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emotional testimony. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. the omicron variant of the coronavirus is turning into the grinch that ruined christmas for thousands of travelers around the globe. according to the tracking site flightaware, united airlines has now canceled more than 160 christmas eve flights. a company memo obtained by cnn says the surge in cases has had a direct impact. the airline says it s working hard to get passengers to their destinations, and alaska airlines called off 17 flights thursday, warning more cancellations are possible today. the tsa expects the number of air travelers over the next ten days to rival pre-pandemic figures from 2019. cnn aviation correspondent pete muntean has details from washington, d.c. reporter: things are getting busier by the moment at reagan national airport and at airports across the country. the tsa says it screened more people on wednesday than we saw back in 2019, before t ....
bars found guilty in the death of daunte wright. we ll share what she said about the verdict. a new variant could be causing more chaos than joy this holiday season. plus, we re live across europe where omicron is breaking records, and experts warn things will only get worse. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. well, less than a day away from christmas and the omicron variant is throwing a last-minute wrench into some holiday travel plans. delta and united airlines have canceled hundreds of flights scheduled for today. delta scrapped 150 and according to the tracking site flight aware, and united more than 160. united said in a statement that the omicron-fueled case surge is hitting flight crews and ground operations, and it s not just happening in the u.s. dozens of flights have also been canceled in australia. but u.s. authorities are preparing for a crush of air travelers, warning numbers over the next ten days will r ....
alaska airlines canceled some flights as well. there s been disagreement in the industry on how to handle this new pandemic surge as air travel rebounds to pre-pandemic levels. cnn s pete muntean has the latest from regan national airport. reporter: christine, paula, things are getting busier by the moment here at regan national airport. some of the numbers we have seen are already higher than where they were back in 2019 before the pandemic. the tsa screened 2.08 million people at airports across the country on wednesday. that number actually higher than the same day back in 2019, 1.84 screened back then two years ago. just a bit of context here, though. that same wednesday two years ago, that was christmas day itself when passenger loads are low, but even still we have seen numbers at or near 2 luis palomino per d 2 million per day. there are long lines to get tested for coronavirus. this one at b.w.i. thurgood marshall airport, there was a line for testing either e ....
we ve got the latest on what you n need to know. president biden is now reversing a controversial policy originally meant to slow the spread. we ll speak with the leading democratic member of congress about the move. plus do you have a real christmas tree or are you team artificial? we re breaking down the numbers from gifts to movies to get a different view of america s holiday traditions. we start this hour with the hottest item to get this christmas eve 2021. it s not a tickle-me-elmo, not an a furbie. this year it s a covid test and in cities nationwide upeople are lining up to get their hands on one. many drivers in this line waited more than two hours at a drive-through testing site in raleigh, north carolina. scenes like this one playing out across the country as covid cases in the united states skyrocket almost 50% in a week. hitting the highest seven-day average since january. that trend fortunately has not been as sharp when it comes to hospitalization ....
live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. good to have you with us. the biden administration is struggling to deal with the surprisingly swift spread of covid cases. at the same time, is trying to reassure an exasperated american public. the president admitted during an interview with abc that nothing has been good enough. yet insisted the u.s. is better prepared now than during the earlier surges. still, long lines like these proved the demand for covid tests is far exceeding the supply. americans desperately want to spend time with their loved ones this holiday season, and feel safe doing so. here s cnn s jeff zeleny. reporter: joe biden acknowledging that his administration has struggled to keep up with the omicron variant of the covid-19 pandemic. clearly marking this surge in cases here in the u.s. he said simply nothing has been good enough. he was defensive in one hand on an abc news interview. but also tried to really explain why no ....