cancelled, leaving many stranded. adam klotz is bringing the christmas weekend forecast. madelyn is live at the airport, hi, madelyn. good morning, griff and ashley, we have not seen a big pile up, but it is early and things could change. nationwide 2400 flights have been cancelled and 9500 flights delayed so far. the biggest concern in the new york city area are heavy rain, strong winds and icy roads as temperatures drop. outside new york, blizzard conditions through the great lakes and northeast could affect ground conditions at many airports and disruptions could lead to a domino effect. several airlines have been waving fees, but that hasn t helped a lot of people. it is not looking good. they changed my gate, then cancelled my flight. i got to go rebook or refund. we were anticipating the flights were going to get cancelled and we rebooked on wednesday night and rebooked twice back on united this actual. i contemplated driving in case flights got cancelled. t
need to be moved to the private sector and have to hunt for a real job. griff: governor, talking about taxpayers, i don t know if you noticed in washington yesterday, the democrats in the senate along with some republicans passing that $1.7 trillion spending spree packed with waste on top of already high inflation, the bill will head to the house. and, by the way, here in new york, wall street reacted by literally tanking. you can see all three dow, s&p, nasdaq all down, down, down washington doesn t understand what wall street does you can t spend money you don t have. you can t borrow money you can t pay back. that s a pretty simple economic principle that most americans are feeling right here at christmas. they didn t spend money they didn t have. they aren t borrowing money they can t pay back. the government doesn t follow those rules. this is a great example. the result is a lot of people s 401(k)s and iras have tanked