And in the day's other news, on this day before Thanksgiving, a major winter storm and a plunge in temperatures is wreaking havoc with many travelers' schedules.

Flight delays are piling up, and as John Yang reports, temperatures will drop to 20 degrees below normal in much of the central and eastern parts of the country.

In the upper Midwest, a heaping thanksgiving serving of snow.

Overnight, blizzards blanketed the Great Lakes with more than a foot and a half of snow in some areas.

Making highways dangerously slick, like this one lined with tractor trailers in western Minnesota.

It's part of a storm system hitting the Midwest and the northeast with wet, windy weather,

as millions of Americans buckle up for holiday travel.

AAA says about 90% of Thanksgiving travelers across the country will drive.

Traffic jams are all but certain.

Traffic became a parking lot.

It tacked on another four hours.

Others will fly in what's been a turbulent period for air travel, caused in part by the government shutdown.

The FAA is anticipating the busiest day in 15 years,

with more than 360,000 flights scheduled throughout the week. According to Flight Aware,

by late today, about 4,000 domestic and international flights were delayed at U.S. airports.

That's almost one in ten. Let's all be better when we travel together.

The secret to a smooth travel day? Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says it's a respectable

outfit. He was interviewed by The Blaze about his new civility campaign. I get being comfortable.

We like being, there's an era where people don't wear suits as much anymore. They don't wear ties as much anymore. At some point, we, we can't dress like we're going to bed.

For many travelers, flying smart is key. And in the end, being with family is always worth the chaos.

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