peak levels. and even on this day after christmas, people are lining up to get tested. airlines are also struggling with the surge and sick-outs, which means airline travel is beginning to plummet. thousands of cancellations. let s start with you. . we re talking about thousands of flights canceled today alone. think about all the people who travel on the day after christmas, and it s all coming together with so many people thinking they would be able to go see family and friends and get back to work with business as usual starting monday morning for many americans. unfortunately, a thousand flights canceled today. that brings the total up to about 2,000 for the weekend of cancellations and delays, and then you add in those international flights that were canceled as well. we spoke to some travelers that were just frustrated, right? they finally wanted to get out and meet family members, some of them for the first time in two years, but their flights were canceled. one woma
vaccinated and get boosted. i want to begin tonight with cnn s nadia romero and alison kosik who are keeping watch on all of this for us. nadia, you re in atlanta at one of the world s busiest airports, and how are flight cancelations impacting travelers today? reporter: yeah, ryan, we re talking about more than a thousand flights canceled today alone. that takes us to about 2,000 across this holiday weekend. and people are feeling the impact. i spoke with one man who said that his flight was delayed, but he still missed it because just how long the lines were to get through tsa. he had a great attitude about it. he says i get one more day with my family. i spoke with another person who was supposed to go from atlanta to wyoming. her flight was canceled she says because of weather. that s what that she was told. that s what we re hearing from a lot of people, but there are others who are able to get on their flights, couldn t be happier to get back to their normal lives aft
not the last aid package for ukraine has been overwhelmingly approved by the u.s. congress. a rare and notable achievement given the deep political divisions between democrat and republican lawmakers. on thursday, the $40 billion aid package for both military and humanitarian assistance passed the senate, but not without opposition. 11 republicans voted against the bill in defiance of republican mitch mcconnell. anyone concerned about the cost of supporting a ukrainian victory should consider the much larger cost should ukraine lose. president biden is now heading to south korea and is expected to sign the bill into law once he arrives. but wait there s more. just as the senate approved that $40 billion, the biden administration announced another security package worth $100 million and the flood of money to ukraine comes at a critical moment. ukraine s top military commander claims his troops have broken the russian siege s at kharkiv and miykolaiv and says ukrainia for
Potentially devastating hardship for the north korean people. our thanks to will ripley for that report. well, there s usually nothing suspicious about a congressman giving a guided tour of the capitol to his constituents, but when that tour takes place a day before insurgents loyal to then-president donald trump storm the capitol, that seems to raise a few questions, which the january 6th select committee wants answers. cnn s ryan nobles reporting in from washington. reporter: the january 6th select committee has in its sights a republican member of congress, looking for more information that they believe is a key part of their investigation. this time, it s congressman barry loudermilk of georgia. they want to know more about a tour that loudermilk gave on january 5th, the day before the insurrection at the capitol. this tracks back to an accusation made by a congresswoman in the days after january 6th, where she alleged that she saw members of
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