airlines now even more people are set to hit the roads and skies as they return from the holiday. and the weather is only going to get worse. steve patterson is tracking it all for us reporter: tonight the growing misery at airports across the country unending again today thousands of flights either canceled, disrupted or delayed. i just want to get home. reporter: the highest pain points felt at airports dealing with a mix of sick-outs and severe weather, like seattle where unclaimed bags are piling up in the current wait time for alaska airline customer service is up to 20 hours. airlines say they re working around the clock to refund passengers and reshuffle flights. delta canceling 250 flights. announcing vouchers for wayward travelers. jet blue sacking 83 flights, announcing a scheduling cutback until january 13th to reduce last-minute cancellations. flight attendants pleading for patience. we are all just working to try to get you to where you need to go as quickly and as
yet between the virus surge and the attendant staffing shortages and that weather airlines just can t keep up. nbc news correspondent steve patterson has our report. reporter: tonight growing misery at airports across the country unending. again today thousands of flights either canceled, disrupted, or delayed. i just want to get home. reporter: the highest pain points felt at airports dealing with a dour mix of sick outs and severe weather like seattle where unclaimed bags are piling up in the current wait time for alaska airlines customer service is up to 20 hours. airlines say they re working around the clock to refund passengers and reshuffle flights. delta canceling 250 flights announcing vouchers for wayward travelers. jetblue sacking 83 flights announcing a schedule cutback until january 13th to reduce last-minute cancellations. flight attendants pleading for patience. we are all just working to try to get you where you need to go as quickly and safely as possible.
an agreement to address the climate crisis. we ve got a look at climate coming up. first, let s get a check of your news headlines. good morning, to you, and merry christmas. i m jessica dean. the omicron surge means getting home for christmas is a challenge for many travelers today. both delta and united flight cancellations are in the triple digits for the second straight day. delta canceling 268 flights while united had 196 cancellations. jetblue has canceled 120 flights. the airlines blame staffing shortages stemming from the omicron variant. cnn aviation correspondent meet mo pete muntean has details. reporter: as the cases went up, it caused their staffing levels go down, leading them to cancel some flights. most of the flight cancellations on friday were at united airlines and delta air lines but
making the holiday travel a headache today. delta canceling 268 flights while united canceled 196 flights. jetblue canceled 120 of its flights. the airlines blame staffing shortages stemming from the omicron variant. they want the cdc to cut the isolation period in half for employees who develop breakthrough cases from ten days down to five. and countries across europe are tightening restrictions in response to that covid surge. the uk has set a new daily case record for a third day in a row. give us an update on the covid surge and how governments are responding. good morning, jessica. that s right, the situation does seem to be deteriorating now in the uk. more than 120,000 cases recorded on friday and now 1 in 20
time now for the five things to know for your new day. gunmen opening fire at a mosque in canada, six people lost their lives, eight others injured. two suspects arrested. canada s prime minister calling it a terrorist attack. the white house insisting president trump s seven-nation travel ban is not a muslim ban. the controversial executive order triggering nationwide protests and chaos at airports. demonstrators outraged over mr. trump s travel ban, expected to protest for a third straight day. this as senator chuck schumer announces senate democrats are introducing legislation to overturn the ban. delta canceling another 80 flights today. the airline working to get back on track one day after a computer outage forced the airline to ground 150 domestic