you have a recipe for disaster for disaster. mike: the delays and cancellations are already piling up. all signs pointing to a rough weekend. for travelers the frustration is palpable. senior correspondent casey stegall is following all of those from dallas-fort worth international airport. good morning, casey. good morning mike and dana. the folks at aaa tell us this fourth of july holiday us expected to be the second busiest since the year 2000. 20 plus years with over 48 million americans total traveling over the next couple of days where the majority by car, by air is about three and half million which is higher versus last year. only time will tell whether those holidays passengers will further bog down the airports and airlines already this morning i can tell you that more than 700 delays in more than 230 cancellations are being reported by flight aware within the united states. so cute with those long lines, weights, and frustrations. dana: like to get stressed s
tennis legend billie jean king on the game changing moment for women in sports 50 years ago. this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. president biden tonight announcing his new plan to bring down high fuel prices the president calling on a somewhat skeptical congress to suspend the federal gas tax. that s currently around 18 cents a gallon for gasoline. 24 cents for diesel. a federal gas tax holiday will provide only minimal relief from the price at the pump which has trickled down to a still staggering average of $4.95 a gallon and the president is asking states to suspend their fuel taxes, too. gas prices are up nearly $2 a gallon in the past year helping to fuel soaring inflation. with limited levers at his disposal, the president faces increasing pressure to show he s trying to do something to blunt the impact of runaway prices but at what cost chief white hous correspondent kristen welker leads us off tonight. reporter: under pressure with gas pri
meth amphetmine pills were seized in east and southeast asia last year with gangs exploiting political instability in myanamar to ramp up drug production and trafficking hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are mo hussein, a former adviser to the conservative party, and benedicte paviot, who s is the uk correspondent for france 24. tomorrow s front pages, starting with thei it says that the possibility of a leadership challenge against the pm inches closer, as more tory mps call for borisjohnson to resign orface a confidence vote. in the telegraph police forces are routinely failing to answer 999 calls within target times in the wake of the pandemic, leaving nearly 3 million people a year waiting longer than the national target of 10 seconds. the daily mail says that ministers are facing mounting pressure to cut fuel taxes further after the cost of filling a family car with diesel passed 100 pounds for the first tim