Traffic jams, flight delays, and Severe Weather. The Memorial Day Travel rush is off to anything but a smooth start tonight. Good evening, and thank you for being with us. Im Maurice Dubois in for norah. Nearly 44 million americans are heading out of town by road and by air, and they are having their patience tested for two reasons. First, there is a near recordbreaking number of travelers. The tsa says today could be the busiest day ever for passenger screenings. And then, there are the widespread storms thunder, heavy rain, and strong winds from the great plains in the midwest to as far south as georgia. All complicating the holiday getaway. We have Team Coverage of the weather and travel, and cbss Kris Van Cleave will start us off. Reporter major gridlock on an l. A. Freeway, halting the memorial day getaway, shut down for three hours during a police standoff. And those pulling into lax just found another traffic jam. Brake lights outside. Look at this line. Reporter and these long
The forecast . Cbs evening news starts now. Traffic jams, flight delays, and Severe Weather. The memorial they traveled rushes off to anything but a smooth start tonight. Good evening, and thank you for being with us. I am barista bought in for norah. Nearly 34 million americans are heading out of town by road and by air and they are having their patience tested for two reasons. Wrist, there is a near recordbreaking number of travelers. At the tsa says today could be the busiest day ever for passenger screenings. Than there are the widespread storms, thunder, heavy rain, and strong winds from the great plains in the midwest to as far south as georgia. All complicating the holiday getaway. We have Team Coverage of the weather and travel, and cbss Kris Van Cleave will start us off. Reporter major gridlock on an l. A. Freeway holding the memorial day getaway. Shut down for three hours during a police standoff, and those pulling into lax just found another traffic jam. Break likes outside.