>> the good news is charming cantwell is really making progress on faa for the faa build she is working is better in safety and passenger protection but is not that different. i think we are very optimistic we will get an faa bill very soon we return, yes? fix your relationship with mcconnell. [inaudible] and on quick thank you for the compliment. [laughter] i am wondering. [inaudible] >> look, yes and i saw him last night's at the major league baseball owners at dinner and i said i'm selector here he gave a very good speech. look, we each defend what we think are our values and our values are not the same we disagree on a whole lot of things but we know both of us that when we can work together for the good of the country found a remarkable number of important things we can work together on. i am very, very pleased that the republican caucus in the senate has not gone the way of the republican caucus in the house. >> did you ask one? okay sorry. [inaudible] >> i have discussed that a little bit was speaker mccarthy. i've discussed it with susan collins we are going to figure out the be

united's ceo was sea clear saying the faa failed us. the d.o.t.'inspector general said last month the faa has no real plan in place to fix the problem of inadequate air traffic control staffing in miami, new york, key hubs. so, how are you addressing that particular issue? >> well, first of all, let me be very clear that even according to the industry's own data, air traffic control staffing issues account for less than 10% of the delay minutes in the system, but i would rather that number be zero, so even though this isn't the number one cause or even the number two cause of flight disruptions, it is something that is very important to tackle and we're doing exactly that. we're hiring 1500 new air traffic controllers this year. our plan is to hire another 1,800 traffic controllers next year. we're also working on staffing models that can better address the needs on the ground and cooperating where possible and where appropriate with airlines on things that can make better use of the same national airspace, remember, we have the most complex nation

yes, there was weather and faa staffing shortages.ou have outdated equipment, 30 years old that's not even scheduled to be upgraded for another six years or so, that's what caused the nationwide ground stop we saw earlier this year end then $82 billion was given to the airline industry from covid related -- that was to keep people employed to not have any layoffs but what did they do? they took the money and still incentivized pilots and other staff to retire early so they also had staffing shortages and we are dealing with that as well so i do applaud president biden has put together an faa task force as of last year end they are supposed to have solutions by 2024. meanwhile, i wish we would see the same urgency by giving $75 billion to ukraine, 600 billion student loans which is not happening or 80 billing to the irs. they're not using the same urgency for the faa as they are other things and americans deserve safe dependable travel. >> we know of the money and so much information and news has passed by but people have forgotten we

remember when the company was blaming the faa.n correspondent pete muntean joins us now. what is the ceo of united saying? very different tune. >> huge reversal. you can't understand this enough. this is so big from united ceo scott kirby in which he says that faa is now heroic. think back to not only a couple weeks ago, when kirby was putting the blame on the airlines melting down the last week of june, specifically on the faa, and its staffing issues at major air traffic control facilitiesp. in a memo to his employees slards with us, he said the faa failed us this weekend, the weekend of june 24th and 25th. now kirby saying the faa has been helpful over the last couple weeks, they are trying to make things right again, and in this first admission since this meltdown by united airlines, they had about 3200 flights canceled in june which was especially important leading up to july 4th, he's now saying that faa is trying to really help out the airline here. i want you to listen now to what he said. >> they deserve a lot of credit f

cheryl: joe was clear talking about in particular with faa what happened at newark airport, saturday they basically said as we speak plan for hurricanes -- temperatures snowstorms never limited -- we saw past week at newark airport now talking about, reducing capacity, at newark, maybe more gates but that hurts flyers that hurts, because of what we've seen hurts passengers prices stay high or go higher. >> if leadership juxtapose what we see from ceo of union ooitdz from secretary of transportation, he will not take any accountability, for the proliferation of private flights he was taking now you have department of transportation inspector general looking into this -- use of private flights won't acknowledge faa has effectively fallen down on job. yes, we can talking about trying to beat up on ceo he acknowledged i went to teeter bro got out what is pertinent is secretary of transportation that seems indicative of a biden administration, that refuses to take accountability for anything that goes wrong trying to pass the buck. cheryl: pete buttigieg has no problem taking a -- jet, we

and fa f faa has severe staffing shortages.e weather issues, it is literally the perfect storm. they need to get it together. this is a huge part of our infrastructure, sorry mayor pete, you are in charge. >> if only they could have blocked sun. buttigieg claims that the government is hiring or air traffic controllers, 1500 this year, 1800 next. but is it too little too late given the time it takes them to get up to speed. >> it is. one thing to say about you know saying oh, blaming on the weather, the weather is not the cause of the problems, it is the exposing of the problems, when you have a fragile system the weather is a stress test that it fail, obvious each airline had its own problems. delta with luggage and united with staff. but at some point if you governmentally regulate an industry, maybe don't do it after you have given it hundreds of millions of dollars and come up with excuses, the faa plays its role and tsa does, they are both government entities, the airlines play a bigger role. >> but pa but the faa is under

