>> and we are off. nearly 44 million americans expected to fly away or drive away for that long holiday weekend. beaches resorts set to philip for the unofficial start of summer but it comes at a price. americans paying more for gassing up and firing up this memorial day weekend a mere keeping track of all of it. we have great he tremble on the mashed ash and dana marie on the mcnichol on the hit to your wallet. welcome everyone. i am charles in for neil cavuto and this is a special edition of your world. grady trumbull and reagan national on a new survey on which airport you might just want to avoid. grady. >> we'll get to that in a second and i have a bone to pick with whoever made the survey because i disagree with them. but aaa says this memorial day weekend will be the busiest at airports since 2005. more than 3 and a half million americans expected to get on a plane. if you look at these numbers max plane why. the travel booking app popper says airfare for memorial day weekend averaged $260 for a round-trip. that's pretty expensive but it's down about 10% from last year. what's interesting though is when we talk to flyers a lot of them are not noticing lower prices. >> i would say it's definitely more expensive especially the closer you got to the weekend. like up i bought my ticket probably maybe a month or 2 ago and i recently bought a second ticket and then it was a most double the price. >> it is so pricey. it hasn't gone down significantly. >> we would truly like to see them come down. >> but high prices are not deterring flyers and neither are the problems at boeing. today the playmaker put out its third annual safety report. it says in the first 2 months of this year right after the door plug blowout submissions from employees raising concerns about safety and quality increased sixfold, 500% compared with the same period last year. and on a lighter note the list the most stressful airports in the country based on the number of flights and travellers and the cost for parking 2 airports each in florida california and texas made the list. chicago o'hare at the very top of the list and that's where i have a right because i've flown into and out of that airport a whole lot and the most stressful for me is orlando because you have so many families and kids everywhere because of the theme parks there and it stresses me out but maybe that's just me. >> for me though it's atlanta and chicago because the track, i had a backpack on this weekend in atlanta and felt like i walked up a mountain so i guess we have different ways of figuring it all out. but we are all hitting the road. thanks a lot appreciated. americans are hitting the road and they are paying a bit more to philip as they were at this time last year. fox dana marie mcnichol in miami with more on that. >> as you mentioned today marked the official start to summer and aaa says they have not seen numbers like this for memorial day travel in 20 years. and people are going to feel it at the pump this year. the nation's average price at gas sitting at $3.60 per gallon. this is six cents more expensive than last year's average at this time. and our friends in california road tripping should expect an average of $5.13 per gallon today. >> big news this year is we expect road trips will set an all-time record. with more than 90% of americans travelling by car or just about 38 million americans travelling. >> the latest fox news survey found 84% of voters so gas prices are a problem for their family. that includes nearly half who say paying at the pump is a major problem. not driving still seems like the more economical option for those catching flights. aaa says the average price for round-trip domestic flights are up 2% this year. and i have a couple of facts about a barbecue that's going to cost you more this year. the reason why ground beef is up 15% this year. hot dogs are the same so that's good news but your toppings for your hot dogs like relish, that's up 50%. that's all according to data assembly.com so it sounds like with gas prices in the food we can catch a break for memorial day weekend. >> we can't but at least it's a weekend. thank you very much. of course there's this, a monster tornado sitting on the ground in the southwest oklahoma yesterday for nearly an hour and more severe weather could actually be on the way. let's go to meteorologist rick within the fox weather centre on just how bad things could get this holiday weekend. >> it's in the worst 6 weeks we've had in at least about 12 years for tornadoes. so many of them. this is the last 24 hours and i could have put this map up at any point of the last month and a half and it would have looked like this. especially across parts of the planes. we have more severe weather today ask of your thunderstorm watch in effect for parts of missouri illinois a little bit of iowa, not as much for threat of tornadoes today. all that said take a look at this. right there we've got a tornado warning to the south of fargo and look at the snow across parts of north dakota. here weegar going into the unofficial start of summer was snow across parts of north dakota. more severe weather coming across parts of texas. this will blossom over the next couple of hours. here's our severe threat today. take a look at tomorrow and sunday. over the weekend i'm really worried about the saturday 1 received the darker colour deck the pink colour we have a very significant chance for tornadoes, some potentially