events in our lives and our economy depends on these airlines doing a good job. when you board a flight, whether you are up before dawn, coffee in hand, ready to go to a conference or up past everyone s bedtime wrangling toddlers like we were the other night you count on that airline to provide the service that you paid for. we re here today to share the latest steps that we are taking to ensure that airlines do just that. it s important to note here that just over two years ago when president biden took office in the depths of the pandemic the biggest concern around our nation s airlines was whether they would stay in business at all, and if they did, how many years or even decades it would take for them to recover. but president biden acted to restore this economy swiftly and demand came back faster than most forecasters thought was even possible. we know some u.s. airlines have struggled to meet that demand. now, weather remains the top cause of airline delays, but staffin
flights are delayed or canceled. new rules could give vouchers for meals, hotels, and new flights if they are slowed down in getting to their destination. sandra: after months of issues at airports all over the country, biden administration says it will make airlines think twice before they scrap a flight. but will it do anything to fix the problems the airlines say cause the problems in the first place? john: oh, don t you just love to fly. john roberts in washington. strap in, sandra, here we go. sandra: i can guarantee everybody listening has their own personal horror stories of travelling recently. welcome, i m sandra smith in new york. big money show panel is here, jackie deangelis and brian brenberg will react to what we hear from the president a short time from now. john: first fox news alert, all hands on deck in the lone star state. 545 texas national guard troops deployed to hot spots across the southern border. sandra: video shows the first group of troop
florida by midweek or so. so we ll be talking about this for a couple of days, early part of next week especially. so this starting small, 35 mile per hours, gusts to 45, moving west-northwest at 15. we already have tropical storm watches, hurricane watches in effect. the water is very warm in the caribbean as well as the gulf of mexico, so this is going to provide the storm with a ripe environment to thrive. we are going to see this storm intensify rapidly once it gets into the gulf of mexico, and that s the huge concern. this could be a category one storm as it crosses over cuba and a category 2, possibly three, and maybe even higher as we get closer to florida. forecasting right now with 115 mile per hour winds by wednesday afternoon. and i wouldn t be surprised if those winds go even higher. a lot of the forecast models agree on this forecast as well. and hurricane fiona and expected to be the largest storm to hit the nova scotia area in almost 350 years. when is that s
before making landfall somewhere along that western coast of florida by midweek or so. so we ll be talking about this for a couple of days, early part of next week especially. so this starting small, 35 mile per hours, gusts to 45, moving west-northwest at 15. we already have tropical storm watches, hurricane watches in effect. the water is very warm in the caribbean as well as the gulf of mexico, so this is going to provide the storm with a ripe environment to thrive. we are going to see this storm intensify rapidly once it gets into the gulf of mexico, and that s the huge concern. this could be a category one storm as it crosses over cuba and a category 2, possibly three, and maybe even higher as we get closer to florida. but the national hurricane center is forecasting right now with 115 mile per hour winds by wednesday afternoon. and i wouldn t be surprised if those models go even higher. a lot of the forecast models agree on this forecast as well. and hurricane fiona a