plus, the white house will face questions later this hour on the state of negotiations to avoid default. welcome back as america reports rolls into a second hour. i m john roberts. good to spend another 60 minutes with you. gillian: the first 60 went by quickly. first, a new story. john: get ready for a hectic start to the summer travel season. aaa is anticipating this weekend could be the busiest at airports since 2005, and that is already prompting fears of a potential catastrophic meltdown. gillian: sounds like a great summer to stay hope. forbes writing get ready for a hellish season of air travel. they continue to struggle with staffing shortages in the wake of the pandemic. john: pete buttigieg is not 100% confident things will work. airlines are indicating they have made big gains in terms of pilots, but not fully recovered depending which airline, mechanics is a pinch point. still a lot of pressure on the system but less, probably less of a constraint than
and one of britain s most successful cyclists, mark cavendish, announces he s to retire. 0n bbc london: warnings over mobile phone fraud how criminals are getting smarter at targeting victims in the capital to gain access to banking apps. good evening. police investigating the disappearance of madeleine mccann are to carry out searches in a reservoir in portugal, according to local media reports. a large site is believed to have been sealed off, around 30 miles from where the toddler went missing in 2007. the search is expected to begin tomorrow. it s not the first time the reservoir has been searched. three year old madeleine was on holiday with her family in praia da luz in the algarve when she went missing and there has been a uk police investigation into her disappearance ever since. ellie price reports on the latest developments. 16 years after madeleine mccann disappeared, a new hunt for answers. local media reported this area was sealed off ahead of the search, expec
hello and welcome to the programme. america grammy award winning singer tina turner, widely hailed as the queen of rock and roll, has died. she was 83 years old. her publicist said she had been suffering from a long illness. born anna mae bullock in the state of tennessee, she became famous in the late 1960s performing as a duo in a turbulent musical partnership with her abusive husband ike turner. as a solo artist with global hits like what s love got to do with it, the best and private dancer, she sold more than 180 million albums worldwide. her high kicking, inexhaustable energy on stage made her a defining icon of pop music in the 1980s. david sillito looks back at her life and career. # when you were a young boy # did you have a puppy # that always followed you around. 1966, river deep, mountain high. in yourface, hip shaking, sweat drenched, passionate, pop perfection. # and do i love you, my oh my # river deep, mountain high.# however, in america, the song was a flop.
bravery to nine public safety officers including two who died in the line of duty. the ceremony is underway, let s listen in. we re incredibly proud of all of you, skpi mean that, incredibly proud of all of you, and we re going to have your back as long as we need to, as long as you re engaged. in just the past two weeks, our nation has observed a national fallen firefighters memorial weekend, national police weekend, national peace memorial officers day. and i ve also hosted this event several times as president and vice president and cosponsored a bill that created the medal of freedom when i was a u.s. senator, the medal of valor when i was a u.s. senator. these are the same these are some of the most meaningful things that i do as president because knowing you, meeting your families, looking in your eyes, seeing your courage gives me so much hope for the country. this is not hyperbole, you represent the very best of us, you represent the best of who we are as american