passengers upset and exasperated. i was meant to leave at 8:00 a.m., you know, flight canceled. another flight was going to be 11:00 a.m., canceled. one more at 3:00, canceled. we have to get home. we have a flight. it is going to be, you know, canceled. they need to let us know now so we can know what to do. the problem a huge surge in passenger traffic. call it post-pandemic rebound. the tsa says it screened more passengers on friday than on the same day in 2019. let s talk about what s happening here. business journalist mark stewart joins me now. tsa says they screened 2 1/2 million people. that is remarkable. same number as way back in february 2019. or 2020, i guess. what is that telling us about the american economy? it tells us people are finding room in their budgets to travel. it s the notion of pent-up demand. another struggle facing the economy is labor. airlines are dealing with these pilot shortages. i heard from one pilot last night, there should be scr
holiday smash with kids making $108.5 million at the box office. i am going to be a super villain. that s steve carell super villa gru. dark of the moon back in 2011. do you have plans to see minions? have you been to the movie theater yet? i haven t been to the movie theater. i was thinking about it yesterday because i saw tom cruise. at the grand prix. i want to go back to the movies, i really do. that movie maverick goes back to old school block buster. at the beginning of the movie there s straight to camera tom cruise thanking visitors for coming back to the theaters. step to normalcy. it feels like new york is coming back, movies are getting back. people are gathering for
alderman raymond lopez. is it possible to shut part of the city down? it is the most weak crime strategy i ve heard today. the christmas season we ll tell our businesses they cannot be open because we are no longer able to keep them safe is a complete abdication of lori light foot s duties as mayor to protect the citizens of chicago. she is a failure period. bill: chicago tribune don t let the holiday smash and grabbers get away with it. they write the more that property crimes like retail theft are moved to the back burner of police priorities the less likely thieves feel they will be punished and city life goes downhill and we all get punished. we re feeling like that in new york, sir. as you guys well know, you saw what they did to your christmas tree on the plaza and they downplayed it as just property. it isn t just property. it is a matter of our values. whether or not we respect each other and the laws of civil