Back on the move. Thats just over 40 of the country is fully vaccinated against covid19. Its great to be out and about. That traveler in atlanta has plenty of company this memorial Day Weekend. Triple a estimates more than 37 Million others are hitting the road for the holiday, 60 increase from what We Saw during the pandemicravaged 2020. Robert sinclair promises this is just the start 6 whof what we w see this summer. A lot of pentup demand. A lot of people want to travel where they can travel because they saved a lot of money not traveling to work last year. So theyre staying longer, doing more things, spending more money. Reporter and Air Tickets increased about 19 in april compared to last year. If youre driving to your estimate, it 3may not have been that much cheaper. The average cost of gas is 3 a gallon, a sevenyear high. The White House said thats not unusual given an increased demand. But whatever the price to drive or fly, americans seem willing to pay it to get back to norm
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Resistance of getting it passed. is it going to be about public outcry? when i talked to senator murphy, who s leading the charge trying to get this together, they say the public is behind him but is it up to the public to push in that direction? p i think what we saw when we go back to 2019, the action that came after the parkland shooting really moved the needle on electing members of congress that would act and take action on gun violence. for the first time back in that session, we were able in the judiciary committee to pass the first piece of legislation, universal background check bill, in over 20 years. a reminder to everyone out there, public activism, public pressure to your senators really matters. they work for us, the american
The masses this weekend, please pack a mask. remember, it is required by the federal government if you are traveling on public transit to wear a mask. back to you. a good reminder, polo sandoval. thank you so much as more people start flying again the number of incidents of unruly passengers on planes is also increasing. just this week southwest airlines said it permanently is banning the woman accused of a violent assault on a flight from sacramento to san diego. as cnn s pete muntean explains, it is part of a disturbing trend of increasing violence in the sky. reporter: the problem facing pent-up demand for travel is pent-up frustrations in the sky, with federal agencies citing a serious surge of in-flight fights. are you serious? reporter: in a new letter, southwest flied attendants say unruly passenger incidents are becoming intolerable and more aggressive. these images from a southwest flight sunday when a flight