. >>> tonight, the faa and ntsb are investigating a very close call in the skies over south florida. an allegiant airlines plane and a private jet forced to take evasive action to avoid a collision at 23,000 feet here's tom costello. >> reporter: allegiant air 485 had just taken off from fort lauderdale, headed for lexington, kentucky, when it happened the pilot forced to make a sudden extreme climb, 600 feet in seconds, to avoid another plane, throwing flight attendants to the floor and terrifying passengers, including jericka thacker and her family, flying to kentucky after a caribbean cruise. >> it was honestly the scariest thing i've ever been through. it felt like when you go on the top of a roller coaster and you go straight down from the highest point. >> reporter: the faa says it happened when controllers put the allegiant flight and a gulfstream business jet on intersecting routes, both at 23,000 feet >> climb, climb. >> reporter: that's when both planes' collision avoidance warnings, known as tcas, activated. ordering the allegiant pie lalot to immediately climb, and the gu

the faa needs more air traffic controllers and airlines need more rampers and gates. at newark, united has asked from port authority of new york and new jersey, give us more gates, we don't have enough places to park the planes. >> rachel: they need more pilots and flight attendants. there were mandates and many decided to retire because they didn't want vaccines. it is important to have a transportation secretary who is an expert in the field and pete buttigieg isn't. pete buttigieg is saying, it's not me, it is the weather. even though there has been perfect weather, not bad in the northeast. listen to this. >> we had a hard few days with severe weather at the beginning of the week and that definitely put enormous pressure on the system. on friday, we saw, according to tsa, record number of passengers and saw cancellation rates stay low, below 2%. they shot up first part of the week because of severe weather hitting the key hubs. most passengers understand no one can control the weather, anything under control of the airline and the faa side, we need to continue pus

they all point to the faa here.e ceo of jetblue and united saying the faa has failed to staff enough air traffic controllers. so when weather intrudes, they can't reroute your flight quick enough. they don't have the manpower. that's what holds up so many flights and snarls everything up. the airlines don't have enough personnel, either. a tragedy given that you and i, the taxpayer, gave them $50 billion in covid relief. that should have been enough to bulk up their staff or retain it. >> gillian: that's on top of the historically high prices we are paying with tons of hidden fees to begin with for these flights. who do you think is complaining here and who needs to do a better job? list what you want? >> faa and airlines have to start working together. you need air traffic controllers. now they talk about flying cars, gillian. imagine that in the mix of everything else. the faa can't deal with the flights at present. we don't know people going up into a flying car that they just approved. >> gillian: that's coming

all those things are tight at the faa.here needs to be better long-term planning air travel is such an important part of this economy and quality of life for people the faa needs to be accountable for that >> we have learned in the last few years how important it is, crucial, to the entire global economy. david, thanks. >> thank you for the time. >>> when we come back, nathan's hot dog eating champ joey chestnut is here in the building don't go away. good night! hey corporate types. would you stop calling each other rock stars? you're a rock star. you are a rock star. no more calling co-workers rock stars. look, it's great that you use workday to transform your business. but it still doesn't make you a rock star. so unless you work with an actual rock star. hi, i'm ozwald. hello ozwald. pam, you are a rock- i wasn't going to say it. ♪♪ >>> most days we get a check on the state of the consumer. today we are checking in with the greatest consumer of all time to put his perspective. won his first hot dog eating title in 2007.

