Show july fourth. That big, that eventful, that now. That much relief to a country that wanted to get out of this pandemic and in this particular weekend they re doing so. Some people say this could be back to prepandemic levels. It comes at a price. We re following that with 48 million americans that are hitting the road. If you combine that with those that are flying. And then the price you pay when you do get on the road. Gas prices are moving up. Anita vogel covering that and jeff flock on the road. Keeping track of what is happening at the pump. We ll go to them momentarily. First, anita vogel on this great rush that is on and a record number of americans, at least records post pandemic, getting on to it as well. Anita? hi, neil. The skies are expected to be very crowded this holiday weekend. We re not just talking about with roman candles and other kinds of fireworks. According to the industry experts that track these figures, air travel is already at 85% of precovid capacity. Mo
trillion covid relief package. jasmine wright is at the white house. lay it out. what do the next few days look like for the president? reporter: president biden wakes up today, his first president s day, as he looks to turn the page and push forward on his agenda. first up, we expect him to push hard on that $1.9 trillion covid relief bill now that the senate is free to fully focus on it. now as impeachment went on last week, the house made substantial effort and progress on that house bill having it go through markup in various committees. now on friday president biden did his own part hosting bipartisan governors and mayors who sat and talked about it including republican governor of maryland, larry hogan, who talked about the advice he gave to president biden on with jake tapper yesterday on cnn. take a listen. we had an hour and a half meeting in the oval office and i said to him, just because you can do something doesn t mean you should. i said that i thought it w
contact tracing is largely gone. i think and i believe that we should be treating every case as if it s a variant during this pandemic right now. the good news according to dr. anthony fauci is johnson & johnson s new single-dose vaccine could help get more people vaccinated and prevent severe disease and hospitalizations as the virus continues to mutate and replicate. we have now a value-added additional vaccine candidate. this is a single-shot vaccine in which you start to see efficacy anywhere from 7 to 10 days. it is inexpensive and the company is capable of making doses in the numbers of billions. joining me now nbc news chief white house correspondent and weekend today co-host kristen welker. dr. celine gounder, a member of biden s advisory board during the transition. and patrice harris, former president of the american medical association. kristen, how difficult is it proving for the biden team with such a short transition, if any, to get their arms around the
during the meeting he held yesterday in georgia. an illegal immigrant now becoming a central campaign issue as the border crisis itself. hello and welcome to fox news live the man entered the county or the country illegally from venezuela in 2022. he was paroled and released for further processing. there is a stronger push for stronger border security and more vetting of the record-breaking surge of migrants. special interest aliens. they are being trafficked in from all over the world from very vulnerable places. it is a major issue for us. oklahoma senator with us earlier on fox news live. we have the very latest. hi, eric. more than two weeks since riley s killing. the president has repeatedly talked about her. blamed president biden for her death. yesterday, trump privately met with riley s family. i met her beautiful mother and family the next day. sister, friends. i will fight like no one has ever fought before to ensure that what happened to this american daught