international airport. surprisingly a busy day for christmas at atlanta international thousands are more trying to get home and those are holding out hope that santa will give them the gift to be home for the holidays. up until this point it has been a nightmare for tens of thousands of holiday travelers of cancellations and delays have played airports nationwide because of the deadly arctic blast we have been dealing with today there have been more than 3600 delays and more than 1600 flight cancellations. not great but little lower than 24 hours ago and conditions are improving across the nation at the transit hub that make no mistake airlines and airports are not out of the woods just yet the brutal temperatures snap close the delta lounge in the international terminal and at the airport shut on friday and officials say it will remain close through 11:00 a.m. on monday when wind and visibility are expected to improve. canceling so many plans for the holidays and we are
yours in everyone at home watching us. i am brian llenas and for eric shawn, western new york is no stranger to severe winter storm, but this blizzard hit with a vengeance dropping more than 3 feet of snow officials blame them for multiple deaths and the region, the storm causing chaos for air travelers coast to coast , millions are stuck at packed airports with thousands of flights canceled and delayed at one of the busiest travel times of the year. anita: we have fox news team coverage, meteorologist michael on whether any relief is in sight. charles watson is in atlanta on travel grinding to a halt at the nation s busiest airport but first to fox weather max gordon in the hard-hit buffalo suburb of hamburg new york, max, the other day you spent the night in your car because of the weather and now it looks like you re in the middle of a blizzard, tough duty for you over christmas my friend. merry christmas to both of you, a very white christmas for folks and western ne
thahello and a warm welcome our viewers. i m bianca nobilo. max foster is off this week. just ahead on cnn newsroom life- president biden is trying to walk back remarks he made tuesday. he is running and i have to run. we re getting a preview of special counsel s playbook. they are ready to describe to the jury how he encouraged the violence on january 6. tuesday afternoon an apparent israeli airstrike dem molished this building. people have been forced to run from place to place seeking shelter. it is simply chaos at this point. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is wednesday, december 6, 9:00 a.m. in london and 4:00 a.m. in washington where u.s. president biden is walking back a candid remark about his possible rationale for seeking re-election. he told democratic donors at an off camera fundraiser if trump wasn t running, i m not sure i d be running. but a few hours later when pressed by reporters, mr. biden s
the problem on our southwest border. the vice president has been out of touch on this issue probably for most of her career. for now, definitely no slowdown insight on this crisis at the border. the new cbp number show more than 233,000 border encounters last month in november, that the largest amount border encounters for november on record. brian: migrants and their families left out below freezing temperatures, humanitarian crisis continues. christina coleman, thank you and merry christmas. merry christmas. anita: president biden is expected to sign the massive $1.7 trillion spending package, now that it s past the house and the senate, critics are still slamming the bill for what they call unnecessary spending, the latest on this from washington coming up next. oh man.
they have done similar things to bring attention to the problem. there are more than 233,000 border encounters the largest amount for a november on record. rich: national border patrol vice president then news here is we re also looking at the end of title 42 to allow border patrol to expel certain migrants as they are apprehended so what is border patrol doing to prepare? that is part of the problem. they are not at all they will just wait and see what knee-jerk reaction with caravan after caravan and they are not prepared but unfortunately it will be the same thing and to create that