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pandemic, americans are celebrating independence day with fireworks, pool party and barbecues but flight cancellations and delays are im impacting travelers. more than 1500 flights have been cancelled since friday morning amid staffing shortages. this comes as we re seeing a big increase in demand for air travel. even if you plan on driving today, you ll be paying a lot of the pump. the nationwide average for a regular gallon of gas, 4.81. that s nearly a 1.70 more than it was last year. let s start live at hartsfield jackson in atlanta. one of the busiest airports in the world. you were there all weekend serving as a grief counselor to these passengers that watched the flights get delayed, delayed and ultimately cancelled. what s it like there now? reporter: it was a rocky weekend, but today has opinion going pretty smoothly here at the airport despite seeing those weight times of about four minutes and they would spike up to 45 minutes. just when you had wave of pas ....
jeremy diamond joins me from the white house. what is on the president s agenda today? reporter: president biden is still at camp david this morning but he will be returning to the white house to host military families for a bar be becue and celebration. the president saying the fourth of july is a sacred holiday, sacred day in our country. make no mistake, our best days still lie ahead. at the same time president biden is dealing with messaging on the current state of the country and the current state of the economy with high inflation and high gas prices which many americans are being reminded this weekend as they hit the roads for the fourth of july weekend. the president oaf the weekend taking to twitter to encourage and push gas station companies to lower the price at the pump. to make sure, in his word, bring down the price you re charging at the pump to reflect the cost you re paying for the product and do it now. that earned the president some backlash with so ....
grabbing a seekcret service agency. how ado you adescribe that the leader of the greatest democracy on earth sent a mob to members who were crying out that his vice president, mike pence, should be hanged. from the beginning to end today, what former white house staffer testified she saw and heard to chief of meadows has never been said publicly before and probably never been considered imaginable before in the president of the united states. hutchinson testified in person and previously on tape that crowds were gathering for the skran ware 6th rally. he wanted medal detecters outside taken away. even though he knew some who tried to get through already had been armed. they re in the off stage tent. i was part of a conversation. i was in the vicinity of a conversation where i overheard the president say something about i don t care that they have weapons. they re not here to hurt me. let my people in. they can march the capitol from here. let the people in. take t ....