the omicron variant also forcing broadway shows to go dark and pro sports team to put their seasons on hold. we have fox team coverage night charles watson is live in atlanta with the latest on the covid search. first david lee miller light at laguardia airport in queens, new york. john, thousands of travelers will not have the opportunity to spend christmas day with loved ones. a number of major u.s. airlines again today were forced to cancel flights because there was a shortage of pilots, flight attendants and support crews caused by the fast spreading over come variant the number of cathleen should increase during the day as of this are according to flight where.com, lisa and her 40 flights were grounded. three to eight of the cares of flights accounting for 15% of its schedule canceled. united and jetblue have canceled 12% of their scheduled flights. only yesterday christmas eve one of the business travel days of the year, the same airlines also made significant cancell
fastest plus and the secret santa gift exchange paired our best one yet. do not miss it. there is no better way to get into the christmas spirit them by cutting down your own christmas tree. and we sent to jess again harold out to chop one down like the real men that they are. we are at the hidden pond tree farm in mendham, new jersey. it s a tradition that we do every year. we are here with chris. what s new? this year we added a train ride that they can take out through the field, we added a snack bar and some bonfire pits for people to roast marshmallows. jesse: we added harold ford jr. hear, hear. bipartisan christmas tree. jesse: harold is a little bit older than i am, will he walk all the way up to do the tree or should we hitch a ride somewhere? take the train out. jesse: oh, the train. infrastructure week. jesse: this looks like a gutfeld tree. it s not that i m funny, the is environment want environmentalist wackos probably don t lik
Rex i love it, i love it. everybody that s it for us thank you for joining us merry christmas everyone, right? merry christmas. airlines forced to cancel thousands of flights is holiday weekend. cases of the omicron variance surge worldwide. good evening i am. david: and this is the fox report. one of the years busiest disrupted by surging cases of the variant of the strangest weeks after it was first detected in the country multiple airlines blaming the search for flight delays, cancellations staffing issues.