jose, we are right in the thick of what is expected to be the busiest time of the day here on the busiest day of the week for travel. honestly, there s not many people in lines at all. check-in is going smoothly, tsa is going smoothly. the longest line is at the starbucks. but 4.5 million people are expected to be traveling in the air this weeken and this week. as you saw some of the tsa numbers, this is a good stress test for an industry that was struggling this spring and summer with all the cancellations and delays due to the staffing shortages. and pete buttigieg told you are lester holt that he s been working all fall to try to make that better, whether that s to work on the staffing shortages, the on-boarding procedures to get pilots in the air faster, but the folks here at dca, they re surprised with the lack of crowds. i m a little bit surprised by
us on serius. gary is live from one of those crowded airports, reagan national in the d.c. area, and marissa parr is at a busy rest stop. i think of planes, trains and automobiles. are you seeing any of those scenes where you are? reporter: we are right in the middle of what is expected to be the busiest time of day for airports, especially here at dca. it s not that busy. the lines are not that extensive at check-in and they aren t at tsa precheck or regular check in. looking at the departure board, it s a whole lot of on time flights. 4.5 million people are going to be traveling by air going to and
this week. it is really a stress test as well for the airline industry that as we have been talking about over and over again, really experiencing this pilot and staff shortage, and secretary pete buttigieg told lester holt earlier last week, they are aware of it and they re working on it and doing everything in their power to make that happen, and clearly things are working here. here is what some folks we talked to this morning had to say about the lack of lines here at dca. i was a little surprised by that. i was expecting to get here to see lines like crazy. you got here a little early just in case? yes. i am, my flight doesn t leave until 2:00. but i know, right i decided to come early and avoid the traffic so here i am. you got some time to hang out in the terminal. sky lounge, yes. why not. that s the answer. once a year, right? reporter: always splurge on the sky lounge. that s my advice. aaa says get here earlier than you think you need to and check
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her onstage and engaging her, she says she loves her dad but she s out of politics. not doing this. yeah. getting out of politics. you also had other people. quoted matt gaetz before, here s what ivanka said. this time around prioritizing my own children, private life creating a family and do not plan to be involved in politics while i always will love and support my father going forward, i will do so outside the political arena. yeah. support him outside that s ivanka. heard the same thing with jared also. but george conway, interesting. no politician s lining up, because even matt gaetz, we quoted before. who was there? was going to fly down for it and announced yesterday he couldn t come because of weather. i checked my weather app. it looked pretty good, actually, in between d.c.a. and pvi, but