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recall chesa boudin now. millions of americans are hitting the road this holiday and facing record high gas prices again. the average cost for a gallon of regular gas is now $4.62. and that s not the only travel
listen to what he says when i asked him whether or not airlines are up for the challenge now. we saw a lot of airlines during the pandemic thinning out their schedules and thinning out their workforce not knowing when demand was going to return. now, faster than expected the demand has come roaring back and they are struggling to keep up. that s true whether we re talking about flight attendant crews, whether we re talking about pilots and so we ve got to make sure that we ve got short-term and long-term approaches. one of those short-term solutions, delta airlines is proactively cancelling flights in the month of july shedding about 100 flights a day from its schedule. remember though that memorial day is really more of a driving holiday. aaa anticipated 34.9 million people will drive 50 miles or more over the five-day memorial day travel period, and this is all coming as people are really shelling out for gas. the national average $4.62 for a gallon of regular, and even when you
the transportation mass mandate, but also as airlines are facing these huge staffing shortages causing cancellations of flights. just look at the numbers according to the tsa, it s screening about 2 million people or more for the last few days, those numbers about 90% of what we saw back in 2019 before the pandemic and the tsa says we could still see a number that is even higher than the same day back in 2019. aaa predicted numbers pretty close to pre-pandemic levels though not quite 34.9 million people hitting the road in total over the five-day memorial day travel period traveling 50 miles or more. those numbers not all that far off from what we saw back in 2019. we will see as this goes forward, though, so many people facing really high gas prices. the national average for a gallon of regular $4.62 according to aaa. even when you adjust it for inflation, this is the highest gas price that we have seen
set off these global shock waves in energy markets. that s why we ve seen the national average hit $4.62 nationally according to aaa. that s up 44 cents in just the past month. for context, the average was $3.05 a gallon last memorial day. even if you adjust for inflation, this is the highest gas price that we ve seen in memorial day weekend in a decade. that is despite the fact that president biden has released emergency oil from the strategic petroleum reserve. more than anyone has ever released before. we were invited by the white house to take a tour of the strategic petroleum reserve. after the tour, i asked energy secretary jennifer granholm about gas prices. she said the president is, quote, obsessed with high gas prices. he s responding to the current situation. he knows and he s obsessed with the fact that gas prices are so high and people are hurting. and this is a global issue. so, what can he do?