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Aircraft and united 7% of its flight. jetblue 8%, 83 flights. delta 3%. trying to change aircraft and american airlines has canceled less than 1% of its flights. across the country long lines at many airports especially the hubs. frustrated passengers are running out of patience. >> i have been at the airport since 9:00 a.m. i want to get home. >> come here and -- >> despite the omicron variant cdc says it is not considering a vaccine mandate for domestic travel. according to the tsa yesterday it screened close to 2 million travelers. that numbers we're seeing so far this holiday season show t...

Breaking news with steve harrigan. home of the cdc in atlanta. >> this white house covid response team meeting comes at a critical time when it comes to numbers. seven day average from the u.s. now according to john hopkins university setting a record at more than 265,000 cases per day. that's the seven day average. keep in mind hospitalizations and deaths are still climbing at a much slower rate. also just what you see around the country with the long lines for testing and a sense of desperation among many of those in line to try to get testing. the biden administration has really laid out th...

>> dr. jeanette nesheiwat is a fox news contributor and emergency room doctor. cdc estimates the omicron virus at 78%, they've backed it up to 23% for last week. the big concern among medical community might be the fact that what happens when you miss like that we are basing policy and new mandates on the potential on the delta variant being prevalent in society talking about hospitalizations and deaths over the next couple of weeks. how much of an impact is that. >> the modeling platform the cdc used was off. there was a dysfunction in their testing. i think this is because we don't have enou...

David lee miller live at lagardeian airport in queens, new york. >> so far today at least 800 flights failed to take off or land in the u.s. and have been canceled. but the number of flights that have been canceled is somewhat lower than we've seen the last few days. these flights have been canceled primarily due to staff shortages resulting from people suffering from covid symptoms and undergoing isolation. new cdc guidance has workers testing positive with symptoms have been quarantined for 5 days instead of 10. thousands of airline customers there is plenty of disappointment hard hit by wea...

Now the cdc has dramatically reduced its estimate for how prevalent the omicron variant actually is in the united states. but the president says more covid-related mandates are still possible. watch. >> will you make a decision? >> many republican governors say mandates are the wrong way to handle covid. south dakota governor says she will continue to fight them. >> he doesn't have the authority to put the mandates in place and why south dakota and many other states and governors and attorney generals have challenged the federal government on this authority in court. it will be heard in januar...