very strong and long-lasting tornadoes can a a cure tornado alley parts of oklahoma in towards kansas. you want to watch it very carefully. a real quick look ahead towards monday. much of the west coast looking good. may be a washout across parts of the mid-atlantic towards northeast and big storms all of that storm action seeing the plains by the time get towards monday towards northeast and things are not looking good at the beaches or the pools on monday memorial day. >> thank you very much. so if you are travelling this weekend better pack plenty of patience. we've already seen 6,000 flight delays yesterday and more than 4,000 so far today. with me now travel expert lee so what is your advice to flyers with these delays? >> be patient to pack your patience pants because there's not much you can do. if you're travelling today friday or monday you'll be delayed. there's been to be hassles. just going with the mindset that it's gone to happen and then you can just kind of handle it from there and again it's the busiest weekend and 20 years to just have to roll with the punches. >> it feels like the airports outside if you have 1 of the special bills with an airline or maybe a credit card you can go and chill out 1 of these special spots, they've done little to nothing to accommodate for that. so i was on a flight earlier this week delayed 3 hours and there is no place for me to sit to get comfortable. i did find a beanbag. i don't know how the hell are being they got in the airport and i sat on that it leaned against the wall for a while. >> i can't tell you how much joy i would get to walk through and importance you sitting on a beanbag. >> you get joy trying to watch me get off that beanbag. that was the real fun. >> if you want to get in the lounges you have to either be a member or pay and have the right credit card. you know how it goes. the lounges are packed. sometimes it's more comfortable to sit outside in the terminal or zia do i just kind of walk back and forth and get my steps and while i'm waiting because it seems to be a little bit more productive to do that then sit there and be angry. >> at the gun 1 hand we certainly celebrate the return of travel in general. initially was like you only live once can't put it feels like there's a seat to change. something has gone on with the american psyche. we really are travelling a lot more as a group. >> there's no question and there's a variety of factors at play. i think social media has done wonders for travel because people are seeing places they probably wouldn't have seen, 5 can actually 10, 15 years ago and also the dollar is very strong. you look across the world we are just a little bit below par with the euro and we have an all-time high against the japanese yen cast you go anywhere in europe this summer you'll see a ton of americans and it's cheaper than it has been in most of the last 20 years and in japan it's as cheap as it ever has been in my lifetime. so it's a good time to have dollars. >> the ceo of trivago is quoted as saying more and more people are choosing three-star hotels over five-star ones, and they are also staying closer to home. are you seeing this trend and is obviously about economics or is there more to it? >> advocates mostly about economics because if you're looking at a five-star hotel which pre-covid would have been about $500.90 looking at a thousand $1,500 where three-star hotels are still around $200 a night so just makes a lot more sense to save money and wherever you're going you're probably not going there for the hotel anyway unless you're just going to resort but if you're going to pretty much any city or whatever you can just be in a hotel and do whatever you do and not worry about it and save the money in the same thing goes with staying closer to home because of people drive obviously the price of airfare is highs it's been in years and so you're saving that money especially if you have a family. it makes sense to drive even if you have to deal with traffic. >> so i'm learning the world changed and amenities. out of room service. fewer people are asking for room service but when getting your towels watched become a big deal? >> it's ridiculous. >> you might have put in a written request if you want us to wash these towels. >> it's crazy some of the things that go on and hotels or actually don't go on kind of like that or the making your bed cleaning your room and it's funny. they're like if you have a towel on the rack we won't wash a but if you leave it on the floor will wash. you're like okay do i have to think about this. everything is going crazy. everyone's trying to save a couple bucks. under the guise of saving the environment. >> you are the best. appreciate it. thank you. have a great weekend. >> tensions flying higher at the border as smugglers target agents with flying rocks and bottles. so it's fuelling these brazen attacks? we have the live report coming up. but first to that donald trump rally in the bronx that had thousands turning out. will have the blue state numbers turning up? - the industry's largest capacity, fastest all-in-one washer and dryer. shop lowe's now for memorial day deals. when we say it'll be on time, they expect it to be on time. turn shipping to your advantage. keep those expectations with reliable ground shipping. thanks brandon. with usps ground advantage®. ♪ (bell ringing) someone needs to customize and save hundreds with liberty mutual! 