easier said than done when planed are packed and tempers are frayed. welcome, everybody. i'm neil cavuto. this is "your world." the exodus is on and the tensions are running high. hillary? >> hi, neil. another factor in this has been the rise of the covid variant omicron. some feared that omicron would be a grinch crushing the christmas spirit of holiday travelers this season. twice as many passengers are expected to take to the friendly scares compared to this time last year. last friday and saturday, 4.3 million people traveled through checkpoints around the country. that is compared to a total of two million that travelled the same days last year. even with a new variant on the rise, a lot of people we talked to traveling today say they still feel safe. >> doesn't scare me at all. it's not stopping me from traveling. i travel a lot. >> i'm comfortable. >> would you do anything differently to prepare in light of omicron spread something. >> not really. i follow the rules. >> i got a fancy mask. i'm not concerned. >> hopefully next christmas we can be free again and travel without so many restrictions. so far it's not hindered me at all. i'm happy. >> the pandemic has turned some travelers into unhappy travelers triggering tensions with fights on flights becoming more common. the faa and tsa are teaming up to keep passengers in check. testy travelers can new lose their tsa precheck status if they act out. the faa administrator saying expedited screening is a privilege. if you act out of line, you'll wait in line. we want safe and responsible passenger behavior. one unruly incident is one too many. so neil, the message is pack your best behavior or pack your patience because you'll be waiting in the line with everybody else. >> neil: if you're lucky to be waiting in a line. they might kickout out of the airport. thanks very much for that. what are your options as you look to fly in the next few days. >> the busiest we've seen in a couple years going back to before the pandemic. janine is here, a travel expert. first, if i can ask you about your options when you're looking to cancel flights or anxious about cancelling because you don't want to take any chances. what do you do? >> i think the first thing travelers showed know is a lot of the airline policies are not as liberal as during the height of the pandemic when everything was cancelled and everybody wants refunds and credit. that is not the case anymore. i would recommend if you're having concerns or you just want to know what your options are, check with your airline and find out what the policies are now. don't assume that they're the same. there's some airlines that got rid of their change in cancellation fees altogether. some were more liberal and i've gone back to the way they were prepandemic. make sure that you know what your airline is doing. >> neil: a lot of people are cancelling first and asking questions about getting money back later. maybe they see this brawl in miami and they see the images or llanes where people are going nuts. maybe they say i want no part of this. what are their options if they do this last minute? >> i would say if you're thinking about cancelling, dos it as soon as possible. when you wait within the 24 to 48 hours before your flight, you don't have as many options and you may not get the refunds and it may not be as easy to change the plans. do it all as soon as possible. >> as you pointed out, these are rarities. hardly common. some of them can be graphic and in your face. by and large, what is it like, this travel week, going into christmas itself? >> as you heard previously, it's almost double the amount of passengers that we saw last year. we had united that added more than 200 flights per day just to keep up with the domestic demand. over 4,000 flights going out on united per day. the travel demand is normally big. it's more so this year compared to what we've seen the last couple years. travelers need to absolutely pack your patience if you're headed to the airport. get there early and come prepared. make sure you're okay with the guidelines that are in place now. i think, you know, we hear that travelers are comfortable. we've always been traveling and been aware of what these guidelines have been the past couple years. >> neil: yeah, i think most of us are good about this and patient about this. we just have to remember to be that way. thanks so much. very good advice. i appreciate it. meantime here, if it went enough with the spike in omicron cases to get going here, the irony is that the cases themselves are not really that serious. in fact, about 80% less so if you consider hospitalizations and even the extreme possibility of serious cases, even death. that has not stopped some states and businesses to change things mightily, imposing restrictions that might go way beyond whether omicron deserves it or not. susan li looking at this fallout from this. susan? >> for the second year in a row, new year's eve will look different on your tv screen. different networks are doing different things to mitigate any risk from the omicron spread. fox entertainment being the latest to cancel their special broadcast while the traditional broadcast networks are moving celebrations outside of new york city. nbc will be live from miami instead. abc in puerto rico. cbs is going to nashville. for new york city and the famous ball drop, mayor de blasio is still debating whether to welcome back the crowds this year. you have