Contagious and more vaccine-resistant than the delta variant. the governor of new york issuing a new order to prepare hospitals for a possible surge as the u.s. joins other nations in limiting travel to several african countries to try to contain the new strain. besides that, we re going to be cautious, make sure there s no travel to and from south africa and six other countries. except for american citizens to come back. molly: we have fox news team coverage. jacqui heinrich in massachusetts with more on president s response to omicron, but first, jonathan serrie, of course, in atlanta, home of the cdc. jonathan, to you. reporter: hi there, molly. new york governor kathy hochul has signed an executive order postponing elective surgeries at hospitals in her state with limited bed capacity. action is designed to free up hospital space in anticipation
Starting at just $10 per month. molly: a woman in boston becomes the latest person stopped at an airport checkpoint with a loaded gun. this as police in atlanta continue searching for a man who caused panic at atlanta s hartsfield-jackson airport last weekend when his gun went off during screening. past saying more common people will return to the skies, it s going to be a very busy travel season, this is something to
Watch, and alexandria hoff has the story for us. reporter: it s not illegal to fly with a firearm, but there are specifics that travelers need to abide by. a gun definitely can t be in a carry-on and should never be loaded. the tsa is reporting a 20-year high in the number of weapons being confiscated. last saturday holiday travelers r in atlanta when a passenger who had been pulled aside for a secondary screening of his carry-on lung ared for the loaded gun inside causing it to discharge. three people were injured, and that man is still at large. on tuesday the tsa at boise s airport in idaho found two loaded guns. in pittsburgh wednesday, 3 2nd gun was found. new england posted this tweet noting agents discovered this loaded .357 magnum containing five rounds inside of a woman s carry-on bag. 16 firearms have been detect
Thed at logan airport so far this year, it s taxing an already covid-strained industry. the tsa is warning passengers they need to know policies before heading to the airport. if you are traveling, for example, with items that are not allowed in carry-on luggage, self-defense items, knives, tools over 7 inches, we see those all the time. those belong in your checked baggage. reporter: the agency adds that 80 percent of the guns they find are loaded. atlanta s airport has confiscated the most firearms of any airport so far this year, more than 450. in washington, alexandria hoff, fox news. molly: thank you, alexandria. arthel. arthel: the battle resumes on capitol hill monday over president biden s roughly $2 trillion spending plan, but a speedy journey to the vote in the senate does not appear likely. moderate democrats joe manchin and kyrsten sinema oppose parts of the plan as well as the price tag.
All referred to border patrol, we keep on the human smuggling aspect. this was out of the laredo area, border patrol stopped the truck and it looks like a broken toolbox in the back, they opened it up and take a look at what s inside to illegal immigrants being smuggled inside the toolbox, we have seen more of that they were thinking border agents are going to find them but it s not working out. back at here live this is what we see out here admixture of the runners in the family units. the family units show up first and border patrol get sucked up processing all of them and doing the paperwork as you saw from the drone when there are agents patrolling they will make a run for it and that s what s happening, helicopters down the road from us looking for the rest of the runners right now. mike: remarkable images, bill melugin doing a remarkable job, thank you very much. panic at atlanta s airport, three injuries as dozens ran