bill: arthel good to be with you as well. thank you for joining us on this memorial day weekend which also means of course the nations beaches artificially open coast-to-coast. many of them already pack that you can see. people on the east coast in particular got to be on the lookout for sharks after multiple recent sightings. arthel: we have live team covered cb cotton is at rockaway beach in new york. but first we ll go to charles watson. he is live on the busiest airports in our country. hartsfield jackson there in atlanta. charles i see a lot of people behind you what is happening there? or so yes a lot of people. the great american getaway is certainly in full effect. we are expecting big crowds this weekend. we are certainly seeing them at hartsfield jackson international airport as waves and waves of people both the tsa checkpoint to try to make it to their flight so they can get to their holiday destinations. aaa said they are expecting a lot of people as i mentioned
aaa said they are expecting a lot of people as i mentioned 3.4 million people will fly this holiday weekend. that is 11% increase in double digit over last year. those numbers are also expected to eclipse the pre-pandemic numbers. holiday air travel at more than 5% compared to the same time 2019. out we were in the post pandemic era people want to get back out there. they are wanting to not only travel across the u.s. but international travel is also up significantly. aaa has reported more than two 100% increase in international travel compared to 2022. tsa said demand is up all week long on thursday they screamed more than 2.6 million people through security checkpoints. friday though is expected to be the busiest of all the travel days. this ll be a test of the system. the transportation secretary pete moody judge who said the department of transportation has been working with airlines to