plus, the white house will face questions later this hour on the state of negotiations to avoid default. welcome back as america reports rolls into a second hour. i m john roberts. good to spend another 60 minutes with you. gillian: the first 60 went by quickly. first, a new story. john: get ready for a hectic start to the summer travel season. aaa is anticipating this weekend could be the busiest at airports since 2005, and that is already prompting fears of a potential catastrophic meltdown. gillian: sounds like a great summer to stay hope. forbes writing get ready for a hellish season of air travel. they continue to struggle with staffing shortages in the wake of the pandemic. john: pete buttigieg is not 100% confident things will work. airlines are indicating they have made big gains in terms of pilots, but not fully recovered depending which airline, mechanics is a pinch point. still a lot of pressure on the system but less, probably less of a constraint than