appreciate the opportunity that country blessed us with. american pride is on the decline. 39% of adults took extreme pride in our country, down from three years ago. pride in our nation has been on the decline for 20 years and an interesting distinction, gallup found 60% of republicans were proud and 29% of democrats did. wall street journal released american pride poll of their own earlier this year with just 38% of americans saying patriotism is important to them. at 1998, the figure was 70%. pride is not the only tradition heading out the poll, 39% of americans think religion is very important, down from 62% in 1998. stunning new fox news poll shows majority of americans believe the country s best days are behind us. gallup poll found 70% of americans have no confidence in national government. start there. joe concha to the midstel in the hot seat. what do you think? joe: one other part about this poll that stands out to me. what is the best country live in the world?
from sexual predators on social media. big tech titans set to testify before the senate judiciary committee. lawmakers will hold their feet to the fire about the lurking dangers and filth allegedly on their platforms that target some of the most vulnerable victims. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom, i m dana perino. bill: hot first hour. more coming now right now. i m bill hemmer, good morning. a who s who of silicon valley. some of the biggest ceos face questions how they are safeguarding your kids that are threats only a click away. it could get contentious. grieving families who lost loved ones say words are no longer enough. i don t know how long we have to keep bringing the same message to the same people. these platforms are responsible for the unsafe product that they have in everyone s hands. and i want action. i want action on the part of the social media empire to use their billions to protect kids. bill: ceos are at the table live from the hill. g
sandra smith. some are forced to drive to their destination instead. with 43 million americans expected to travel throughout the week, are the roads ready. bryan: jeff flock is heading down the pennsylvania turnpike as we speak. jeff, what are you seeing out there? you know, i don t think i ve ever seen a holiday travel day that s been any calmer and better than this. take a look at the pennsylvania turnpike. we are just approaching valley forge, which is appropriate, general washington spent some time there in 1777, but it s clear out here now, despite the fact that we are facing, we think, according to the aaa, at least, record travel both by car and by air. take a look at the numbers. 50 million people, they say, aaa. bigger than at any time pre-pandemic. 43 million of those as you point out by car. and you know, the numbers really seem to bear that out. if you look at the tsa checkpoint numbers, they came out this morning from the department of transportation. they sa
gigot. president biden slam ared the supreme court s decision ore jekyll9 the use of race when considering an applicant for higher education. ruling will force colleges and universities to find other ways of earn answering diverse i the among their student populations. chief justice john roberts wrote the the majority opinion. both harvard and the university of north carolina argued those policies were endorsed for decades with the high court with one goal, to promote the robusts, intellectually-diverse campus. but a group of asian-american students challenged that saying it held them to a higher standard than other groups of applicants. ruling could have major implications not only for higher education, but for industry ises that use race as a way the boost diversity. joining the panel, columnists khan henning good morning america kim strassel and bill mcgurn. dan henninger. bill, i don t know how many columns you ve one about this case, but it s been a lot, and your shi
serve. we have to acknowledge that police play a role in reducing crime, and without the trust of the majority of the people that serve under her is not possible. so those relationships have to be manneded, we have to be on public trust. jonathan: and chief davis thanked city leaders for allowing her to continue serving the community and pledged continued progress moving forward. sandra. sandra: jonathan, thank you. we found, you know, some loose bolts on many of our max 9s. many. it makes you mad we are finding issues like that on brand-new airplanes. boeing is better than this, and flight 1282 should never have happened. john: ceo of alaska airlines sounding off ar finding more loose jets on boeing jets. a litany of problems plaguing boeing and a door panel blew off mid flight. sandra: nuts and bolts and doors falling off planes, not good. i m sandra smith in new york. boeing s ceo dave calhoun is facing tough questions now on capitol hill where lawmakers ar