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let's get to read from democrat strategist kelly hyman, gop strategist justin and let me start with you. what you think about this recently by former president trump going after these voters in deep blue states? >> i think it spells big trouble for joe biden. traditionally african-american voters and hispanic voters formed the core of the base of the democratic party. we are 5 months away from election day and if donald trump the presumptive republican armoury dominey is reaching into joe biden space that's not a good sign for the biden campaign. that will force joe biden to defend his base when he should be targeting swing voters and independent voters. bad news for the joe biden campaign. >> the last election cycle i can distantly remember going on a radio show and sing if you didn't vote for him you weren't black. and they continue to take black american votes for granted? >> let's look at the facts. african-americans under trump administration were just portion and we left out of the tax cuts. african american households received only 5% of the benefit from trump's tax law despite making up 13% over the households. so it's important to look at the facts and let's look at the judiciary. when trump was in office the judges oversee cases. they oversee the law of the land when trump was a president of the united states nearly 90% of his nominees judge appointed were white. nearly 80% of them were white. >> of all the jobs you just mentioned let's call it a thousand jobs in total, we were talking about overall i just looked at the federal reserve website, black weekly income for black people is down since biden has been in office. that's black people on a weekly basis with inflation at a 40 year high up. do you think you'll sway a young black man 22 years old that hey there was judicial appointments a few more underbite and then trump give myhrvold again? >> let's talk of the fact, an employment. let's talk about what biden has done for the african-americans. let's not forget what trump has done. remember what trump said about the african nations calling them asked nations about he said about that. >> there's some things biden said about black people. we could go on and on all day long with the urban jungle some of the really ugly vicious things that also talk about the laws he put into place that put millions of young black men in prison. let's bring it forward though. we can do the history stuff later. let's talk at this very, very moment. it's pretty obvious at least according to all the polls that the needle is moving. whether it moves enough to flip a steak night new york may be inconsequential that we know the election has been won by handful of votes the last few cycles. >> charles look. if you look at the polls donald trump is getting 4-5 times the amount of support amongst african-american voters than he did in 2016 when he beat hillary clinton. if you look at the state of nevada recently the new york times poll showed donald trump beating joe biden amongst hispanic voters in the state of nevada by 9 points so joe biden's campaign is bleeding support from these traditional democratic constituencies and a matter how many judges and other issues the democrats want to raise the african-american community and hispanic community don't seem to be dying according to these polls spent yesterday president trump former president trump not mentioning nikki haley in his neck city speech but he told a local reporter he quote appreciated what she said. of course referring to hailey saying she will indeed vote from is this a big deal for you are not? feels that the republican party is starting to coalesce around president trump. >> it's not a big deal. the gop has turned into the trump. she said that she's going to vote for him and we live in a country where you can choose to vote for whoever you want but she did not commit and endorse him or ask for voters to support him and i think that's key. >> advocates a big deal for nikki haley to finally come out and say she supporting donald trump. it unifies the republican party. bad news for the biden campaign. that's the last thing the biden campaign wanted to see. there hoping nikki haley would hold out because this sends a signal to her supporters if i can vote for donald trump you can vote for donald trump and the reason she gave his joe biden's presidency has been a catastrophe. that sends a strong message to unify the republican party and joe biden still has a divided republican democratic party and we'll see that at the democratic convention in august speak less than a minute. >> does this help president trump with respect to perhaps suburban housewives? >> it doesn't. we have to look at his record. etiquette julie important for suburban housewives to look at what he's done when he was president and how our economy was. so she said she was going to vote for him. she did not say he/she endorsed endorsed him and asked her voters to support him smack i've a feeling she will do all that stuff before between now and november. will see. thank you very much. have a fantastic memorial day holiday weekend. meanwhile ahead of closing argument so near trump trial tuesday his defence team suffering a setback today. we'll explain and then prepare to pony up to fire up that grow. find out which barbecue favourites are going to cost you more. plus new worries the crisis of the border is getting out of order adjustable mattress sets. let's get the rest of