to it. then last night, we heard from people like shaun white saying, well, the half pipe was not not really up to snuff and the problem was at the bottom it was really slushy and even sandy in places. they actually pushed the events back into the evening from the afternoon in order to get the colder temperatures today and that s why those events are starting to take place right now. a lot of people say this is just something that happens normally in winter events. the problem, of course, is that the eyes of the world happen to be on these mountains in sochi right now, peter. tibs, they may be better served holding olympics here on the east coast of the united states. we have more frigid temperatures and plenty of snow. or chicago. reporter: your home as well. president obama announced he s going to be returning to france in june for the 70th anniversary of d-day. five years ago he joined the leaders for the 65th anniversary
attendant issue, where are they going to to stay tonight and and they re monitoring every flight in the air. today, the focus on the eastern seaboard as you might imagine because of the weather. not too bad. about 20, 30 flights were canceled. this is jim deyoung, the operations manager here. all in all, you were bracing for a horrible day that turned out pretty good. it s all about planning. you know, we see these types of winter events before. we don t like them during the busiest travel season, but we plan days in advance. this room full of proefrlshs is here just to make sure it s a seamless experience for our customers. including a full weather department. they have a full weather department here, brooke, and they monitor the weather. would you say the weather is the biggest concern you come up against on a daily basis? i would say so, weather, and how it s going to play with the air traffic control. weather makes it difficult to route airlines around. right now, you re lo