they are blaming the faa and the faa going to the airlines. get the problem fixed and get passengers taken care of if they have burden from major flight delay, cancellation or stranded on the tarmac. neil: the passenger bill of rights has been bounced around, not happening yet but they promised it would take efforts and measures to avoid what has happened again and again. what are our rights until we have our rights? >> the best thing for stranded passenger when everything is resolved and they are off the flight and back home, they should email the department of transportation and large a formal complaint against the airline because the airlines care about those complaints coming into the federal government because it's affecting them. that's the best way to send the message that as passengers we won't tolerate this anymore. there are lines when you call these airlines, you could be on hold for 2 or 3 hours. the other interesting point, it seems the airline industry unlike other industries when you call a company and there's a long hold they c

the faa new this could be an issue. the lack of staff on high passenger travel days coupled with weather is bound to create severe delays for travelers. however, probably also not the most tactful move on the part of the faa to joke about passenger ed did amidst this. the problem is that the transportation secretary didn't originally even appear to be worried about how to handle issues with flight disruptions due to weather, 5g issues of staffing. essentially leaving travelers on what to do and what should we prepare for entering the summer. >> around the white house, they call him cool hand pete. it's not just the "wall street journal." last week the ceo of united really upset. he says when it comes to weather at newark where they have a lot of operations, the faa has historically been able to manage without severe impact to customers. it feels so irresponsible. i went over to the faa's website, what does it take to become an air traffic controller? 2023 application, that window is closed. so if you wanted to be an air

the downside is that, and you just heard from the faa secretary, transportation secretary, the faa ised to handle events that we used to be able to handle. the united airlines ceo scott kirby came out last week and said these, quote, weather events tfaa used to be able to handle these. they are no longer due to understaffing, due to short anxious, due to all these other things not able to handle it. that's sort of the frustration i think with passengers. >> joey: what i'm trying to understand here and i think people at home want to understand is we have now hundreds of millions of dollars invested in this industry are during covid with the relief we gave to the airlines. pete buttigieg is the transportation secretary, he's seen these problems for almost two years now, or over two years. when the faa puts out guidance telling airlines to ratchet back their flights, if the demand is going up, we've invested in these airlines, we should expect the opposite, right? more flights a little bit cheaper tickets, more opportunity. >> in theory, yes, you are totally right. take a look at southwe

. >> that's exactly the accusation >> keir, thanks very much >>> and the faa is investigating why an emergency slide fell out of a united airlines jet today near chicago's o'hare airport. the slide came down in a neighborhood near the airport. the 767 with 165 people on board landed safely the faa says maintenance workers then discovered the slide was missing. united said it immediately contacted the faa and was working to figure out how it happened. >>> also tonight, the derailment of a freight train outside philadelphia officials say 15 of the 40 cars on the csx train jumped the tracks. although some of the cars were carrying chemicals, authorities say there were no hazardous spills the cause is under investigation. >>> six months before the iowa caucuses donald trump's chief rival for the republican presidential nomination is struggling ron desantis's campaign is burning through cash and vaughn hillyard reports there's new talk tonight of serious third-party challengers with questions about candidates in both major parties. >> reporter: tonight a shake-up for ron desantis's campai

fliers slamming the faa for this tweet attempting to joke about unruly passengers.ll over the can country are being delayed or cancels on a busy week. so was this tone deaf? travel expert francesca page joins me now, by the way, we reached out for comment from the faa, they didn't respond to the us. but making fun of passenger woes under these circumstances, i mean, that's not a really smart move, is it? >> no, definitely not in this particular juncture. you've got to keep in mind aside from the bad weather, the airports are seeing critical short staffing, so going into the summer, the faa allowed the airlines to drop some service coverage to the tri-area in return for not losing their gates. it's impacting traffic on high passenger travel days coupledded bad weather was bound to create severe delays. however, probably not most tactful move on the part of the faa to joke about passenger etiquette amongst all these delays and cancellations. it really only puts them on the losing side publicly speaking. david: by the way, there's also issues with 5g, not all the plane

the house passed a bipartisan faa reauthorization bill.epublicans say it tackles problems pete buttigieg should have done more to fix before now. >> we believe in the faa bill that we will solve things that he's refused to solve and look forward to the future to make air travel safer and other transportation. >> the house bill includes provisions to better refund or reimburse passengers caught up in those travel troubles. it also adds more air traffic controllers or a plan -- has a plan to add more air traffic controllers. it raises the retirement age from 65 to 67. the problem, neil, is this bill is still hung up in the senate. so it could be some time before we see the two sides, the two chambers come together and pass the faa reauthorization legislation. neil? >> neil: to your point that only address as small slice of this nightmare. grady, thank you very much. grady trimble on that. i want to go to franchesca page. i got to wonder here, if they get this faa thing through, it doesn't address long waits and delays that have nothing to do

