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Is done and we re just going to sit on the plane and relax. we got here three hours early to make sure we don t miss our flight. i d rather take my time and not stress out. the majority of people are on the roads. about 42 million of them. that s where the lion s share of traveling is going on. some of those are in parts of the country that experienced bad weather. according to the weather channel, they told me that may be the more difficult part of traveling today is on the roads. for those people who are flying, their difficult part may be traveling on those roads to get to the airport and take off. what we re seeing here at laguardia is all flights so far on on time leaving and arriving. that s unusual. especially on such a busy travel day. well, good. rehema ellis at laguardia. another developing story, the slow-moving wintry storm system in the plains and midwest. that s being blamed for at least 14 deaths, including eight in texas and six in kansas. ....
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States of the gulf, the united arab emirates, have been more focussed on yemen with the exception of france doing very little. even britain is conducting air strikes in iraq against the islamic state but not in syria. and prime minister cameron has asked parliament for approval, he frankly doesn t need that, he could do it on his own authority, but he s done that. and we need to get everybody into this fight for it to be successful, but again, air strikes alone will not work. you ve got to strengthen the arab and kurdish forces on the ground. ambassador nick burns, as always, thank you very much for your expertise. appreciate it. thank you. and coming up, more on the homeland security challenges this holiday weekend on a busy travel day. former 9/11 commission co-chair tom cane joins me next. you re watching andrea mitchell reports on msnbc. .. yes, ge makes powerful machines. ....
Aaa predicting a record number on the road. nearly 90 million. if t a record-breaker, experts believe that part of the reason may be that surprise christmas present, consumers got, those low gas prices. $2.40 a gallon. the lowest level in five years. 27 states now with gas under 2 bucks a gallon. in des moines, it usually costs this driver 61 bucks to fill up. today it was $31. real good deal. reporter: there is no end in sight to these low gas prices so drivers will save on their way back home as well, and hopefully the weather will be better after this christmas eve storm. david kerley, abc news, washington. let s get the latest on this huge storm system covering just about every state east of the mississippi. take a look at the size of it. accuweather s justin povick is tracking it all. good morning, justin. kendis and tai, thanks. a busy, busy travel day. we have our hands full with a couple of big storm systems here across the lower 48. the pacific northwest is where ....
We ve already had one on the ground. strong winds, over 60 miles an hour. anywhere in the red, you re under the threat of that. as go through time on wednesday, busy, busy travel day. this is not a super intense storm system but it s being held. heavy, soaking, gusty thunderstorms lchl will be a wintry side to the system. not a lot of snow but some whipping around western michigan. the bigger impacts will be by far from the wind and rain other the mid-atlantic. d.c., jfk, laguardia, huge ba back backups. eventually into the rocky mountain states looking at some rain and mountain snow as well. it looks like our latest batch ....