About 138,000 travelers are expected to pass through Memphis International Airport (MEM) during the holiday rush that ends after the start of the New Year, officials said.
question. it would help once they get in bill form, text form. right now they just don t have the time here. people are saying, look, even if we got an agreement today, it s still going to take till next weekend to move it through the senate. it helps in that regard but they have not gotten help in the front end which is starting the process here in the house. alicia: well, we will await updates from you, chad pergram, thank you. griff: well, alicia triple a projecting one to have busiest memorial day weekends ever with estimated 42 million americans take to go the skies. charles watson is live at hartsfield atlanta international airport with more, hey, charles. charles: yeah, hey, good afternoon, griff. holiday travel is on the rebound this memorial day weekend. we are expecting big crowds and we are seeing them here at atlanta, one of the busiest airports in the world. you can see tons of people in the main tsa checkpoint. we have been seeing long lines of people over here througho
tomorrow. he made a surprise appearance on the mall near buckingham palace greeting the crowds of well-wishers and shaking hands. britain is preparine iing to we it s first new monarch following the passing of queen elizabeth. and representing the president who will not be attending, mrs. biden. she began her trip meeting with wife of the british prime minister. later she met with veterans and their families and the coronation fair hosted by a local primary school. remember, cnn carries tomorrow s coronation. live coverage begins at 5:00 a.m. eastern. also, it is case closed for former north carolina congressman madison cawthorn. he pleaded guilty to bringing a loaded handgun through a tsa checkpoint. a third-degree misdemeanor charge and it happened last year at charlotte-douglas international airport. the trial was supposeds to begin today. his attorney says he was fined
This was one of two incidents within the past two weeks at two of Hawai‘i’s airports where Transportation Security Administration officers discovered prohibited items concealed on the bodies of travelers during a routine screening at the security checkpoint.
right now we re following a very disturbing incident in pennsylvania. a man arrested for allegedly trying to bring explosives on to a flight in his suitcase. our legal and aviation experts are working this story for us. first let s go to evan perez. what could you tell us about this man s arrest and what do we know about what happened? well this happened on monday at the lehigh valley airport which is in pennsylvania. north of philadelphia. and according to the fbi, this man name is mark muffly. and he checked some luggage through the tsa checkpoint and when it was being screened, the screening system set off an alarm which indicated that the possibility of explosives inside of the luggage. when they when the luggage was examined, they did find what