major league season, might not be the most memorable part of the day, he married his long time girlfriend in a small ceremony at a house in the mountains 45 minutes from the team's hotel, pretty wild week for acuna, got knocked down by fans who wanted a hug, handled that very well. more importantly, he got married, ten seconds left, give me your whit or just look at the awesome pictures. >> he is my hero. something to live to up. i don't think i would marry my girlfriend on television. >> i want to go down this path and get you in a lot of trouble. >> sorry, show is running out of time. >> "cnn news central" starts now. ♪ a fresh look at the state of the u.s. economy is just in and it's not just any jobs report,

friends, it's a jobs report smack dab in the middle of the presidential election. we have the details for you. plus hours after entering a not guilty plea donald trump filing a motion to sever his case from his accused co-conspirators, the former president wants to delay while others want a speedy trial so how will the judge respond? plus a record number of americans are packing in one last summer trip this labor day weekend. i'm rahel solomon alongside kate bolduan and boris sanchez this morning and "cnn news central" starts right now. ♪ the latest jobs report has just crossed and here is what the report shows on the surface, 187,000 jobs were added last month, the unemployment rate ticked up to 3.8%, but there is so much more in there than just that. cnn's vanessa yurkevich has the details for us.

what do you see inside these top line numbers? >> this is a good report, a little bit above expectations but still a comfortable number both on the jobs added and the unemployment rate ticking up to 3.8% but still in a comfortable range. when we dig in here is where jobs were added. gains in hospitality, gains in leisure and hospitality and gains in construction. these are areas that have added jobs in the month of august. now, losses, places we saw losses are in areas that maybe you would expect because of what you're hearing in the news a little bit. losses in trucking, 37,000 jobs lost, that is because yellow trucking corporation filed for bankruptcy, laid off 30,000 people, you're seeing that reflected right there. also we know that the writers, actors, have been on strike. that's the ripple effect right there. 17,000 in job losses. and analysts wanted to keep an eye on wages, wanted to make sure we didn't see robust acceleration in wages because that fuels inflation.

analysts wanted to see it hold steady, we actually saw it cool a little bit. that means in the eyes of economists that's actually good. less in people's pockets, but good for inflation. >> so then that adds to the overall picture that the federal reserve has to look at when they're going to be meeting later this month. what are all the signals adding up to? what do you see? >> in this report they're probably liking a lot of what they're seeing but we do have several other data points coming out before this september meeting later this month. they're going to have a lot to look at because we know that they want to potentially raise rates in september or november of this year, but this is a report that they probably would like to see, it's probably a report that the white house is really encouraged to see. also revisions in the months of july and june, nearly over 100,000 jobs revised down over those two months. so those two months also very encouraging, more encouraging than we initially thought. >> so, then, add it all

together, what does this report and this moment you mentioned wages especially, what does it all mean for americans everywhere? >> when americans see fewer jobs added or unemployment goes up, concerning, but let's take a step back. a lot of americans still uncomfortable, struggling with inflation. this report signals that inflation could be cooling a bit. so you have to take both at the same time and realize, you know, for americans there are still jobs available, still robust, but in this report you're seeing the effects of possibly those interest rate hikes from the federal reserve playing in and cooling inflation which so many americans want to see right now. >> absolutely. great to see you, vanessa. boris? donald trump's legal team says there is no way the former president will be ready to go to trial in georgia next month. so they're asking a judge to sever his election interference case from some co-defendants asking for a speedy trial. trump has employed not guilty in the case, which includes a racketeering charge over his

alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in georgia. he also waived his right to appear in-person for his arraignment next week. cnn's zachary cohen has been following this story for us. zach, bring us up to speed on the latest legal filing. >> reporter: boris, donald trump making clear he doesn't want to be lumped in with the other defendants in this case who are asking for a speedy trial. as you mentioned, some of those trial dates might start as soon as next month and trump's lawyer saying there's no way that's enough time to prepare an adequate defense for the former president. it remains to be seen what the judge is going to decide because the district attorney fani willis says she wants to try all 19 defendants, including trump, together and she wants that trial to start on october 23rd of this year. we're going to see how that shakes out. the start of a trial, the date that the trial starts a point of tension early on in this case. it was always going to be a challenge for the district attorney, fani willis, as she is different defendants try to break up the case into different piece pieces.

