a look at reagan national nl airport. all the major airports in our region reports a few delays. the thanksgiving holiday is a good predictor of what christmas holiday. a aaa mid-atlantic said that's a good time. >> if it's going this well at thanksgiving then that should also fuel the amount of travel we see for christmas and we think that will probably be the highest number in our ten years. >> nationally 49 million people went out of town for the holiday weekend. >>> today the holiday season officially arrives at the u.s. capitol. the capitol christmas tree will be delivered today. it is set to arrive at 10:00 a.m. this year's tree is an 80 foot call spruce. it is from the payette national forest in idaho. >> beautiful forest. >> paul ryan will light the tree and with the flip of a switch the holiday treeilluminated. i did do the honors again this year at city center which is in downtown washington, the ceremony has become a tradition in the area to ring in the holiday season. the tree is huge. there it is. gorgeous. 75 feet tall with more than 4500 handmade ornaments, 15,000