out of control ahead of the july 4th weekend. rich, great to be with you. wonderful to be with you, i m in for john roberts, rich edson. millions are expected to travel for the holiday. aaa predicts 3.5 million will fly, but staffing shortage, pricey fares, and some pilots threatening to strike causing turbulence for the friendly skies. gillian: thousands are being canceled, delayed, experts are fearing an influx of new holiday travelers starting today is set to make matters even worse. listen. all of it is coming to a head, we are seeing the cancellations. we just need more people to work in the industry both as air traffic controllers, pilots, you know, flight attendants, all of that. all in short supply and they can only staff so many planes. gillian: casey stegall is tracking the travel nightmare from dallas-fort worth international. hi, good to see you. a little turned around, i should be wearing my winter coat, usually when we are standing at the airport doing
thankfully. i m going to stay here. thanks, david lee miller. turning to the west coast. it s cloudy with a chance of fish. folks in fran have been reporting anchovies raining down from the sky. residents say they re finding fish on rooftops, sidewalks and driveways. one person said they nearly got smacked by a fish waiting for a bus. local fishermen say it s because of a boom in the anchovy population. birds are grabbing more than they can eat and drop them when they fly over land. or it s the apocalypse. sounds like the apocalypse. we ve had sharks. i don t know if i buy that bird drop, that story. i don t think so. there needs to be hearings on this. there s also this. tell us if it s cuddly or creepy. there s a new debate over a crab species. it washed up on a beach in western australia. there it is.