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welcome to cnn this morning. it is saturday, july 1st. all rready, what? juul 1, 2023. good morning. i m victor black well. i m amara walker. i say this every year, but this year went by really fast. it s almost christmas. what are you talking about? you can say that in october. it s early july. thank you for being with us this weekend, on this holiday weekend, as a matter of fact. here s what we re watching for you this morning. it s going to be a searing, hot holiday weekend across the country with temperatures in some places that will feel like 110 degrees. we ve got a look at your holiday forecast and how the nation s airlines are working to get back on track after lack of service and days of delays. more than a thousand people have been delayed after a fourth night of a protest over the death of a teenager at the hands
nic, what can you tell us? reporter: there were more detentions last night, 1,311, but there were fewer police injured. there were more police on the street, 45,000 instead of 40,000 the previous night, and the police have more heavily armored vehicles at their disposal. also the frern. government have banned a lot of social gatherings across the country and pulled all buses and trans off the streets at 9:00 p.m. last night. the numbers of fires and attacks across the country were down from the previous night. 26 government buildings attacked. 24 schools attacked. but overall those numbers were down. paris, not quite the epicenter of the violence that it had been previously. much stronger violence in marseille and the mediterranean country where gunshots were
be prepared. expect delays. expect cancellations. reporter: the numbers are already huge at, and the world busiest airport got bezier in atlanta. on friday morning tsa screened 31,000 people there. when it s all said and done, it will screen 17.7 million people in total at airports here and across the country that includes next week when everybody begins coming home, the next big test for airlines. victor, amara? pete moneyuntean for us. the very latest delays into and out of the u.s., 581, that number for cancellations so far. we ll continue to keep you updated on the numbers. now let s focus on driving. traffic might be heavy. prices for gas might be a bright
with passengers across the country are pushing back. it is ridiculous to say this is only the faa. reporter: the good news, says transportation secretary pete buttigieg, is cancellations are down compared to last year. there need to be more resources for air traffic control, but it is important for airlines to create enough cushion and resilience in the system very. reporter: friday is said to have set the record for the most cancellations. it will screen 2.82 million passengers nationwide. though the majority of travel this holiday will be by car, aaa says in total 50 million people will travel 50 miles or more, the highest in 18 years. a gallon of gas costs an average of $1.30 less than a year ago. one silver lining on the roads after struggles in the skies.