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