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The thing everybody's talking about right now is the travel mess. It's just sort of chaos. I personally, we all travel a lot. I've been on like six planes and five days. Everything's getting delayed. It's tough. But we have news now on what passengers can expect. These cancellations and delays keep piling up due to the government shutdown. But it's finally coming to an end. Gio, as transportation correspondent, you are of course all over this.

What is the latest on the travel mess?

So actually some pretty good news because the first half of the day was actually remarkably smooth.

We saw some of the fewest cancellations in about a week, and there were no staffing issues in air traffic control,

which is unbelievable, with the exception of the normal

shortage that we've seen over the past few years. So it appears that the rebound has started

and things will continue to improve if this government shutdown ends. But here's the issue right

now. If the government does not reopen, the Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy,

warns that we could see major issues this weekend. So we are watching this very closely. The Department of Transportation, Sean Duffy, warns that we could see major issues this weekend.

So we are watching this very closely. The Department of Transportation says that the cut in flights by 10% you've been hearing about this will remain in place until they have data showing that the system can actually handle that increased flight load.

So we will keep seeing about 800 pre-planned flight cancellations each day until that

decision is made. It's also very important to remember that once the shutdown ends, it could still

take days or even a week for airlines to fully recover here. But it's really encouraging that so many

of these air traffic controllers have returned to work that is giving a lot of people hope here. It certainly is. And it's funny that you said that you've been on lots of planes this week. I will have been on a plane every day this week. And that means nothing sitting here with YouTube, because you guys do it all the time. It's all about perspective. But you had to deal with the cancellations too. Yes. Having flown a lot, you know, too, dealing with the delays

and cancellations, it is a lot. So we feel for certain people out there. Yeah, we really do. All right, we are going to turn now to the mother of missing nine-year-old Melody Buzzard due in court today to be arraigned on charges of holding a man captive in her home and chief national correspondent, and Matt Gutman is back with the latest on this.

Hey Matt. Hey, Gio. It's been nearly a month since authorities began this frantic multi-state,

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