starting to bother and put pressure on the intelligence services, like we have been talking now for several weeks an months now about these attacks, you can t know when it s going to happen. so it s really trying to get people out there, remind folks when seven trying to have a good time with their family and friends, be aware. watch the hands and what s happening. break it down for us, i know we got some details, saying these attacks can take place in public places, and if there are some things people can do to stay safe or try to. well, the one thing we always try to tell people is as you are walking around, pay attention. stay away from the large gatherings of western tourists. that s tough when you are in western bali, different areas of the world. i just flew in from dubai on thursday night. it s packed with people.
by the end of sunday, more than 63,000 flights will have been canceled since april 15th and that out of 24,000 flights that normally operate on sunday, only some 4000 will fly. now, i just heard from the american red cross here in new york. representatives say they are currently working with the city s operation of emergency management and port authority to help the travelers out. so far the red cross has delivered 800 cots and blankets to jfk airport and we ll continue to bring you the latest. thanks for the update. one of those travelers stranded because of the ash cloud, his flight back from europe canceled and greg is currently in dubai and joins us on the phone. what is the latest from your vantage point, greg? a little add to the story, we were supposed to be flying back from dubai on em rate airlines, one of the airlines in this region and we are one of 170,000