year. we ll have the full forecast fom lonnie quinn in jus moment, but adriana diaz leads us off from chicago s busy o hare airport. adriana, good evening. reporter: good evening. grah this checkpoint has been pretty full the past few hours prd it s just day one of t.s.a. s holiday travel season. this week they expect to break pee record for the busiest day of u.s. air travel in history. weather will be a factor both in the air and on the roads. lrowy weather is already causing erief and white knuckles on highways in colorado. daniele chefir slid into a ditch. this morning, getting to work was really terrifying. reporter: more than 49 million people will hit the road for thanksgiving, and some l b,000 cars will break down. that s according to aaa. it s no wonder, then, that more americans than ever are opting to fly. according to the t.s.a., a record-breaking 26.8 million
jillian: that is great. that is officer ryan tillman dancing to can t touch this by mc hammer in his full uniform. the california cop moving on to another assignment. rob: next the bad. tsa bracing for a record 26.8 million fliers this thanksgiving. that s up from last year. agency is acting to factor in extra long airport lines and all the misery of traveling the day before thanksgiving. jillian: precheck comes in handy. a man loses 400,000 airline miles for sneaking his fat cat on to a flight. big bones, russian airlines says victor was too thick to fly. found a thinner for preflight airline. it worked. he was busted after the story went viral. that s cute. rob: russian airline air
the my account app makes today s xfinity customer service simple, easy, awesome. not my thing. ainsley: it is time for news by the numbers. first, $400,000, that is the value of liquid cocaine found, look at that in all those shampoo bottles stashed in the suitcase. the suspect was busted at the bush airport in houston and sent back to colombia. next 26.8 million. that is how many fliers the tsa expects this thanksgiving. that is up 4% from last year. and finally, 25,000. that is how many veterans hilton wants to hire by 2025
gentle there, isn t she? the movie straight outta compton is putting dr. dre back into the spotlight. let s get the details from the senior editor of in touch weekly. straight outta compton was a number one at the weekend box office and terminator: genisys took top spot internationally. straight outta compton number one again. making $26.8 million. this is great news for a film that didn t cost that much to make. it s already made about $111 million so far. so it s doing really well. there is oscar buzz around it. there are reports floating that they are talking about a sequel already.
virtual shopping cart without buying. how does this number break down? when it comes to the state exchanges, 79,391 have selected a plan. any good news for the administration in the numbers? well, people are interested, apparently in obama care. healthcare.gov had 26.8 million unique visits. the obama care phone line got over 3.1 million calls. the washington post reports that in the first month of romney care, only 123 people signed up, but by the end of the first year, 36,000 total had enrolled. there s hope of an increase in the enrollment rate. it s a 26-week open enrollment period. health care economists expect the big, big push to come late but the website problems have really been bad pr for the whole process.