eric adams already cancelling his inauguration, the rockettes christmas spectacular is off. broadway shows like hamilton are on hold. no live audiences at snl and the rich and powerful at the economic forum has been delayed for the second year in a row. for sports, the nhl has confirmed the best hockey players on the planet will be skipping beijing and the winter olympics. several hockey games had been be postponed last week. the nba has delayed five games. texas a&m just dropped the gator bow over covid concerns. after getting back to the office, numerous company including the biggest have delayed return to work. we know cnn has closed their offices to nonessential workers. companies like lyft pushing out the return to 2023. there was some good news here today, neil, with the pfizer covid pill approved by the fda and many hope that will get us back to normal life again soon. >> neil: fingers crossed on all of that. gray run down of all of that. we're hearing from dr. fauci warning about large gatherings of more than 40 people. doesn't consider it safe among the vaccinated and boosting. mr. makary on that after this. 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>> needle anxiety is a known issue with children especially. other people have reasons that they don't like doctors or hospitals. we've seen it. the construct of the vaccinated and unated is a false construct. it's frustrating for me to watch the white house briefings and the speech by was biden yesterday. we know that the more precise medical terminology is the immune and the nonimmune. half of those that are not vaccinated have immunity and that changes the dynamics with testing, with boosters and changes the dynamic with gatherings. >> neil: you mentioned gatherings. you probably heard about anthony fauci saying in groups of more than 40 people, even with a vaccine, head avoid them. what do you think of that? >> if there's people vulnerable that you're concerned about, if your grandfather chose not to get vaccinated and you want to get together, it's important for people. we can't do mass testing. we don't have enough tests to go around. we heard about another 1/2 million coming online. we need about one to 2 billion a day to do regular screening. if you think about it in a normal flu season, we might have 41 million flu cases in a month. can you imagine if with tested everybody and graphed the chart of cases? what i'm seeing is a denial that we have a respiratory pathogen like others that we're learning to live with. >> neil: doctor, do you think that other countries around the world are overreacting? there's many that are cutting down who can fly to respective countries or the mask requirements, the hyped up restrictions now on how many can go into a restaurant or a pub. are we going too far here? >> well, neil, i think people in these countries are acting with good intentions. i think they want the best for people but they're using policies from 2020 in a modern era when we have omicron a more mild variant and broad population immunity either natural or vaccinated. even in south africa where 30% of the population is vaccinated. they're having a massive decline. that's not because of high vaccination rates. that's because of natural immunity. so we've got high population immunity and policies need to be adjusted accordingly. otherwise, we'll be in this mode forever. if i told someone that their child is likely to get five or six colds in the course of their childhood, they can keep the child masked from k-12 or find some selective policy to use reasonable hygiene practices and learn to live with the risk. >> neil: what about the cases like the radio city music show because a couple of members got omicron or now the cast of hamilton and lion king and others shutting down until this is resolved. usually based on a couple of people getting a virus that is not dangerous. is that an overreaction? >> i think it is. if we're going to use the criteria to shut down those events, we'll shut them down almost every winter in perpetuity. we have other pathogens that don't have the same social stigma and the raw memories of last year when there was a higher fatality rate. we'll have influenza, rhino virus, other viruses. a lot of respiratory pathogens. with this particular strain right now, it's nearly impossible to contain it. we have to turn our attention to reasonable ways to live with it and turn our attention to treatments, which was today today we had the first major milestone with the fda approving paxolovid. >> neil: all right. a pill by pfizer and another one by merck coming up. thanks, dr. makary. you heard a lot going to christmas. santa was out of goods and the shelves are empty. turns out that might have been much adieu about nothing. what the administration plans to do is already raised eyebrows about making a situation worse, not better after this. of being the economy. observing investors choose assets to balance risk and reward. with one element securing portfolios, time after time. gold. agile and liquid. a proven protector. an ever-evolving enabler of bold decisions. an asset more relevant than ever before. gold. your strategic advantage. 