the omicron variant also forcing broadway shows to go dark and pro sports team to put their seasons on hold. we have fox team coverage night charles watson is live in atlanta with the latest on the covid search. first david lee miller light at laguardia airport in queens, new york. john, thousands of travelers will not have the opportunity to spend christmas day with loved ones. a number of major u.s. airlines again today were forced to cancel flights because there was a shortage of pilots, flight attendants and support crews caused by the fast spreading over come variant the number of cathleen should increase during the day as of this are according to flight where.com, lisa and her 40 flights were grounded. three to eight of the cares of flights accounting for 15% of its schedule canceled. united and jetblue have canceled 12% of their scheduled flights. only yesterday christmas eve one of the business travel days of the year, the same