we re beginning with chaos in the skies during what may be the busiest weekend so far this year for air travel. according to the flight tracking website flight aware more than 900 flights were canceled on sunday alone across the u.s. since friday there have been more than 3,000 flight cancellations. so the airlines are blaming weather problems and ongoing staff shortages, in particular a shortage of pilots, so can travelers expect more of this as we enter the peak summer travel season? cnn s aviation correspondent pete muntean is live at reagan national airport. a lot of unhappy travelers this morning, pete. reporter: no doubt, john. in fact, a lot of people probably still trying to get home even today after traveling this weekend. these new numbers are huge, but the cause of this really is not. we were reporting over and over again that airlines got a lot smaller over the pandemic and that has led to these massive flight crew shortages. the deck of cards really comes tum
jurassic world held onto the top spot. new day continues right now. i m brianna keilar with john berman. chaos in the sky as airlines cancel thousands of flights over the weekend. is this the new normal? a member of the january 6th committee says subpoenaing former president myself expense a majority. house majority whip jim clyburn joins us. what he says about joe biden s bid for re-election and how information on how russia could take advantage of u.s. division during the midterms. morning viewers here in the u.s. and around the world. it is monday, june 20th. i m brianna keilar in washington with john berman in new york. it s shaping up to be another harrowing day at u.s. airports. more than 900 flights were canceled sunday across the country. since thursday, there have been more than 4,000 flight cancellations and another 1,600 flights already canceled today. the airlines are blaming weather problems and ongoing staffing shortages. in particular, shortage of
canceled. can travelers expect more of this as we enter peak travel this summer? also new questions on whether the former vice president, mike pence, will be the next witness the january 6th committee subpoenas to testify. ahead of tomorrow s fourth public hearing in an exclusive interview with cnn, committee member adam schiff said trying to speak to pence for the investigation remains on the table. we re not taking anything off the table in terms of witnesses who have not yet testified. we would still, i think, like to have several high-profile people come before our committee. so mike expense a possibility still? you know, certainly a possibility. we re not excluding anyone at this point. central to the investigation certainly. new cnn reporting. homeland security and national security officials fear that russia could significantly exploit u.s. political divisions during the upcoming midterm elections. we ll have more on that in just a moment. first, let s br
for the juneteenth holiholiday, the biden administration and officials around it are not taking the weekend off. yesterday, i spoke with energy secretary jennifer granholm who projected optimism despite economic challenges. the president is really focused on preventing these inflationary increases to the extent he can, inflation is happening globally, recession is in the inevitable, the president really wants to have a steady and stable recovery. but, of course, one of the biggest pieces of these infla inflationary increases we re seeing is the price of fuel. the growing number of experts disagree with that assessment. 44% of economists surveyed by the wall street journal now believe a recession is likely within the next 12 months. that is as the federal reserve raises interest rates, a move that should cool inflation at the risk of also hurting economic growth. among the top concerns when it comes to inflation, those record high gas prices. the white house says it is l
a chilling warning about the cost of trump s nonstop election lies. there is violence in the future. i m going to tell you. and as soon as tomorrow, kids as young as six months old will be able to get their first dose of the covid-19 vaccine. roughly 17 million children under five in the u.s. are finally eligible for the shot. we ll detail the administration s rollout. first, the travel nightmare. let s go to pete outside washington for us. what s the scene there and what is causing such a travel mess? well, so many people still trying to get home after traveling this weekend. you know, these new cancellation numbers are huge, but the cause for this really is not new. we ve been reporting about how airlines got a lot smaller over the pandemic. it s led to major shortages of flight crews, and a deck of cards comes tumbling down when summer weather comes into the next. this dates back to thursday with massive storms in the east coast. look at the cancellation numbers acco