imm imminent? everyone from the white house to israel officials say we re very, very close. we ll ask an israeli government spokesman where things stand right now. plus, the u.s. launching an air strike on militants in iraq. it follows the 66 earth attack by iran backed groups on u.s. forces in the region. this is a quick response. the read from former defense secretary mark esper. your world starts right now. welcome. i m edward lawrence. from the nation s capitol in for neil cavuto. this is your world. so jeff paul, we begin with jeff paul in southern israel. when could we see innocent civilians freed? that is the million dollar question. we re watching any possible developments that could come out of this israeli government meeting going on right now. we should point out this was previously unscheduled. that might give you an idea of how possibly close they could be to approving a deal that could return hostages back to israel. they are expected to vote on that tonig
past anything that stands in its way. .well almost anything. leave no room behind with xfi pods. simple. easy. awesome. click or visit a retail store today. welcome back. we want to update you on the breaking news, the government shutdown and the staffing issues it has caused in the nation s biggest airports causing delays. staffing shortages causing delays at la guardia and newark airport. walk us through what is going on. we did have arrival delays at philadelphia, now recollect and la guardia. i think we will have them for most of the day.
in the dakotas by christmas day. it poured by san francisco and tom was showing you the misery index. san francisco to 135 minute arrival delays because of weather and wind. that s two hours and 15 minutes. that s a high misery index. los angeles has arrival delays of an hour and a half and because of weather but because of construction on the taxi way but unplanned construction. they will have rain later today, so that s already bad. probably get worse throughout the afternoon, phoenix, tucson, other areas today. tom mentioned there s bad weather in chicago. clouds moving in. light snow shortly. and on and off. no delays at the airports there and the roads pretty treacherous. i-80 to minneapolis, light snow about 1 to 2 inches. just enough to make it a little slippery and not too much fun. so possible delay at the airports. obviously, we ve got san francisco and los angeles but seattle, chicago, st. louis and then tomorrow for christmas eve,
baltimore and we re looking for 3 to 5 inches here up towards new york city, probably an inch or two. airports today much better. yesterday dulles and reagan, 260 outbound flights canceled. today about a third and about 70. but, even with that, because of low clouds and ceiling, philadelphia and all three new york city airports right now averaging arrival delays of one and two hours. it s still not great and in dallas, they are still dealing with a backlog even today and 500 flights in and out of dfw canceled. i ve lost count, 4,000 or 5,000 since last thursday. after this moves out tomorrow, it s going to get really cold for the rest of the week with highs running 15 to 20 grows below average. minneapolis st. paul at 1 below zero and windchill in the twin cities is 25 below zero, we have to put it in perspective here back east. thank you so much mike
there s only six delays and none of them are to international destinations but atlanta international airport, as well, there s about 60 delays. these are arrival delays just coming in from orlando, wichita, charlotte, gulfport. just about 20-minute delays. i can go down and down and you ll see the word delay, delay, delay, delay, delay. this is a great app. it s called flight board. $10. we all buy it here because you can see what the flight looks like at almost had any airport. i can click and see washington, d.c. here s the arrival delays out of dulles. this one has arrived. so it s kind of a good thing. if you want to see all the other airports and maybe look at all the other misery, you won t have to feel by yourself, this is an app you can look at, too. something else i don t think people have been talking about very much, i think you should be carrying your bags on the plane if you can. if you get diverted, canceled,