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And delays particularly at united airlines. the ceo of united scott kirby had to apologize for using a private jet even as his airline was canceling thousands of flights. does something have to change at united? >> i'm less focused on how the ceo of united airlines gets around and more focused on how millions of passengers can get around. the good news on friday according to the tsa numbers from the screening checkpoints we saw the most air passengers not only since covid, but the most ever and we saw cans cancellation rates below 2% coming into today. things look like they have quickly return...

According to tsa numbers from the screening checkpoints, we saw the most air passengers, not only since covid, but we think ever. and we saw cancellation rates and delay rates below 3%, below 2% coming into today. things look like they have quickly returned to normal for the system. and united also appears to have recovered. now, we're watching more severe -- potential for severe weather. that's what touched off all of these problems about a week ago, but look at where we were a year ago, even on blue sky days with no severe weather, there are unacceptable levels of cancellations and delays. w...

People go through the screening checkpoints on christmas eve and christmas day, but i would bet we would have prepandemic levels at least, if not record-breaking levels, just by the sheer number of people coming in and out of this airport. it reminds me of the sunday after thanksgiving with those long, long lines at tsa. poppy? >> it does look like that. nadia, thank you for that reporting. joining me to answer some of your biggest questions about all this, the associate chief medical officer at emery university hospital in atlanta. doctor, you have been working nonstop since december 13th car...

With respect to the vaccine on throughput on times going through the tsa screening checkpoints. >> reporter: atlanta's airport was back to normal operations by saturday afternoon. and people who were at the airport at the time of the incident had to be rescreened. we've also learned that three people sustained nonlife-threatening injuries. ali? >> kathy, thank you for that. coming up, my friend betty is back for the holidays and it looks like she isn't feeling particularly thankful this thanksgiving. maybe it's the hugely expensive turkey or it could be the missing wine. but we've got the pe...

The national institutes of health, which says a vaccine could be ready for human testing in as few as three months. >> there are certainly unknowns. there are certainly risks with moving quickly with a vaccine. but if we don't move now, there's a chance that if things spiral out of control, we won't be able to respond fast enough. >> o'donnell: and carter joins us now from los angeles international airport, which is one of five screening checkpoints in the united states for passengers arriving from china. so, carter, have there been any positive cases there at l.a.x.? >> reporter: well, there ...