these plants in. organic soil from miracle-gro has grown me the best garden i have ever had. good soil, and you get good results. this soil will blow you away. it's the martha stewart of soil. >> good day on wall street. the nasdaq closing new all-time high today but the dow closing lower on the weekend then thered is s&p barely eking out. we're back in 60 seconds in studies, the majority of people reached an a1c under 7 and maintained it. i'm under 7. ozempic® lowers the risk of major cardiovascular events such as stroke, heart attack, or death in adults also with known heart disease. i'm lowering my risk. adults lost up to 14 pounds. i lost some weight. ozempic® isn't for people with type 1 diabetes. don't share needles or pens, or reuse needles. don't take ozempic® if you or your family ever had medullary thyroid cancer, or have multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome type 2, or if allergic to it. stop ozempic® and get medical help right away if you get a lump or swelling in your neck, severe stomach pain, or an allergic reaction. serious side effects may include pancreatitis. gallbladder problems may occur. tell your provider about vision problems or changes. taking ozempic® with a sulfonylurea or insulin may increase low blood sugar risk. side effects like nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea may lead to dehydration, which may worsen kidney problems. living with type 2 diabetes? ask about the power of 3 with ozempic®. >> hunter biden back in court for a hearing today as is june 3rd gun charges trial is closing in. what we finding out? fox news is in wilmington delaware with very latest. >> it appears that all engines are going to june 3rd to begin this trial with jury selection. hunter biden was here in his hometown of wilmington delaware to answer for this indictment that was filed last year by special counsel david weiss accusing hunter biden of saying no or marking no on a federal firearms form when he said he was not addicted to drugs back in 2018. now we were there when the president's' son walked out of his courthouse. the hearing lasted 2 hours. it was an opportunity for hunters legal team and special counsel to kind of hash out last-minute issues, 11th hour issues before this trial starts. today in court judge maryellen ruled special counsel cannot mention the indictment and pending tax case california or mention his child support case in arkansas or even his discharge from the navy. special counsel cannot use the phrase extravagant lifestyle but may mention some of those purchases. the judge presiding over the trial is the same judge charles last year who basically blew up and tore up hunter biden's plea deal. maryellen norey cat is no-nonsense. she ruled in favour of the prosecution that they do not need to prove that hunter biden was allegedly on drugs the day he allegedly filled out the gun form but just around the time in general. special counsel david weiss was in the room watching closely. we know he will interest parts of the infamous hunter biden laptop of it as evidence. would know which parts but we do know 51 former intelligence officials in 2020 said it was likely russian disinformation. david weiss' office says it's not. we didn't know much about what abby low hunter biden's attorney plans to present in front of the jury but he hinted today he may present the theory that hunter biden did not actually check no on the box and there may be a chain of custody issue and other people in the gun shop here in delaware may have handled a document so hunter signed his name he may have actually not checked no. special counsel max's that's bogus and plan to fight it out. this all begins june 3rd. >> thank you very much. so what is my next guest next guest cl is going? joining me now new york trial attorney rebecca rose whitman. that's amazingly gotten here, not long ago looked like this wouldn't be a case all. a laptop russian disinformation i know it looks like it's going to be front and centre as a major part of this trial. >> it seems like the judge has now today in the pretrial motions allowed. >> with got a little bit of a frozen screen. their ego. let's give it a second to see if we can work the kinks out. >> pardon me. >> charles: you are coming in and out. we will let the tech folks start it all out. the laptop wants russian disinformation front and centre in a trial that everyone's been waiting for. >> it is insanity. this whole case has gone sideways but by today the judge brought back on track. remember in 2023 the plea deal was immediately thrown out because hunter biden would not agree to broad immunity. he wanted brought immunity. today the judge answered pretrial requests and decided that laptop cell phone text messages, whatsapp messages, all of that will be admitted during this trial in june which will tell us then what was hunter biden doing at the time? was he talking to his drug dealers? was he making arrangements for drugs? all of that comes into play because the case is based on him being a drug user on or about the time he purchased this firearm. >> how much is that? there was an effort to say hey at the very moment he was filling out this form he might have been on drugs at this time therefore didn't know what he was doing. certainly wasn't something he did deliberately. i don't know the judges buying that. apparently has not. but how do you get around the issue that during that time period he certainly was, i think we all know now pretty heavy user? 