Change. David singer, david epstein, all coming up. But first declaring independence from the virus. That s probably more of a question than a statement. Noting traveling is surpassing precovid levels. It signals the return of the city s air show. A roaring comeback, the best kind of story to tell. But you know what i m going to say next, right? other headlines from the region reflect the pandemic s continued grip, specifically its grip on americans who are not vaccinated. On this holiday weekend, it s true, many communities are able to declare independence from covid19, but others still are not. Only 20 states have reached president biden s july 4th goal of having 70% of americans vaccinated with at least one dose. And let s be clear, they re mostly blue states. A brand new washington post polling shows a huge divide that exists between political parties. Quote, 86% of democrats have received at least one shot of the vaccine compared to only 45% of americans. A 40point spread. Of cour
Travel just recorded the busiest fiveday stretch of the pandemic. A total of 8. 7 million people. It s the kickoff for a rebound summer travel season for the airlines, one they cannot wait for. Delta airlines says flights will be operating at 90% capacity this summer, a thought unimaginable only a year ago. You know this story not just about air travel. Aaa anticipated 37 million people would travel 50 miles or more over the holiday weekend. 34 million of them by car. Those numbers really not all that far off from 2019, prepandemic. People tell us they re excited for a bit of a return to normal. One thing still not normal, even if you re fully vaccinated. You still have to wear a mask on all public forms of transportation planes, trains, buses, boats also here in terminals. Pete muntean, thank you for this reporting. A sign of rebirth going on. So this morning, quote, democracy itself is in peril. Stark words from president biden as he was marking a memorial day weekend. A weekend wher
Something else? another incidents of foul play from nba fans, this one tackled to the ground storming the 6 is wizards game, fox and friends first starts right now. A beautiful day beautiful day jillian: new york city to roanoke, virginia and beyond. Did they turn out the lights on the right half of that shot? i felt like somebody flipped a switch as we focused on the wells fargo building. Todd: your watching fox and friends first on tuesday morning. Todd: president biden honoring those killed in the tulsa massacre. The president s warning on how the country deals with democracy. Reporter: biden will be the first president to be part of the remembrance of what happened in tulsa marking the one hundredth anniversary of the massacre of what was known as black wall street claiming the lives of 300 black residents and burning down homes, businesses and churches in the black community there, the visit comes after a memorial service was held there yesterday for visiting lawmakers demanding a
Security officials just steps from the white house. Lots going on. Let s straight to jerusalem to ben wedeman on the scene for us. Ben, there are more calls for a cease fire. What s the latest? reporter: yes. One of those calls for a cease fire came from president biden himself when he had a conversation with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. The situation, however, on the ground remains grave. The death toll, according to the palestinian health ministry in gaza, is 212 with 61 children among them. Direction again in gaza city. Israeli fire power destroying the top floors of this building. The israelis say the targets were militants from hamas. The israeli strike blew out the windows of a health clinic across the street, a key coronavirus testing center according to officials in gaza. The palestinian situation is devastated and in crisis for 15 years. Now that crisis is worse and suffering has increased, says this gaza resident. Meanwhile, just a few miles north, the israeli m
the top dog is at mar-a-lago to patch up his relationship with the president. we hear from the current president next hour. he will open an insurance exchange for a new special enrollment period. president biden will also start a ban on tax dollars going to organizations that provide abortion services. the top economic challenge and the focus of the biden legislative push. a new number this morning makes that effort quite clear. the united states economy shrank 3.5% last year. that s the worst since 1946. the president is open to narrowing his ask and wants a package that can garner 60 votes in the senate. but the white house press secretary says any talk that the president is open to splitting that package into smaller pieces is just not accurate. and democratic leaders on capitol hill signaling today that they believe it s time to get moving. just last hour, the house speaker nancy pelosi said she is prepared last week to pass coronavirus relief legislation with only democr