condit conditions all the way from the coast to the mountains, sierra nevada, heavy snowfall for the mountains and reign fall could be heavy for southern california as well. then it pushes across the interior west. but a different story in the south central united states, and that is dozens of cities could see at or beat record-setting temperatures headed towards christmas. all right, this is the future radar. there you can see outlining where that snowfall is. could be heavy at times. donner pass, the famous donner pass in california. they re expecting maybe as much as 5 feet of snowfall. but also to the mountains and the front range for colorado, heavy snowfall forecast here. how about the general picture coming up for christmas eve, denver looking at 52 degrees coming up. atlanta about 65. new york, washington, d.c., boston, looks a little iffy, but it s going to be rain. and it looks like it s going to
conjunction with local governments. 90% of those on board were fully vaccinated. royal caribbean says the ship has no more scheduled ports of call and is set to return to florida sunday. so, how can you stay safe traveling on packed planes and in crowded terminals? we sent cnn s brian todd to find out. reporter: from l.a.x. to atlanta s hartsfield, america s airports are jampacked. some passengers worried about daking to the skies during the omicron variant surge. i don t like the fact the planes are all full. we re squashed. when i came from california squashed then, and i anticipate the same thing going home. reporter: with some 20 million people estimated to be flying this holiday season in the u.s., health experts are urging passengers to take new precautions to avoid contracting the omicron variant. it s all about staying away from people you don t know, strangers. you don t know whether they ve got the virus or not. reporter: are surgical masks still the best ones to
be rain for chicago, which is unheard of around christmastime. it s going to be a wet weather pattern there. but look at these temperatures, in the 80s around dallas, in the 70s, close to 80 around new orleans. same for atlanta as well. here we go, there s some of that wet weather expected to move into new york city. washington, d.c., boston, it might be an icy mix. a lot to talk about. hope everyone has a safe holiday. back to you. 2021 will be remembered for plenty of things. the never-ending pandemic, volcano, relentless fires, deadly tornadoes, afghanistan. around the world people are showing their inner strength doing their best to recover and spread a little bit of holiday cheer. here s cnn s al goodman. reporter: at the end of another hard year, the festive lights in new york city, the gift many wanted and return to
hello and welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada and all around the world. i m kim brunhuber live at the cnn center in atlanta. just ahead here on cnn newsroom. we the jury on the charge of manslaughter in the second degree, culpable negligence on or about april 11, 2021, in hannah pin county, state of minnesota, find the defendant guilty. every single emotion you can imagine just running through your body at that moment, i kind of let out a yelp because it was still up in anticipation of what was to come while we were waiting the last few days. now we ve been able to process it. former minnesota police officer kim potter is behind
pandemic. now it faces this kind of situation that played out just last night. what a mix of emotions for so many. there s been all this built-up anxiety and then some relief, and the feeling of exhilaration to be able to get on a flight again, and then only something like this would happen to build up the anxiety once again. i want to talk to somebody who was on the flight, benjamin curly. he was flying from lax to atlanta. so glad you could be with us. as you reflect now, what was this whole experience like for you? honestly, walking away from it, it s kind of surreal. i also haven t had a chance to really catch up on sleep. i was hoping to sleep on that flight and that didn t happen. so it feels very surreal. it s certainly an event that is a once-in-a-lifetime event, it s something in the back of your head, i wonder if this will happen, and today it actually did. and i am very thankful that it did not end badly.