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this is the opportunity that i see for potential bounce on southwest airlines to start outperforming the airline industry if we look at the chart of southwest itself, back in february it broke out above the $50 level. traded all the way up to about $58 or so and pulled back now to the $50 level to the penny yesterday and bounced off. this is really where the risk/reward in my opinion favors to the long side at the moment if you look at the business itself, it is the only one of the major airlines right now that's adding capacity in the second half versus the other three legacy carriers are slashing capacity because of labor constraints. for those reasons this is a stocky like a lot going into earnings and they report in about two weeks. the trade structure i want to use reflects the fact that because earnings is coming up here in less than two weeks, the implied volatility for these options are a bit on the expensive side so, i'm using two -- so, i'm going out to the july 30th weekly options, september, 52.50, 56 call diagonal here, where i'm spending about $3 to purchase the septembe

this is a two-year chart of southwest versus delta and united airlines. delta has about 80% u.s. thwest -- about 60%. southwest, 100%. big declines for both delta and united as international travel has remained restricted. alix: definitely had that nice rebound, that reopening trade. abigail, thanks very much. let's get more on the results. southwest airlines ceo gary kelly joins me now. thanks so much for joining me. gary: rate be with you. -- great to be with you. alix: perspective wise, how much of the uncertainty you are seeing has to do with delta variant? currently, the market is trading as if the delta variant is impacting the business. gary: we are not really seeing any uncertainty at all. we are like everybody else, we are wondering if they will have an impact, but our bookings, we had a really strong second quarter in terms of revenue. it turned out to be much better than we thought 90 days ago. our second quarter revenues were almost double what they were in the first quarter, and our capacity is going to be up in the third quarter another 15% relative to where we were

some more leeway when it involves families and they don't like the way they were treated by southwest airlines. >> was advocate of their airline. i look them for such a long time and now. >> of completely flipped around from one experience that i've had with them, which is a very, very bad experience. bay area resident eric hanson says he won't fly southwest airlines again. >> after he and his family had to exit the san jose bound plane when he couldn't get his 3 year-old son to put his mask on before takeoff. he says 2 flight attendants and gate agent treated them like criminals use very intimidating. you saying that he needs to put his on. >> and you know, we can get it on. so then he's radioing in to somebody else on offense. the police or what saying we have a non compliant passenger on the flight and he's talking about 3 year-old son. >> at that point, the family voluntarily got off the flight and had to spend an extra night in las vegas without any of their checked luggage. >> and i don't think the masking policy is bad. >> hansen says the airline should have treated his family better an

a major bullish trend line here in is the opportunity that i see for a potential bounce on southwest airlines to start outperforming the airline industry back in february it broke out above a $50 level. traded up, and then pulled back now to the $50 level yesterday and this is really where the risk and reward in my opinion favors to the long side at the moment if you look at the business itself it is the only one of the major airlines right now adding capacity in the other half versus the other three that are slashing capacity because of labor constraints in is a stock that i like a lot going into earnings so the trade structure that i want to use reflects the fact that because earnings are coming up here in less than two weeks, the implied volatility for these options are a bit on the expensive side so i'm going out to the july 30th weekly options, september, 52.5 56 call diagonal here, and i'm spending about $3 for the september 52.5 calls, and i'm suling the july 30th calls against that so net-net here i'm paying $2.40 for this call diagonal risking about 4.5% placing a longer term bet. th

some more leeway when it involves families and they don't like the way they were treated by southwest airlinesocate of their airline. i look them for such a long time and now. >> of completely flipped around from one experience that i've had with them, which is a very, very bad experience. bay area resident eric hanson says he won't fly southwest airlineag

they don't like the way they were treated by southwest airlines. >> in their 3 day airline in the bay everything i can to not get on another one of their flights are tension go through another situation like this. >> bay area resident eric hanson says southwest airlines has lost his business after he and his family had to exit the san jose found plane when he couldn't get his 3 year-old son to put his mask on before takeoff. he says 2 flight attendants and gate agent treated them like criminals. and when they feared police were being called to arrest them. they voluntarily got off the flight and had to spend an extra night in las vegas without any of their checked luggage. they should giving us some more time they should have walked away. maybe said, okay, we'll give you 5 minutes or 10 minutes. but their flight was late. another an hour late. so i think they're just trying to make time. >> and they wanted us off the plane. they didn't give us any time to sit there with them and talking through it. >> and try to get him to put it on henson complained to southwest management which sent

