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BACK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>>> URGING AMERICANS NOT TO

TRAVEL FOR THANKSGIVING.

SOME TRAVELERS ARE BYPASSING

THE WARNING HEADING OUT RDU

THIS WEEKEND.

JULIAN GRACE JOINS US LIVE WITH

WHY PEOPLE ARE DETERMINED TO

GO.

>> Reporter: DEBRA, IT'S SIMPLE

AS SOME TRAVELERS TELL US, THEY

JUST NEED TO GET BACK HOME.

AS YOU KNOW TRAVEL IS DOWN HERE

AT RDU.

I WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE

PERSPECTIVE.

WE'RE IN TO TERMINAL PARKING.

LOOK AT ALL THESE CARS THAT ARE

PARKED HERE.

IT'S A CLEAR INDICATION THAT

PEOPLE ARE TRAVELING THIS

HOLIDAY SEASON.

>> Reporter: IT ALMOST LOOKS

LIKE BUSINESS AS USUAL AT RDU.

PEOPLE ARE PACKED UP, HEADING

OUT.

BUT AS WE KNOW THIS YEAR IS

ANYTHING, BUT AS USUAL.

JUST FIVE DAYS BEFORE TURKEY

DAY AND WHILE CORONAVIRUSES ARE

SURGING ACROSS THE NATION, THE

CDC IS ADVISING TRAVELERS TO

STAY HOME.

ONE OF YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS

COULD END OPEN SEVERELY ILL IF

YOU CHOOSE TO GATHER.

>> I THINK IT'S A PERSONAL

CHOICE I MAKE.

>> Reporter: HEADING SOUTH TO

BE WITH HIS FAMILY.

HE IS TAKING PRECAUTIONS WITH

HIM.

>> I'M WEARING MY MASK, MAKING

SURE MY HANDS ARE STAYING

CLEAN, AWAY FROM MY FACE.

>> Reporter: OTHERS ADMIT THEY

JUST HAD TO BE HOME FOR FAMILY

DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME.

>> FOR US IN OUR SITUATIONS, MY

GRANDMA PASSED AWAY THIS YEAR.

SO IT'S THE FIRST TIME THEY ARE

GETTING AROUND WITHOUT HER.

>> Reporter: HE IS ALSO

TRAVELING THIS WEEKEND BEFORE

THANKSGIVING.

HIS REASON IS FOR A FRIEND'S

FUNERAL.

>> IT IS MORE IMPORTANT FOR ME

TO GO.

>> Reporter: HERE IS A LIVE

LOOK.

YOU SEE PEOPLE TRICKLING IN AT

RDU.

ONE INTERESTING THING AS WE

TALKED TO TRAVELERS, THEY FEEL

BETTER BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE

CAUTIONS THE AIRLINES HAVIC