are hit with major delays at the nation s a airports, a lot of pain at pump and sky-high groce ifly bills. that has a lot of americans asking this july 4th weekend, when is freedom from these challenges coming? we re tracking all of it with alexis mcadams at missouri s laguardia international airport new york s, kelly to grady and stew leonard jr. from his supermarket in norwalk, connecticut. happy fourth, everyone. hope you re dealing with some of the headaches but all of the patriotic positives that comes from this special weekend. i m neil cavuto. let s get right to it with alexis mcadams at new york s laguardia airport with how the crowds are handling the pressure. reporter: hi, neil. that s right, yeah, there s a lot of pressure and people worried if their flight s going to be delay or canceled, but after we ve had so many air travel delays, people are not surprised if hair flights are canceled or delayed. take a look, this is at jetblue area where people are trying
oh say can you see by the dawn s early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilight s last gleaming whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight over the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming and the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there oh say does that star-spangled banner yet wave over the land of the free and the home of the brave will: the tradition continues. our nation s and them live from a different location. we are honored to be at the us military academy at west point for fox and friends weekend and it is a beautiful seen both behind us and in front of us. good morning, what a remarkable shot. will: what you are seeing is the banjo, and a cripple independence day celebration, fireworks show, the 3 of us will be hosting it for the fox news channel, the next two mornings with this incredible backdrop of the hudson ri
what makes new england chowder so special and a lot of excitement and being here and learning about this history is one thing but feeling the excitement, why our country is so great and what our independence means is another. that s coming up in the next hour and throughout the day. pete: thank you so much. will: reporting for duty, i got a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to train at west point coming up. it got more difficult. rachel: what makes you proud to be an american? freedom. absolutely freedom. we have a lot of freedoms other countries don t have. the freedom of america.
birthplace of our freedom movement, many boston, and i don t think they re quite so jaded, abby. [laughter] reporter: neil, they are not. you know, i saw that poll, and it made me so sad. so i said, look, why don t we walk around harbor fest, which was yesterday it runs for three days, it s the largest fourth of july festival in the country and ask people why are you proud to be an american. this is what they had to say. reporter: why are you proud to be an american in. in my opinion, the united states is like winning the lottery for something better than a million dollars. it just really looks back at how far we ve come and there s so much to be grateful. well, it s freedom of america, you know in this is a free country. reporter: and you re air force, thank you for your service. what because the fourth of july mean to you? it s a big deal for us, for our family. we feel like we ve been given a
end to the communist dictatorship as the country is plagued by food and medical shorters, power outages and increasing covid deaths. joining us now are a couple of immigrants who each fled communist regimes for the freedom of america. ail bannian immigrant peter la image left his home and family following severe government persecution there and chinese who survived the move cultural revolution. good morning to both of you. good morning. good morning, steve. steve: good morning. peter, let me start with you. when you look at those images, it has to be deja vu all over for you and your family from a communist country. clearly communism cuba is not working and that s why they pulled the plug on the social media application people were getting these images out because cuba doesn t want the world to