in maemo understaffing and lack of experience was blamed at the faa or faa. that's how you say it, faa, which means some of the responsibility for this mess has to fall on the u.s. secretary of train wrecks. if this guy is in charge much longer, we'll need to go back to covered wagons. he was quick to dismiss criticism by saying that weather was still the major culprit. figures that family with two dads would blame mother nature. >> rob, you sleep in airports often. you don't have flights scheduled. >> i don't have a home. >> you're the most well dressed hobo. >> if you dress okay, never complains you took a crap on the corner. the rich guy did it. it's fine. i'm sure he knows somebody. >> you still have the bend on the stick? >> not on a stick. >> do you think they blaming the right people? >> blaming everybody, yeah. i do. the constant rearrangement of the rules of travel. everything is so miserable. sometimes it's like, take off your shoes. then it's like don't take off your shoes. now they go through the cabin and close the shades or open the shades. >> t

how many units did you agree with with the faa? >> thank you for having me. the faa is scenting 20 units so we are building them since 2016. the case is that we are improving the visual projection by using a vr headset. the traditional flight simulators are using old technology and they are missing perception and we provided the whole thing which has improved and based on that, we also are make it think possible for pilots to fly close to the ground. it is also enabling the visual 360 degrees around a full panoramic view because we are using a vr headset instead of the gigantic dome projections, the whole thing is smaller and we can move it much more dynamically, improving the fidelity level to be full-blown in the cart pit. ed: how much does a single system cost, the headset in the hot cockpit rig? >> it's basically replacing the traditional simulators which are around 20 times cheaper than what was there before. it allows us to provide much more space for training to address the pilot shortage kind of like a nice possibility because it's a much smaller foot

the faa issuing a temporarily temporary flight restriction.e airport temporary -- temporarily days ago, another plane crashed in the same area after taking off from the same airport. the pilot died. three others were injured. the faa will be investigating that crash and this one as well. the ntsb will also look at radar data, whether information, and maintenance records. stephanie: the fbi is investigating the alleged bomb threat that led to a southwest plane diverting to oakland. according to the alameda county sheriff's office, the plane headed from las vegas to maui was redirected after a flight attendant said they received images suggesting a bomb was on the aircraft. all belongings and luggage were searched after the plane was evacuated in oakland. no explosive materials found. no arrests have been made. president biden is heading to europe as he prepares for the nato summit. it is as janet yellen finished her trip to china. >> we know the coupling of world's two largest economies would be disastrous for both countries and destabilizing f

we have this statement from the faa explaining what happened.rn eastbound over the ocean. at that 23,000 feet altitude. when it crossed in front of a northbound gulf stream business jet. at this point, these to aircraft are headed in the same path, but both pilots, fortunately, got an automated alert that basically there was another plane flying at the same altitude and immediate action needed to be taken. bear in mind, about two and a half miles apart. that may sound look a big distance, but -- >> they're going fast. >> this is airborne traffic speeds, seconds, not minutes here. both pilots took evasive actions, allegiant plane went up, the jet went down, and they were able to avoid a disaster. we know the allegiant pilot's maneuver was dramatic enough that they had to turn back to fort lauderdale so a person could get medical attention. it is rare that an incident like this, a pilot's maneuver ends in an injury. we sometimes hear about it with turbulence. but this is really rare. >> quickly here. so anecdotally, it seems like we have seen a re

, says the faa, at 56. so there's a small window of hiring and this small window of your useful life, sorry to put it that way. but a lot of this is created entirely by the faa and their failure to plan. so this problem will stem well into next year. >> all right. maybe a weekend to stay at home, but likely if you are traveling you have already bought the ticket. mary sciavo, thank you so much. >> i already bought that ticket. what do i do? >>> all right. this morning we are following developing news out of france where hundreds of buildings have been set on fire or damaged after a fourth night of protests over the death of a 17-year-old boy at the hands of police. >> violent demonstrations swept through the country in numerous cities. officials say more than 1,300 arrests were made in the last dade spite french police deploying 45,000 officers to help keep the peace. let's go to cnn's nic robertson live in paris. french president emmanuel macron has resisted calls to issue a state of emergency. do we know