trump waived his right to a first appearance next week. but a ruling yesterday by the court says we might get to see the court proceedings play out when a trial ultimately happens. the judge said that the hearing -- or the trial can be televised if it stays in georgia state court. obviously there's a few defendants trying to get the case moved to federal court where cameras are not allowed but an interesting possibility we could be watching a trial play out in realtime and one that deals with the former president. >> especially given the backdrop of the 2024 presidential election. zach, on the point of several co-defendants trying to break up this case, ray smith one of the co-defendants, he has filed a motion for all of these different charges to be divvied up. what can you tell us about that? >> like trump, ray smith who was a lawyer working for trump's campaign in georgia also wants to break this case up but are arguing they should be broken up into smaller groups, saying there are too many complex

relationships between the defendants and too many defendants in general, there is no way a jury can comprehend what case is being presented to them. it's another kind of proposal for how to break this case down into maybe smaller parts. that goes contrary to what fannie which will lace has said she wants, she pants washington nts to try all 19 defendants together. we are seeing different proposals for breaking this case down. we will see if she concedes that maybe they can break it up in a certain way. >> a complicated process. zachary cohen, we appreciate you walking us through that. >> as zach just mentioned, trump's trial in georgia could be televised and could be one of the most watched trials in history. fulton county judge scott mcafee says all courtroom proceedings related to the election subversion case will be televised and live streamed making this the first and only time in any of trump's four criminal cases that cameras would be allowed to capture what's happening inside court, let's bring in cnn's senior

media reporter oliver darcy. this feels like a pretty big deal. how significant is this really? >> this is a huge deal. like you said, this is likely to go down as the most watched court trial in history and it's a huge win for court transparency advocates. there have been a lot of movements to get courts to allow cameras to stream these trials live and now a judge in georgia saying, yes, the trump trial will be televised. this will allow the public of course to see the evidence for themselves against trump and it's going to help, i think, stem the flow of misinformation and the conspiracy theories from the trial because in the absence of it being streamed live there will be a vacuum of information and in the vacuum of information is usually when misinformation does grow and thrive. allowing the public to see this in realtime and allowing news rooms to have video to fact check things in realtime will be

a great service to the public. >> an interesting point. remains to be seen what this will mean for trump politically or legally but in terms of transparency could be a huge win. oliver darcy, thank you. this morning we're learning trump's co-defendants in the georgia election interference case are struggling to pay their mounting legal bills. funding their defense could cost them hundreds of thousands of dollars and we're told the former president has not stepped up to ease their cash crunch. cnn's kristen holmes has been following this for us. what are these co-defendants, then, doing to pay their legal bills? >> reporter: good morning, boris. before we get into what exactly they're doing i do want to give a little context which is that the former president had been footing the legal bills for his aides, advisers, former and current employees in both the january 6 committee investigation and those federal investigations. that was all coming from the save america pac who has spent more than $41 million on legal fees since 2021.

extraordinary number there. when it comes to georgia clearly that is not the case. as you say, these are expected to be huge bills. in fact, one of his co-defendants, harrison floyd who runs black voices for trump actually spent a week in jail because he couldn't afford to hire an attorney. so you have some of these defendants turning to more creative means, including crowd funding. we know four of them at least have turned to crowd funding to try to get the funds to pay these legal bills, that including jenna ellis, john eastman, jeffrey clark, kathie lee that many a fake elector there in georgia. obviously, again, trying to get enough money to pay these bills. i will tell you i talked to a source close to trump even though there has been grumbling among the georgia co-defendants none have actually formally asked for help. they should request it through the legal defense fund. we reported on that. this was set up in july and it is a way to pay those bills

because save america pac is bleeding out so much money so this legal defense fund they are trying to raise the money i'm told it is don jr., eric trump trying to fund raise for this onprofit to offset some of those bills of those aides and advisers who have been wrapped up in all of this. >> some of those co-defendants in serious financial trouble. the reporting on rudy giuliani specifically really troubling. kristen holmes, thanks for that. joining us now is defense attorney and former federal prosecutors shan wu. good to see you. i wanted to ask you about this ruling and decision that the proceedings in state court the cameras will be allowed in the courtroom. i wanted to get your take on that. what does the judge weigh here in this consideration? is there a legal argument for not having cameras in court? >> there's a legal argument you can make, which is that it might cause the atmosphere to be more chaotic or disorganized, maybe it would -- if the pretrial

