out of control ahead of the july 4th weekend. rich, great to be with you. wonderful to be with you, i m in for john roberts, rich edson. millions are expected to travel for the holiday. aaa predicts 3.5 million will fly, but staffing shortage, pricey fares, and some pilots threatening to strike causing turbulence for the friendly skies. gillian: thousands are being canceled, delayed, experts are fearing an influx of new holiday travelers starting today is set to make matters even worse. listen. all of it is coming to a head, we are seeing the cancellations. we just need more people to work in the industry both as air traffic controllers, pilots, you know, flight attendants, all of that. all in short supply and they can only staff so many planes. gillian: casey stegall is tracking the travel nightmare from dallas-fort worth international. hi, good to see you. a little turned around, i should be wearing my winter coat, usually when we are standing at the airport doing
that prompted the white house to go into a spin overdrive like this. you would be amazed if they would declare this period to be a recession, even if two quarters of negative growth. we have a strong labor market and we are creating one of those jobs that is not a recession. i think probably. there is so much out of our control to read what inflation is being a global problem. brian: in fact, the gas prices coming down in the summer is extraordinarily rare. that is not something we see very often pure they follow every single day since started. that is progress but not enough and we need to keep working on this. we begin with gillian turner reporting live from the white house, good morning. good morning to you julie and bill. we did not see him at all over the weekend and we will not see him in person before wednesday. his position wrote in the letter, this just in and we will hear direct from the white house the covid coordinator this afternoon and we will get some
because of good environmental measures, the waters off new england and new york are healthier and a better environment and more creatures which means more sharks. we ve seen an increase in prey species that sharks feed on. harbor seals and gray seals. 100 years ago they were extricated and didn t live here. these populations are booming so are the shark populations. also the waters are warming up a little bit around where we live, which means species are migrating north. the biggest reason for more sharks here and great white sharks is because of an increase in prey. julie: that one right there was in long island. if i saw that on my beach i would say that makes me want to go to my dentist. julie: it makes me want to get in my swimming pool. jeff core win.
local hospital. it happened that nassau county. we ve increased the patrols. you can see, we have a helicopter in the air right now. we re patrolling the area. we have drones that we re going to use as well. further north, researchers with the atlantic white shark conservancy warn that from now until fall sharks will be a concern in the massachusetts coast. the areas has a high number of seals which the sharks feed on. on tuesday, near the tip of the cape, a beach was closed for about an hour following the sighting of a great white. the florida museum of natural history, which tracks shark attacks, says worldwide last year, there were 73 incidents. nine of which were fatal. the researchers say chances of being killed by a shark are one in 3.7 million. you re more likely to be fatally struck by lightning. gillian? no sharks here in the studio,
that. already this month, we ve seen this shark possibly a great white, lurking right next to a fishing boat right there. this 14-foot great white was tagged there a few years ago and was just detected near virginia s coast on sunday. cape cod first responders now training for shark attacks, and posting these signs warning beachgoers. experts say the growing seal population, what the sharks feed on, is to blame. the probability of a shark attack is extremely low. but it doesn t mean you don t use common sense when you re going into the ocean. reporter: they re hoping to avoid scenes like this. people screaming to get out of the water at this alabama beach two weeks ago, spotting sharks in the shallow water. and tom, experts say there are a few things you can do to avoid sharks on the beach. swim on sunny, clear days, but not at dawn or dusk. that s when sharks feed. tom? a good time to stay out of the water. all right, gio. thank you. when we come back, the new fireworks warn