to complete. and, emergency rescuers have saved three crew members from a ship that sank in the south china sea. more than two dozen people are feared lost after the industrial support vessel broke apart and sank. while it was caught in a severe tropical storm about two miles south of hong kong. a challenging weekend ahead, as we get behind, us and still with us as nearly 50 million americans travel across the country for the 4th of july holiday. from airport delays and cancellations to record high gas prices, and severe weather along the east coast, and even some fireworks shows scrubbed because of wildfire fears. nbc s kathy park joins us from new york city where the big macy s fireworks show will take place tomorrow. kathy, tell us more about some of these challenges. well cory, after a long pandemic pause, demand for travel and celebrations have really come roaring back this weekend. but for so many, this holiday has been a real stress test filled with unexpected turns at airport
counter-artillery radars to respond to russia s heavy reliance on long-range strikes. this comes as russia launched dozens of missiles across ukraine and pin down ukrainian forces with fire, sometimes icing hours at a time. many americans are set to travel for the 4th of july holiday, even with record high gas and inflation rates. ford car travel will set a record, as an estimated so nearly ten people pandemic levels. flyers across the united states are experiencing hundreds of canceled flights in a few thousand delays on friday, kicking off the holiday weekend. also record number of airports screenings, almost 200 a half million, that s number before the pandemic. and tropical storm collin has blasted to coastal south carolina and headed to north carolina. impacting travel and celebrations this holiday weekend. according to the nation s hurricane center, collins
we did not plan ahead. i hope we make our flight today. i think they have to work through whatever they are going through. trusted them to get my stuff to the right place and get us to the right location, even with the delays. rich: frustrated fliers speaking to us as the 4th of july holiday has travelers and airlines bracing for a weekend of delays and cancellations. madison alworth is live from new york airport in new york. hey, ring, this weekend americans, 3.5 million, are set to take to the skies. unfortunately, many of them will face delays and even worse, some will face cancellation. taking a look at the five days leading up to this holiday travel weekend to give us a sense of what to expect, on average, 21% of flights were delayed. about that. almost one in four flights are delayed. part of the problem is staffing issues. airlines are struggling to get
lessons, right, was a change in the way they looked at the terror threat, right. that was one of the products of the 9/11 commission, therefore one of the arguments to have a bipartisan commission to investigate january 6 which we do not have. we ll see what the select committee does in terms of answering the questions. whitney wild, thank you so much for covering the story. as major u.s. cities across the nation grapple with what s on track to be back to back record-shattering years of gun violence, new data compiled by the gun violence archive shows this 4th of july holiday was one of the deadliest weekends so far in 2021. nearly 233 people shot in just over a 72-hour period. despite those numbers that s a 26% decline in fatal shootings from the same period last year when 314 people were killed. cnn s adrian broadus joins us from chicago, a place that s seen its own experience.