flight delay and cancel llation stacking up meaning the domino affect is under way. ashley is live in new york, the country s biggiest air traffic hub. it s kind of a mess out there. reporter: it is. the severe weather and staffing shortages are contributing to scenes like this at airports across the nation. more than 28,000 flight s were delayed wednesday and 2,000 were cancelled. some travelers have been stuck at the airport for days. i am so mad but i m trying not to explode. they just told us it was delayed and they delayed it and they delayed it. at 4:00 a.m., they said it was cancelled. reporter: could you imagine. united had the most cancellations. the ceo putting the blame on the faa for staff and overall inexperience but the flight agency fired right back in a statement saying we will always collaborate with anyone seriously willing to join us to solve a problem. in denver, set up 3,000 cot and stranded passengers, it was all for them. cell phone video taken
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that use affirmative action to boost black and hispanic enrollment. this ruling could change that. the group that s most likely to be helped is going to be asian americans students. in term of the groups that will see the lower enrollment is most like going to be black student and hispanic students. reporter: even where race a factor, black and hispanic is well below. 36% of high school seniors are black in georgia but at uga just 6% of incoming freshman. florida, north carolina, smaller margins but still double digits. hispanic enrollment not too much better. texas, 52% of graduating high school seniors are hispanic but ut class just 29% hispanic. colorado, arizona do slightly better. on the worst is uc berkeley which cannot use race in
solve a problem. in denver, set up 3,000 cot and stranded passengers, it was all for them. cell phone video taken at jfk shows group of people demanding answers from american airlines staff. over in charlotte, a mechanical issue on this delta flight led to a very scary landing. here is what transportation secretary had to say about the chaos at the airports. watch. sdplp it is important for airlines to create enough cushion and resilience in the system. when you do have a disruption caused by weather, you can absorb that and work through that. a lot of the work that s been done has been paying off this year. reporter: travel problems are not just limited to the sky. another train deraderailment happened today. informs in southern california where nearly 200 passengers had to be led off after it collided with a county water truck.