Airline travel amid the pandemic and the pandemics impact on the aviation industry. Sharp talksn about issues affecting native americans and the role they played in the election. Good morning. It is wednesday, november 25, the day before thanksgiving, traditionally one of the busiest travel days in the year. This is a Union Station in washington, d. C. , popular hub. Health and state Public Officials have urged people not to travel or spend the holiday outside their household, yet millions of americans packed airports this week in more are expected to hit the road today and tomorrow. We want to hear about your travel plans or lack thereof. If you are traveling this thanksgiving, what precautions are you taking . Give us a call if youre traveling. The number, [video clip] 202 7488000. If you are not traveling, 202 7488001. You can send us a text this morning. That number 202 7488003. If you do, include your name and where you are from. Catch up with us on social media. On twitter, cspanwj. On facebook, facebook. Com cspan. A good morning to you. You can start calling in now. We show you to headlines about thanksgiving. Two headlines about thanksgiving. Tis the season to rethink thanksgiving. That is suzette hackneys column in usa today. In the Washington Times covid19 restrictions turns americans into sheep. We want to see where you fall on that spectrum of how you feel about thanksgiving this year. We want to hear about your travel plans on one of the busiest travel days of the year. When it comes to travel, here are some of the numbers out there courtesy of ap. About one million americans packed airports in planes over the weekend. The number of people applying for thanksgiving down by more than half from last year. However, 3 Million People went through a u. S. Airport checkpoint friday through sunday. That is what is happening at the airports. From aaa, they have their annual travel forecast of how many people are hitting the road. Expected eight least a temp percent drop at least a 10 drop. 50 million americans expected to travel, the lowest since 2008 in the financial crises of the previous decade. We want to hear about your travel plans. What precautions are you taking . If you are traveling, 202 7488000. If you are not traveling, 202 7488001. This is randy up first in california. Not planning to travel. Go ahead. Caller good morning. Host good morning. In january. Ll be 66 the first thanksgiving i have ever been without my family. They live less than 30 minutes away. And i am ready to see my family when this is over with. Until then, if you love your family i will drop their dinner off and come home and i will follow dr. Fauci and our new coming in president. I will stay home and they are less than 30 minutes away. I pray for all of you guys. Thank you. I enjoy your washington journal, cspan. Bless you guys. Mentioned. Auci, you he will join us in 25 minutes, taking calls from viewers, so stick around for that. You said you are making the thanksgiving dinner and dropping it off. How many are you making and how many will you be dropping off food for . Caller i have already dropped off for six families i know. Some i gave turkey, some the complete meal. Peppercorn, and i call it get down gravy because everybody likes it. I am going to drop it off and be distant from again kids. It is hard, but, do you know what . No one asked for this. Come on. No more. I cannot take seeing families gathering and family dying. So it is worth it. I will follow dr. Fauci. If it takes three years. Host you think you could take that long . Caller you know what . I am seeing another two years. I wish they would just cancel it because last weekend, three of my neighbors there were so many cars over there i just stood up all night praying. We have to listen. We have to follow the guidelines. And like i said, i started cooking monday. I cook lord for them i cook lard for them to eat on the rest of the week. My heart is hurting, but i do not want to risk my family. I do not have an Underlying Health problem, praise god, but please, whatever your reason, it should not put your family in the way. Follow the scientists. [indiscernible] but we are losing you, thank you for the call from california. We will head to colorado. This is elizabeth, planning to travel. Go ahead. Caller hi. I drove in one day to tennessee to see my brother, who is alone on thanksgiving. He has no family. He doesnt go out. He doesnt own a car. I thought it was important that i go to see him on thanksgiving. I brought all the food with me. And we have been doing puzzles and taking walks and playing forbble just the two of us well, since sunday. Host elizabeth, how locked down have you been . How locked down has he been before this . Caller he has been very locked down because he does not own a car and he does not go anywhere. Host and what about you . Caller and i drove from colorado. I live alone as well. We are both in our 60s. I am 63 and he is 64. So yeah. Insular lives on a regular basis and i did not want him to be alone for thanksgiving and i did not want to be alone either. Host what was that drive light, elizabeth . Did you have to stop are along the way . Did you have to stop along the way . Gas. R i had to stop for i brought food and water with me. I was careful driving along the way. I did not talk to anybody or sit anywhere or go inside. I got to my car and used Hand Sanitizer and i always had a mask on. It was interesting. Outside ofi entered colorado, nobody had masks on. I went to gas stations and things to use the restroom. People were not Wearing Masks, but i had mine on. I was just as careful as i could be. I know they told us all to stay home, but i thought it was worth the risk. I was careful, but it was worth the risk to see my brother. Host thanks for the call. Hope you and your brother have a great thanksgiving. Beverly is next out of washington, d. C. Good morning. Beverly, are you with us this morning . Go ahead. Caller i will be having my family over. And i feel that this for oneving is sacred who has the holy spirit. I feel that when folks visit like this, their family and friends, that god is watching and keeping them well and healed. Words, thanksgiving to god, you know . In other words, sometimes i just