the weather. a fast-changing forecast for you. there is snow right now, virtually from california to connecticut. >> mike: adding to an aggravating situation airports, airline crewmembers calling out sick, canceling thousands of flights over the holidays. nearly a thousand today alone. joe concha coming up on the president and his white house planning the response and claiming it's not been a failure. >> gillian: we start with team coverage. he got rich edson live on the north line of the website. first we go to steve harrigan, joining us from atlanta, home of the cdc. >> gillian, things seem to be getting worse today for folks trying to get home after the christmas holiday. this morning there were 600 flights canceled across the u.s. that number has already topped 1,000. things getting worse, and lines for testing for covid stretched for several blocks in a number of major cities. people waiting for hours to find