cancellations. these are the latest numbers from flight aware. 175 cancellations at united airlines alone and 150 at delta airlines. last night i obtained a united airlines memo to its staff in which it said these omicron cases are really impacting its flight cruise and those who run the airline, the operations folks. now, airlines and the industry say there is a way out of this to make sure those problems don t happen again. they want to shorten the isolation period from ten days down to five days. they say that will allow them to keep more workers on the job. the ceo of delta airlines wrote the head of the cd kris, one of the industry s top lobbies though some airline worker unions oppose this. each still though, the numbers are off the charts for those coming in and out of airports across country. 2.19 million people screened by tsa nationwide just yesterday, and it s just the start, kate, between now and january 3rd. 20 million people will fly according to the tsa, january
overnight with hundreds told to get out. it could be days before they get the okay to return. and now from los angeles, we have the latest. will? reporter: right now there are more than a dozen fires burning in colorado. think of that. more than a dozen. the biggest is in southwest colorado. so far it has burned more than 70,000 acres. it is also threatening southern tourist areas forcing 1,500 to evacuate. authorities say they are doing everything they can to make sure that no homes or structures burn. in talking to the operations folks, it is successful when we have not lost a life or someone s home or done damage to private property. that is the key thing to keep in mind here. it will be a long-term event. what specifically that means, that is what they plan to