good morning and welcome to your new day. i m kristin fisher. good morning, kristin. i m boris sanchez. the city of akron, ohio, is on edge, because later today police are going to release body cam footage showing the shooting death of jayland walker after his encounter with officers. we re going to show you what we know about the case, and we re going to hear from someone close to the family. and air travel is surging to prepandemic levels this weekend, but with that comes headaches for airlines and passengers. where we could see travel issues today and what airlines are doing to stave off future pilot shortages. plus, some democratic attorney general candidates in crucial battleground states say they will not enforce abortion bans if they re elected to office this november. we re going to be joined live by one of them. and fourth of july fizzle? why the skies over some cities will remain dark this independence day. it is sunday, july 3rd. thank you for waking up
City police officers seized illegal firearms, pounds of marijuana and thousands of dollars in cash in four separate traffic stops on Tuesday, Feb. 13, according to a news release.
Good morning and welcome to your new day. i m kristin fisher. good morning, kristin. i m boris sanchez. the city of akron, ohio, is on edge, because later today police are going to release body cam footage showing the shooting death of jayland walker after his encounter with officers. we re going to show you what we know about the case, and we re going to hear from someone close to the family. and air travel is surging to prepandemic levels this weekend, but with that comes headaches for airlines and passengers. where we could see travel issues today and what airlines are doing to stave off future pilot shortages. plus, some democratic attorney general candidates in crucial battleground states say they will not enforce abortion bans if they re elected to office this november. we re going to be joined live by one of them. and fourth of july fizzle?
Officials here have taken actions to guarantee the safety of many downtown. even staged equipment throughout the city to potentially close off some vehicle traffic here. as for fourth of july festivities, one festival in particular, actually canceled by city officials, akron s mayor saying it is not the right time to have a city-led celebration. i heard over the weekend from many people taking to the streets who would certainly agree. polo sandoval, cnn, akron, ohio. thank you so much for that report. let s discuss this incident and the investigation with judy hill, she s the president of the akron naacp, she s been in contact with the walker family as well. judy, we re gratfueful to have u this morning. i m wondering how his family is doing and what they shared with you. good morning. i am in contact with the family, but the family has a spokesperson that they work directly with, and that individual would know better
Understand. but tearing up our city will distract from the message. it will distract from the fact that a young man lost his life to 60 bullets. one person. 60 bullets. i would hope and ask for that kind of discernment from the community, and from others that are watching the situation. i hope it is not just another sound bite. i pray that we can all come together to create real change in the city of akron. judy, i did want to just ask you, you mentioned 60 bullets. was that from a medical examiner. where exactly are you getting that detail? those are the reports that we re hearing. until the video actually is released to the public, we won t know for sure, but i don t even think the video will capture how many. i think it will capture the scene. and when you look at from my