the race is on. run for the holiday weekend, but not before we tell you how jammed the roads and skies are. new data just released on crowded airports. a dress rehearsal for obstruction. a new report says mar-a-lago employees moved boxes of papers the day before the fbi searched trump s home for classified documents, and they allegedly held a practice session weeks before. what the fbi is now investigating. and the terrifying moments captured on camera after a passenger opens an emergency exit door mid flight. the incredible video from inside that plane. we are following these major developing stories and many more right here on cnn news central . it s 9:00 a.m. do you know where your holiday weekend is? it is on. let us be your guide through the fun and frustration and maybe the other f words in what looks like could be a historic holiday rush. this is a live look at reagan national airport. air travel is expected to be up by at least 11%, 3.4 million people are set
airports nationwide between yesterday and memorial day on monday, especially given that big number that you just mentioned, 2.66 million people screened at airports nationwide yesterday, we have seen numbers wednesday, monday, those were actually bigger than the same day back in 2019 before the pandemic. now the number to beat is the 2.88 million person record set back on thanksgiving 2019. we will see if they get that high. what is so interesting here is that memorial day last year really kicked off the summer of cancellations for the airlines, between memorial day and labor day airlines canceled about 55,000 flights. the tsa insists it s ready this time around, the airports insist they re ready this time around and airlines insist they re ready this time around with right staff, they ved a..edded about 48,000 workers, also right size, operating fewer flights using larger airliplanes.