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Alaska airlines canceled some flights as well. there's been disagreement in the industry on how to handle this new pandemic surge as air travel rebounds to pre-pandemic levels. cnn's pete muntean has the latest from regan national airport. >> reporter: christine, paula, things are getting busier by the moment here at regan national airport. some of the numbers we have seen are already higher than where they were back in 2019 before the pandemic. the tsa screened 2.08 million people at airports across the country on wednesday. that number actually higher than the same day back in 2019, 1.84 scr...

You've noticed that food is more expensive. in the last year, the price of eggs has jumped more than 35%. a dozen eggs will now cost you about $1.84, last september it was $1.35. the price of bacon is up more than 28% in the past year from 5.52 per pound to more than $7. brief prices also up, price of a sirloin jumped 25% since september of 2020. a growing supply chain crisis is driving much of the price surge and limiting supplies. the bottoming neck is also threatening to derail the economic recovery from the pandemic. agriculture secretary tom vilsack is with us now. mr. secretary, thank yo...

How about smaller things you buy every day? gallon of gas now cost $3.17. a year ago, $2.08. it's a 52% increase. that's inflation. a dozen eggs now cost $1.84, up 36% from a year ago. pound of bacon, $7.22. a pound of bacon up about 30% in a year. so all in, consumer prices rose in august by 5.4% from a year ago. there go any wage increases right out the door. and right now, inflation is at a 30-year high. a 30-year high and as i said, if there is anything that can eat away any wage gains and eat away an economy, it is inflation. but the president and his cabinet have been saying don't worry ...

Warning. in new york city. it may sound alarmist at times, but unfortunately, it has been proven by nature. the infrastructure investments, $2 million for south—east queens is a big deal. but what we're saying is we are going to need more than we can possibly imagine. thank god, for the first time in our lifetimes almost, the federal government is finally truly committed to spending. but i don't think it is too little too late. i think it is too little too late. i think it is too little too late. i think it would have helped us a hell of a lot more a few decades ago, but we are going to be p...

Oftentimes we see the jump anyway. can you remember the days when it was $3 a gallon or less? was it five years ago? >> when president obama took the white house the price of gas was $1.84 per gallon. it has doubled since the president walked into the white house in january 2009. i don't believe it's been below $3 in 3 1/2 years. keystone? >> where is it? we wanted to build that pipeline so we have have an alternate supply of oil not from our enemies in the middle east. but we delayed it for five years. where is it? bill: i hear you, partner. patti ann: it was the so-called trial of the centur...