host: that is the faa reauthorization. guest: yes but i use the faa test as to whether the congress has summoned the will to start restraining ending. i have to tell you once again they failed the test. host: the house committee budget takes up the overall budget. explain how that -- what is that versus the 12 appropriations bills that have to make their way through congress to fund federal agency. guest: there's a bunch of resolutions that do not go to the president. it is a spending plan that establishes overall parameters for spending levels. the way it has worked most of the time is not the way it is designed to work. usually the budget resolution is simply ignored and we go ahead and appropriate the money anyway. most recently through continuing resolution. but the way it is supposed to work -- host: let me jump in quick. you think appropriators do not listen to what the budget committee says? guest: when the budget is passed of a do listen, but if it is not past for go on the base of past spending. many appropriators

the faa will be investigating that crash and this one behind me. will look for evidence like radar data, weather information and maintenance records. stephanie: the fbi investigating the alleged bomb threat that led to a southwest plane diverting to oakland. according to the sheriffs office, the plane headed from las vegas to maui was redirected after a flight attendant received images of suggesting a bomb was on the aircraft. authority say those pictures were sent through the apple airdrop feature. all belongings and luggage were searched, but no explosive materials were found. no arrests have been made. president biden is heading to europe as he prepares for the high-stakes nato summit. it is as janet yellen finished up her in china. >> we know the decoupling of the world's two largest economies would be disastrous for both countries and destabilizing for the world. it would be virtually impossible to undertake. we want a dynamic and healthy global economy that is open, free and fair. not one that is fragmented or forces countries to take sides.

stuart: the faa says air taxis can begin flying over cities as early as 2028.y, come in, please. wasn't it originally supposed to be 2025? why the delay? ashley: yes, it was. it turns out hailing flying taxis by 2025 was just a little overly ambitious. the faa's 2028 time frame represents the reality if you'd like for how long it's going to take to not only get aircraft de-science approved but also setting up small airlines, create pilot training standards and all the other requirements before the new devices can actually carry passengers. the two can fliest up and fly point to point like planes. during the startup phase, taxis have human pilots rather than robin lou bat ick controllers of the industry ultimately wants to use. by the way, faa wants to create taxi corridors to keep them away from other aircraft, good idea and lighten the workload for air traffic controllers and wait three or four more years and stuart: lydia hu at newark international airport. we know about the pilots and now the flight attendants want to walk off the job as well; is that right?

la faa ha certificado para pruebas a un vehÍculo que una empresa describe como un carro volador. >> puededounidense. >> el prototipo valiÓ 3 millones de dÓlares, pero los automÓviles estarÁn en el mercado en el 2025 entre cientos $1000, un poco mÁs de lo que vale un ferrari, que estÁ en $235,000. lourdes: aunque cada vez estamos mÁs cerca, todavÍa nos falta para ver carros como el de surcando nuestros cielos. la faa aclara que la empresa radicada en california tiene un certificado de aeronavegaciÓn, esto no quiere decir que en dos semanas estarÁ circulando. >> yo creo que serÍa maravilloso. >> a mÍ no me gusta esa idea, me asusta. lourdes: el coche volador estarÁ certificado como vehÍculo de baja velocidad, no podrÁ ir a mÁs de 25 millas por hora en una carretera asfaltada, se supone que si un conductor necesitarÁ una vÍa mÁs rÁpida, utilizarÁ las capacidades de vuelo. >> el espacio no controlado es donde los automÓviles van a poder volar. lourdes: el vehÍculo estÁ en desarrollo desde el 2015 cuando cuatro amigos inspirados por la pelÍcula volviendo al futuro decidieron crear este automÓv

the faa now investigating both incidents. rachel, in a statement hawaiian airlines said their priority is to care for the passengers and crew affected. but they emphasize they did do a thorough inspection of the plane before boarding its next flight. rachel. >> just terrifying moments for those travelers. jaclyn, thank you. >>> we turn now to those dangerous storms and heat alerts putting a damper on holida plans. flash flooding in chicago stranding people in their cars. their vehicles submerged under water. dozens had to be rescued. all that rain forcing nascar to cancel an event in the city. here's elwyn lopez. >> reporter: tonight, severe weather and heat impacting more than 100 million americans. flash floods filling streets in chicago, cars stranded, drivers wading through the high waters. >> we have this big low pressure system swirling over us. you can kind of even see it, so that's why these showers will kind of keep on redeveloping. >> reporter: in kentucky, storms washing out sales at this fireworks store ahead of i

