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
call inflation reduction act will not only lower cost for consumers but will not raise taxes on the middle class. republicans argue it will not help you alleviate inflation and it will take money out of people s pockets and hurt americans across a number of key sectors. chief congressional correspondent chad pergram is live on capitol hill and he has the latest for us. good evening, the senate waited all day but the past hour the senate got a text, the bill is 755 pages in length, democrat plans to pass the bill overnight. this is one of the most comprehensive impactful bills congress has seen in decades. it will reduce inflation, lower prescription drug costs, fight climate change, close tax loopholes and reduce the deficit. all gop members of postville, that s right democrats need all 50 of their members to vote yes. vice president harris could be needed to break a tie. republicans call the bill a farce. let s start with the bills title. inflation reduction act, it
hearing from kyrsten sinema about it. lives in d.c., welcome back to the show, friend. good to be back. i know, i miss you guys. good morning to you and everyone out there. democrats truly feel like the tide is turning for them on a couple of fronts. that includes gas prices. we are now seeing 50 days into what remains a fast decline in gas prices in over a decade prices are coming down even as putin s work puts pressure on global energy supplies. okay, so yes, we are not paying $5 a gallon anymore but we are still paying $4.13 today and still more than we were paying a year ago. meanwhile, the democrats to pass $740 billion claimant spending plan but they have one big hurdle. you are looking at her, arizona kyrsten sinema from excess reporting she is worried about 15% corporate tax piece and whether it will trickle down to workers. get this, she is also calling for more climate spending. a big thing in her state of arizona. reminder, 400 billion in climate spending in
by that, they mean temperatures of 90 degrees or more. let s get the read from mark meredith at the white house. you might recall that mark was whining about this just yesterday. on double duty now. how are you holding up, my friend? reporter: says the man in the air-conditioned studio. neil: i m going to turn the thermostat down a little more. [laughter] reporter: unbelievable. good morning from a very steamy white house. 88 degrees, we re expecting the high to be 97. we also expect the president to stay in the white house isolating. white house says we should be getting an update from the president s doctors a little bit later on today. they re not going to be providing that on camera, however, the white house has been going to great lengths to show that the president is still able to carry out his duties. late yesterday as we were coming on the area for air for your show, we saw the president holding an event with his commitment take, we team, and then at his desk
china s threats of retaliatory measures. soon after nancy pelosi s arrival they announced a series of military options and drills were defying their warnings. details tonight from the pentagon. speak of the pentagon edge watching china s defense ministry, 21 chinese warplanes entered its air defense identification zone as tensions between the two global powers under a new phase. supporters and critics it gathered as house speaker nancy pelosi arrived in taiwan with five other members of congress, just before midnight. she is the highest ranking u.s. official to visit the island democracy and first house speaker to do so since newt gingrich 25 years ago. taiwan s tallest building welcome to speaker pelosi with a simple message, thank you. china s foreign ministry warning that the u.s. is playing with fire and might get burned. we will continue to operate in the seas and these guys of the western pacific as we have done for decades. we will continue to support taiwan. the