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i was flying last weekend, pete. it's a zoo, right, and we're expecting it to be even busier this weekend? >> reporter: it's so true, jim. the tsa is saying places like nashville and myrtle beach are already seeing numbers higher than back on the same day in 2019 pre-pandemic. we will see if today sets a nationwide pre-pandemic era record. united airlines anticipates monday will be its busiest day in 16 months. with so many people coming back to air travel, this whole experience is not without its -- >>> long lines are back across the country with passengers packing into fewer planes staffed by fewer workers. southwest airlines is now offering flight attendants double pay to work extra july 4th trips, telling them in a company memo, if you are healthy and it is safe to do so, please help. it is the latest move by airlines to avoid a ripple effect of delays and cancellations as they struggle to keep up with pent-up demand for travel. >> leisure demand is more than 100% recovered, indicates a huge desire for people to

pete muntean live at reagan national airport. so pete, many people are flying but the airlines expected this. the tickets were getting bought. so why all of the delays and cancellations? >> reporter: it is been so busy at airports across the country, jim. and we'll see if today sets a new pandemic air travel record. 2.2 million people fluew on airline. but now few people are staffing airplanes and that is making it harder to bounce back from maintenance issues and bad weather. look at numbers from flight aware, about 3100 flights yesterday, cancelled about 150 flights. these numbers are a lot better than what they were last week on thursday airlines in the united states canceled or delayed about 10,000 flights in total. now june was a tough month for the airlines so just put this into context. southwest airlines delayed or canceled the most flights of any airline and it is been pleading with flight attendants to pick up extra july 4th trips to alleviate the issues that the airlines are going through. consumer advocates are quit t

pete muntean is working to gather details. tell us what you're learning? >> reporter: jim, we're just getting new information from the federal aviation administration. this was flight 4810, that is a cargo plane. they operate overnight. it had just taken off from the airport in honolulu and bond for -- and the faa tells us that the pilots reported engine trouble and the flight had to go immediately back to the airport in honolulu but ended up short of the runway and having to ditch in the water on the south earth coast of hawaii there. reporting from flight aware, said this flight only made it up to about 1800 feet which is relatively low. if this was a complete power failure, both engines failing on this 737 200, that would have been exceedingly rare. i can't think of a time in recent history when that would have happened other than the miracle on the hudson incident piloted by sully, that was an airbus so a little bit different here. the u.s. coast guard are telling us that two people on board were rescued. one taken to the hospital and the other transpo

. >> i weant to show our viewers piece that pete muntean did yesterday and this is a tsa-led self-defense training seminar for flight attendant. could you tell us, what he reported is that a small number have signed up. is this something that you're encouraging all of your union members to go through to help? >> we always encourage flight attendant to take this class. it is a volunteer class so it makes it very difficult. it should be mandatory as part of the regular training paid for by the airlines so every flight attendant could have the repeat lessons that allow them to responsible quickly when they are startled. so i've been through the class. it is very helpful. it helps you understand better how to stand, better how to protect yourself. very helpful training. it was on pause for a while because of covid. and tsa has figured out how to get it started back because that is where we are. we need more in order to defend ourselves in the plane. >> sadly. sarah nelson, thank you. we'll have you back soon. >>> a disturbing trend is re-emerging for black and latino women is on the rise. we'

pete aguilar, house appropriations committee, that is a committee of jurisdiction for this as well as member of the house administration committee. i'm saying this in seniority order. congresswoman liz cheney, of the armed serviced committee has patriotically agreed to serve on the committee. she has a family matter that she's dealing with and may joining us depending on how long this takes. but we're very honored and proud that she has agreed to serve on the the committee. representative stephanie murphy of armed services committee. representative jamie raskin, a constitutional scholar as you know, oversight committee. that is a major committee of jurisdiction, the committee on over sight, also on the judiciary committee which has standing in all of this. and we're proud that elaine loria, a navy veteran, captain of the ship -- what was the title? retired commander, oh, my gosh, and member of the armed services committee. her interest in this is long-standing in the congress. she's also a member of the homeland security committee. now i just wanted to read the bill. it is really impo

pete muntean has been looking into this. because like everything it has become political. what is the facts. >> reporter: sos it interesting, the national average for a gallon of gas, $3.14. so many places are seeing numbers higher than that. this station here in bethesda, maryland, it was about $2.18 a year ago and aaa said demand for driving is through the roof and driving prices up and pent up demand for travel and july 4th and also the price of crude oil has gone up and opec fails to get a deal to supply the crude and impacting gasoline production across the southeast. so demand up, supply is down. and aaa anticipates the national average will be $3.25 this summer. but it said that that is not stopping people from wanting to get out. >> well gasoline prices are going to stay above $3 and then probably in the $3.10 and $3.20 range through the summer but people don't let that get in way of getting out for vacation, maybe eat out less but they're taking a vacation this year. >> >> reporter: gas buddy said the average in california is $4.33. the white house said it is moni

when i led with two other members, pete gallego in ardmore, oklahoma, we were thinking about our constituents in making sure the redistricting bill at the time was affecting the congress, was not passed. so these are the types of things that members do. i think it shows our constituents that we're serious. if anybody thinks that the bar is low for representing your constituents, we just raised it. and that's what's important, that they know that we're fighting for them and their ability to cast a vote for the person of their choice, and not have the rules changed in the middle of the game. >> texas state democratic representative garnett coleman, i appreciate your time this morning. thank you. >> my pleasure. thank you very much. >>> well, as those texas democrats make the case to congress to enact federal voting rights protections, president biden is heading today to philadelphia to make what the white house is calling a moral case for protecting voting rights in a big speech. >>> the speech comes as republican-controlled legislatures in 17 states identified there have passed 28 restrictive

you have democratic chair of the house pete defazio going after the buy par san bill yesterday saying it needs to be in his words, substantially changed to get his support. he told cnn the proposal fails on climate change and degraded funding for water systems among a number of complaints he has. and you've got another progressive democratic congressman bowman telling cnn the bipartisan bill is inadequate. says he could not support it without a vote first on the reconciliation bill. should this be concerning to the white house? >> the white house has made a big deal, especially early on, about the outreach they've done to the progressive wing of the democratic party. you've heard congressman jayapal say she has a direct line to ron klain. however, this could be a problem. it's hard for me to believe honestly when push comes to shove the progressive wing of the party is going to sink any possibility of getting an infrastructure through, which obviously we've seen the white house has put so much political capital into. you haven't seen them do anything and push as hard on anything other