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>> reporter: the tsa estimating more than 20 million people will fly for the thanksgiving holiday, a pandemic travel record. and far cry from the poultry nu paltry numbers this time last year. for days airline officials reminding passengers to be early, patient and masked. washington's reagan national airport tweeting just an airport, standing in front of its passengers, asking them to arrive two hours early. but some americans are skipping the airport all together, opting to hit the road. >> i didn't want to spend too much time with security lines and i thought that it would be faster to driv...

Thanksgiving, you're one of 53 million americans. for those hitting the roads, welcomed news. president biden is set to announce he will tap into the strategic petroleum reserve to lower gas prices. errol barnett says we haven't even hit the height to have the thanksgiving travel rush. >> reporter: today the weston-kandathil family is braving the clouds. will this be her first time seeing grandma? >> in person, yeah. >> reporter: flying with the 20-month-old for the first time. >> it will be a really special thanksgiving for us. >> reporter: 40 million people are expected to fly this week, up ...

A man accidentally discharged a gun at security sending passengers scrambling. tonight a warrant is out for his arrest highlighting the problem of prohibited carry-on weapons in atlanta. >> we have detected more than 460 firearms to date and found two on the morning shift alone at this security checkpoint. >> reporter: most travelers will avoid airports this week choosing to drive instead. the aaa predicting more than 53 million on the roads. >> thanksgg trav is bad. people are feeling better. >> the t.s.a. has been tallying more than 2 million flyers per day recently, so if you're taking to t...

Thanksgiving travel week are facing several challenges. first, we're going to show you how many planes are in the air right now. look at this image, it's from flight aware. it gives you a clear sense of the volume of air traffic today, and then of course, looking like that later this week. tomorrow, a vaccine mandate takes effect for tsa workers. 10% are unvaccinated. so that could lead to even longer security lines. their union tried to postpone the deadline until after the holidays but no word on that from the white house. >> the union is suggesting that they move the date back to match fede...

According to the tsa, officers detected a record number of firearms at airport security checkpoints this year. a 20-year record with, by the way, three months still remaining in the calendar year. also, we saw fewer passengers because of the pandemic. when we think about people who are going to be going on flights, that is obviously worst-case scenario situation. a lot of flights delayed, ground stops, et cetera. is there anything other than making sure that we are packing an empty bag, other than making sure we don't bring anything prohibited, is there anything else we can do or do we have to...