impacted spending habits then we will speak to judy chu about the overall state of our economy. and then today the supreme court could hand down a critical condition that could impact the southern border, and we will take you live to el paso we begin marking one of the busiest travel days of the year, both on the roads and in the air after people are scrambling to get home after the christmas holidays, and a blizzard is contributing to problems today alone more than 1,300 u.s. flights have been delayed, and near nearly 2,900 have been cancelled, and a bulk of that coming from southwest airlines, and it s not just airline travelers facing a daunting journey home according to aaa, today and tomorrow are expected to be the most congested days on the road as travelers mix with commuters back to work after the holiday joining us now, blayne alexander, and then blayne, i was caught up in the middle of it a couple days trying to get back to new york describe the scene you are se
thank you for staying with us this hour we ll check the national forecast as outreach continues to grow among southwest airlines customers with thousands of new cancellations. also a live report from the southern border as the future of tens of thousands of migrants remains in legal mim lim bow and we are discussing tripledemic fears as we approach the new year we begin this hour with the persistent problems that our nation s airports ask the spotlight focused on southwest airlines as tens of thousands of customers face another day of waiting to find when they can finally catch a flight home. joining me now is blayne alex alexander. the chaos continues for travelers. mostly for this attempt to reset schedules and staffing after the cancellations. what are you seeing today? reporter: we re certainly seeing a lot of people in line, a lot of people frustrated and trying to figure out when they can get to their destination i think that the numbers really tell the story you
terms of your forecast snow showers along the great lakes. we re not expecting intense snowfall that s starting to weaken. we re look ing at the winds switching. still could pick up a few inches still chilly and that s going to change we ll be above normal as we near the end of the workweek or the holiday week for some of us. mountain snow will fall in the cascades and the mountains where we could see three feet of snow and heavy of rain this is going to be a big story. we need the rain they are in a drought, but it s coming fast and furious. it s a lot of rain in the short amount of time double-digit rainfall in portions of the northwest into southern california today. that will shift throughout tomorrow you can see heavy rain falling that s where you see the brighter colors. the yellows, reds and oranges is indicating where we re seeing heavy rainfall it s not just the airlines impacted it s going to be tough to travel on the roadways as well.
grossman how are things looking in the air and on the roads how is the weather picture we are looking good in the east, and out west we are watching a major storm talking about buffalo, we are looking at intense lake-effect snow bands al ao throughout the day we will see the winds switching, and that s on radar. as we go throughout the day, look at the east in the middle of the country lots of sunshine it s still chilly, looking at temperatures well below normal and that will change tomorrow. it s out west, and we are looking at a major story, heavy rain and mountain snow, and could see flooding rain from seattle to san diego, and that s due to an atmospheric river. this will stay in place through sunday, and we will see flooding conditions in terms of the air, we will see some concerns as we heard from blayne and gary, and looking good from boston to philly and