food, theut the plants, the nourishment, in other words. What chemicals whereby put on there it might be affecting people. Host beverly, perhaps a topic for another day. Thank you for your call. Vivian is in tennessee, not traveling for thanksgiving. Go ahead. Caller know i am not. I live with my daughter and soninlaw. We will communicate with each other by telephone. One other thing i want to say. I just hope people will take heed. Playing, like something out of a movie. This is for real. Wearing a mask really does help, sir. We are in this predicament only because of one person did not tell us the truth and everybody else is suffering and dying. Donald trump still has not mentioned it on the tv about the people dying with this virus. Something is wrong with this country when people follow that man instead of the scientists. Be safe and have a great day. Host you mentioned mask wearing. How are they doing in your town in tennessee . Caller lately, people have been putting on masks, i can tell you that much. Host really . Caller yes. Host not as much before . Caller no, sir. They are taking it serious. Relatives have passed with the disease. Im proud. The rest of the country wear that mask, you wont hurt anyone. At first, it was hard for me to try to breathe in it. I prayed. I wear that mask when i go out. My grandchildren where there masks. Wear their masks. Masks, the people that have businesses can keep them open. People are not looking at that. You can go to a restaurant, get your food, and leave if you want to. Some areas have it where you can stay in to eat your food, eat, go out, other people come in. That is all it has got to take. Wear that mask, sir. Thank you. Host thank you, vivian. Be one oftrump might those traveling today. This from cnn and other outlets reporting as well President Trump is expected to join his attorney Rudy Giuliani in gettysburg, pennsylvania today where republican state lawmakers are holding a hearing on allegations of fraud in this months election. To sourcesording familiar with froms plans trumpsplanss plans. It would be his first since election day. This being handled internally as an unannounced movement. We will see if that does take place today. We will keep watching from the white house. In the meantime, asking you about your travel times this day before thanksgiving. Are you traveling . If you are, 202 7488000. Tell us about what you are seeing, what cautions you are taking. If you are not traveling, 202 7488001. Want to hear how you are spending the holiday. Several weighing in on social media. Scott says less traffic to deal with. From mark on twitter i dont plan to travel. Funny how these people are lined up to get tested before thanksgiving. What will that prove . From linda we are staying home, just facetiming. I am making some dishes, leaving them with my children. My husband already had covid in he was really sick. Please listen to the warnings. From san miguel no, and anybody who is traveling better be quarantined before they can travel. Linda is next in orange, connecticut. Good morning. Caller good morning. Host go ahead, linda. Caller oh, im sorry. We are not traveling. I have family all over the place. In fact, we have a home in florida that we will not go to because they are not as careful down there as we are up here. It is really pretty said because we are all getting up in years and we would like to get together once or twice a year. My brothers and eyes and i are down there, but we are not taking that chance. Id please tell dr. Fauci that have been taking my vitamin d vitamin dended like he recommended last year and i thank him for his help and guidance through this whole thing. Host thanks for the call. I have to ask because i read a text message from linda in orange, connecticut. Are you the same linda . Caller no im not. That is why when you first picked up i did not answer. Host i apologize. There is more than one linda in orange, connecticut. Caller there are a lot of us. It is like saying i was born in the 50s. [laughter] host thank you for the call. Caller you as well. Alexandria,ia in virginia. Caller i enjoy cspan. Happy thanksgiving. I really enjoy when you are on. You smile and everything. You are the best host they have for cspan, so i enjoy you. Host appreciate it. A lot of good hosts, though. What are your thanksgiving plans . Caller we are going to stay at home. My dad is a korean war vet. I spent 15 years in the military police corps. I am 59. I will be 60 in january. Idea foris topic and you all. With president ial pardons coming up, do a segment on president ial pardons, just as an idea. He will probably pardon flynn and stuff so it would be good to get an attorney on to talk about. Some of the callers, like i said, i was a military police officer. I had secret clearance. Ston,ined in adam alabama. The chinese put this on the country because of trump. Trump was too tough on china. I know people say wear that mask, i know people believe dr. Fauci you, but he had some deal with them. I have been watching stuff where he made that lab and stuff. Host the conspiracy you are talking about, cornelius, where do you get your news . Caller i will be honest with you. I get my news from washington journal on cspan, from coasttocoast a. M. Msnbc, cnn, fox news, newsmax, but i mainly watch you all and listen to coast to coast. I think this was done on purpose and the communist chinese had something to do with it and stuff. Host cornelius bringing up the issue of pardons. Axios with one of the scoops on that. President trump telling confidantes he plans to pardon michael flynn. That is the reporting from axios today. Certainly a topic we can talk about down the road this morning or down the road in the days and weeks to come. This is jimmy in paducah, kentucky, that line for folks who are traveling. Jimmy, how far you traveling . What precautions are you taking . Caller about 40 miles. I would like to congratulate president elect joe biden. Thank you very much. You have a nice thanksgiving. Do you thinkwhat the situation will be when it comes to the coronavirus in the coming months as a Biden Administration gets underway . Are you confident we will solve this problem . Yeah, by theeah, administration and god. They will take care