raise in order to withstand the pandemic by the way, in terms of airline earnings today, we also heard not just from american, southwesthis morning. it also reported better than expected results a loss, but a profitable june. and speaking of alaska airlines, we will be talking with the ceo exclusively coming up a little bit later today on the exchange. this is a company that has been adding capacity. we will get ben's take in terms of how much capacity they plan to bring back in the third and fourth quarters. back to you. >> that's where i was going with you, phil, is what is the expected discipline, if i call it that, about adding capacity both domestically and of course i know we have this question about what international is going to look like what does that look like in terms of more flights actually coming back online >> combination of two things have to happen they see the demand. they need to add the flights that's one equation. they want to add the flights but they have to have the staffing, morgan we talked to doug parker about that southwest and american got dinged in the month of june because they added too

southwest airlines again after they got off a flight because of the covid safety rule as kron four's dan kerman reports their 3 year-old son would not wear a mask. >> in their 3 day airline in the bay area mom and you everything i can to not get on another one of their flights are tension go through another situation like this. >> bay area resident eric hanson says southwest airlines has lost his business after he and his family had to exit the san jose found plane when he couldn't get his 3 year-old son to put his mask on before takeoff. he says 2 flight attendants and gate agent treated them like criminals. and when they feared police were being called to arrest them. they voluntarily got off the flight and had to spend an extra night in las vegas without any of their checked luggage. they should giving us some more time they should have walked away. maybe said, ok, we'll give you 5 minutes or 10 minutes, but their flight was late. another an hour late. so i think they're just trying to make time. >> and they wanted us off the plane. they didn't give us any time to sit there with th

desire for people to get back to living life. >> reporter: data from flight aware shows in june southwest airlinesst flights of any u.s. carrier followed by american airlines. to stem off even more cancellations, american is preemptively trimming 1% of flights from its schedule through mid july, citing bad weather and staffing shortages. consumer advocates say airlines should have been prepared for this travel surge, especially after receiving more than $50 billion in aid from the federal government. >> we need to have a national discussion about how the airlines are using taxpayer dollars and yet still not serving us and still inconveniencing us. >> passengers are taking out their frustration and facing thousands in foerl fines. the faa has received more than 3,000 reports of unruly passengers since the start of this year. more than 2,000 over the federal transportation mask man date. sarah nelson said flight crews are facing a harsh new reality. >> now the public is coming back and getting out and treating flight attendants as punching bags and they're doing that verbally and physically. >> repo

than 100% recovery and indicates a desire for people to get back to living life. >> in june southwest airlines delayed or cancelled the most flights of any u.s. carrier followed by american airlines. to stem off even more cancellations, american is preemptively trimming 1% of flights from the schedule flu mid july, citing bad weather and staffing shortages. airlines should have been prepared for this travel surge, especially after receiving more than $50 million in aid from the federal government. >>> we need to have a national discussion about how the airlines are using taxpayer dollars and yet, they're still not serving us and they're still inconveniencing us. >> passengers are taking out their frustrations on board flights and facing thousands in federal fines. the faa now says it has received more than 3,000 reports of unruly passengers since the start of this year. more than 2000 over the federal transportation mask mandate. sara nelson of the association of flight attendants says flight crews are facing a harsh new reality. >> now the public is coming back and treating flight attendants

the sites of airbnb, ups, costo, delta and southwest airlines all showed error messages for about anour this afternoon. c net's editor at large says while is may seem sites are going down a lot lately, we've just forgotten how it used to be. >> it used to be a lot worse and now it's gotten better. so when we go back in time a little bit, it's a little un>>came made it very clear this was not a cyber attack. >>> san francisco wants to replace more than 3,000 trash cans around the city, but the cost to develop new ones is raising eyebrows. >> $20,000, you go to costco, get a [ indiscernible ] >> the board of supervisors committee has moved forward with the idea to test out trash canning this fall. they'll all be made out of stainless steel and will have sensors to determine how full they are. >> the goal i have is to have the most efficient trash cans in the world. >> once they pick a design, the -- >> i might feel guilty throwing something away in a $20,000 trash can. >>> here with the forecast. >> dan and alma, i want to show you something that is disturbing. unfortunately i have to

