following thanksgiving almost 3 million passengers. we ll be pretty close to that the sunday following this thanksgiving. reporter: the numbers are so important because of all the uncertainty airlines and passengers faced in the summertime when they canceled 50,000 flights no total due in part to staffing shortages, and that was all compounded by bad weather. the weather this time around has been relatively good and airlines have been on a hiring blitz. in fact, united airlines canceled no flights network wide on the tuesday before thanksgiving. our thanks to pete muntean for that story. now, the official start to the holiday shopping season got off to a strong start yesterday known as black friday. and despite inflation driving prices up, consumers were out in full force hunting as they do for the best deals. the national retail federation expects 166 million americans will shop this weekend, an increase of about 8 million over 2021. cnn s gloria pazmino is at