set to require employees of private businesses to be vaccinated starting tomorrow. and other cities are considering similar mandates. let s go to charles watson at hartsfield jackson in atlanta with more on these holiday travel disruptions. charles? the past few days have been a chaotic night mayor for many folks traveling this holiday weekend. unfortunately today isn t turning out any better. the airlines canceling 2,700 flights. a third of those cancellations are flights coming from or to the u.s. a woman who says she was forced to spend christmas eve with her two sons inside an atlanta hotel because her delay was dropped. we tried to order door dash. i have two little boys. we need some type of dinner. it s frustrating. it s scary getting strands in the airport. they cancelled the flight. delta and united airlines are blaming omicron staffing shortages and bad weather. 800 flights dropped collectively between today and christmas. the airlines are apologizing and pr
death. but there is good news. if you re vaccinated and have your booster shot, you are protected from severe illness and death period. bill: we got that. new polling showing most americans disapprove of the president s handling of the pandemic. it s a steep drop on screen from earlier this year when nearly 2/3 of americans had supported his response. dana: jackie heinrich is live on the north lawn for us this morning. what do you know? good morning, dana and bill. the cases speak for themselves. in new york city, once the epicenter of the entire pandemic, the percentage of people testing positive doubled in three days and across the state new positives are up by 40%. that number skyrocketing to 40% in one day. the president said if all of this sounds alarming just think about how much worse it could have been. president biden: i want to send a direct message to the american people. because of the steps we ve taken omicron hasn t spread as fast as it would have otherw
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he then shot multiple passengers as the train pulled into the 36 street station in sunset park. as detectives process the crime scene, they recovered a nine millimeter semiautomatic handgun, extended magazines, and a hatchet. also found is what we believe to be gasoline and a bag containing consumer grade fireworks and a hobby fuse. an hour ago, detectives located a u-haul van in brooklyn that we believe is connected to the suspect. at this time we still do not know the suspects motivation. clearly, this individual boarded the train and was intent on violence. we do have a person of interest in this investigation but we need the public assistance with additional information. so the person of interest is a development just in the last ten or 15 minutes or so. the nypd releasing a name and photo of this person. he s 62 years old frank james with addresses in wisconsin and philadelphia. officials believe he is the man who rented the u-haul van. you heard the commissioner menti
subway car. he then shot multiple passengers as the train pulled into the 36 street station in sunset park. as detectives process the crime scene, they recovered a nine millimeter semiautomatic handgun, extended magazines, and a hatchet. also found is what we believe to be gasoline and a bag containing consumer grade fireworks and a hobby fuse. an hour ago, detectives located a u-haul van in brooklyn that we believe is connected to the suspect. at this time we still do not know the suspects motivation. clearly, this individual boarded the train and was intent on violence. we do have a person of interest in this investigation but we need the public assistance with additional information. so the person of interest is a development just in the last ten or 15 minutes or so. the nypd releasing a name and photo of this person. he s 62 years old frank james with addresses in wisconsin and philadelphia. officials believe he is the man who rented the u-haul van. you heard the commis