of everything. Host which do you rely on more there, jimmy . Caller i have to say on god. Host thats jimmy. Paducah, kentucky. Ebenezer, jamestown, north dakota. Not traveling. Good morning. Caller thats correct. I am not traveling but we are getting about 20 guests here in a 1500 squarefoot home here. It will be fun. Probably no mask wearing, either. Host are you concerned at all, ebenezer . Caller no, no, not going to worry about it. Host are there any restrictions in your area about the numbers of people who can gather indoors . We are hearing about local mandates. What is the situation in jamestown, north dakota. Caller now that i am aware of. I am not aware of any. You know, we all voted for trump and you have to look at the bright side. If we get covid19 and die off, thats more Social Security for everybody else. Host do you know anybody whos died of social of covid19, ebenezer . Caller i dont. Host do you know anybody who has gotten it . Caller no, i dont. Host that is ebenezer in jamestown, north dakota. This is david out of monks corner, South Carolina. Where are you going . Seeer going to georgia to a daughter and some grandchildren. My grandson tends to be a lawyer. He is very young. Couplego teach him a things going on and make predictions that hopefully will stick with him and it might impress him in memory for a long time. Not about me, of course, but certain things that are going on. Host such as what . Caller something that happened at the beginning of the prior thenistration, where administration tried to look at the numbers in the economy and claimed success, like at the beginning of 2009. Right now, the plan is to get the economy looking as bad as possible at the beginning of biden so he can claim Great Success for his economic policies now that the vaccine is on the way. I will get him to watch the economy and listen to the stories after and see that there are such things as green as grand schemes going on in the press. Host the stock market hit 30,000 for the first time yesterday. Caller but there are unemployment numbers. Wentbs said the reason over 30,000 is because trump finally conceded. Do you believe that . Host President Trump has not conceded and said he would not concede. Ofler it was more in terms the white house beginning the transition, the announcement that they are allowing his people to come in to begin the transition, mainly for plans and distributing the virus so biden can figure out how to get the vaccines out. They gave that as the reason that the dow went over 30,000. Host that is david in South Carolina this morning. Taking your phone calls, asking whether you are traveling for thanksgiving. Let us know yes or no and what your plans are. 202 7488000 if you are traveling. 202 7488001 if you are not. One more column from todays washington post, megan mcardle, no relation, in a column. She tells americans to stop comparing what we have now to what we had last year. It is admittedly a depressing contrast, she writes. Instead, why not compare our present to a more distant past when pandemics were common, or what this year might have been like if people had not worked hard to make it otherwise . Staff, warehouse stalkers, clerks, cashiers, line workers at Food Processing usnts, doctors who delivered potential vaccines with unprecedented speed. Without those people giving their all for team humanity, we would be in bad shape right now. Megan mcardle, her column today. Doug in oxford, new jersey, not traveling. Good morning. Thisr i want to call out whole thing. We were attacked by china. It was done intentionally for several things to get rid of trump and to get rid of us and to hurt us economically. For sixs been up months, their currency hit a 28 month high. Ours has gone down. You see what is happening. The disservice that the media, particularly your channel does, is nothing short of treasonous to this country. Thank you. Host what evidence do you point to that this was intentional and manmade . We lost doug. Lewis is next in miami, oklahoma, on the line for those who are not traveling. Caller yes, no, i am not. Instead ofg home going to another town and seeing my great great nephew, two years old, from south dakota. I am going to stay home so i wont spread anything. Thank you. Host is anybody with you at your house . Barber is next, union city, indiana. Barbara is next, union city, indiana. Where are you going . Call four blocks around my house, that is traveling. Less than 10 people at the house. And my twomy son grandchildren and three greatgrandchildren. Host barbara, how often have you seen your son, your grandchildren and greatgrandchildren during this . Caller i dont see them often and i miss them very much because of the pandemic, because i have an underlying heart condition and i have to stay away from them. Inwe wear masks, they bring my food that i can cook myself, but ive had heart surgery and i just think it is a wonderful them close by,ve like four blocks away, but i will tell you. I have one thing to say about mr. Trump, if you dont mind. I would like to say that all he thinks about is money and the stock market. How about the people that are dying . In the pandemic . He didnt care. Did he say anything about thanksgiving . No. Oh he talks about is having Big Christmas parties and whatever. Does he care about the United States . No. Host barbara in union city, indiana. President trump spending about one minute in 20 seconds at the podium yesterday in the White House Briefing room to talk about that alltime high on the dow jones. The president also appearing at the annual tradition of the turkey pardoning. Here is one of the pictures from usa today. President trump and the first of corn andng crorn cob. That turkey being pardoned yesterday. More questions before we are joined by anthony fauci. We will let you talk to him as well. This is donna, verona, pennsylvania, not traveling. Go ahead. Caller hi, john. Im not traveling this year. I just buried my nephew, 43 years old, on monday from covid. My sisterinlaw in august caught covid and came back. She stayed in the hospital for two months. She got out. To this day, she is struggling. She is still on oxygen. There was nothing wrong with her. No diseases or high blood pressure, nothing. But