are doing everything you can to get through the airports quickly. and i'll introduce you to the sanders family, they don't care about the lines because guess where they going? destination disneyland. the kids are very, very excited. from san jose international, julian glover, abc 7 news. >>> last minute holiday shopping rush is here and kohl's will be open starting today for on 24 hours through christmas eve. doors open at 7:00 a.m. at most locations and they will stay o

just several dozen cancellations across the u.s still here at laguardia, officials are urging people to arrive at the airport at least two hours before their flight during this key travel period, but thankfully, over the next couple of days, we're expecting a warm up here in the northeast. guys, that works for me. the first check of the forecast. >> the weather should be okay, going into the upcoming weekend and the holiday itself, but for right now, it's cold windchills making it feel like it's 10 below up in vermont. watertown, new york, feels like 15 below which is the air temperature. 24 in philadelphia this morning. feeling like 18 degrees. this afternoon, high temperatures will be running about 10 to almost 20 degrees below average. we're only going to top out in the teens across northern new england. philadelphia, 35 degrees today with the windchill of 29, and then tomorrow we'll begin to rebound, get back to, i would say closer to average with 2 to 5 degrees. highs in the 30s and close to 40 degrees. still a little chilly up across new england. we are going to see a nice holi