rahel solomon in for christine romans. a stormy and hot independence eve day eve, is in store for millions of people across the country. severe storms are expected to spread from mississippi to massachusetts, with wind gusts, hail and tornadoes possible in some areas. the streets of chicago flooded on sunday after record rainfall. meantime, more than 30 million people across the west coast, mid-atlantic and the carolinas will be under heat alerts today. and the severe weather could also mean another frustrating day at airports. nearly 7500 flights were delayed, more than 600 were cancelled across the u.s. on sunday. and since saturday, there have been almost 1,000 cancellations. so, a lot to get to, let s bring in right now, cnn meteorologist allison chinchar. allison, good morning. what areas are you watching specifically? good morning, rahel. two separate areas of western. the first one kind of slides up and down most of the east coast and a secondary position for the mid
of republican presidents and even obama several years before him, so a push for more government intervention in the economy, more government funding to go to things like manufacturing, education and health care, and that stands in sharp contrast between what obama and trumpeted before him, where they were kind of pushing through really big tax cuts. i think in terms of how we are doing economically, we are leading the g7 in terms of our post pandemic recovery, and a strong economy is the syllabus in decatur for how an election will come out, with an incoming president, so because there is a strong economy, it looks, looking at past elections, it looks, looking at past elections, it seems likely that biden will win the election if we are going on the past elections, but i m not sure that sincerely translated into popularity in the polls. you mention 49%. that is on the higher end. he has also been hovering in the low 405, in terms of approval rating, and he should just be doin
mounia, who waved to the crowds from an open top truck. his killing during a traffic stop provoked rioting across france. this was the scene in paris last night. rioters clashed with police as cars were overturned and set alight. this video captured the police officer pointing his gun at the 17 year old driver, before pulling the trigger at point blank range. he died shortly afterwards. the authorities are deploying 40,000 police officers across the country tonight. today, president emmanuel macron convened a crisis meeting with senior ministers. he s described the violence as unjustifiable . translation: the last few hours have been marred by violence against schools, town halls, and therefore against all institutions under the republic. and this is absolutely unjustifiable. and i want to thank all those who work to protect these institutions and restore calm. for me, the next few hours must be a time for recollection and respect. one of the people who attended the marc
who refuses to sell to gay marriage come in a blow to lgbtq rights. here are tonight s headlines. a restriction to the power of the biden administration as the president condemns today s ruling. i think the court misinterpreted the constitution. today s decision has closed one path. now we are going to pursue another. a new record for the july 4th holiday. aaa is predicting that nearly 51 million of us in this country will be on the move. tsa and airline safety expect next week. storms will continue into our holiday weekend. john: actors poised to strike. the current contract for the screen actors guild nears expiration, while the writers guild it s day 60 of their strike. we are here is actors today, standing in solidarity with writers. [applause] riots erupted across france, for a third straight night, following the deadly police shooting of a 17-year-old during a traffic stop. and the oscar goes to. alan arkin, little miss sunshine.
repercussions as 2024 candidates and the white house respond to the recent major supreme court decisions. we are moving forward with another pathway to debt relief. reporter: president biden racing to find new ways to erase student loan debt, a decision that candidate donald trump praised in south carolina saturday. they ruled against it, 100% against it, amazing. reporter: another controversial decision is stoking divisions over gay rights, the high court found that a colorado christian web designer has a free speech right to refuse to create gay wedding web sites. it s a real victory for religious liberty. reporter: it comes as trump s main rival, florida governor ron desantis is under fire for his campaign s new video posted on the last day of pride month. attacking trump for his past support of the lgbtq community. the video then features a sequence showing desantis hard line drag shows, transgender policy, interspersed with images of shirtless men and photos