>> what happens tourism been like for myrtle beach? >> we had an incredible march and saw numbers that equaled june and july. the forecast here is for a very busy summer. >> reporter: the cdc is still advising against leisure travel but as demand surges, experts warn prices may spike 45% by memorial day covid isn't gone. what should we know before booking travel >> travelers should do their research, understand if there are covid restrictions where they're headed and what's expected of them as a visitor. we have a responsibility to keep the covid case rates going down, >> reporter: this year, that new direct flight gets them for that destination cheaper and faster. >> it was a no-brainer and i think in part of the excitement we ended up adding two more days to our vacation this year. >> reporter: stephanie ruhle, nbc news. >>> when we come back, the new hope of spring what faith can tell us about coming out of dark times stronger and better. >>> before we go this easter sunday, harry smith speaks to faith leaders about hope, light and

what has tourism been like for myrtle beach >> we had an incredible march.saw numbers that equal june and july. so the forecast here is for a very busy summer >> reporter: the cdc is still advising against leisure travel, but as demand surges, experts warn prices may spike as much as 45% by memorial day. >> covid isn't gone. what should we know before booking travel >> travelers should do their research understand that if there are covid restrictions where they're headed and understand what is expected of them as a visitor. we have a responsibility to keep the covid rates going down, travelers included >> reporter: for the palchacs, that new flight gets them to their destination cheaper and faster. >> it was a no-brainer and i think part of the excitement we ended up adding two more days to our vacation for this year. >> reporter: stephanie ruhle, nbc news of course you've seen underwear freshness and softness you never forge that fits like this... but never for bladder leaks. always discreet boutique black. i feel protected all day, in a fit so discreet, yo

what has tourism been like for myrtle beach?we had an incredible march and actually saw numbers that equals june and july. so the forecast here is for a very busy summer. >> reporter: the cdc is still advising against leisure travel but as demand surges, experts warn prices may spike as much as 45% by memorial day. >> covid isn't gone. what should we know before booking travel? >> travelers should do their research, understand if there are covid restrictions where they're headed and what's expected to them as a visitor. we have a responsibility to keep the covid case rates going down, travelers included. >> reporter: for the powchecks, this year that new flight gets them to their destination cheaper and faster. >> it was just a no-brainer. and part of the excitement we ended up adding two more things to our vacation this year. >> people are ready for summer travel. in fact, we may actually see a labor shortage in some of these vacation destinations. we're going to be watching that story next. >>> coming up here next, we're follo

host: that is hillary in myrtle beach, south carolina.rian cragg the host of the -- brian craig, the host of the brian craig show podcast. we have been featuring podcasters this week. mr. craig, talk a little bit about what shaped you politically. how did you become a conservative and what shaped that's primarily? guest: when i first started on the radio 30 years ago, i was a liberal democrat. i was a member of the young democrats of america. i was on the air and did not make a lot of money. i was a democrat for a number of years. as i started earning more money, i did my taxes one year and i owed money for the first time. i always got a refund, and i thought it was a mistake, so i did my taxes again and found out i owed money, $3200. that was the big transformation for me. when i started to wake up and understand there is the producers and the takers, and i do not feel like paying high taxes. i know president biden wants to raise everyone's taxes again, but that is a big turning point for me. host: would you describe your conservative as

instead of flying to big cities, a lot of them are flying point-to-point like myrtle beach and they are flying all over florida, hawaii, montana is huge right now. a lot of national parks. everyone wants to get outdoors. they are still obviously worried about covid. i'm one of them. you are definitely seeing a huge uptick. my website today had a record page views already and it is not even 3:30. >> interesting. it sounds like if i want to go to new york city, i make it a great deal on that. yes? >> definitely. if you went two years ago, a hotel would've been easily $300 a night. i'm sure you can get them for under $100. >> look -- >> people want to get out of the cities. >> now that people want to travel, studies show there is a pilot shortage by next year. if that is the case, what that will mean for travelers? >> there was a pilot shortage before this happened. then they started laying off everyone. they still haven't brought everyone back. delta just had to cancel flights on sunday because they had a shortage. now, they are bringing them back and united just came out with this thing

host: scott in myrtle beach, south carolina, democratic caller.aller: i'm just curious as to why we aren't holding funding from mexico or stopping these people before they get here. guest: thanks for that question. there has been a lot of effort devoted to having the cooperation of the mexican government, of president lopez open door -- lopez over door in helping the united states with his crisis. there is assistance going to new mexico to address the migration crisis, and some of it is reflected in the increased enforcement along mexico's southern border with guatemala, which is the key transit point for people coming from central america to the united states. they cross central america, come through guatemala, and come across the border in southern mexico and make it to the united states. there has been a great deal of cooperation with the mexican government, not only in this administration, but with the trump administration, to try to deal with slowing or stopping the migrant flows coming to the united states. host: cynthia arnson, what are you