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is it go to ease? >> a couple of observations about what the president said. it is true that it's good news that a lot of the empty shelves that we're worrying about haven't had. it's amazing how well the economy can adapt quickly to a crisis like we had a month or two ago. however, a personal story, i mean, 2 1/2 weeks ago, i ordered a huge number of christmas presents for family and friends from amazon. usually with amazon, you get that stuff in three days. 2 1/2 weeks later, i still don't have it. christmas, two or three days away. i talked to a lot of people that say we're experiencing the same thing. i'm not convinced the supply chain problems are over. the thing that worries me the most going forward over the next month or two is the overreaction of potentially to this new variant, the virus. i am worried about lackdowns and shut downs. we're seeing some schools shutting down. we cannot do that again. we cannot do that to our small businesses. >> neil: that could drive up prices, too. >> you better believe it. >> neil: that's what did it in the early day. and people might not have stuff they ordered for christmas. this explains why i haven't received your gift yet. >> it's in the mail. >> neil: you should try the meats and cheeses. they're never delayed. where do you see this inflation thing sorting out though? we know the federal reserve will start hiking rates or being a little less friendly to allow this to happen. we know that at least for now build back better is stuck. it's not going anywhere. inflationary concerned out of that might not materialize. are we on the downward slope here or do we know? >> tough question. i don't think so. if you look at what has happened with producer prices, you and i talked about this the other day. the producer prices were up 10%. consumer prices were up 6 1/2 to 7%. when you get that situation, producer prices go up. consumer prices have to go up. businesses have to be able to sell the products at a profit. so i do think you'll see some tough months ahead, inflation. i do believe the fed is behind the curve. i don't understand -- given the fact that the fed say that we have an inflation crucis and they're wrong, why are they waiting till next year? they should be acting immediately. there's no necessary "stimulus" for the economy. >> neil: they say they're speeding it up. but we haven't seen that yet. >> why wait? >> neil: i hear you. we have seen some companies acting to pass along the increases. general mills says they plan to name prices further. they're behind cheerios, yogurt. it's pricey. how long do you think it can last if companies pass it to a consumer that is willing and able to pay the prices? >> a great question, too. you don't know the answer to that. as you know, wages are going up. they've been going up 4, 4.5%. when you have inflation at 6%, people are losing money. i'll give you another example. try to rent the car over christmas. i don't know if you tried that. you're talking about prices that in some cities are up 30, 40%, a lot of inflation. or try to buy a new car. new car lots are either empty of cars or people are now at a lot of the auto dealerships, they're paying more than the sticker price. that's amazing. usually you haggle the price down. people are paying more to get the cars. that's inflagrants. >> neil: like what they did on homes. thanks very much. normally when i run into rental problems, i say i know steve moore. >> did you get the maserati i sent you for christmas? it will be in the driveway. >> neil: got it. with the other gifts. thanks very much. we're talking about the big changes and whether we can go too far on restrictions and people get overreacted. we told you yesterday, of course, that it looks like the consumer electronics show is still on for early next year. we're also learning that not everyone is going to attend. maybe that's the old facebook and twitter and amazon saying thanks, but no things. we won't be there. omicron again. more after this. 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>> neil: of course he would say that. thanks very much. chad pergram on all of that. let's go to bob cusack, the editor of the hill. is the president eager to saddle up again, start from scratch, prioritize what the senator would like, what he wouldn't like and proceed from there? how likely is that? >> i think that is likely as far as still something getting done, i think the chances are pretty good. but what will get done? progressives are very frustrated to put it mildly at senator manchin. so what can he except? manchin wants to raise taxes by senator sinema does not. he's worried about inflation. this is a real problem. democrats can't throw in the towel because they put too much time into this effort and it's going to be a very rough, rough january for the democratic party. >> neil: a lot of progressives are saying better nothing that is so watered down that it's barely something. what do you hear about that argument? >> it's a pretty good argument. at the same time, you have to watch what is the breaking point for progressives. it started out with bernie sanders talking possibly of 6 to 10 trillion. big and bold. they knew republicans wouldn't get on board. that was not hard to see. republicans are not going to vote for tax increases. overall, they had to make sure that manchin and cinema are there at the end. remember, neil, even if this passes the senate, it's got to go back to the house. just five progressives could sink it. >> neil: with the things that they like, even manchin likes is this funding for universal pre-k. the difference is over the ten year period. he was open to the child tax credit, lower cost for prescription drugs but might