rise. they re up only 3% in the last week. still some of the nation s largest cities are breaking records in case number, new york setting a new high. in los angeles, new cases tripled in the last week. the surge is making a mess of holiday travel, too, with several major airlines cancelling hundreds of flights this morning because of staffing shortages. that s where we start, as one of the nation s bus yi airports, one of the world s busiest airplanes in atlanta. nadia, what is the situation like here? reporter: you hear a lot of people saying merry christmas, but there s a lot of grinches out there, because the flights have been canceled. getting home to see their loved ones is not going to happen. we re talking about more than 1,000 flights canceled today, tomorrow, throughout this christmas weekend. we just had an update on more cancellations. delta air lines, almost 300 flights canceled today so far. more than 200 for united, more than 100 for jetblue. the numbers keep
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