. >> scott, myrtle beach, south carolina. democratic collar. hello, scott. >> i.m just curious as to why we are not holding funding for mexico or stopping these people before they get here. >> thanks for the question. there has been a lot of effort devoted to having the cooperation of the mexican government of president lopez in helping the united states deal with this crisis. there is assistance going to mexico to address the migration crisis and some of this is reflected in increased enforcement along mexico's southern border with guatemala which is a key transit point for people coming to central america to the united states. they cross central america, they come through guatemala and come across the border in southern mexico and make it up to the united states. there has been a great deal of cooperation with the mexican government, not only in this administration than under the trump administration to try to deal with slowing or stopping the migrant flows coming to the united states. >> cynthia arnson, what are you watching for next from the biden administrati

top destinations well, cancun, orlando, and myrtle beach last year's record low flight costs are turningvel guy, phil lebeau recommends book soon he's live at the airport in dallas what are prices like now >> reporter: it depends on where you want to go and when you want as to go, shep for a couple comparisons, check this out we checked on united from newark to miami if you booked it this weekend and you were going for a week, the price round trip, $232 ah, but you want to go thanksgiving week, you want to get in sun, away from the snow $942 then american airlines, new york to cancun. they do a lot of flights to cancun next week $592 round trip. do that over new year's eve weekend? it's going to cost you $873. bottom line is this, shep -- all of the flights for later this year, they're not sold out, but filling up quickly the fares are rising quickly. >> it makes sense. what if you're headed to not is a classic summer vacation spot, instead make to visit relatives in kansas city or cincy. what about that? >> reporter: fares are going up as well. on average they'll go up 17%, and compared

how about a little myrtle beach.to give you a moment of zen we realize there's heavy stuff going on in the news today, and why not look at a sunrise over myrtle beach, south carolina >> sun's coming up every morning. >> let's get a check of the 7:30 headlines. and in politics, the white house is cracking down on russia this morning, president biden announced the u.s. is expelling ten russian diplomats and ordering sanctions against dozens of other people and companies. those sweeping measures aiming to hold the kremlin accountable for interference in last year's presidential election and for the hacking of federal government agencies. russia denounced the actions and warned of retaliation. >>> search efforts continue off the coast of louisiana for 12 people missing from a capsized oil industry boat as families anxiously await news, divers knocked on the ship's hull yesterday, but received no response rescuers believe there is a chance that the missing might be caught inside the 129 foot vessel the ship flipped over i

top destinations, well, cancun, orlando, and myrtle beach.round and fast and our travel guide's phil lebeau recommends to book soon where are prices and what are they like now? >> reporter: well, it depends on where you want to go and when you want to go, shep for a couple of comparisons thec check this out we checked on united if you booked it this weekend and going for a week the price round trip $332. you want to go thanksgiving week, $942 then you have american airlines new york to cancun, they do a lot of flights down to cancun, next week $592 round trip. do that over new year's eve weekend it's going to cost you what $873. bottom line is this, shep, all of the flights for later this year they're not sold out but they're filling up very quickly and the fares are rising very quickly. >> makes sense what if you're headed to not really a classic summer vacation spot but likely to visit relatives in kansas city what about that? >> reporter: the fares are blowing up there as well not as much as for the hot spots, but on average they're going

shirley from myrtle beach, you're up next. caller: i absolutely support the president and any effort to decrease gun violence in our country is important. i think it is small but probably the least he can do. can you hear me? host: yeah, go ahead. caller: i'm sorry. i definitely support anything to decrease gun violence in our country, any way that we can. eliminate, decrease access to guns. and i think it is important to do so. i think it is sad that so many people think it is ok to just -- everybody walk around with guns and have guns that can cause so much destruction. i do not even understand why anybody thinks that is reasonable. in other countries, it is not like that. you do not see these things going on in canada or in europe, and we are supposed to be sophisticated. i just do not get it. host: you called the president's actions small, but you are ok with that as far as what he proposed yesterday? caller: i am ok because i know with executive action, you can only do so much. at this point, i will take anything, anythin

host: linda from myrtle beach, south carolina on the independent line. good morning. are you there?aller: yes i am here. host: go ahead. caller: thank you for taking my call. host: i think we lost linda, let's go to bruce from baltimore, maryland on the republican line. caller: good morning. i like the term colorblind. you are not supposed to judge anybody by their skin culture, -- by their skin color, culture or race. i voted for barack obama and supported donald trump, it is a was the same thing. the instruction are generally six and nancy pelosi plays the race card, now she is concerned about -- she has made statements federal law enforcement officers went to portland, oregon to stop black lives matter, antivert, a very radical groups from burning a federal courthouse. she called them stormtroopers. representative james clyburn called them gestapo, that is not race baiting. i was originally a democrat because of collective bargaining. i voted for barack obama. i honestly thought he would bring us together. barack obama and joe biden are some of the most corrupt elected officials.

host: scott in myrtle beach, south carolina, democratic caller. just curious as to why we aren't holding funding from mexico or stopping these people before they get here. guest: thanks for that question. there has been a lot of effort devoted to having the cooperation of the mexican government, of president lopez open door -- lopez over door in helping the united states with his crisis. there is assistance going to new mexico to address the migration crisis, and some of it is reflected in the increased enforcement along mexico's southern border with guatemala, which is the key transit point for people coming from central america to the united states. they cross central america, come through guatemala, and come across the border in southern mexico and make it to the united states. there has been a great deal of cooperation with the mexican government, not only in this administration, but with the trump administration, to try to deal with slowing or stopping the migrant flows coming to the united states. host: cynthia arnson, what are you watching