Page 28 - O Hare News Today

York. it isnt one of the crippling storms but one of those headaches for these fine people working trying to get to their jobs today. we got about eight inches in the city of chicago. forecasted up to 14 inches. the side streets, residential streets dont get plowed until all the major arteries do. some cars are snowed in people and people are shoveling or snow blowers, the pizza place has been slammed. earlier we were at the salt piles for the city of chicago and they have had hundreds of trucks...

Backlog of one canceled flight. imagine 1,000 flights canceled in the city of chicago right now. transit authority here also warning people that trains could be canceled. make sure you check your schedule before you hop on a train or exit to get on one. >> julie: its a friday. people are traveling. any delays, airports, anything like that? >> for sure. chicagos midway and ohare, the city says now 1,000 cancellations and it looks like those cancellations are growing by the hour. we first got out ...

Because you were ohare with kasie hunt for many an hour, were you surprised by mitch mcconnell and what he offered up? >> no. i think this may not yet been b the beginning of the end but its certainly the beginning of the end for the shutdown. the sides are talking, theyre making progress. they dont have an agreement yet the republicans are starting to come back on board, well have to see if the democrats come on board. but the agreement to push the deadline by a period of hours makes it seem as...

Leader. >> michael, i laid out over the last 20 minutes or so how we originally had a calendar of what was going to be changed because you were ohare with cassie hunt for many an hour, were you surprised by mitch mcconnell and what he offered up? >> no. i think this may not yet been b the beginning of the end but its certainly the beginning of the end for the shutdown. the sides are talking, theyre making progress. they dont have an agreement yet the republicans are starting to come back on boar...

With other explanations for it such as it was a weather phenomenon. thats what the faa said about ohare which is really an insult to the pilots who witnessed this thing and many other observers who know that it wasnt weather. it was metallic disk shaped object that hovered over a terminal gate c 17 for five minutes and shot straight up through the clouds? this was incredible aspect. it was hovering below a cloud bank and all of the sudden it just shot straight up really fast through the cloud ba...

A base for terrorists that didnt exist last night. and when we do that, what we do is we push intelligent, educated, clever people into believing that the united states does not stand for the morals of that building right behind me there, independence hall, and that what we stand for is a form of racism and segregation and bigotry that osama bin laden and baghdadi and other terrorist leaders have been saying for years. >> whats happening in the united states of america right now is not normal, a...

Who sit whose citizens have been linked to terrorist attacks including 15 of the 19 9/11 attackers who were saudis. >> what we are doing is creating a base for terrorism that didnt exist last night, and when we do that, what we do is we push intellige intelligent, educated, clever people into believing that the united states does not stand for the morals of that building right behind me there, independence hall, and that what we stand for is a form of racism and segregation and bigotry that osam...

More so than an increase on the roads. you know, this is the time of the year the airlines get to make their money because the place is packed. in chicago, theyre forecasting fog. that could be, you know, throw a whole monkey wrench into the works. ohare in the middle of everything. in terms of where people are going? well, you know, buy disney stock. apparently the survey says that most people are going to orlando or anaheim when it comes to holiday travel by air. i think cancun, mexico is the ...

Through, georgia, tennessee, an umbrella day the rain is increasing. so during the day, as far as airports go, charlotte, raleigh, colombia, atlanta. its rain, its not ice or snow, minor to possible considerable delays with that. now we turn our attention to the west. now its bringing snow to areas of northern portions of rockies. this will move across the country. airports today, salt lake city, possible delays, fought too bad. tomorrows storms, kind of weak. chicago, ohare, milwaukee to green ...

Overall, people have generally more money, airline tickets about 23% cheaper than last year. so expect the crowd to be about 5% bigger than they were last year. good news, that weather is cooperating. and things are pushing along. the big travel day, will be sunday. everybody is trying to get home. neil? >> mike, thank you. mike tobin in chicago. are you hitting the road or the holiday, gas prices are up about 90% from a year ago. fox business network jeff locke following it all. driving through...