is reporting that she is set to touchdown really at any moment right now and that she has plans to meet with the president of taiwan tomorrow. but the speaker s office here on the hill still very quiet. radio silent about the speaker s potential visit to taiwan. now, it is night in taipei. we show taiwan s tallest building flashing the words speaker pelosi, welcome to t.w. that s for taiwan. flight tracking website this morning have been following a military aircraft that is believed to be carrying house speaker nancy pelosi after she wraps up her visit to malaysia. and those sites indicate that plane took the long way around the philippines avoiding the south china sea as it approaches taiwan from the east. just waiting and watching to see if it might land in taipei
using a fraudulent passport. the former yoga teacher had been taking yoga classes in costa rica, and possibly even teaching, which authorities told nbc news helped them track her down. on the ground, she s behind. reporter: on the day of wilson s murder she had been swimming with collin strickland, armstrong s boyfriend according to the arrest record. wilson and strickland dated briefly according to reports. wilson was found dead on the bathroom floor of her friend s house with multiple gunshot wounds according to marshals. and now after a 43-day search, caitlyn armstrong is behind bars accused of the brutal murder. thanks to nbc s rehema ellis with that report. one more look at this holiday travel this hour as airlines have delayed nearly 15,000 flights so far over the july 4th weekend and canceled more than 1500 others. that is according to new data obtained by the flight tracking
over the holiday weekend and canceled more than 1500 others. that is according to new data obtained by the flight tracking website, flight aware. it comes amid a new single day travel record since the start of the pandemic. close to 2 1/2 million people traveled through u.s. airport on friday at the start of the july 4th weekend. we have the latest on the holiday travel mess that is disrupting airports from coast to coast. joining us now from lax, nbc s george. it s nice to see that the pre- pandemic travel levels are up, but the headache that goes with it is not nice to see. reporter: good morning and happy fourth to you. it certainly has been a rough couple of days for holiday travel. as you mentioned, we are back to pre-pandemic levels in passenger still getting caught up in these rampant delays and cancellations in airports and airlines, there just trying to keep up with that travel demand. this morning, the holiday travel nightmares continue.
we re beginning with chaos in the skies during what may be the busiest weekend so far this year for air travel. according to the flight tracking website flight aware more than 900 flights were canceled on sunday alone across the u.s. since friday there have been more than 3,000 flight cancellations. so the airlines are blaming weather problems and ongoing staff shortages, in particular a shortage of pilots, so can travelers expect more of this as we enter the peak summer travel season? cnn s aviation correspondent pete muntean is live at reagan national airport. a lot of unhappy travelers this morning, pete. reporter: no doubt, john. in fact, a lot of people probably still trying to get home even today after traveling this weekend. these new numbers are huge, but the cause of this really is not. we were reporting over and over again that airlines got a lot smaller over the pandemic and that has led to these massive flight crew shortages. the deck of cards really comes
this airs at 8:00 tonight only on cnn . on friday, the tsa saw its highest volume of travelers since thanksgiving with more than two point for million people screamed at airports across the country. flight cancellations are a problem. staffing shortages from the pandemic and bad weather are to blame. there are 650 flight cancellations across the u.s. this morning and more than 1400 cancellations yesterday according to the flight tracking website. you are in good company if you are at the airport now. a encounter for a family hiking on a trail in canada. let s watch. he is following you, babe. hey, there. hey, there. hey. that is a little scary. the parents and their three