proceedings were televised maybe there's some prejudice to the jurors, but really it's up to the judge to decide whether or not there's going to be any problem with the administration of just is, meaning any potential chaos, weighed against the public interest in seeing trials. it's high time for the federal courts, my take on it, to join the 21st century. the supreme court sounds like they just discovered radio allowing the auto broadcast to happen. it's public forums. the public is allowed to come in if they can find a seat and in this day and age they should have a virtual seat. >> if any one defendant gets their case moved out of state court into federal court which to this point no cameras are allowed of course, does this jeopardize this ruling in georgia, this decision? >> no, it doesn't because -- it shouldn't, no, because if they do go to federal court they will have to deal with the federal judiciary's policy on the cameras but it won't jeopardize

the ruling about cameras in the georgia proceedings. >> so on that, federal judge steve jones he could be ruling anytime now on the request from mark meadows to have his case moved. the judge's latest question and obviously the responses are in from the da and meadows' legal team, the latest question was specifically on if the court found that any one action described in the racketeering case, if the court found that it had to do with meadows' conduct by meadows in the course of doing his job, a federal position, does that mean that the whole says should then be moved to federal court. the da says obviously no. meadows' team says obviously yes. what do you think of this? >> the judge's question was very insightful and shows the kind of careful consideration analysis he is giving out of fairness to meadows' former position. honestly, kate, had a lot of legal analysts scratching their

heads trying to dig out what the right answer should be. i think the da has the better argument here because it's not the actions that are being charged individually as crimes, it's what they all add up to. so it's the charges that he's facing. also in an indictment that has this many overt acts, those actions, i think about 160 plus, the da could solve the problem simply by amending and deleting some of those acts. seems like there's plenty of overt acts to make the case. i think the da wins on this but i think it's a good probing question to consider. >> trump's legal team says he can't be ready for trial by october 23rd, his team telling the judge it would violate his constitutional rights for a fair trial and due process. how does that line up with co-defendants asking for a speedy trial saying they are ready. what if the judge just says, no,

it's october 23rd? what options do they have then? >> the answer, kate, is it doesn't line up with the speedy trial requests. obviously there is an argument for the judge to consider that some folks facing exactly the same charges feel they can be ready. the judge does have to be careful in terms of the ruling of forcing them to go to trial. the judge can certainly do that, just say no, but he has to make sure that on the appellate record if there is a conviction there isn't some problem looking like there wasn't enough time to prepare. it's always a stuff question. judges want to advance the case quickly but have to make sure that they respect the rights of the defendant and don't create a problem for the appeal. >> good to see you, shan. thank you. ukraine ramping up its attacks targeting russia on its

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aftermath of a drone attack on a russian air base earlier in the week. russia says it will not comment on claims by ukraine that the attack was launched from inside russia. let's take you now to ukraine with melissa bell live for us in zaporizhzhia. melissa, take us there. what's happening on the ground? >> reporter: well, these drone attacks on russian soil a daily occurrence really, boris, these last few days and especially as the counteroffensive has picked up its pace and successes once again today, and i think you mentioned a moment ago, the kremlin declining to comment on ukrainian claims that those drone strikes we saw earlier in week -- bear in mind tuesday to wednesday we saw the largest drone attack on russian soil since this war began. by the next morning we understood the airfield had been attacked, 600 miles to the north of ukraine. the question was where these drones had come from. the ukrainians so far have been reluctant to say when individual drone attacks are theirs or not.

they have spoken to a strategy of want to go bring the war to russia but they don't comment. the fact that they should now be claiming that the drones that took on that airfield tuesday to wednesday were actually coming from inside moscow is farther than they had gone before. it speaks to the porosity of the border and their increasingly determined posture of wanting to be clear of what's happening in this war. it's not just happening in ukraine it's happening in russia as well. it happens in the context of those gains you mentioned here in zaporizhzhia region. this is a storm that's going on around me, i think i should clarify for our viewers. those gains that have been made quite substantial, insignificant in terms of territory taken but significant in terms of overall strategy, momentum. i'd just like to show you some pictures we were agt to get exclusively from ukraine's secret services taken just yesterday that shown with a drone what those fortifications look like.

