eve. great to be with you bryan. i m bryan llenas, and there s hartsfield-jackson international airport, but we ll start with alexis with the brutal temperatures. hi, bryan, as you noticed in new york city, it s frigid outside, the people are still out and about for the holiday season. across the country though we re talking high winds and heavy snow and lots of flooding here in the northeast. take a look here on your screen. this is what we ve seen across the area here and even in parts of new york city. that s the coastal flooding that we ve been warning about leaving parts of long island with more than seven feet of standing water and people had to wade through the flood waters as rescue crews received urgent calls for help. the high water also impacting parts of new york city and the jersey shore. the midwest slammed by a winter mix which led to dangerous road conditions. check it out. out in ohio, a 50-car pileup, bryan, left at least three people dead and several ot
flights making this weekend a travel nightmare. charles, what is the mood right there where you are? (laughter) hey, good afternoon, anita. well, things are pretty busy here at hartsfield-jackson international airport. to the right of me you can see this long line at the delta check-in. folks are trying to hop on flights. you can bet there are a lot of people in the lines hoping to have a merry christmas at home, but with a mix of nasty weather and high demand for travel, it s all, but certain that a lot of these folks just won t make it. the connecting flights, the delays, everything. everything s messed up. are you and my flight, they missed all of their flights, all the connecting flights. it wasn t good. people wasn t happy. they need to do better. yeah, just one of many people who are feeling the effects of an arctic storm system that has delivered dangerous winds, heavy snow and
wayne lastppierre is on meet t press. to the weather, three days from christmas. more than 93 million of us will be traveling over the holidays. masty weather is lingering across much of the country and high winds could delay flights today. msnbc s dave gutierrez. outside the busiest airport in atlanta. so far so good. looks like it is getting more crowded now. reporter: hi, alex. good afternoon. you are right. this is as good as you can hope for on a heavy travel weekend in atlanta. you can see behind me, traffic is moving along pretty well here at delta check-in. according to flightaware.com, only about 70 flights have been canceled so far today in the u.s. heard after few problems in san francisco due to the rain. and in the northeast, due to wind, including washington-dulles. still it is a much better situation than thursday and when that winter storm howelled across much of the country.
morning in politics. listen to this. word we are just getting that could further boost newt gingrich s still-surging campaign. the influential new hampshire union leader newspaper has now endorsed the former speaker. they have thrown their support behind him now for the republican nomination for president. they have put out their endorsement in today s paper. let me read you a bit from it. and it says, and i quote, republican voters too often make the mistake of preferring an unattainable ideal to the best candidate who is actually running. that candidate is newt gingrich. new hampshire, as you know, holds the first in the nation primary. that s happening a week after the iowa caucus. so gingrich who has seen his campaign surge over the past several weeks actually is now picking up an influential endorsement. he has moved up in the polls in new hampshire as we know, going up to the double digits but still it has been mitt romney who has been surging and had at least 40% i