good morning. it s saturday, july 2nd. i m boris sanchez. right now hundreds of flight vs been cancelled or delayed across the u.s. threatening to spoil the july 4th holiday for many people. arms are being put to the test and pushed to the brink as the number of people traveling by plane climbs to near pre-pandemic levels. staffing issue, cancellations and summer storms have caused headaches for airlines and travelers. we got to get home. we got a flight. it is going to be cancelled, they need to let us know now. it s saying my flight was last seen near new york. it s not really saying. it s not really telling me what s going on. nearly 1500 flights in the united states have been delayed so far. cancellations, as you can see, over 450. aaa is predicting that 3.5 million people will fly this weekend. an additional 42 million are expected to hit the road and drive to their holiday destination. the silver lining for those drivers and this is the absolute thinnest a silve
passenger or fellow crew members. it s a safety issue. in addition to those problems with pilots that we were just hearing about, just the increase demand heading into this holiday weekend. we also got issues with the weather which could add to this weekend s travel trubouble. let s bring in cnn meteorologyist. we have been seeing you talk about the rain, thunderstorms, a tropical storm in the forecast. what else are you going to hit us with? i think that may be all we can accommodate right now because we really do have our hands full. good majority of the united states seeing some form of precipitation, maybe a brief shower. maybe some thunderstorms. maybe some rainfall. it s going to be fairly persistent but not to be out done, the threat of severe thunderstorms into the northeast. we have our first weather related delay. that is in orlando. this does not depict the cancellations or any of the
john! it appears to me it appears to be raining. that s terrible. just a quick shower. a brief shower. please don t worry about it. should they cancel the parade if the weather s going to be this bad again, just cancel it? no, we do not cancel it, jon! this is england! we don t back down, not for rain, especially not from [ bleep ]! god save the queen! bean showers, that s my kind of coverage from the diamond jubilee. why are you waiting? your tweets and e-mails are next.