By car or plane as we are just days away from christmas. Times to be on the road today are between 3 006 00. Ryan is at Dulles Airport breaking down the numbers. Ryan good afternoon. We have been making our way through departure terminals all morning long. We saw a long, heavy lines early this morning. This afternoon, things have really died down and slowed over here at Dulles Airport, but the airlines say they are still bracing for the crowds later on this afternoon. The numbers are staggering at the airport. Aaa says 6. 4 million americans will be hitting the skies over the next few days. Today, workers are dealing with the busiest travel day of the season. Tsa expects to see an additional 400,000 people on top of a regular thursday. Pass through its checkpoints. Lines will be long. Pack your patience. Anyone who has flown knows it can be extremely stressful. 44 therapy dogs will help alleviate that stress. We caught up with them this morning. We found cory from denver. His flight wa
Holiday Shopping Mode and i have been asking everyone i know, the christmas that you celebrate at home is it similar to the one you celebrated at as a child, as far as how many hits, food traditions . I would say so. Absolutely. We were young, my family my mom and grandmother and aunts, eight on Christmas Eve and i had dont know if we will make it next this year. A warm feeling, not too many gifts. Its so nice, they are in texas but i wish they were here. We eat the same kind of food, mole, whatever, family is important. Same, we do a lot of mole, we dont have a lot of presents, that was more cultural than financial. But i see myself now doing the exact same for my children but i could give you more but i dont. We appreciate what we got more. I see that trickle down as we become the next generation. People are on the road today. Uni grew up here. We did not have to travel. Christmas travel is about trying to get away for the holidays. And watching the roads to help travelers get there
Ready to move ahead with a major agreement of longterm funding for our armed forces, nor, our immigration policy. Bipartisan talks are underway on these issues and other key priorities. Copper my solutions are not out of reach. For now, Congress Plans to keep the government running. Shery welcome Bloomberg White house editor and chief correspondent kevin. Ofin, give us the just speaker ryans bill right now. It doesnt address immigration issues but it includes other things in their. Re. The continuing resolution is something to get out of the house of representatives, and will go nowhere in the senate. We have seen this time and time again in terms of legislative policies from speaker ryans cap. Ofy will try to get it out the house, but it is up to Mitch Mcconnell to carry the football into the end zone area right now, it is just not there. Im immigration, that is not enough to get key democratic support. Senate majority leader Mitch Mcconnell you remember that procedural term, that ess
Other than or this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. We made it clear that it was a plan it was not a guarantee. For a trouble for palestinians the u. S. Suspends a forty five Million Dollars payment for food a. Pope francis begins the final leg of his politically delicate visit to south america. A key piece of bricks that legislation passes the house of commons but huge questions still remain about how persons divorce from the e. U. Will. Kurdish y p g commanders say Turkish Forces have fired around seventy shells at villages its controls in the african districts of Northern Syria the bombardment from turkish territory began around midnight and continued into friday morning a y p g spokesman in africa and says this marks the heaviest turkish bombardment since the turkish government stepped up threats to take military action against the kurdish region setting jacket joins us live from taqiyya said he was starting happening it sounds like a really gearing up to start this ope
Arrives in peru for the second leg of the south american top. Secret world of lobbying firms in the u. S. Comes under more scrutiny to reveal whos working for whom. On a major storm blows through europe killing at least seven people and disrupting traffic. The u. S. State department is urging turkey not to invade a friend in syria Turkish Forces are massing on the border in preparation for action against the kurdish why p. G. Turkey considers the white b. G. A terrorist group but its fighters have been a key ally for the u. S. Elsewhere in syria stepping back from antakya. The turkish army is steadily increasing its presence along this stretch of the Syrian Border president. Has been threatening to attack the kurdish run area baffling for almost a week now there has been sporadic shelling. Inside africa thousands marched on thursday in protest at turkeys aggression how the wealthy and thats the goal of this large demonstration is to send a message to the world and especially to turkey