the numbers grow more. on the west coast, we re talking about heat and possibly record breaking heat. it s important for people to remember that not only is it uncomfortable or inconvenient, it could be dangerous especially if you combine it with the hot temperatures and dry climate. there are a number of cities in places like colorado, utah, new mexico that are actually rethinking the way they do their july 4th celebrations. instead of fireworks, they re opting for drone flights, setting it to music, something that could be less flammable and risky. michelle, so tell us where the storm system is about to hit next. i think looking out the window, it s coming this way. it is, it s going to be the east coast. had a rough night last night. we re going to keep it in place today. also tomorrow, we have a front that s lingering. this is what radar looks like now. not a lot going on but still heavier downpours in the plains. this is where the action is.
reporter: the numbers are already huge at the busiest airport in atlanta. tsa screened a whopping 31,000 people in just five hours on friday morning. but the rush is far from over. the tsa says when it s done it will screen a total of 17.7 million people at airport checkpoints across the country, that includes next week when everybody begins coming home the next big test for airlines. cnn, reagan national airport. the july 4th celebrations may be less enjoyable than usual this year. many parts of the u.s. are facing an extreme and unpleasant mix of weather. cnn s chad myers has the details. really three big stories across the country for your saturday. bad air quality in northeast, big-time heat across the deep south and the west, and the threat of severe weather across the midwest. lightning and thunder if you re out through the midwest for saturday and for sunday. so here s the air quality most of the bad stuff is new york, philadelphia, d.c., all
keep people off the streets in the first place so that there will not be these kinds of violent riots overnight. they ve also shut down all public buses and trams as of nine pm before nightfall, as they try to get a handle on the situation. but so, for those types of measures don t seem to be working. we re seeing a lot of this being instigated and fomented on social media, which is a big concern of the french government. so, it remains to be seen whether tonight will hopefully be calm, or less violence than the previous nights, but certainly authorities trying to do everything. they can t just stop at putting 45,000 police officers on the streets as they try to get a hold of this situation, lindsey. all right josh lederman, thank you for that update. coming up, the potential political impacts of this week s supreme court decisions on the 2024 election. and hazy skies over new york city. the same for much of the northeast, as we see poor air conditions again, and the self seeing stit