's. the prosecution has got to attempt to introduce then all of this data that's on his cell phone faculties text messages, allegedly messages to a drug dealers, messages to other family members or friends where he's engaging in conversation about doing drugs, and that will be part of the prosecution's case to prove that while he was purchasing a firearm on or about that time, that's what the judge today decided. he didn't have to be on drugs at the exact moment he purchased the gun, that the prosecution has to prove honour about the time he was purchasing the firearm he was a drug user known also the judge will allow some excerpts from hunter biden's book, his memoir which talk about drug use and his life and lifestyle since 2015 when he claims he became a drug user as a result of his brother's death. >> let's switch gears to the new york trump trial. closing arguments scheduled for tuesday. what should we expect? >> i think we are going to expect fireworks from the defence. the defence is going to come out guns blazing. no case has been made. there has been yet to see a fact from the prosecution in the trump case that donald trump had erroneous business record. there's a lot of salacious information from stormy daniels. a lot of i don't know what we want to call it, testimony from michael cohen which has been refuted, his credibility has been attacked, regularly incessantly by the defence. the defence is had a very, very strong strong defence and i think in summation what they will do is bring it together and show the jury this is not a case that should have ever even been brought. there is no legal basis for this prosecution. >> i have less than 30 seconds to go. a lot of handwringing and concern about the instructions to the jury. are you concerned about that? >> as a trial attorney you always concerned about what the jury is going to hear. they're also concerned about how the judge delivers it. in this case the defence did the best they could to get there jury instructions and the instructions that are the most fair so that the jury can make a very fair decision which should be an acquittal. >> rebecca thank you very much. had a fantastic weekend. new video fuelling worry is that the border crisis is becoming even more dangerous. to bill mott striving this. >> border patrol resources here in the san diego sector stretch remarkably thin so much to the point that migrants are wandering around aimlessly on local roads. map after the break we will tell you how many different countries have been encountered here in just the last week alone. we'll be right back and the raptor cake. now, how about something to put a smile on your face? aspen dental provides complete, affordable care with dentists and labs in one place plus free exams and x-rays for new patients without insurance... and 20% off treatment plans for everyone. quality care at a price worth celebrating. it's one more way aspen dental is in your corner. you know, when i take the bike out like this, all my stresses just melt away. i hear that. this bad boy can fix anything. yep, tough day at work, nice cruise will sort you right out. when i'm riding, i'm not even thinking about my painful cavity. well, you shouldn't ignore that. and every time i get stressed about having to pay my bills, i just hop on the bike, man. oh, come on, man, you got to pay your bills. you don't have to worry about anything when you're protected by america's number-one motorcycle insurer. well, you definitely do. those things aren't related, so... ah, yee! oh, that is a vibrating pain. 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's make you look like you'd recently his get it eating spee company get that. >> i say that because charles has been a friend of mine for many years. i want to say congratulations 10 years on your show on foxbusiness news. i'm so proud of you. i can believe it. it gets better every day. >> thanks so much. i want to ask you about this recent survey by lending tree. nearly 80% of americans consider fast food a luxury. we'll look at mcdonald's big mac up 80%, taco bell, burrito up 118%. chick-fil-a deluxe sandwich up 79%. this is nuts. >> it was just a few years ago they still have the dollar meal specials. mcdonald's hamburger for a dollar. at the burger king. now it's 4 times more expensive and this is a real khaki laugh about this but lower income people can't go out to fancy restaurants. they are struggling in their idea of good healthy dinner is go to mcdonald's and get the big mac meal. they can't afford it any longer. it's not like $12, $15. some places $20. what kind of deal is that? same thing with chick-fil-a and wendy's. that's going to make it much more difficult for families social you have 4 kids or something like that. harry able to afford to take people out? it's supposed to be cheap food and it's not cheap anymore. >> you can't afford. want to squeeze this in real quick because the biden administration tapping more of our energy reserves. they say they want to fight the high price of gas. this time they hit the northeast gas reserve. our strategic petroleum reserve is in a 40 year low. this has been put aside for natural disasters hurricane season those kind of things. >> this is dangerous. we are depleting strategic petroleum reserve. he's already taken well over 150 million barrels out of that reserve. at supposed to be used for natural disasters or terrorist attack. he's using for political purposes. it is crudely political that he's doing this. by the way it's not going to affect the gas price. 