since the start of the pandemic. more than 2.3 million people passed through security checkpoints ahead of today. that marks the seventh straight day that tsa has screened more than 2 million people. the holiday travel spike comes as the justice department cracks down on unruly air travelers, our pete muntean joins us from reagan national this morning. pete, good morning. happy thanksgiving. what are we looking at? reporter: the association of flight attendants said it is about time for something like this, for unruly passengers to go straight to jail. attorney general merrick garland is telling federal prosecutors, u.s. attorneys, that they must prioritize these cases, because the issue here is that the federal aviation administration, which oversees the skies, cannot press criminal charges against ugly unruly behavior on board flights. it can only assess civil fines. look at the numbers here. 5300 reports by flight crews to the faa of unruly passengers on