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gerri willis is in connecticut with the latest. gerri? >> charles, that's right.ricans eager to travel getting on the road this summer holiday season. for the memorial day weekend, 34 million of us will be traveling by car. we're going to be facing some sky high prices for gas. in fact, seven-year high for memorial day weekend. we talked to customers here at this service plaza. they'd say they don't like this not one little bit. listen. >> am i happy about the gas prices? no, not really. they just keep going up and up. >> it's nutty, i have to be honest. they're not thinking it through. it's not only impacting families but businesses at every level. >> they're being ridiculous. >> it's way too high. i'm not happy about it. >> well, even see, increased numbers of vaccinations are leading to what the industry calls vaxivation. people have been shut down and lockdown over a year. now the moth ball restaurants a tractions, hotels, they're gearing up for a lot of people at the front door this summer. that will mean long, long lines. so you have to get ready for that. c

gerry: the tax foundation of $130 billion. know senator toomey, the way the democratic party is today which is a heck of a lot different than what it was ten or 20 or 30 or 40 years ago, their marketing, their selling pitch is going to be class warfare, tax the rich, tax corporation. i think the details are not important to them. i think the growth impact is not important to them. this is an ideology. one last thing, i just want to say that 2017 tax cut would never have passed without your efforts in your right smack in the middle that thing and you are to be congratulated. you are great. how is this going to play out, i am reading stuff the hill newspaper today did a piece that vice president kamala harris is meeting with senator democrats in the senate, they are all giving her their wish list, they are beginning to crack, the legislation, they acknowledge nothing is going to come of the bipartisan talk, that is one issue, the second issue, are they going to need one more reconciliation bill, tumor reconciliation bills or one

gerri willis has more details. gerri? reporter: charles, that's right.cks but their favorite trade is technology which has been a leading sector for years but currently being challenged by value stocks. tech stocks are still the most crowded trade among these fellows of 32% of those surveyed, i should say fellows and gals. the market optimism is based on the belief that the u.s. economy is in v-shaped recovery, right? 50% of fund managers believe that versus 10% in may of last year. all these views expressed in a monthly survey conducted by bank of america's merrill lynch. 85% of fund managers see corporate profits improving over the next 12 months, no surprise there. and a third, 34% think the s&p 500 will outperform this year. only 7% believe the market is in bubble territory. 25% say it is early stage market while 66% think we're in a late-stage bull market. and charles, i send it back to you i was just think about this, i remember my mom saying if all the kids at school would jump off a cliff would you fall them? i think these guys are cliff jumpers,

i'm james freeman filling in for gerry baker.r federal government is still not ready to declare an end to the emergency. each though the seven-day average of covid hospital admissions has fallen nearly 80% since the january peak. average daily deaths are down more than 85%, and cases have fallen by almost 90%. on the bright side, dr. fauci is finally and grudgingly admitting that fully vaccinated people don't really need to wear masks. this followed some prodding from kentucky senator and physician dr. rand paul who reviewed the checkered history of dr. fauci's mask guidance since the dawn of the pandemic in early 2020. >> from the very beginning, dr. fauci has shown himself to be someone that is sometimes honest about his lying. in the initial stages, he said masks don't work, don't buy them, but he was really telling you that because he didn't want you to buy the n95 masks which they used in the hospital, he was afraid there wouldn't be enough for doctors and nurses. then he said all masks work, and that wasn't true either. the

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gerri willis with the details now, gerri, good morning. >> gerri: good morning, maria.ployers are struggling to find labor. this coming on top of last month's dismal jobs report as many as 16 states are planning to end the program in june or july, a few months before it expires in september. some of the nation's biggest companies hoping added perks will help attract employees amid the labor shortage. amazon offering a $1,000 signing bonus as it looks to hire 75,000 workers. mcdonald's hoping a 10% pay raise will help the company hire another 10,000 employees. the demand for workers driving wages higher, the average hourly earnings for private sector employees rose 21-cents last month. and delta taking top honors when it comes to customers satisfaction during the pandemic. a survey from jd power showing the airline received the highest satisfaction score of any airline since 1995. travelers were surveyed about checkin process, aircraft, baggage, boarding as well as reservations and flight crew. just looking forward to getting back to traveling, maria. back to you. maria:

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