describing exactly the same nightmare, extended delays, cancellations, long customer service lines, and being stuck without their luggage, forced to sleep at the airport even. there are people sleeping in cots. there are people, like, openly weeping at cafe tables. there are a lot of kids. they didn t have no pampers. t like i said, long line, kids crying, sleeping in the floor. old people too sleeping on the floor. elderly couples behind me. these people can barely walk, and now they re standing in lines for ten hours. over 4,400 flights have been cancelled, more than 16,000 in total delayed. and today the situation did get better, as we are headed into the busiest july fourth weekend in years. joining us now, secretary pete pete buttigieg. thank you for joining us. we heard a statement from the united airlines who said they believe the faa failed them and
tell cnn the situation has been desperate. there are people sleeping on cots, people like openly weeping at cafe tables. a lot of kids, they didn t no pampers, like i said, long lines, kids that were crying, sleeping on the floor. old people too. sleeping on the floor. there s elderly couples behind me. these people can barely walk and now they re standing in lines for ten hours. in total, this week, about 34,000 flights have been delayed, more than 7,000 canceled. let s go to jason carroll who joins us at laguardia airport, one of the three big new york area airports that had a ground stop last night. how about this morning? well, look, we ve seen a couple of planes taking off and landing here at laguardia, but there s, poppy, going to be a lot more of that to make up for what happened out here yesterday and the day before. this, as thousands of passengers all over the country, are still dealing with severely delayed or canceled flights.
openly weeping at cafe tables. it s like it s a human tragedy. really. in total, this week, roughly 34,000 flights, that s a huge number of flights that have been delayed. more than 7,000 canceled. jason carroll live at laguardia airport in new york. good morning to you. one of three airports you ve got newark, jfk, laguardia, huge airports, they all had ground stops last night. what a mess. reporter: it is a total mess. here s how i would sum things up. just about a half hour ago, i spoke to a family right here at this terminal. they were supposed to take a flight to florida or spirit air. they came here this morning all excited and was told their flight was canceled and they would not get another flight until july 3rd. their holiday ruined and that is the scenario being played out over and over all across the country. air travel to the three major
flight delays and cancellations because of more severe weather and staffing shortages, thunderstorms forced a ground stop at boston logan this morning, same thing, all three major new york city airports. 1,600 flights delayed or canceled today. at newark airport people have been sleeping on cots on the floor. there are people sleeping in cots. there are people like openly weeping at like cafe tables. a lot of kids. they didn t have no pampers. like i said, long lines. kids crying, sleeping on the floor. old people, too. sleeping on the floor. elderly couples behind me, they can barely walk and now they are standing in lines for ten hours? pete is live at reagan national airport outside of d.c. good morning to you. you have a lot of flight cancellations there. is this just summer thunderstorms or more at play here? reporter: layer on layer of issues here, poppy. thunderstorms combined with the air traffic controller shortage