Despite all the Public Health warnings and efforts to get people to stay home, air travel has hit an 8 month high this thanksgiving. Has the amount of people willing to travel surprised you . Guest not really. For a lot of people, there have been mixed signals about travel. You have an Airline Industry pushing hard on the notion that travel is safe. There are dangers to it. , a moreways the cdc definitive warning about thanksgiving travel came late in the game. We have seen a bit of a falloff in the number of people screened oftsa yesterday, down to 37 what it was last year. Over the weekend, it was 45 of last years total. There are a lot of people traveling. People really want to go, they want to be with their families or take a break. They have not gotten a clear safe. Of what is people who might not be getting on who might be an airplane, what expect at airports . It was downrday below one million people. That is still more people than you usually see. You should expect to have to a
Airline travel amid the pandemic and the pandemics impact on the aviation industry. Sharp talksn about issues affecting native americans and the role they played in the election. Good morning. It is wednesday, november 25, the day before thanksgiving, traditionally one of the busiest travel days in the year. This is a Union Station in washington, d. C. , popular hub. Health and state Public Officials have urged people not to travel or spend the holiday outside their household, yet millions of americans packed airports this week in more are expected to hit the road today and tomorrow. We want to hear about your travel plans or lack thereof. If you are traveling this thanksgiving, what precautions are you taking . Give us a call if youre traveling. The number, [video clip] 202 7488000. If you are not traveling, 202 7488001. You can send us a text this morning. That number 202 7488003. If you do, include your name and where you are from. Catch up with us on social media. On twitter, cspan
His column. He has been on the airline and aviation beat for nearly two decades. He joins us on zoom this day before thanksgiving. Despite all the Public Health warnings and efforts to get people to stay home, air travel has hit an eightmonth high this thanksgiving. Has the amount of people willing to travel surprised you . Guest not really. I think for a lot of people, there have been mixed signals about travel. You have an Airline Industry that is pushing hard on the notion that travel is safe. There are dangers to it. And, you know, in some ways the , a more definitive warning about thanksgiving travel came late. We have seen a bit of a falloff in the number of people screened by tsa yesterday, down to 37 of what it was for a comparable day last year. Over the weekend, it was about 45 of last years totals, so, you know, there are a lot of people traveling. Look, people really want to go. They want to be with their families or take a break. And i think, you know, they have not gotten
Since 2016, what Public Policy issues are motivating voters this week and take a look at Political Trends that can give us clues. And we go live now to hear about u. S. Relations with china from assistant secretary of state for east asianing and pacific affairs, david stilwell. The events hosted by the Hoover Institution. Pacific affairs, david r. Stilwell, who is joining us from tokyo today and will address the theme of todays session, covert, coercive and corrupt, counterrerring Chinese Party malign influence in free societies. Following his address, he will engage in a conversation with two leading china scholars, orville shell and arianna movstro. But first, its my pleasure to introduce condoleezza rice. Im delighted to open this session of our project at hoover on chinese sharp power. And i especially want to welcome assistant secretary of state for east asian affairs, david stilwell. This project, i think, is one of the most important that were engaged in because we face an extra
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