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Chance to get out of town that means the gates here at reagan national just outside of washington will be crowded with members of congress and their staffs. while outside, we wait to see some know plows, we could get up to 8 inches in the spot i'm standing right now. that's a lot for d.c. if we get that much, the federal government will almost certainly close up shop, they've done so for less. when that happens, remember, just a third of the 300,000 federal workers in the area are on the hook for any kind of productive activity during their workday. right now, things already pretty messed up f...

The more red that you see, the more misery at that particular airport. some of the highlights. new york, d.c., chicago, atlanta, houston, dallas, denver, lax and san francisco. all of those are on the high scale of the misery map because of those delays. now, brooke, if you are a procrastinator and you spent a lot of time at the airport, you can use your time wisely and get those extra gifts for those extra people in your life that you might want to give something for the holidays. brooke? >> yeah, i suppose that could have been something i did. instead i just made a few new friends and crosse...

Was snow in chicago, rain in the southeast and more rain in the northeast but somebody snuck that present into that gift because that's a situation we're dealing with today. we're in laguardia where brooke spent many hours yesterday. right now it's smooth sailing for travelers. almost nobody is in this particular area. i want you to take a look at the gate. what does it mean when you have snow in chicago, rain in the southeast and northeast? it usually means that monitors like these light up like christmas trees. not a good thing on this day. here at laguardia, ten canceled flights. 31 delays....

Flights here at laguardia and 28 delays. as i was showing you just now, the ticketing area looks okay, it looks decent. people are strolling about with their bags, with their kids and checking in. but let's take a look around the country. we have something called the misery map from flightaware.com. take a look at that. that gives you a better picture. some folks are stuck at the airport. you can see the wheels there, those circles, those rings, those are the rings of misery. the more red that that ring has, the worse the situation there at that particular airport. so to highlight a few airpor...

Bad news? >> well, let me tell you something, travelers, there was one thing they did not ask for for christmas and that is snow in chicago and rain in the southeast and in the northeast. why is that such a big deal? that's where the airline hubs are so if the delays are there, they spread all over the country. you can see over my shoulder these monitors. we see them at every airport and right now they're lighting like christmas trees and i don't mean in a good way. that means there are delays and cancellations. here in laguardia, about ten canceled flights, not so bad. but let's look around t...