streak could be ending. meanwhile, the busy father s day and juneteenth holiday weekend was a nightmare for airline passengers. according to flight aware, more than 900 flights were canceled sunday across the u.s. since thursday there have been more than 4,000 flight cancellations, another 1,500 flights have already been canceled today. let s bring in cnn chief business correspondent and early start co-anchor christine romans. we were talking last week about a vibe shift and, man, does it feel like we are right there. it really does. the mighty american consumer, the backbone of the u.s. economy remains strong but how long that lasts in the face of decades high inflation, that s what experts are scouring the data for. now, gas prices have been a daily tax on families and sentiment. prices at the pump have stopped rising at least, the average price per gallon dipping below $5 to $4.98 but the busy summer travel season is about to start, that could push prices higher agai
have been straddling, doing things, so we ve been more detached from them because we ve still been in the same bubble waiting for the boys to be able to get vaccinated. reporter: dr. sanjay gupta, cnn, reporting. good morning, everyone, welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world, it is monday, june 20th. i m john berman with brianna keilar. new signs of trouble for the u.s. economy. evidence that americans are starting to pull back on things like travel and dining out at restaurants. rising prices and concerns about a souring economy appear to be taking a toll on household spending decisions while consumer spending has held strong even with inflation at historic highs, the new data suggests that the spending
compounded, dramatically by president obama s severe spending streak that he s been on since then. so, but this is what he s trying to sell and it s integral to his campaign. but if you look at the polling, kim, they show that a lot of voters still think that the troubles we re in were the fault of bush. yeah, here is the problem with those polls, so, yes, a lot of voters say they were the responsibility of bush, but the thing is, president bush isn t on the ballot list here, the problems with the polls they show more than half of america also thinks that president obama is a lot or moderately to blame for the economic crisis and that s the problem he has. okay, james, how different, how different do you think that mitt romney would be on economic policy than george bush? they share some of the president s first term advisors, hubbard, and greg mankiw from harvard. where do you think he d be
compounded, dramatically by president obama s severe spending streak that he s been on since then. so, but this is what he s trying to sell and it s integral to his campaign. but if you look at the polling, kim, they show that a lot of voters still think that the troubles we re in were the fault of bush. yeah, here is the problem with those polls, so, yes, a lot of voters say they were the responsibility of bush, but the thing is, president bush isn t on the ballot list here, the problems with the polls they show more than half of america also thinks that president obama is a lot or moderately to blame for the economic crisis and that s the problem he has. okay, james, how different, how different do you think that mitt romney would be on economic policy than george bush? they share some of the president s first term advisors, hubbard, and greg mankiw from harvard. where do you think he d be
compounded, dramatically by president obama s severe spending streak that he s been on since then. so, but this is what he s trying to sell and it s integral to his campaign. but if you look at the polling, kim, they show that a lot of voters still think that the troubles we re in were the fault of bush. yeah, here is the problem with those polls, so, yes, a lot of voters say they were the responsibility of bush, but the thing is, president bush isn t on the ballot list here, the problems with the polls they show more than half of america also thinks that president obama is a lot or moderately to blame for the economic crisis and that s the problem he has. okay, james, how different, how different do you think that mitt romney would be on economic policy than george bush? they share some of the president s first term advisors, hubbard, and greg mankiw from harvard. where do you think he d be