so apart from bad weather, is the united ceo right about the faa? >> i think so.or generals and gao, the government accountability office, had been warning for over a decade that there were staffing shortages and a lack of flexibility. they make it very difficult to transfer workers from one air traffic control center to another and as well to adopt technology that could really actually make the agency is more productive, 360-degree cameras, for instance. and is so all this is now coming home to roost. paul: well, there's a particular example of that in the new york metro propoll tan area -- metropolitan area. lots of flights, it's a particular mess this summer. and those work rules are relevant because chuck schumer's played a role here in stopping some of the changes that even the faa wanted to make in moving air controllers from long island. >> right. so new york is actually only staffed at about 54% which is far below the average for other centers which is around 80%, which still isn't enough. i also want to actually add one other component is the can covid lo

. >>> the faa now is investigating an alee jant jat airlines near collision. >> a flight attenentdantues with airlines in recent months. we take a closer look at what happened. >> the faa is now investigate ing this close call off the coast of florida. here's what we know at this point. a flight takes off from fort lauderdale sunday at 23,000 feet. an air traffic controller in miami instructs the pilot to turn eastbound over the ocean, which causes the plane to cross in front of a northbound gulf stream jet. now fortunately, both pilots received automated alerts and each of them quickly took evasive action. the planes were roughly two and a half miles apart, but at airborne speeds, they were just seconds, not minutes from crossing paths. and the pilot's maneuver was dramatic enough that one flight attendant on board was injured and the plane had to return to fort lauderdale. here's how one passenger described that terrifying moment. >> so at that time, we thought it was turbulence, which was still scary at the time because i had never been through that. but when he came opt the interc

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. >> faa should already have their act together. they should have everybody together.hey've been short staffed for 15 years. lawrence: if you've been watching, this seems to happen every couple of months so why is our air travel system so dysfunctional? we spend hours in lines getting hassled by security, but we can't get from one point to another reliably. the federal government has no interest in even acknowledging the problem though. >> as we head into july 4, the department of transportation and the faa are working closely with airlines to help minimize flight disruptions resulting from extreme weather, airline operations quickly recovered from the weather earlier this week except for united statessed airlines, which expects to return to normal tomorrow. we will continue to keep a close eye on all this and we want to remind air travelers to visit flightrights.gov to see what your entitled to if your flight is canceled or delayed. lawrence: the department of transportation secretary mayor pete is blaming the airlines. taking no responsibility for the troubles. >> ov

so faa and nasa working on something called highway in the sky.e ground, and there are specific lanes which you have in the air. those planes can contract and expand and also it can go in a wide direction, and there's a lot of flexibility. so, yes, the government is actually working on those connections. if it will be very, way more order than on the ground. david: the other question i hear most often is what happens if the battery failses? because i know the lifetime of a charge is not very long with these things. what happens if a battery fails the when you're up in the air? >> tharst of all, you'll always have some kind of a backup in battery power. even if anything goes wrong, we have -- we are very lightweight car and very lightweight aircraft, so we have ballistic power chutes which can definitely help you with this and a lot of redundancy, a lot of backup systems. we're trying to make it safer than any helicopter, any airplane -- david and it is very appealing to a lot of people. you've got a lot of preorders. are they coming from individua

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an issue regarding the faa, talk about dysfunction in management.will not hire you unless you are younger than 31, you must retire at 56. they are making hiring people more difficult and forcing out the experienced. what is your take on this. you know importance of human resources. >> dr. nesheiwat: i was stunned when i read this reports, they had to pause training for faa controllers. they are considered essential workers, so because of that pause, that is why we have shortage of them. it is harder to get in. you can only apply once a year and be less than 31 years old. once a year is the opportunity and you have to retire so young, instead of encouraging them to apply more often, opposite i think this. they were following covid guidelines whchl they reopened, they cut their class in half to 50% to follow social distancing guidelines. because of nonscientific covid guidelines, we see shortage of pilots and flight attendants and it will take years to recover. >> working in news, he says one thing and you have to report that. we're effectively being