the town of robotyne now in ukrainian hands. those images, those are 70 kilometers long, the russian trenches and russian positions to the south and east of where their positions are now, although they say they are managing to grow their bridge heads, increase their presence, consolidate their positions it is extremely slow going. we spent much of the night with the sbu, ukraine secret services who said, look, these fortifications they've been building since march 2022, we've been watching them the whole time. >> significant developments. glad to hear that that is thunder behind you and not explosions. melissa bell from zaporizhzhia, ukraine. and let's continue the conversation and bring in colonel cedric leighton, a cnn military analyst and retired air force colonel. colonel, good morning. good to have you. let's start where melissa left off. those extraordinary claims from ukraine that some of these drone

attacks are originating from within russian territory. how significant is that and how does that work? >> yeah, rahel, it is extremely significant. one of the tee things to think about here is that if that's true then the russian border as melissa said is completely porous, the ukrainians have a capability where they can put in various weapon systems such as drones that are not being detected by the russians or if they are being detected they're letting them pass, indicating perhaps bribery or something like that is going on. what they're able to do then is launch very close to russian air bases such as the one which is a pretty significant thing because it is so far away from ukraine and allows the ukrainians to make a difference anywhere, almost anywhere in russia. >> talk to me about the implications both packet clee but also politically of these

drones being within russian territory in terms of the russian people seeing this and the type of messaging and narrative that perhaps gives off. >> well, as you know, rahel, the war is also about psychology in addition to moves forces on the ground and in the air. so what you're dealing with here is the ability of the ukrainians to attack targets in russia and when that happens the psychological impact of that whether the target is a military target or a target in the city center of moscow or something like that, what it ends up doing is it ends up giving the russian people another view from what they get from the official media. as a result of that the fact that what they're seeing with their own eyes is perhaps different from the official narrative that then leads them to question what they're being told and that could then eventually weaken their resolve to fight the ukrainians and that would be a significant thing.

>> speaking of drones, colonel, president zelenskyy has been touting a new ukrainian-made long-range weapon that could reach up to 700 kilometers. what's your sense of what that could be? i mean, is he walking about some sort of weaponized drone? what's your sense of what he's talking about here? >> it sounds like it is. so 700 kilometers, about 435 miles or so in terms of range. that would get them from the ukrainian border to places like piskov. so it is possible that they have a weapons system like that. they have longer range weapons systems, their minister of digital transformation talked about a drone that had a 500 kilometer range a few days ago so what president zelenskyy is talking about is probably a drone that has a range that exceeds what's publicly known so far and if that's the case that would allow them to move really with impunity throughout western russia. >> fascinating.

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this morning the capitol physician has cleared senator mitch mcconnell to continue working, this is after the 81-year-old long-time republican leader froze while speaking to reporters in kentucky. the incident wednesday was the second episode, you will recall like this one for mcconnell. even with the medical all clear

given questions are continuing to swirl about his health and his political future. cnn's melanie zanona has more on this. what are you hearing about what this all means for mitch mcconnell, his health and his leadership? >> reporter: well, i will tackle the leadership part first because, kate, there are growing doubts right now about whether mitch mcconnell will continue to serve as leader past 2024. that's how long his term as gop leader currently is. there is chatter among rank and file republicans about trying to force a special conference meeting next week to talk about their party's leadership and all of mcconnell's health challenges. that would take five republicans to call for such a meeting but there is no mechanism to force a vote to remove mcconnell at this point. it's a conversation about the future and where the gop is headed and what a post-mcconnell gop looks like, which at some point is going to happen. but his team does recognize that this is a potential political problem for them and so they

have been taking steps behind the scenes to tamp down speculation about both his political future and about his health, note glee a step they took yesterday was to release a statement from the capitol physician, the capitol physician said in a statement he conferred with mcconnell and with his neurology team and determined that he is cleared. he said occasional light headedness is not uncommon in concussion recovery and can be expected as a result of dehydration. as a reminder mitch mcconnell did suffer a concussion this year when he tripped and fell at an event. clearly his team trying to be transparent about his health and a number of republicans and democrats are also giving him some grace here. let's take a listen to what president joe biden had to say yesterday. >> i spoke to mitch, he is a friend and i -- i spoke to him today and, you know, he was his

old self on the telephone. it's not at all unusual to have the response to sometimes happens to mitch when you've had a severe concussion. it's part of -- it's part of the recovery. so i'm confident he's going to be back to his old self. >> reporter: and biden of course facing questions of his own about his age as he runs for reelection. but, look, this is just an issue that is likely not going to go away anytime soon. the senate will return next week, so i'm sure these conversations are only going to intensify. >> that's a good point. good to see you, melanie. thank you. georgia's governor says he will not call a special session of the state legislature despite demands from some of his fellow republicans who want da fani willis investigated over her prosecution of former president donald trump. while governor kemp says he believes the timing of trump's georgia indictment, quote, sows distrust, he also said he has not seen any evidence the da has

