the july 4 rushford senior correspondent steve harrigan is alive at jackson airport in the lancet with the length of the holiday travel surge. how is it looking, steve? and griff, from this vantage point record numbers were there during a very good job of dealing with so far as you can see behind me the alliance about a 10 minute wait from 20 minutes earlier this morning. 17.7 million americans we find this week on the fourth of july here in atlanta the busiest estate date has been friday pre-tsa screen more than 100,000 people that topped a record since 2019 day after the super bowl, numbers are up across the country 11%. and really, higher since pre-pandemic levels. right here in atlanta about one had a 70 flight delays across the nation as many as 2000 delayed. officials continue to warn passengers, try to get to the airport at least three hours early. airports are going to be a challenge. parking from the moment you arrive to getting bag checks through security s goin
jon: donald trump drew a massive crowd in south carolina where he criticized president biden and his son hunters legal troubles his rivals trying media this weekend to react. senior correspondent steve harrigan live with details for us. steve. reporter: john pickens south carolina population just 3,000 more than 50,000 people came on saturday for independence day to hear that former president trump speak. many arrived before dawn and then midday sun and heat, they heard the former president speak for 90 minutes at times trump taking credit for recent supreme court decisions. somebody that hasn t done nearly as well who perhaps has not workeds nearly as hard will not be taking your place on a school, college or at a university they re not going to be we re going by merit back to old merit stham built our country. trump s competitors in the meantime attacking him on multiple front seat nikki haley former south carolina governor said she expected trump s high poll numbers
brought by a computer repair man. the decision sparked a year s long scandal inching closer to the oval office. dana: the laptop is at the center of the federal probe. the five year investigation culminated in a plea deal for two miss demeanor but a whistleblower said the charges should have been much stronger. the evidence that we collected during it still met the elements of the criminal violations and everyone participating agreed that document went forward with everyone s concurrence. results in this deal? yeah. bill: that whistleblower reacted to evidence suggesting hunter used his dad as leverage in business negotiations saying he tried to follow the money but was repeatedly stopped dead in his tracks. so that s the crux of one of the issues here is that we weren t allowed to ask questions about dad. we weren t allowed to ask about the big guy. we went allowed to include certain names and document requests and search warrants. bill: team fox coverage today
decision. first what the president just said, speaking live from the white house, i strongly, strongly disagree with the court s decision. he said the court walked away from decades of precedent and called this not a normal court. what was your reaction to what you just heard? my reaction is that actually the supreme court is finally bringing into alignment education law with employment law. for over 40 years the supreme court has been more conservative on employment law and has restricted use of race motivated by interests like diversity or equity or systemic racism or societal discrimination. so really, i find the court s opinion today really to just be reaffirming what the court has held in other areas the fact we should not use race as a justification for any decision-making. andrew, we got word from the justice department and the attorney general with a statement, the supreme court s decision undercuts efforts by universities across the country to create a diverse gr
and skies across the country supporting a familiar look, smoke from canada is drifting again. the right and dutiy to protect one another. did he act reasonably? none of us would ever want to find ourselfs in this situation. grounded to third, there it is! perfection for domingo german. an opportunity for a perfect game, i will remember it forever. a rare moment for the yankees to celebrate and now this. hunter biden not celebrating. he is said to be deposed today in a defamatory suit brought to the owner of the delaware repair shop where he left his infamous laptop. this comes as the irs makes claims about who decided whether or not the president s son would be charged with a crime. mark meredith joins us from the white house. good morning a lot to get to. the white house and the justice department are facing questions about how the government handled e their investigation into the first son. the whistle glour, gary shapley who is cooperating says he was prevent