for people to get back to living life. >> reporter: data from flight aware shows, in june, southwest airlinesen more cancellations, american is preemptively trimming 1% of flights from its schedule, through mid-july, citing bad weather and staffing shortages. consumer advocates say airlines should have been prepared for this travel surge, especially after receiving more than $50 billion in aid from the federal government. >> we need to have a national discussion about how the airlines are using taxpayer dollars, and yet, they're still not serving us and still inconveniencing us. >> reporter: passengers are taking out their frustrations onboard flights and facing thousands in federal fines. the faa now says it has received more than 3,000 reports of unruly passengers since the start of this year. more than 2,000, over the federal transportation mask mandate. sarah nelson of the association of flight attendants says flight crews are facing a harsh, new reality. >> now, the public is coming back and getting out. and treating flight attendants as punching bags and they are doing that verbally and

. >> reporter: american and southwest airlines stopping alcohol service. and the faa handing out massive fines from $7,500 to $52,000 a steep price to deter more chaos in the air vaughn hillyard, nbc news. >>> still ahead, it is not the weed people grew up with we'll tell you about the new, more powerful cannabis that's sending teenagers to the e.r >>> and the chaotic scene as soccer fans tried to force their way into the big match today >>> pope francis made his first public appearance today since undergoing intestinal surgery. the pontiff emerged on a hospital balcony to give his sunday blessing to crowds that gathered below he highlighted the need for everyone to have access to good health care. the vatican says the pope's recovery has been going well >>> now to the sports world where novak djokovic pulled off a historic win in the wimbledon final. his victory secured him a 20th grand slam title, tieing roger federer and rafael nadal for the most ever for men. he's now won all three grand slam tournaments this year if he wins the u.s. open in september,

san jose many southwest airlines passengers are getting home very late from their holiday trips. a number of arriving flights were delayed last night. no word on what caused them but the airline has struggled with delays and cancellations due to computer problems, staffing shortages and bad weather. we reached out to sjc for more details on what contributed to the delays. >>> the death hole in the florida condo collapse is now 28. 117 people are still missing and today tropical storm elsa could impact the search ef. pod >> the search and rescue effort at the collapse has gotten stronger and now that the entire area has been made safer for crews. a demolition of the portion of the condo that was still standing is allowing rescuers into inaccessible places including bedrooms. >> through the teams ongoing search efforts today we have recovered another victim. >> over 4.8 million pounds of concrete have been removed from the pile. the mayor said the search and rescue effort is more active than ever. >> the equipment is now engaged and they have navigated the entire site. before they

. >> reporter: american and southwest airlines stopping alcohol service and the faa handing out massive 7500 to $52,000. a steep price to deter more chaos in the air vonn hilliard, nbc news. >> i know we were joking about this but did people forget how to behave? >> i don't forget the aggression we should be chill and happy that we can hop on a plane and go on vacation or travel for work. >> that's exactly right. be koom and be grateful. >> mind boggling. >> right now at 4:30, get ready to conserve again. another flex alert in place starting later today. and this time it's not because of heat. >>> plus, heading back to the office. many google employees returned to work today for the first time in more than a year. the changes they can expect and why not all high-tech employees are happy about the return. the post-pandemic. this is "today in the bay." >>> well, it starts right here right now. good morning and thank you for

the sites of airbnb, ups, costo, delta and southwest airlines all showed error messages for about anthis afternoon. c net's editor at large says while is may seem sites are going down a lot lately, we've just forgotten how it used to be. >> it used to be a lot worse and now it's gotten better. so when we go back in time a little bit, it's a little uncomfortable. >> acame made it very clear this was not a cyber attack. >>> san francisco wants to replace more than 3,000 trash cans around the city, but the cost to develop new ones is raising eyebrows. >> $20,000, you go to costco, get a [ indiscernible ] >> the board of supervisors committee has moved forward with the idea to test out trash canning this fall. they'll all be made out of stainless steel and will have sensors to determine how full they are. >> the goal i have is to have the most efficient trash cans in the world. >> once -- >> i might feel guilty throwing something away in a $20,000 trash can. >>> here with the forecast. >> dan and alma, i want to show you something that is disturbing. unfortunately i have to turn your att

