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
degree weather. 54 people have now died. fox news has learned 518 migrants have died along the southern border since october. that doesn t include the people found dead inside that truck earlier this week. claudia has more on the ruthless and deadly cartel activities along the southern border. talk to us about the new numbers we are learning today. well, gillian, administration has not officially released any death toll figures from the border since 2020 but fox news has learned the number of people who have died sneaking into the country is way up. sources with u.s. customs and border protection tell fox 518 migrant deaths along the southern border this fiscal year, and 566 last year. that s a huge jump from the last publicly reported number of 247 deaths in fiscal year 2020. and as you mentioned, this year s numbers don t include the 53 migrants who were found dead in the back of that sweltering