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looking like the most crowded memorial day weekend travel that weve seen in the better part of two decades. im neil cavuto. were on top of the fast-moving developments with alexis mcadams and how flyers are faring in secaucus, new jersey. we begin with alexis. >> good afternoon from new york international. its not too bad. check it out. it has been ebbing and flowing throughout the day. just in the past hour or so, theres a ground stop here at newark that has been lefted. theres issues...

With a bag that should have been checked, youre going to end up paying higher fees than if you would have done it at the ticket counter or would have done it at home before you made it to the airport. were still looking at high airline fees by the way of things that used to be free prepandemic and pre-9-11. >> neil: rule of thumb there, have a small carry on. some airlines dont like to bother with any luggage. they will ticket it for me on the way out. what is happening on that front? >> that is...

Nuclear. theres a huge range of threats. what america has to do is show enough strength to deter those. thats exactly what is being just squandered right now. its not on show at all. i say that with great respect to our military that are working like mad at kabul airport. but they have -- what order dos they have? its a route. >> neil: claudia, thanks very much. i want to go to dave. you might have heard what claudia was saying. what do you think afghanistan will look like a week from now? >> ye...

Maximize the public relations impact after any attack. members of congress have also been briefed. >> there has been an awful lot of chatter out there, chatter means conversation among terrorists about the planning thats going on. very reminiscents of what we saw pre-9-11. >> the state department has announced that 19 of the embassies and consulates shut down yesterday will remain closed through saturday out of an abundance of caution. the state department press release saying in part this is no...

Do have a resolution pat-down, very, very few passengers have them. anddo very, very few passengers actually have filed or complained. i understand this is related ton the t threat. now, we want to get to the place where people dont have to take off their shoes and dont have to electoral vote -- >> i have to buy airport shoes. these are my tsa shoes. >> people would help the system a lot if they would wear those kind of shoes more often. but in any event, i worked the line one day as a tsa offic...