. >>> in san jose tonight, many southwest airlines passengers are getting home late from their holiday trips. a number of arriving flights were delayed tonige aline hastrh de and cancellations due to computer problems, staffing shortages and bad weather. >>> 55 acres of land owned by apple could soon be the next site of a huge homeless encampment in san jose. about 30 people are living there right now, but once another camp near the mineta airport is swept, hundreds of homeless people could end up moving there. this is near the 101/87 interchange. one homeless man tells us he'd rather go there than into any government housing. >> i tell you what, if they're such a wealthy company, they could be helping the homeless. they could be helping us make this place better. instead of trying to kick us out of here, if the company is so big, show that they even care. >> we requested a comment from apple. the company says it is working on a response. >>> live look now from san francisco where a project aimed at speeding up bus service has been slowing down drivers for years. tonight kpix 5's betty

southwest airline said help us figure out the most efficient way to get our passengers on a plane.i know they do complicated things with simple rules. >> reporter: doug lawson was a systems analyst at southwest airlines for 20 years. >> we discovered there is a better order in taking your seats. >> reporter: he used computer-simulated ants to determine the most efficient way of boarding a plane, which turns out to be open seating. southwest's way of boarding without seat numbers is actually more efficient than when i board another airline and know exactly what my seat is? >> yes. when we simulated what the different airlines are doing. it turns out with assigned seats, there is a one-third chance that you're going to ask two people to get up. whereas open seating since the middle seat is the undesirable one, generally that is the one that is last to be filled, which means only one person is likely to get up, the person sitting near the aisle. >> reporter: did these these ants have carry-on luggage? >> we left out bad behavior. >> reporter: so ants may not be smart, but they can be

. >> reporter: staffing shortages, southwest airlines offered employees double pay over the hole bay and american airlines canceled 80 flights a day due to pilot shortage. >> going to have a lot of company on the road, airports and terminals so bear in mind you may be running into the old- fashioned traffic jam. >> reporter: experts say about 90% of travelers took a car this weekend to avoid clouded planes or trains and mask mandates. and those gas prices, expect them to keep going up in july. major. >> garrett: nikki battiste, thank you. a notorious group of cyber crooks linked to russia are demanding $70 billion in bit coins to unfreeze hundreds of computers around the world. more from catherine herridge. >> reporter: the software company kaseya is scrambling ransomware attacks in history. cyber criminals with the russian linked group r-evil burrowed into the systems friday and affected hundreds of clients over twelve countries, including swedish grocery chain co-op which had to close most of its 800 stores a second day because because the cash register to have to r software shut do

airlines like southwest or arguing they encourage passengers to violate its terms of service. has survived legal challenges from other major travel services and airlines, but will they survive this one clicks to answer the question is it legal, let's bring in criminal defense attorney and david bruno. quoting such hidden city ticket because logistical operational and public safety concerns by promoting hidden sedate tickets skip leg is inducing people to violate southwest terms and/or contract ancillaries errors and. it seems to me, brian, that whe you talk this is safety and goodwill and passengers, southwest is losing a little bi of money. >> southwest might need to change their name to south wine because they have been whining and complaining about something is really about the truth. this is a search for transparency. skip flag is really doing travelers favor. their finding out the truth about flights. this has nothing to do with ski flag engaging in any fraudulent deceptive or misleading activity . >> and that's the whole thing, david, if i can go on and find out that i c

southwest airlines passengers have seen hundreds of delays in the past weeks as the airline dealt withes and staffing shortages. american airlines reduced its schedule through mid july. according to the pilots union, partly due to a shortage of pilots. we got an email this morning saying that they would give us $250 each family of four if we delayed our flights at oakland international airport. some passengers also received emails this weekend with alerts about delays. i tried to get on last night from albuquerque, but they were full flights, so i had to wait until early this morning. everyone's are starting to increase their staff, with delta, saying they plan to hire more than 1000 pilots by next summer. still delays could continue in the coming months. jana katsuyama ktvu, fox two news. the great outdoors, calling people's names and road travelers everywhere say they have also picked up the summer travel bug. many are hitting national parks at full force, the clippard family from south carolina started traveling in an airstream last august. their goal was to visit 40 national parks

the problem affecting many businesses from amazon to home depot, fedex and u.p.s., also hit, southwest airlineslta air lines. some delta customers unable to check in online for a time today. akamai, a key internet provider, investigating the service disruptions but so far saying it was not a cyberattack. >>> and when we come back, the images coming in tonight from south florida. now a video wall collapsing just before the start of a large music festival. ja corner? or could i have a different game plan? i wanted to help protect myself. my doctor recommended eliquis. eliquis is proven to treat and help prevent another dvt or pe blood clot. almost 98 percent of patients on eliquis didn't experience another. and eliquis has significantly less major bleeding than the standard treatment. eliquis is fda-approved and has both. don't stop eliquis unless your doctor tells you to. eliquis can cause serious and in rare cases fatal bleeding. don't take eliquis if you have an artificial heart valve or abnormal bleeding. if you had a spinal injection while on eliquis call your doctor right away if you have t

