thousands of travelers stuck at airports this holiday weekend. airlines canceled over 3800 flights nobly over the surge in omicron cases. david lee miller has the latest from laguardia airport in new york city. david, hello. reporter: anita. merry christmas. the best christmas gift for many travelers this christmas season would be a fight that is not canceled. although today is normally one of the best days to flight because few people do travel, there is nevertheless a great deal of frustration and stress for the second day in a row due to staff shortages caused by covid a number of u.s. carriers have canceled hundreds of flights. according to the latest data delta has canceled 14% of its scheduled flights, united 12%, jetblue also 12%, 120 plan takeoffs i did not happen.