sullenberger supports the new bill and says it took over three minutes to evacuate after his landing on the hudson river. the plane was filling rapidly with water from back to front, and we had a full aircraft. one person board in the a wheelchair, a 9-month-old child, and people trying to take baggage with them. reporter: the faa found seat size and spacing did not adversely affect evacuations. however, then steve dixon acknowledged the results are useful but not definitive. the faa says it is going through more than 26,000 public comments about airline seats, but followed guidelines in its testing laid out by congress, the airlines say safety is their top priority and will continue to work with the faa. chris van cleave, reagan natioal airport, virginia. till ahead, we head to rosswell, new mexico, where this
reporter: american and southwest acknowledge the pandemic has mate e-made it harder to recover from weather issues. essential not only volunteer for work. reporter: but republicans focused on united s vaccine mandate. as for the rapidly approaching holidays. near 2019 levels of travel. account airline industry handle that? i think we are. all the support services we need, faa, tsa guidelines. disruptive of that. reporter: those complaints have been off the charts. flight ant ten attendants plead. chris van cleave, cbs news.
0 captioning sponsored by cbs tonight, holiday surge. travel takes off. more than 100 million americans on the move, as covid cases skyrocket from coast to coast. the latest variants spreading fast. it s unimaginable to have to go through another winter. you have so much death and misery. but confidence in vaccines and pandemic fatigue appear to have people accepting the risk. i m mar cyst gonzalez. new york city sees record infections, broadway shutters shows, broad way premiers cancelled. pro sports put some games and teams on ice. plus, sticker shock many used car price soar, how the supply chain is to blame. and later, covid-19 miracle, how the woman in montana beat the covid odds and lived to tell her story. nice to see you, this is amazing. this is the cbs weekend news. good evening, i m meg oliver, adriana diaz is off. it s looking a lock like christmas, roads are packed and filling up. the coronavirus is shape shifting again, into the contageous new omicron va
From touring in the musical Hair to keeping time in The United States vs. Billie Holiday , Ray Shell has done it all during his 50 years on stage and screen.