cnn s nadia romero is checking in on the situation from the world s busiest airport, atlanta s hartsfield jackson international. nadia, i was there yesterday with the canceled flight trying to fly standby. i know what that feels like for people out there. what are you hearing from passengers today? reporter: oh, i m sorry you were part of that big chunk of people we saw 1,400 flights canceled over the past couple of days. i spoke with one man who was supposed to get back to vegas, spent the night here. he had an 11-hour day after his flight was canceled three times. he finally ditched his first airline, got on a different airline flight to get back to vegas. i m glad you finally made it to your final destination. other people are happy to be at the airport because they re on their way to enjoy the holiday weekend. it s a mixed bag here. take a look at tsa, the main security checkpoint and it s moving pretty quickly. people are briskly going through, in and out of the differ
aaa saying more americans are taking road trips this weekend than at any point during the covid-19 pandemic. so people are out and about, and cnn is checking in on the situation from the world s busiest airport in atlanta. nadia, how are things going today, and how does it compare to what you ve seen over the weekend? reporter: well, i ve got a secret for you that we re going to share with everybody. this is the perfect time to travel. in the middle of a holiday weekend, in the middle of the day. look behind me. you don t want to wait in lines. you re not a patient person? this is the time to come to the airport. people are just walking their way through the main security check point. this isn t clear or precheck. this is general boarding, and look how empty it is at the busiest airport. this is a far cry from what we saw yesterday. and what we saw definitely on friday. let s look at the numbers. this is july 2nd. over the past couple years. so back on july 2nd, july 4th we
determine what led to the mass dieoff, experts say don t panic. this has happened several times over the last few decades. my biggest worries of assurance, i guess j is that anchovy population boom and bust. we re in a boom year, and things like that, they drive into the shore, and they and unfortunately, they do themselves in. wild pictures. thank you for the report. hi, everyone. thank you for joining me on this sunday, july 3rd. i m jessica dean in for fredricka whitfield. it s another day at headaches for america s airports. delays and cancellations racking up this holiday weekend. so far today more than 250 flights cancelled. another 1900 have been delayed. and there s not much relief on the roads.