acted unlawfully. let's listen. >> the bottom line is that in the state of georgia as long as i'm governor we're going to follow the law and the constitution, regardless of who it helps or harms politically. and in georgia we will not be engaging in political theater that only inflames emotions of the moment. >> let's discuss with former lieutenant governor geoff duncan. great to see you as always. i imagine listening to that sound bite and watching what's unfolding in georgia, it's got to be frustrating to you to a degree because we're two and a half years out from the 2020 election and you're still answering questions about a free and fair election in that state. >> well, boris, actually, it's refreshing to hear a conservative leader stand up in front of a microphone and say the right thing, not what's politically popular, but genuinely what the right thing s when we create laws in this state, when we create laws in

this country, they are not created to create partisan advantages, they are there to enforce the law. so brian kemp is doing exactly that, he's making sure that he stands up and in the letter of the law is adhered to, not followed along party lines. but, yes, it is frustrating and to think that with err in the place we are as republicans and we should have a layup to beat joe biden at this point, but for whatever reason we continue to be infatuated with donald trump. i hope the fever is close to breaking. certainly we have all the warning signs going off in front of us to make this decision to pick somebody other than donald trump. >> notably governor kemp also said that calling a special legislative session would potentially be unconstitutional and yet it's something that so many republicans in the state are pursuing in part because they're hearing from constituents who listen to people like former president donald trump calling for this kind of thing. how do you break through the distrust that some in the

constituency have for leaders like governor kemp? >> well, look, i still believe it's the cowardly way forward. this is how we got here to start with was this call from donald trump to have a special session to overturn the election and myself and governor kemp and the late david ral boston the speaker of the house said that was not a constitutional step forward and didn't merit us calling the general assembly back into session. anybody to do this is just a continued small-minded approach. governor kemp really laid out the vision for a conservative leader. we've cut taxes in the state of georgia, i was proud to be along his side. we've increased pay for teacher, made neighborhoods safer, increased our economic development opportunities, you know, massively. these are conservative principles that we should not only be running on here in georgia but be running on nationally. instead we have this three-ring circus going on apparently we're going to spend the next 18 months campaigning on courthouse steps. donald trump has his work cut out whether you like him or

don't like him, regardless you have to be an honest purveyor of the facts and that says this is going to be a disaster for the next 15 months, we are not going to be in a position to beat joe biden, we're going to not talk about the issues and hold joe biden accountable for the issues. we should be talking about all the misinformation going on inside the economy. we should be talking about negative reactions to foreign policy or lack of reaction to foreign policy. but we are not. we are talking about donald trump and 18 co--indicted individuals and quite honestly i think they are waking up to the realities of their second and third retainer payments to these attorneys and they are not going to care about donald trump political -- >> that is an interesting point about the finances of these co-defendants, it gets really expensive to defend especially in a rico case. >> colton moore, he's talking about potentially impeaching fani willis and potentially

defunding her office. there are other leaders like him in georgia in your party. what would you say to him? >> well, as a former president of the senate, certainly i've seen folks try to stand up and say that the ridiculous things just to get popularity in their district. look, sometimes small people arrive in big jobs that's how i would explain that situation. trying to incite violence, trying to stir the crowd. that's how we got to january 6. i think very shallow, below the surface in donald trump's mind he wouldn't mind another january 6 moment. it would create the perfect shiny object for him to steer away from the current legal situation that he's in and those around him that would even think about stirring us in this country to that point, that feverish pitch is wrong and it's unamerican. there is no election worth winning to bring us back to a moment of january 6. >> so you touched on how you could potentially see this playing out in the primary and in the presidential election of 2024. i just want to push back because

it seems like your argument is that republicans would be far further along with a candidate not named donald trump and yet he is trouncing the other presidential candidates on the right in the primaries and in national polling it doesn't seem like he's that far behind president joe biden for a reelection bid. what are your thoughts? >> well, i'm not certain i understand the push back because i think we agree, he is ahead, unfortunately donald trump is well ahead and we continue to go down this road. i hope a candidate stands up and speaks the truth about the 2020 election, makes sure that there is not -- there is no space between the fact that the 2020 election was legal and fair and it is unfortunate if you are a republican, but i do think when we get to the general, i mean, this is a herschel walker type moment. herschel walker seemed bulletproof coming through the primary with an 80-point win. it was easy to see going into the general when the other team,

