good morning to viewers here in the united states and around the world. it s tuesday, june 1st. another sign of life in the u.s. returning to normal for covid-weary americans. blockbuster numbers from the tsa show just how huge a holiday weekend travel experience it was as the lockdowns were lifted. let s get to cnn s pete muntean live at reagan national airport. what do the numbers say? this airport was a ghost town a year ago. now the tsa says it screened 1.9 million people at airports across the country on monday. just compare that to where we were a year ago when the tsa screened only 350,000 people nationwide. the pandemic record set back on friday when 1.96 million people flew. and all of this means that air
ghost town a year ago, now the tsa has screened more than 1.6 million people at airports across the country, just yesterday, compare that to the same day back in 2020, when only 350,000 people flew nationwide. the pandemic air travel records set only back on friday won 1.96 americans flew, maybe we could see the 2 million mark, a number we have not seen since march of 2020. the story not just about air travel. aaa expects 37 million meshs will travel 50 miles or more during this holiday weekend, 34 million of them by car, the numbers not that far off from where we were in 2019. those driving will face a bit of a rude awakening when it comes to gas prices, the highest they have been in seven years. the national average for a gallon of gas, $3.05, up a dollar from where we were a year ago, clearly a lot of people
record number of passengers traveled through u.s. airports, marking a turning point for travel during the pandemic. now nearly half all americans are fully vaccinated. bring in cnn s pete muntean. how many passengers are we talking about now? well jim, reagan national airport was a ghost town a year ago. now the tsa says 1.6 million people passed through security at america s airport just yesterday. compare that to the same day in 2020 when only 350,000 people flew nationwide. air travel record of the pandemic set on friday 1.96 million people flew. the real question is whether today s numbers get to the i will lus i have 2 million package mark, not seen since march of 2020. can t just talk about air travel. aaa expects 37 million americans to travel 50 miles or more over the holiday weekend. 34 million by car.