hitting flight crews and ground operations, and it s not just happening in the u.s. dozens of flights have also been canceled in australia. but u.s. authorities are preparing for a crush of air travelers, warning numbers over the next ten days will rival pre-pandemic figures from 2019. here s pete muntean. reporter: things are getting busier by the moment at regan national airport and across the country. the tsa said it screened more people on wednesday than we saw in 2019 before the pandemic. 2.08 million this past wednesday compared to 1.84 million people back then. a little bit of context here, though. that same wednesday back in 2019, that actually fell on christmas day when passenger loads are lower. but even still, we have seen numbers about 2 million lower or higher, give or take, each day for about a week. the tsa says thursday will turnout to be one of the busiest days of the holiday travel season. january 3rd busy as well when
air travelers over the next ten days to rival pre-pandemic figures from 2019. cnn aviation correspondent pete muntean has details from washington, d.c. reporter: things are getting busier by the moment at reagan national airport and at airports across the country. the tsa says it screened more people on wednesday than we saw back in 2019, before the pandemic. 2.08 million people this past wednesday compared to 1.84 million people back then. a little bit of context, though. that same wednesday back in 2019, that actually fell on christmas day when passenger loads are lower. but even still, we have seen numbers about 2 million lower or higher, give or take, each day for about a week. the tsa says thursday will turn out to be one of the busiest days of the holiday travel season. january 3rd busy as well when everybody begins to come home all at once. the tsa says a total of 20 million people will fly over
take a look at this ad in the wall street journal. first of all i want to draw your attention to the cartoon. there is obama on a tortoise with a whip. what was it supposed to be the tortoise and the hare? the newspaper denied the catchy cartoon but every word was written by glen hubbard. here in the second to last paragraph is the claim. president romney would create about 12 million new jobs in his first term and millions more after that. which means 250,000 jobs each and every single one of his 48 months in office. he says he will do that by cutting regulations and cutting taxes. does it add up? first the good news. tlt have been a few times in american history where this has happened. the chief economists of jp morgan notes it happened in the 1990s. that is where the good news ends for the romney jobs claim. since 1939 only 27% of monthly jobs reports have shown growth of 250,000 jobs or more. the research also notes the united states has never had four straight years whe
good evening. i m erin burnett. mitt makes a bold promise. 12 million jobs. take a look at this ad in the wall street journal. first of all i want to draw your attention to the cartoon. there is obama on a tuortoise with a whip. what was it supposed to be the tortoise and the hare? the newspaper denied the catchy cartoon but every word was written by glen hubbard. here in the second to last paragraph is the claim. president romney would create about 12 million new jobs in his first term and millions more after that. which means 250,000 jobs each and every single one of his 48 months in office. he says he will do that by cutting regulations and cutting taxes. does it add up? first the good news. tlt have been a few times in american history where this has happened. the chief economists of jp morgan notes it happened in the 1990s. that is where the good news ends for the romney jobs claim. since 1939 only 27% of monthly jobs reports have shown growth of 250,000 jobs or more. th