the democrats start carpet bombing with all the indiscretions and the lack of decision-making that donald trump is quite honestly going to have to face from joe biden's campaign we are going to lose the middle. nobody in the middle, nobody, not to a single person has changed their mind on donald trump since they didn't vote for him in 2020 based on all of this that's played out. so this is impossible math. as we continue to navigate through this. >> geoff duncan, very much appreciate your perspective and your time, sir. thanks. >> thanks, boris. >> of course. rahel? coming up for us, extremely dangerous, that's how authorities are explaining a convicted murderer who escaped a pennsylvania prison. he is not the only escapee who has sparked a massive search this morning. dedetails when we come back.

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welcome back. happening now, intense searches on both the east and west coast for two escapees considered extremely dangerous. one was just convicted of murder, the other is accused of attempted murder. in oregon authorities are looking for 39-year-old christopher lee prey who managed to escape while he was fully restrained with shackles on his arms and legs. prey who was being held on suspicion of attempted aggravated murder was in custody as a patient at oregon state hospital when he took off wednesday in a 2016 white dodge caravan. across the country just 30 miles west of philadelphia convicted murderer dan l dan l danelo cav.

what's the latest of the status of the manhunt. >> reporter: a huge operation. i got off the phone with the district attorney's office in chester county. within the past hour there are no real updates except they are expanding their search, searching the entirety of chester county and are encouraging restaurants around the chester county prison where the escape happened to remain vigilant. this is an extremely dangerous suspect who is on the loose. i want to get back to what we know. law enforcement officials say this started thursday morning around 8:50 that's when inmate danelo cavalcante escaped from the chester county prison. he was last seen at 9:40 a.m. wearing a white t-shirt, gray shorts and white sneakers. rahel, that's important because

law enforcement believed that he was able to change his clothes after he was in prison and after he escaped because he would otherwise be wearing the regular prison garb. i want to go into what put this man in prison. he was convicted of first-degree murder two weeks ago, sentenced to life without the possibility of parole all for stabbing his former girlfriend 38 times back in 2021, killing her in front of her children. and police and prosecutors say that the motive for that killing was his girlfriend discovered that he was actually wanted for a separate murder in brazil and was threatening to expose him. they say that is the motive for this murder that took place in 2021 and lands him this first-degree murder conviction. this is why the dachlt and law enforcement have been speaking cautiously about this inmate. take a listen to what the da in chester county told laura coates last night. >> this man has nothing to lose. he is going to do everything and

anything, we think, to escape. he's managed to evade law enforcement on numerous occasions, including during the domestic dispute he had with the same victim back in 2020. he was -- he managed to evade a service for a protection from abuse order, despite law enforcement from multiple agencies attempting to locate him. he's really good at hiding from law enforcement and we believe he will do anything in his power to attempt to evade us now. >> reporter: rahel, there have been at least a lose agencies who have helped in the search, we've seen k-9s, drones, helicopters, but we still don't have an answer to the question of how he broke out of this prison. investigators at this point not giving us that answer. but of course we will keep asking. >> i imagine also looking into whether he potentially had any help at all. danny freeman live in philly, thank you. >> so many questions and still so scary.

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and the major part of the weekend, the bigger number of 14 million in total and now through wednesday when everybody is coming back all at once, this is the climatic end to a huge and record-breaking summer. 227.5 million people is how many people tsa people flew this summer, the biggest summer for air travel ever. the cancellations have gone down a little bit. we have seen a 20% drop from 2023 compared to 2022, and about 40,000 so far this summer. and about 50,000 last year in total and there are still some things out of the airline's control, but there is room to improve. take a listen. >> the odds are pretty good. the odds have been mostly played out in the favor with the

x-factor being how will mother nature cooperate and will we see widespread thunderstorms like we saw over july 4th that led to a lot of cancellations that were largely unpreventable. >> the faa is anticipating the weather in place like san francisco and phoenix and also in florida, tampa and atlanta, and getting to disney world may be difficult for people trying to take advantage of that over the weekend, and lot of people may try to bypass that by driving and aaa is saying the worst time to go is 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., and so you have a little bit of the window if you want to hit the road sometime soon, boris. >> the cliche is for the stories, "pack your patience." the unofficial mayor of the

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