a lot of swing and moderate voters. and in my view, you know, joe biden won an election. i think they re misreading his mandate. his mandate wasn t to go big. his mandate was to stabilize the government to bring some normalcy back to it, deal with the covid crisis and i just don t see how this bill is going to help them win those seats back. i mean, if you re a moderate democrat in the house or in the senate, this is not something you want to this is too darn big. they know it. and it will have real electoral consequences. doctor, i want you to respond to that. first of all we re talking about two bills here, charlie. it gets confusing, because you say infrastructure but there s two bills, the $1 trillion plus bill, the bipartisan bill and then that $3.5 trillion bill which will be democrat only is the expectation there. doctor, respond to that. why shouldn t, you know, democrats err on the side of
hope. thank you for using your facilities to help us combat this pandemic as we head into this independence day. and, again, we kind of all missed these cheesy sports outings at the white house. and like you said, a lot of protest from various athletic teams during the trump administration over the policies, over the former president s statements and positions. so it is a nice dose of normalcy back at the white house. and joe biden telling stories and stopping himself, and stopping himself from telling stories and then starting it again. it s also a dose of normalcy. yes, it was a dose of and there s a red sox shoutout that i know stung you. no. i would just note for the historical record that mookie bets was at the white house first as a member of the red sox before he was there as a member of the world champion dodgers. best of luck to him. he s among the best. up next, the trump organization and the numbers guy are indicted. the former president falls back on a familiar
people locked up in their homes for more than a year and we are seeing people want to get out and travel where people were able to save a lot of money because they weren t traveling to work last year. so they are going to places and staying longer and doing more things and spending more money. reporter: more of that money may be going to air fare with he estimating tickets increased 19% in april compared to last year. if you re driving to your destination? y it may not have been that much cheaper. the average cost of last is at a seven-year high at almost $3 a gallon. whatever the price to fly or drive americans seem to be happy to pay it if it means getting back to normal. i did not travel for the last year, so i m grateful to be able to travel this year. good to just get some normalcy back, do you know what i mean? people get to traveling. i know people being crazy being inside. reporter: it may be a return to pre-pandemic normal for some
to last year. if you re driving to your destination, it may not have been that much cheaper. the average cost of a gallon of gas is hovering $3 a gallon. whatever the price to fly or drive, americans seem to be happy to pay it if it means getting back to normal. i did not travel for the last year so i m grateful to be traveling this year. it s good to get some normalcy back, you know what i mean? people get to travel. i know people is going crazy being inside. reporter: it may be a return to a prepandemic norm for many americans, but it will be a test with more than half of the nation unvaccinated. health officials looking to see if we avoid a post covid-19 surge. at new york s laguardia, quick reminder with more statistics pitting a clear picture of what travelers r in for. tsa report, 1.9 million
been that much cheaper. the average cost of gas is hovering at $3 a gallon, a seven-year high. friday they said that s not unusual given increased demand. whatever the price to fly or drive, americans seem to be happy to pay it if it means getting back to normal. i did not travel for the last year so i m grateful to be traveling this year. it s good to just kind of get some normalcy back. you know what i mean? people get traveling. people going crazy inside. it may be a return to a prepandemic norm for many americans, but it will be a big test with more than half of the nation still unvaccinated. trying to see if they ll avoid a post holiday surge. and quick but very important reminder christi just mentioned a little while ago. if you are going to be using some of the nation s airports, for example, at least traveling by air, federal law still requires you continue to wear a