the faa now investigating both incidents. in a statement, hawaiian airlines said their priority is to care for the passengers and crew affected. but they do emphasize they thoroughly inspected the plane before boarding its next flight. jacqueline lee, abc news, newark, new jersey. >> all right, jacqueline, thank you so much. well parts of the city of chicago remain underwater. just look here, severe flooding flash flooding leaving drivers trapped in their cars. dozens of people had to be rescued sunday, which went down as one of the city's wettest days ever. millions of americans also sweltering as extreme heat stretches from coast to coast. now blamed for more than two dozen deaths. accuweather meteorologist melissa konstanzer has today's forecast. melissa >> good morning, lionel. we're watching a wide risk for severe weather extending from new england into the southeast east with thunderstorms bringing damage, winds and heavy rainfall. the risk for flooding through the mid-atlantic coast if you don't get those thunderstorms

the faa says the aircraft crashed during departure at cable airport. officials say the plane crashed into a hangar, burst into flames in killed of 3 people. 3 people inside both the faa and the national transportation safety board are investigating tonight. a former business associate of hunter biden is expected to testify before congress about any potential role the president had in hunter's business dealings. the president's son has pleaded guilty to federal tax crimes in which he failed to pay around 1.1 million dollars in federal taxes before the legal deadlines. late last week, a judge halted a potential plea deal for hunter and ordered him to return to court next month to settle the plea deal. coming up, taylor swift's bay area concerts may have wrapped up, but the economic impact that they brought to the bay area has made a lasting impact. >> we'll take a look next. swift not only brought excitement for the fans, but a nice boost to the local economy. >> the valley transportation authority says they even broke records. kron four's tiffany justic

. >> anything that's upper the control of the airlines and anything that we can do on the faa side we need to continue pushing to make sure that there's the smoothest possible experience for air passengers everywhere. >> he says the faa is moving to hire more workers to help alleviate travel delays. >>> breaking overnight, the white house grounds were evacuated after the secret service discovered an unknown item. a hazmat team was called to the area forcing temporary road closures around the white house. officials later deemed the unknown item safe. at this point it's unclear what the item was. no injuries were reported. >>> also in washington, police are searching for a suspect who used explosives in a series of attacks on businesses. the three attacks took place within 15 minutes of each other yesterday morning. investigators say the first one happened when a device was detonated on the sidewalk near a bank atm. another explosive device was set off on the sidewalk in front of a nike store. and a molotov cocktail-style object was thrown through a supermarket window. all the businesse

the consumer really healthy this is one of the strongest fourth of july people want to get after the faanot handle it blaming on whether listen to the transportation secretary and what he had to say. >> if you look at the overall picture we seen a lot of improvements we had a hard few days with severe weather at the beginning of the week and that definitely put enormous pressure on the system. the good news on friday we saw tsa a record number of airline passengers probably the most ever in america and we saw the cancellation rates stay low right now below 2% and they shot up at the first part of the week largely because severe weather and some of the airlines like staffing shortages. >> either way if you stuck at a terminal it's a miserable experience. thank you very much, let's check the features. down on the dow and s&p slightly up on the nasdaq official finishes at 1:00 p.m., shortened day let's bring in jeff sica, i've known you for years, it's been many, many years. great to have you here were kicking off the second half of the year after pretty impressive looking at the nasdaq the

as for the airports, the faa is expecting nearly 50,000 flights on wednesday alone. jericka?> definitely have to have the patience, elaine quijano, thank you. >>> how exactly will the weather affect your fourth of july plans? let's bring in meteorologist mike bettis from our partners at the weather channel with those details. mike, good evening. >> jericka, good evening. watching widespread storms as we ease into the fourth of july. storms from the northeast right into the mid-atlantic and southeast for the rest of the evening. many of these storms should die down later on tonight only to return again tomorrow for independence day. all these areas that are highlighted in this pink color could see some storms in the afternoon for cookouts, could see them in the evening for fireworks shows. violent storms erupting overnight tonight and then through the day tomorrow here from minneapolis into places like hays, kansas, back toward denver, colorado. high pressure dominates the atlantic coast and the pacific coast. these are the locations for july fourth. we'll have the hottest tem