a surge of people waiting to have fun. welcome. i m neil cavuto. this is your world. they call this the unofficial start of summer. for a lot of americans, it could not come a moment too soon even though it s technically not yet officially summer. let s get the read from lydia hu right now in new jersey where the beach goers are there no matter weather. lydia? hi, neil. it s a busy travel weekend expected ahead. aaa expecting about 37 million americans to travel to some destination, possibly some coming to new jersey this weekend. many of them are being told to pack their patience because the ongoing worker shortage is expected to impact the travel experience this weekend with longer lines at the hotels waiting to get your rooms, longer lines at the restaurants for a table, possibly shortage on rental cars. might not be any available left in week fend you haven t booked one already. we talked to restaurant owners. they say they feel the strain of this worker shortage as w
what it lacked in glamour is made up for in diversity. a virtual bafta awards is hosted in london, making records for representation. breaking. hello and welcome. queen elizabeth has said the loss of her husband, the duke of edinburgh, has left a huge void in her life, according to their second son, the duke of york. prince andrew, princess anne and prince edward have been speaking about what he meant to them. remembrance services for the duke of edinburgh took place around the uk, including canterbury cathedral. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. on a day of pause and reflection, prayers for the duke were said in many church services. and after the service at the chapel of all saints in windsor great park, members of his family spoke about him. it s a great loss. i think the way i would put it is that we ve lost almost the grandfather of the nation. and i feel very sorry and supportive of my mother, who s feeling it, i think, probably more than everybody e
quickly and boldly, we can finally get ahead of this virus, we can finally get our economy moving again, and the people of this country have suffered far too much for too long. we need to relieve that suffering. the american rescue plan does just that. it relieves the suffering. it s time to act. i thank you all for being here. appreciate it. short and sweet right there from president biden talking about what is a step in the right direction in his view, a first step with the house approving his $1.9 trillion relief package. but it has its way now in the senate and if the senate were to pass it, then the president can consider this his first legislative victory, but a long way to go, particularly on what will remain included and what will not. right now we know for sure at least $1,400 checks to americans making less than $75,000 annually was approved in this package. we ve got a host of reporters to help us break down what is in this relief plan as it stands, and what are
now the big question is why. the storm of course. texas, cold snap, not a good mix. why weren t they ready? why didn t they know when this power grid will be fixed? why didn t they fix it before? they knew before. i ll show you. the most vexing question though is why did their governor decide to blame it on democrats? some of the coldest weather in decades knocked off the power grid prompting rolling blackouts. most of the state will have below freezing temperatures until at least saturday. you see, icicles on ceiling fans, no heat, no running water, no flushing toilets. pipes of course are freezing. families have been sleeping in cars, running cars in their garages. carbon monoxide, big risk. okay? others like our first guest are burning what they own in their homes because they ve run out of firewood. food stores closed or extremely low. people can t get prescriptions. people can t get covid vaccines. with all this trouble again why is governor greg abbott creating more? li
they have no timeline for when the lights will come back on for many of them. now the big question is why. the storm of course. texas, cold snap, not a good mix. why weren t they ready? why didn t they know when this power grid will be fixed? why didn t they fix it before? they knew before. i ll show you. the most vexing question though is why did their governor decide to blame it on democrats? some of the coldest weather in decades knocked off the power grid prompting rolling blackouts. most of the state will have below freezing temperatures until at least saturday. you see, icicles on ceiling fans, no heat, no running water, no flushing toilets. pipes of course are freezing. families have been sleeping in cars, running cars in their garages. carbon monoxide, big risk. okay? others like our first guest are burning what they own in their homes because they ve run out of firewood. food stores closed or extremely low. people can t get prescriptions. people can t get covid vacci