we re beginning with chaos in the skies during what may be the busiest weekend so far this year for air travel. according to the flight tracking website flight aware more than 900 flights were canceled on sunday alone across the u.s. since friday there have been more than 3,000 flight cancellations. so the airlines are blaming weather problems and ongoing staff shortages, in particular a shortage of pilots, so can travelers expect more of this as we enter the peak summer travel season? cnn s aviation correspondent pete muntean is live at reagan national airport. a lot of unhappy travelers this morning, pete. reporter: no doubt, john. in fact, a lot of people probably still trying to get home even today after traveling this weekend. these new numbers are huge, but the cause of this really is not. we were reporting over and over again that airlines got a lot smaller over the pandemic and that has led to these massive flight crew shortages. the deck of cards really comes tum
streak could be ending. meanwhile, the busy father s day and juneteenth holiday weekend was a nightmare for airline passengers. according to flight aware, more than 900 flights were canceled sunday across the u.s. since thursday there have been more than 4,000 flight cancellations, another 1,500 flights have already been canceled today. let s bring in cnn chief business correspondent and early start co-anchor christine romans. we were talking last week about a vibe shift and, man, does it feel like we are right there. it really does. the mighty american consumer, the backbone of the u.s. economy remains strong but how long that lasts in the face of decades high inflation, that s what experts are scouring the data for. now, gas prices have been a daily tax on families and sentiment. prices at the pump have stopped rising at least, the average price per gallon dipping below $5 to $4.98 but the busy summer travel season is about to start, that could push prices higher agai
a chilling warning about the cost of trump s nonstop election lies. there is violence in the future. i m going to tell you. and as soon as tomorrow, kids as young as six months old will be able to get their first dose of the covid-19 vaccine. roughly 17 million children under five in the u.s. are finally eligible for the shot. we ll detail the administration s rollout. first, the travel nightmare. let s go to pete outside washington for us. what s the scene there and what is causing such a travel mess? well, so many people still trying to get home after traveling this weekend. you know, these new cancellation numbers are huge, but the cause for this really is not new. we ve been reporting about how airlines got a lot smaller over the pandemic. it s led to major shortages of flight crews, and a deck of cards comes tumbling down when summer weather comes into the next. this dates back to thursday with massive storms in the east coast. look at the cancellation numbers acco
brand-new hour here on cnn newsroom. i m victor blackwell. good to have you on. we re on the eve of another hearing on the capitol insurrection this time tomorrow, the committee investigating january 6th plans to focus on former president trump s efforts to pressure state officials to overturn the 2020 presidential election. georgia elections officials brad raffensperger and gabe sterling are expected to testify about that pressure campaign. along with arizona house speaker rusty bowers. the committee is also promising to reveal new evidence that shows trump s involvement in the scheme to overturn biden s win in battleground states. we ll show evidence of the president s involvement in this scheme. we ll also show evidence about what his own lawyers came to think about this scheme. and we ll show courageous state officials who stood up and said they wouldn t go along with this plan to either call legislators back into session or decertify the results for joe biden. cnn
Have been straddling, doing things, so we ve been more detached from them because we ve still been in the same bubble waiting for the boys to be able to get vaccinated. reporter: dr. sanjay gupta, cnn, reporting. good morning, everyone, welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world, it is monday, june 20th. i m john berman with brianna keilar. new signs of trouble for the u.s. economy. evidence that americans are starting to pull back on things like travel and dining out at restaurants. rising prices and concerns about a souring economy appear to be taking a toll on household spending decisions while consumer spending has held strong even with inflation at historic highs, the new data suggests that the spending