1 million barrels is going to may be reduced the gas price 2 or 3%. joe biden you want to reduce the gas price for americans you know what you do? drill baby drill for the oil here at home. >> charles: steve have a fantastic weekend, my friend. thank you very much. >> you too. >> charles: tomorrow caboodle live former energy secretary rick perry on the latest effort from the white house to try to lower gas prices. that's 10:00 am eastern time. as the biden administration continues green energy push, 1 blue state is proposing an alternative to gas tax and it could have drivers seeing red that's next. ♪ ♪ >> charles: so as the biden administration continues to push electric vehicles, one blue state looking to make up lost revenue from gas taxes, but the alternative, well, could be. california is launching "road charge," a pilot program, that would tax drivers by the mile. here to discuss. scott, what do you think? >> surveillance, big brother, government keeping a closer eye on you, mr. and mrs. driver. that's what this tells me, charles. the aghast tax in california and $1.50 a gallon and going higher isn't giving the state what they want so they add this to the mix. one thing over and over again with regards to california and the nation in general, the government thinks they know best. the government thinks that there is workings and how they are going to work some of the issues they have deficitwise is how they're going to take control of us and that taxes is more as they may spend more money. this is not something i important any sense. >> charles: rebecca, it seems like someone if you will live far off and you drive to a job at walmart or a dollar general, this is punitive, this is really -- this is going to be punitive. >> yeah, it is completely punitive for folks in suburban areas and not urban areas. charles, i agree with scott and go beyond that. everything is moving to subscription-based. we are going to charge you per use, per mile. i want to challenge you to think about their privacy applications here. california obviously says this is going to be anonymized but it cannot be if you are being charged, they have to know who you are and what you are drivin. and then all of the out-of-state cars that are coming on these roads, how are they going to charge them so that it is fair? now we are looking at a national registration and license plate system, so now there is no pricing, has to be across the united states because of you driving to california they have to be able to charge you so this is every way to not go. they've got to find better ways to replace revenue, period. >> charles: maybe stop spending. [laughs] we know california will never never do that. let me switch gears here because both you guys are avid readers of quarterly earnings and you listen to these conference calls. well, the cracker barrel ceo recently made comments that have investors losing their appetite. now the restaurant stock, it sank right after the head of the chain said, "that the chain itself is just not as relevant as it used to be on the investment call. and you know, i thought ceo stood for cheap excitement officer. nobody wants it anymore. >> i think it certainly should have been wordsmith a lot better and maybe focus group tested because it clearly was not received well, and cracker barrel is experiencing what a lot of people are experiencing, red lobster, but the older generation, hasn't even returned post-pandemic. obviously they do need to get branch out to jan x, gen z, millennials, and really gear toward the older generation so hopefully -- i don't want them to change, i love shopping for christmas stuff and all the seasons, i love their down-home country cooking. we need a good, wholesome restaurant chain. please don't change. just figure out how to make it work again in 2024. >> charles: you know, they should benefit, they are all located near highways, right? people are hitting the roads. there are some natural benefits, scott, that they have, but for the ceo to be so -- it's just ridiculous. he needs more than just some simple wordsmithing, maybe needs to be shown. >> don't call this guy dishonest, cheap honest officer because i agree with him, have you been to a cracker barrel in the last 5-10 years, they look the exact same, by the way. the woman being honest, how about that, that is exactly the problem here, she is being honest about the situation which has not reinvented itself in the last 20 years. i would rather go to restaurants which are no bankrupt because it is not even good food. >> scott, don't you think we need a restaurant with good wholesome values in this decrepit moral decay of a country that we are living in right now? we need cracker barrel! what are you talking about? >> that's all i wanted my fast food, rebecca, but you have to make people walk in there. we just showed a clip come i'm not walking in there as even a dead man. >> charles: maybe a little bit of a refresher but i do agree with rebecca, it's a nice warm place and you can get some down-home food, maybe freshen up the look a little bit. >> say different. see you guys be its bureau scott and rebecca come have a great weekend. catch me 2:00 p.m. eastern fox business, making money that is what we try to do. before you start to enjoy this amazing weekend, you've got to hang around for the amazing "the five" which starts right now. ♪ ♪