pre-pandemic records with more than 2 million people passing through security checkpoints. today is expected to be each busier. cnn s pete muntean is live from reagan national with more on this. what are you seeing? reporter: the numbers are hour than in 2014 before the pandemic. the tsa screened 1.08 million people compared to 1.94 million people back in 2014. the same wednesday back in 2019, that was christmas day where the passenger loads are typically lower. though we ve seen a week-long stretch ever numbers higher or near or maybe a little bit below 2 million passengers each day. passengers tell us they are pretty confident about getting out right now, even in spite of the omicron variant. here s what they are telling us.
transportation secretary pete buttigieg warning the supply chain crisis that has led to high prices will extend to 2022 claiming the bottleneck is spurred by an unprecedented amount of demand brought upon by president biden s economic recovery. jonathan serrie is with us in savannah. the facts. the truck depot is run by a company in business for three generations. i spoke with the grandson of the founder who says he has never seen anything like this. they were about busy pre-pandemic and busier now and there is a surge in consumer spending. everyone wants their stuff that was shut down. greater demand on the trucking industry before the pandemic and fewer truck drives than there were before the pandemic. that created a real bind. my older truck drivers retired during the pandemic.
todd: the party is sending heavy hitters like former president obama to stump for the democratic candidate as president biden s approval rating takes a beating. todd: florida governor ron desantis blocking biden s vaccine mandates and save american jobs. busier and busier and busier. and today is friday. todd: we begin with this fox news alert. former president bill clinton receiving treatment at a hospital in california for non-covid related infection. his doctors say he is in good condition, releasing the statement saying, quote, president clinton was taken to uc irvine medical center and diagnosed with an infection. he was admitted to the hospital
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