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 rival p
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 earth b
reading faces, biological and environmental reasons why that could be, but that s what they found. poppy, kaitlan? elizabeth cohen, thank you. fascinating. cnn this morning continues right now. we didn t get any texts or any message telling us it canceled before we came. flight s canceled. hang out with pops a couple more days. call my boss and tell him, i m sorry. hope this wasn t a bad decision. good morning, everyone, who s not at the airport today. don is off this morning. as you can see there, it has just been chaos at the airports over the last several days and it s not changed as flights have been canceled, travelers have been stranded. southwest airlines forced to scrap more than 60% of its flights today. also, the death toll is rising amid a record-breaking blizzard in buffalo, new york. we re live on the ground there. also this morning, ukraine s foreign minister is aiming for a peace summit in the new year. could russia potentially be invited to the