shelf or wait on the other matters like paid leave bill next year or maybe in future years if it happens or expanding medicare to cover den tail and vision and all of that. is that what we're moving toward? >> i think neil, that's right. paid leave will be put off. that upsets some democrats but it's not going to cost votes like senator gillibrand. the child tax credit, senator manchin wants to lowter thresholds. that is really important to bernie sanders. if he doesn't get anything -- i think democrats and the president have to tell joe biden, okay, listen, joe, what do you want but you have to accept some things we want. this is going to be a tough plane to land in the new year. >> neil: is there any truth to the rumors that the president intervened to say we're getting nasty with manchin and we're pushing him out of the party. but you know, better to deal with him than deal with him on the other side. do you know anything about the back story on that? >> i don't know as a fact, neil. but that makes a lot of sense. i asked manchin a few years ago could he ever leave the democratic party and could republicans ask him to do that. he said yes. senator mcconnell has done that but he said he could never leave the party because the stances on obamacare care and taxes as well. you have to be worried that he's not a republican but maybe he's an independent that caucuses with the republicans if the progressives get too nasty with him. so i think joe biden is saying that makes a lot of since. it makes sense that that's how the president operates. let's get a deal, lower the temperature. got out of control because of white house staff and miscommunicate case and that's where we are now. >> neil: i have italian relatives that do that. gets out of hand and we a poll guys and move on and have some food. see what happens. if we don't chat again, merry christmas. >> merry christmas, neil. thanks. >> neil: bob cusack following these developments. one guy that is received that this is falling apart is the guy that created what was known as the trump tax cuts. kevin brady is here on where we go from here. ♪ ♪ the holidays are happening at lowe's. thank you! shop our winterfest event online now for pick up at the store. bye! firefighter maggie gronewald knows how to handle dry weather... ...and dry, cracked skin. new gold bond advanced healing ointment. restore healthy skin, with no sticky feeling. gold bond. champion your skin. a must in your medicine cabinet! less sick days! cold coming on? 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>> it could. they've been stuck on sort of the seven stages of grief. they've been stuck on anger and denial for a long time. only a few of them are starting to move toward acceptance, which the truth of the matter is, this bill is as alive or as dead as senator manchin makes it. he said you're not listening to me. i'm not going there. you can't bully me. so the question is can they begin to accept that he's got parameters that they have to meet. i also think and i'm grateful for this as well, even a 1.75 trillion in true numbers, there's still crippling tax cuts there, tax hikes that will drive u.s. jobs overseas and really drive this economy lower as well. so we're still fighting for this bill to die. but i think at the end of the day, the progressives will do that for us. i don't think they can accept what joe manchin will insist that they do in the senate. >> neil: all right. if they remove key provisions to pass only what would be passable to joe manchin and all of those progressives, some of the first things you hear about, congressman, the paid leave push. that might be put off. also, you know, expanding medicare to include vision, dental benefits and the rest. that would dramatically cut down its price as it would the tax hikes to pay that price. do you think -- i know where your stand on this -- any republicans would be on board, something like that, that dramatically cuts the size of this thing down? >> not with tax hikes included. it makes no sense to be dramatically raising taxes on job creators and investment in the u.s. or making us less competitive against china, russia and europe especially as we try to recover from this pandemic. so no, i don't see that happening. where i think the democrats could help themselves economically are -- is there are two key provisions there, the child tax credit, which is no longer tethered to work or earnings, which will drive americans out of the work force and the new child entitlement. where you have parents working, they could see their child care costs go up $27,000 a year. that too will be a barrier to returning americans to work. so in addition to the economic impact the tax hikes, making the labor shortage worse will work against this economy in a serious way. >> neil: were you surprised on goldman sachs hearing this floundered and rejected it said not getting this passed would shave economic growth? i might add they're the only investment firm that has said something like that. but they -- and i don't -- i don't know what to make of it. do you? >> so two thoughts. one, wall street loves stimulus. this is the house version almost $5 trillion in two costs. that is a lot of money pumped in to the economy at the wrong time. that drove part of it. secondly most of those firms underestimate the importance of tax policy. what we saw just by america becoming competitive again, reexamining the codes so our companies can compete and win anywhere in the world including here at home, creating incentives to bring manufacturing, intellectual property, investment back in the united states which it achieved beautifully there. had a significant effect. often wall street undermines the impact of tax policy. >> neil: i think you're right about that. certainly understates its significance. kevin brady, thanks. have a merry christmas. >> great to see you. merry christmas. >> neil: kevin brady following those developments. i don't know how much you're worried about inflation and how you balance that when it comes to buying cheerios. would you spend a lot more for cheerios? 