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At this hour, a massive storm system is pushing north along the eastern seaboard, packing heavy winds, rain and snow just in time for the thanksgiving holiday. this leaves one question. will you make it home for oh moms stuffing? nbcs gabe gutierrez is live from the nations busiest airport in atlanta. so, gabe, lets start with the flight. very important we all know there can be a change reaction. >> reporter: it remains to be seen, joy. we hope we can get home. we have been dealing here in atlan...

So far no ice. that means no ice, no major delays here. we looked at the departure board and some flights today 10, 15 minutes not too bad. there is a handy interactive map that weve been following that is flightaware.coms misery map. some minor delays in charlotte as well as memphis, here in atlanta you see a little bit of red but, again, not too bad. what should be interesting about the storm as it moves in a the northeast over the next day or so youre not seeing a widespread delay as we saw t...

Scott, the travel season can be rather trying, you say you can help yourself out by knowing the weather not only where you are but where youre going. and also where you may be connecting. explain. >> reporter: yeah, where youre connecting could be the most important factor in your trip. if you know the weather will be bad in charlotte, even though youre going from say florida, to california and the weather is fine in both places you may be suffering big-time delays. the quicker you figure that o...

>> yeah, they really can. and not just from your airline, but also a service like flightstats.com, and flightaware.com. flightstats gets information from faa computers and airlines, at the airport. you can be standing at the gate and get information from the flight service long before the agent figures out your flight has been cancelled. you get a little jump on everybody else and you will be first in line for rebooking, or get that early alert of gate changes. it can really help. it really give...

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. msnbcs 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 c...

>> yep. and there is more disruption to air travel today. flightaware.com, says 5,700 flights are canceled, most of them because of the hurricane. 7,800 didnt leave the gate yesterday. and it may take the airlines a while to recover from hurricane sandy because of damage to infrastructure and a lack of available seats later this week. also the red cross is mounting a massive relief effort to help the millions in the storms path. >> earlier we spoke with public affairs officer tamara brauns...

-- >> -- in the country. >> yep. and there is more disruption to air travel today. flightaware.com, says 5,700 flights are canceled, most of them because of the hurricane. 7,800 didnt leave the gate yesterday. and it may take the airlines a while to recover from hurricane sandy due to the damage to the infrastructure and a lack of available seats later this week. also the red cross is mounting a massive relief effort to help the millions in the storms path. >> earlier we spoke with public ...

>> largest rapid transit system -- >> -- in the country. >> yep. and more disruption to air travel today. flightaware.com, says 5,700 flights are canceled because of the hurricane. 7,800 didnt leave the gate yesterday. and it may take a wile for airlines to recover from hurricane sandy due to the damage to the infrastructure and a lack of available seats later this week. also the red cross is mounting a massive relief effort to help the millions in the storms path. >> earlier we spoke with...

Deal with in the storms aftermath. >> largest rapid transit system -- >> -- in the country. >> yep. and more disruption to air travel today. flightaware.com, says 5,700 flights are canceled, most of them because of the hurricane. 7,800 didnt leave the gate yesterday. and it may take a wile for airlines to recover from hurricane sandy due to the damage to the infrastructure and a lack of available seats later this week. also the red cross is mounting a massive relief effort to help the mill...

Are, first, the president has his policies, his priorities right. lets make sure everybody is safe. thats why hes off the campaign trail. peoples well-being comes first. after that i think well work doubly hard to get the vote in. >> ann lewis, former communications director for president bill clinton. always good to see you. thank you. >> we continue to keep our eye on hurricane sandy, which is causing a travel nightmare. almost 7,000 flights have been canceled across the country today. accordi...