american airlines -- southwest also facing similar issues, asking employees to pick up after chips andg more money. they have not canceled any flights at sfo today. we did speak to passengers who got here as the rest began. one was able to see his family after nearly 2 years. >> i am trying to visit some grandkids and my daughter and husband, of course. >> reporter: when was the last time you saw them? >> probably almost 2 years ago. it has been a tough time for travelers. >> reporter: an exciting day for people finally hitting the skies in the area. oakland international expects 160,000 travelers will pass to, triple from the 2020 holiday. if you have not traveled for a while, a quick reminder that mass are required by the federal government right now in terminals and on airplanes. obviously, if you are going anywhere, try to give yourself as much time as possible because we have been watching the slime balloon and shrink. at any given moment, it could really take a while to get through, which we have not seen for a while but it is definitely starting to pick up. >>> southwest airline

bay area resident eric hanson says he won't fly southwest airlines again. >> after he and his familyjose bound plane when he couldn't get his 3 year-old son to put his mask on before takeoff. he says 2 flight attendants and gate agent treated them like criminals use very intimidating. you saying that he needs to put it in the past on. >> and you know, we can get it on. so then he's radioing in to somebody else. out of his. the police are watching the oven on complaint passenger on the flight and he's talking about our 3 year-old son. >> that point, the family voluntarily got off the flight and had to spend an extra night in las vegas without any of their checked luggage. >> and i don't think the masking policy is bad. >> hansen says the airline should have treated his family better and given them more time to comply. he made that clear to southwest management which sent him this e-mail in response apologizing for his experience. but indicating under the cdc's federal mask mandate. all customers aged 2 or over are required to wear a mask if the customer just not comply with crew membe

. >> there are some airlines struggling with all of the demand. southwest, for example, are offering their flight attendance double pay to pick up extra trips. the ceo of united airlines, say people want to get back to living normal lives. if you're unvaccinated, it's too early to declare victory against the pandemic. they're worried about the coronavirus variant known as delta. it's more transmissible. it's in all 50 states. pockets of the country are still lacking behind the rest of the country in vaccinations. >> millions of americans making the most of the progress that we have made. let's head over to cnn's paulo sandoval. he's tracking the travel rush from new york city. what does the data show about just how many people are going to get out and about this weekend? >> reporter: before you consider the data, look at picture we showed you. the lines and high stress are back here. tsa numbers from thursday alone where the tsa say they screened a number of passengers. even higher than prepandemic. that is a trend travel experts expect this summer. >> by n

airlines, for individuals, and ultimately what happens to international travel. we were told in several days we would find out. it's been more than a week. tom: southweste of "love island," up 100 62% at one point. they have survived. jonathan: the benefit is it is a domestic story. for the other players, the likes of united, delta, american, they're hoping that corridor between london and new york gets going again, they will have to wait. tom: we will see. dave wilson now with us on the equity market. we could have a four hour conversation about nasdaq 415,000. you are looking at the shifts that has been made as we go into an end of summer view. dave: we are talking about the u.s. versus the rest of the world. some people will say u.s. stocks eked in february -- stocks peaked in february, but if you look at the u.s. in a global context, you get a very different story. what we are looking at here is the s&p 500 relative to something called the s&p global ex-us broad market index, so developed and emerging markets outside the u.s. you saw that ratio between the two indicators dropped about 10.5% from a high-end september to a low in february, and since

raising less money in its ipo than it had hoped, but at $32 billion, it is more valuable than southwest airlines today, first look at second quarter gdp, economists predict the economy xwlooup grew at a peace of 8.5%. and proof the economy is roaring back to life here. and a good sign for the global recovery. >>> ford managed to make money in the second quarter despite the ongoing global chip shortage. net income $561 million, ceo said it is seeing strong demand for several new vehicles and the situation remains fluid regarding the chip shortage. tightening supply caused a shortage of cars. goldman sachs doesn't expect inventories of new cars to recover until september and stay below pre-attendpandemic levels next year. >>> and americans could start paying more at the grgrocery store. extreme weather is raising prices. california raises 90% of the canned tomatoes but the farmers are struggling to keep up as the drought threatens the crops. also causing the price of flour, suing gar and pinto beans to ri. and coffee producing is slowed because of record drought. wheat has hit its highest price. a

