the tsa screening nearly 2.5 million people on friday. and today expected to be the busiest of this record weekend. what s being done to keep the airlines flying. the wildfire danger in the west. red flag warnings in several states. authorities restricting or banning fireworks in some areas. and tracking severe storms across the midwest through july 4th. rob marciano timing it out. news tonight about a lifeguard bitten by a shark off long island, new york. the incident happening during a training exercise. the beach temporarily closed. more lifeguards now patrolling the water. breaking news overseas tonight a deadly shopping mall shooting in denmark. authorities say at least two people killed, others wounded. what police are now learning about the alleged gunman. president zelenskyy confirming his troops have all retreated from a key city in eastern ukraine. russian forces reportedly seizing control. an american fighting with ukrainians says the city is done, descri
NEW YORK — Ilai Lichtental was in Houston at 2 p.m. on Tuesday when his cellphone rang. It was the commanding officer of his search-and-rescue brigade of the Israeli Defense Forces, asking Lichtental to end his vacation in America, leave his family and report for duty, immediately. Seventeen hours later, on Wednesday afternoon, Lichtental was surrounded by hundreds of well-wishers at John F. Kennedy International Airport near the ticket counter for El Al Airlines, one of the few carriers still f
york s jfk airport forced over 1,000 people out of terminal 4. the incident was later cleared. across the country frustration mounting on what is expected to be the busiest travel day of this record weekend. abc s phil lipof is at laguardia airport in new york. reporter: tonight, americans trying to get to family and friends this holiday weekend are finding it more difficult by the day. my flight got canceled, but i didn t find out until i got to the gate. reporter: at airports across the country, tsa screening more than two million passengers a day since friday numbers not seen since the pandemic began. and passengers are feeling it. we got delayed on our first flight and we had to switch flights. and we re hoping it doesn t happen again because we have stuff to do and we want to get home. so we ll see. reporter: the logans trying to fly out of boston back to michigan after a family reunion. air travel has been plagued this weekend with delays and cancellations. today alon