the friday before juneteenth, clocked in as the most popular air travel day of 2022. and all of this as inflation hits a 40-year high. let s start with the travel troubles facing so many americans right now. in los angeles international airport, already today more than 770 flights cancelled. and still, there might be more this holiday weekend. why? yeah. it s because a lot of people are flying first of all. tsa saying they screened about 2.5 million people on friday. that s the highest number they ve seen since the sunday after thanksgiving. and then the problem is that the airlines just can t keep up. of course, part of the reason why so many are flying this weekend is because it s a lock summer weekend. a lot of people have off monday for juneteenth, and of course, it also coincides with father s day. and then these airlines just not keeping up for a number of reasons. one, being weather problems. delays and cancellations. there s also staff shortages and infrastructure c
for poland was kidnapped by hamas at the nova music festival october 7. and now his mom and dad are back in washington in studio with a message for the world s leading this hour, so many americans are wondering just how safe air travel is as we keep hearing flight controls getting jammed as pilots try to land or an entire piece of a plane billowing out mid-flight. today, we re hearing from a boeing whistleblower, a former senior manager at the company you said on cnn that the manufacturing at boeing is rushed and employees are under pressure to get planes in the air. whistleblower ed pearson also slammed boeing leadership calling the ceo david calhoun greedy and invasive. pearson is so concerned he won t even fly on boeing, max planes anymore i did four a plane and i actually had to get off the plane when i found out it was a max and that s a terrible thing. they have to say to somebody that worked for boeing calhoun was supposed to address some of those concerns and his co
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unknown as pig butchering plus president biden unveils a sweeping new executive action on immigration aimed at protecting undocumented spouses and children of us citizens border state republican congressman dan crenshaw, republican of texas, is here to react leading this hour, the brutal, scorching heat wave punching the united states right now is more than half the country faces dangerously high temperatures. those high temperatures or fueling fires across the western united states made worse by driving gusty winds. federal officials say there are 29 large fires burning in the united states it s including a pair of fast-growing fires are tearing across southern new mexico right now, multiple fires also exploded across parts of california overnight, officials predict the fires could get even worse as temperatures continue to rise this week this moment thinking it d be joined by new mexico governor michelle lu khan, grisham, who just declared a state of emergency and parts of
in just a few hours cnn will forecast the first ever worldwide special juneteenth, a global celebration for freedom. juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in this country. a star studded lineup of artists will take part tonight and help viewers learn about the meaning of the new federal holiday. sheila jackson who fought to get this national holiday, this federal holiday, shared with cnn what juneteenth means for her. for me, it is a moment of great emotion. it is a moment of passion and compassion. because slavery was enormously brutal, and the discussion and information and history about slavery has not been at the center point of america s story. i thought it was extremely important to pass a federal holiday that would give america a moment to be able to reflect not just on the jubilation of freedom, but also the brutality