a delay or cancellation. it happens quite often. they are too many flights in and out. newark is terrible. i agree. charles watson is live from atlanta at the airport. you aren t in newark. look on the bright side. that s true, julie. hopefully today is the day that flyers can avoid the chaos and the nightmares that they ve experienced for days now here in atlanta things seem to be moving along pretty smoothly. we see a lot of people moving in and out of this airport pretty smoothly this morning. light crowds when you talk about one of the world s busiest airport. the folks here tell us that operations for the most part have been moving along smoothly. that has largely been the case despite all the disruptions for a record number of folks flying during the fourth of july travel period. aaa estimating more than 4.1 million holiday flyers. that seems to be in line with the massive tsa checkpoint numbers. the agency is averaging 2.6 million screenings a day over the last f
weekend. beaches are packed and grills ready to be fired up. and fox nation host abby hornacek is gearing up for fox news big independence day show, out in west jordan, utah, right now. abby, how s it going? judge, it couldn t be better. kind of like you mentioned, we are here all weekend long, because obviously the fourth of july is meant to celebrate for the whole weekend. it s not just about the day of. it s about all the day beading up to it as well. our time kicked off at the stadium of fire, where patriotism definitely took center stage. tens of thousands of people gathered to celebrate family, faith, freedom, music, and of course fireworks. the night started with a flyover by f-35s as fireworks burst into the air, people cheered, and even told me it was their favorite part of the night. there was a special performance by the legendary people band, which people absolutely loved. for the grand finale of the night, they did light things up with the largest stadium fire
about their stories, one of them got emotional when i asked him about what it means to him to wear the red, white and blue. we ll have that later today. i ll go hop on one of these floats before anyone else gets here so i can get a feel for it. maybe you can join me next year and be on a float. rich: i m in. abby hornacek live in beautiful utah. thank you so much. across the pond first day of the wimbledon tennis championship is in the books. defending men s champ djokovic won to advance to the second round. but goff lost to the stunning upset in an all american match-up. fellow american sophia defeated goff in three sets. a tough day for convenience use williams. not only lost but had to take an injury time-out for falling down on the grass court.
have fun there in that cold studio while we re in this beautiful utah weather. abby, it looks like fun. let s go faster! come on, bring it, bring it! thank you so much, abby. all right. let s kick it around the table. tom, what s your reaction to abby? i m concerned. my stomach didn t feel well when she was spinning around. i don t know those machines that go around in circles. it s great. i love the fourth of july celebrations. i think that we re having this year there s news about you know, environmentalists don t like the fourth of july celebrations, too much smoke, everything like that. i can t stand the naysayers. i love the parades. when i was a kid, we used to clean up. the boy scouts used to clean up after the parades and the fourth of july. it was part of the celebration was the cleanup. yeah. kelly ann, what s your reaction to abby? she s having a good time.
michigan. michigan or ohio has to get it right and win everything else. threading the needle. thank you very much. chuck todd, great to see you. chriscillizza, thank you very much. is it a tax or a penalty? romney s position on the health care mandate leaves people confused. jason chaffetz of utah, beautiful utah. thanks for joining us from out there. thanks, andrea. hope it s cooler out there, although the west is getting hit as the rest of the country with this heat wave, having just come from colorado. let s talk about tax, mandate, wall street journal. you know, what do you say to bill kristol and the wall street journal editorial page, which is a very conservative, mainstream conservative-minded, you know, editorial page, about this alleged confusion on part of mitt romney and his campaign? oh, i think they could have been clearer from moment one. but as we just heardç from governor romney, i think he s crystal clear, he supported the dissent. he thought that that