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[wife whistles] ♪♪ ♪♪ step up to gmc with 0% financing on these gmc models. we...are professional grade. gmc ♪ ♪ >> neil: you know, i've always had the inflation and we start paying higher prices. we get to a point where this has to stop. and prices have gone up. and general mills is indicating that is going to keep the prices going up as long as spikes and prices for cheerios. a host of other consumer product companies. hines. it will make they have all been doing this and we been paying the price happily. maybe not happily, but we are so the prices keep going up because demand is still there. let's get the read on just how far you can push it with abby. we have jimmy joining us as well. guys, so great to have you. where are you on this, abby, first off. is there -- an item you would definitely pay money for, keep paying me for. maybe there's a limit in your head but you haven't had a yeah. >> no shade to general mills, but i like kraft mac and cheese. so i will continue paying the price for kraft mac and cheese. but you pose an interesting question about -- you make some really good points. you are pretty good i do your job. when you do ask that question though, when are people going to stop paying these prices, the problem is that they want to stop paying the price is lucky charms are yoplait, they going to reach another type of cereal or another type of yogurt and see that those have increased as well. you look at the statistics, the u.s. labor appears statistics says that price rose 6.4% on the screen in your intro there. that is for -- the food you are eating at home. another is the highest month increase that is been recorded since december 2008. you know what jimmy was doing and fascinate? i checked on linkedin. he was still managing his comedy career while driving taxis 50 hours a week. that's a time frame on it. so i think hardworking families are really hit hard by this and they're kind of stuck between a rock and a hard place because. >> neil: they are. they do keep paying this. a lot of it came out of the pandemic in relatively good shape so they wanted to splurge. basic foodstuff we are talking about. but they are splurging. where is your limit, ginny? >> is a new york sports fan, the one indispensable item right now is abuse because we can get through for coders of a jet or giants game. most jets and giants fans i know have moved on to stronger stuff at this point. but for myself, it is still booze. this is incredible when you really think about where prices have gone. i never thought i would see the day where i would have to be turning tricks to afford a box of trix at the grocery store. >> neil: but we do it. there might be a limit. if wing dings get to 50 bucks, that is my ceiling. not going to spend that. >> you have to have principal. >> neil: exactly. i've standards. >> i was going to say this. as a guy who looks for the silver lining, this could become the first year after people actually stick to their new year's resolutions and lose weight because it is hard to justify -- >> neil: that's crazy. >> i'm trying to inspire people, i don't know. >> neil: i hear you. >> losing weight because their pockets are lighter. >> neil: vri. abby, an interesting statistic comparing genders with this, women will be sooner to stop paying higher prices when it gets ridiculous than men, and i wonder what you make of that. >> it is because we, too, have standards. >> neil: jimmy and i do not. >> maybe it is because i don't know from any statistics -- i can't speak to the set six -- that i can speak personally as a woman. i do feel like we probably spend more -- not all women necessarily -- but for me for the show i had to get my hair done. >> neil: i don't want to do -- you won't waste money. jimmy, it sounds like you would waste money and welcome doing so if you got what you wanted. >> just to be clear, no barber in good conscience would charge me for this haircut. so i do save some money there. but here is another issue that american choppers are going to face in january and that is really affected by what we are discussing and it is called shrink inflation. sometimes food producers to get around the increased cost will put less food in the bag. we have all open that bag of potato chips that is so empty you expect to see -- >> neil: that is a whole nother show, my friend. jimmy, i want to thank you. abby, thank you very, very much grade we will resolve this in no time soon but we will try. ♪ ♪ >> hello everybody, i'm jesse watters along with greg gutfeld, dana perino, harold ford jr. and dany pavlovich. talking about new york city, this is "the five." ♪ ♪ >> covid is spreading so rapidly. you notice it just happened almost overnight. just in the last month. so no -- but the alarm bell went off. i don't think anybody an