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
chicago hit with severe flash flooding stunning drivers stunned by the sudden rushing water. nascar fans faced downpours for the city s first street race delayed by 90 minutes due to the weather and it was shortened by 25 laps. still exciting though, a lot of fun to watch and today on the west coast residents are warned to brace for extreme heat with temperatures in some areas expected to soar, get this, over 115 agrees so we check in with meteorologist adam klotz for our fox weather forecast. adam. very active weather across the country continuing to see at least some of that here early this morning and it will linger the next couple of days. all those thunderstorms have been largely on the eastern half of the country. this is a 12 hour radar loop and you see the explosion of thunderstorms every single afternoon and evening. expect to see something similar again today. early this morning you see those storms die down they pick up in the afternoon and evening hours but
and religious freedom, calling the court not equitable and impartial, and labelling some of the justices unqualified. here is the union s president last week. extremist out of touch court has now failed our families, failed our students, and honestly, they have failed at upholding american values. gillian: princeton university political scientist lauren wright. happy 4th to you, lauren. thanks for taking time with us. hey, happy 4th. gillian: thank you. so, the president undertook a pretty bold plan by democrat standards, pretty devious plan, according to republicans. the billion dollar question now is who is going to take the blame for the fallout that has ensued. do you think that president biden is going to carry this burden or do you think american students are going to hold the conservative supreme court justices responsible? you know, i have to say, gillian, i m not surprised by a lot of things in american politics these days but biden s student loan plan an
shots were fired around 12:30 a.m. rachel: it s unclear what started the shooting not. arrests have been made. we re going to be following this story that s developing as we speak, and we ll share the updates with you as we get them. will: and to another alert, protests continue in france for a fifth straight night after the shooting by police of a teenager last week. hundreds gather in the parisian suburbs. resulted in protests in some places and obvious riot and destruction in others. more than 700 arrests were made by early this morning according to french officials, and officers lining paris champs el say. joey: the reason why will read that. the violence reaching the home of a french mayor who says rioters rammed a flaming car into his home injuring his wife and one of his small children. he tweeted: my home was attacked and my family was the victim of an assassination attempt. wow. rachel: french president emmanuel macron even pulling out of a state visit to germany du
against president biden s student loan bailout plan on friday but its allies are vowing that the fight is not over. rachel: that s right. defiant democrats are also face something tough questions. after the supreme court quoted nancy pelosi s own words in their decision. joey: our very own martin meredith is live at the white house and he s got more on this story. martin. reporter: joey, rachel and steve good morning to all three of you. president biden said he s disappointed in last week s supreme court ruling which nullified his efforts to cancel some student loan debt but the administration says it s working on a plan b. it s really important, first of all, borrowers hear loud and clearly we re not stopping the fight that we recognize how important this is. within hours of the supreme court decision, which we totally disagree with, i think is wrong, we announced that we are moving forward with another pathway to debt relief. reporter: that other pathway includes