to celebrate. ryan blaney, to the bottom of the track he s going to win in michigan. we begin with the fox news alert were tracking two major stories this morning tropical storm henri downgrades to tropical destruction overnight, heavy rain after making landfall in rhode island yesterday. thousands remain without power this morning estate of emergency declared for connecticut, rhode island in new york and will have a live report coming up. look at that water, meanwhile on the other side of the world the clock is ticking in kabul afghanistan as thousands of americans enough guineas race to escape the taliban takeover. the group rejecting any potential extension to the august 31 withdrawal deadline. ryan is live with the latest overseas. good morning. still a very dicey situation at the airport in kabul one afghan security guard killed in the last 24 hours in a gun battle at the airport that according to the german military were still working to ascertain whether u.s.
we are paying more. coming off an artificial covid low. the national price is only a quarter higher than the 10 year average. perception is reality and the bad news is it will get worse. this is ridiculous! i can t believe this. over $100 to fill my tank. gas prices reach a 7 year high and 48 million americans hit the road this weekend. the prices are too high as it is. it s not a good situation. the national average: $3.12. a dollar higher than a year ago. lowest in louisiana at $2.75. in los angeles they play $4.79 for regular. supply is not an issue. in some cities there is no gas. why? a shortage of truck drivers. what is going on is not a gas shortage. there is plenty of gas this summer. refineries are churning out record amounts of gasoline. the problem is getting it from the terminal to the station. hauling 10,000 gallons of fuel requires certification and training. during covid many driving schools shut down leaving a shortage of tanker drivers. in denve
across the board. they have got to stop handing out free money to keep people on the sidelines. this veteran is aiming very high to celebrate his birthday sky diving from 14,000 feet. evidence vows he is going to try to do this again for his 95th birthday. all right i m not feeling too good myself all right. brian: that is joe congresser who has a lot of enthusiasm when he was singing and that city looks familiar. ainsley: that s one way to describe him. brian: he does have a lot of enthusiasm. i remember he played at woodstock like yesterday. ainsley: did you go? brian: did i not go. steve: brian was 4. brian: i wasn t really invited. i didn t have a ticket. steve: it was great. brian: so glad i got up. i have entry into our songs to open with i m not going to share with you now. it was just written. and i just think if i can get it okayed i think it will be a way to start our show. ainsley: just hour what do you mean? like a monologue? brian: just released and i hea