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Generally calm. it's good to say. but, of course, who knows what the next couple days are going to bring in. sunday is the big day to watch out for. jose? >> ron allen, thank you so very much from new york city. appreciate it. ron, i think it's important that you bring up the weather issue and how that could affect weather and whether could affect travel plans. let's turn to michelle grossman. good morning. how do things look? >> hey there, jose, we're not looking great on sunday. we've had a great start to the holiday week. we have some hiccups. by sunday, we have some major hubs that will be...

There's going to be some sort of weather issue. but because it is two hours, they also feel fairly confident that they will get a break in precipitation or clouds enough to where they can give it a go. so that's the weather issue. the other issue is the big technical questions. the issue on the technical side on the first launch attempt was cooling down one engine, engine number three. they have to get it down to negative 420 degrees fahrenheit in order to get it ready to launch. they equate it to when you see like formula 1 cars on the track warming up their wheels before a race? they essenti...

Flight and help me get a hotel and et cetera. as i was walking out and i'm seeing a line of over 500 people with small children at midnight tried to find hotels and new flights being told it's a weather issue, not our problem, shame on them. there are secret strikes going on, they don't have enough pilots and employees are only wanted to work for so long. they know each week they will cut them and they got caught again with overworked pilots and underpaid employees. but, you know, shame on them for trying to say it's weather because it's not. >> of people are flying, flying probably to go cele...

It clearly is not a weather issue, it would seem, or they would have said so. what are the conditions at the launch site right now? >> you know, very good. compared to where we were a couple of days ago. yesterday, the winds were gusting to 25 and 30 miles per hour. we haven't had a gust over 8 miles per hour in the past six hours. the launch window here is a lot larger than, let's say, if you're sending a ship to the space station. the space station's going 17,000 miles per hour right now. you send a rocket up five minutes late, that space station is gone. it is 2,000 miles out of your way. a...

We fly organs, blood for hospitals, medical equipment, fresh food. it's going to affect the economy. it's going to affect your lifestyle. it's going to affect the markets. it's a big deal. >> dana: greg, seems like airlines forget it's not the 1980s. if they said that there was a weather issue, you are like, okay. no way to tell. not everybody has it on their phone. >> greg: will you are seeing is government isn't controlling this. its pilots. if this is true. if it's actually about the mandates, then you're seeing a group of people who decide that it's important enough that they can actually ...