neil: fox on top of holiday travelers on the run. last minute shoppers on the run. we have alicia acuna on the record number of flyers and kelly is in chicago on the prices facing drivers. then dana mcnichols on the race by bargain hunters. so much to get into. sandra: welcome. i m neil cavuto. the pressure is on for those that have not gotten their gifts and didn t take my advice to get processed meats and cheeses while they were there for the wanting. i tried, america. alicia acuna in denver where flyers are taking off and so far not a lot of sounding off. so far so good, i guess, alicia. that s right, neil. so far so good. 2.5 million people are expected to go through these lines today. i don t know if you remember, but during the thanksgiving travel period, i was doing a live shot with you. there was i did some travel talk. there was a viewer that said i didn t give enough travel tips. challenge accepted. so today i got tons of tips for you. if you re going to be
cancelling recess, cancelling the summer vacation to stay back and work. how is that fly something. that s right. a number of them are feeling the pressure of the legislative calendar. ten republican senators have written to majority leader mitch mcconnell. they are senators purdue, eaear earnst, kennedy, sullivan, ti tillis. they re asking that they cancel recess unless there s progress on healthcare, the debt ceiling, funding the government and improving the tax code. the ten gop senators wrote our current senate calendar shows 33 potential working days remaining before the end of the fiscal year. this does not appear to give us enough time to adequately address the issues that demand immediate attention. this is not an easy process. it was never designed to be easy. but it s difficult, we have an obligation to stick it out until it s done. if we re not finished with those
context, but it also affects president obama s strategy. joining me is the chairp of the democratic nashlg committee florida congressman debbie wa wasserman schultz. let s talk about this new gallup poll that shows an approval rate, the lowest since jimmy carter who wasn t reelected. that has to concern you a bit. this is how he s polling while flying under the radar while everyone s focused on the republican feield. what do you think happens when the attention turns to the president and the attacks really start fly something. well, you know, i think right now the national polls really don t mean so much because when it comes down to it, head to head, there will be a dramatic contrast between president obama and the direction he s been taking this country, fighting for the mitd class and work families and that he s taking us from bleeding 750,000 jobs a month to now