first on this tuesday morning. i m currently tmorning.this situation looks like it s going to get much worse. opec set to meet to determine whether or not to buy $2 million of barrels per day per that s going to make inflation worse and drive prices up and would be a huge slap in the face to president biden who s been begging saudi arabia at increased output. voters, you really care about this but take a look at this recent fox news poll. 59% of voters say they are extremely concerned about inflation and higher prices. look, opec literally and figuratively has us over a barrel when no pun intended. and it s all because we had the ability to control the oil and gas production but we literally gave it away day one of the biden presidency. we are forwarding our own production. our strategic petroleum reserves are diminished to a point where we can t rely on it anymore giving them even more leverage from the point where we gave away our pipelines and shut down keystone. opec is
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
described, has been criticized as a threat to democracy these folks are being convinced that america isn t a democracy in the first place. and if it s not a democracy in the first place, then trump is no threat. that s what we re seeing being pushed back to you pope is making history this morning with the first ever papal visit to the g7 summit but his main concern, my bit of a surprise to you worlds colliding with the pope president s and artificial well intelligence on the global stage also, demolitions starts this hour on the site of one of the worst school shootings in american history, nearly six years here s after 17 students and stoppers lost their lives at marjory stoneman douglas high school, that it s in parkland, florida. crews will start finally tearing down that building and the lead singer of the four tops says he had to prove his identity with a video from the grammys in order to get care at a michigan hospital. why he says he felt close to death i m sorry.
Day, we are talking you through the winners and losers is that rory with make up on . Cutting out the middle man. Well talk to the boss of a tech company hoping to Revolution Ise well talk to the boss of a tech company hoping to revolutionise the way we transfer money abroad. And keeping with all things tech we want to hear from you. What are the gadgets that you cant live without and have changed your life . Let us know use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Welcome to the programme. Iam i am predicting that for many of you you will be saying it is your smartphone but for me, it is my kettle, i cannot live without it we start in las vegas where thousands of Technology Executives are gathering for the annual Consumer Electronics show which opens today. Its the most important event of the year for the Tech Industry a chance for companies to show off the gadgets they hope we will soon be buying. Its a huge business and an increasingly tough one. According to the Consumer Technology association whic