southwest airlines asking flight attendants if they're able to work this holiday weekend, to do so. american airlines, boris and christi, are trying to keep up with the pent up demand. >> a lot of folks wanting to get out and into the friendly skies. paulo sandoval, thank you so much. >>> of course, with that demand for travel come concerns over coronavirus. joining us to discuss, dr. clhrs purnell. thanks so much for joining us this morning, doctor. a lot of folks are going to be celebrating this holiday weekend at barbecues, fireworks displays. the white house hosting the event. a lot of gaergtherings outside. how would you assess the risk in attending these kind of events? >> look. i think everyone needs to keep good pandemic sense about them and what i mean by that is even when you're indoors and you're fully vaccinated, you shouldn't let your guard all the way down. be cognizant of those who are among us who are unvaccinated be cognizant of children in particular. so i continue to encourage those who are not vaccinated. mask when you're indoors and use this as an opportunity to

in may, a passenger punched a southwest airlines flight attendant, causing her to lose two of her teethfeet. that plane is in the air, it has a crew that has to deal with the issues and it's incumbent on us to make sure they're equipped. very some are fueled by alcohol but most are fighting back against the federal mask mandate which makes up three quarters of incidents recorded this year. >> it's bad out there. >> reporter: sarah nelson, the flight association of attendants say that the federal government should pay for the classes. >> we have that muscle memory and be able to respond when someone is immediately attacking us. >> reporter: here, instructors are teaching techniques that could be life saving, like pinning an attacker armed with a knife. but tsa said only a few hundred people have enrolled in the course since late june. donna o'neal says more like her should take this class to deal with the type of passenger becoming too common. >> ready, boom! >> i don't want to use any of this but if i had to, i certainly feel much more comfortable. >> reporter: pete muntean, cnn, sunris

southwest airlines delayed or canceled the most flights of any airline and it is been pleading with flightck up extra july 4th trips to alleviate the issues that the airlines are going through. consumer advocates are quit to point out that airlines received about $50 billion in aid from the federal government because of the pandemic. and they were still not prepared for this. here is what they say. >> we need to have a national discussion about how the airlines are using taxpayer dollars and yet they're still not serving us and they're still inconveniencing us. >> reporter: now united airlines anticipates today will be the busiest day since the start of the pandemic. after we get through this rush period, we have to worry about one more thing on the horizon, that is tropical storm elsa and right now the path goes toward many airline hubs and that could make it harder to bounce back with weather on the horizon. >> so all of the money was meant to keep from furloughing workers. so you would like to see better effect. thank you very much. >>> georgia golf pro shot and killed and police found

while many of the problems are weather-related, the president of the southwest airlines pilot associationd the associated press there is, quote, a retreating trading backlog amon hat -- pilots during the height of the pandemic, still need to be retrained to become federally eligible to fly. american is facing similar pilo shortages, causing it to trim its schedule but up to 80 flights a day for the first hal of july. 1600 for american pilots still need their retraining, accordin to its pilot union. and the airline has yet to replace another 1,000 who recently retired. give a 44 million people meanwhile chose to driver over the holiday weekend, according to aaa. and well for seeing a gas price over the summer, driver spent about 95 cents more on a gallon of gas this fourth of july compared to last year. and here is the good news, prices are expected to climb another 10-20 cents through august. happy summer, everyone. >> ouch. it's -- if you want a lot of ago somewhere, be prepared. we said we put get more kevin court, so are bringing it back. for the july, there were a lot of likes my neig

and southwest airlines, boris, they're asking the flight attendants if they're able to work this fourthf july to do so that way they can cancel less flights. >> thanks so much. >>> a record number of you are also expected to hit the road this holiday weekend. according to aaa 43 million people are expected to drive this fourth of july weekend. be safe out there first and foremost. but they're looking to fill up, i'm sure, your tank as well. you see some of the highest gas prices in nearly seven years. there are reports that some stations are already running out of gas as well. it's not because of a lack of fuel, rather, a shortage of truck drivers causing delivery disruptions at some gas stations. tom close is with us now the head of global energy and analysis for the oil price service. it tracks prices for aaa. thomas, good to have you back. thank you so much for making time. the national tanker truck carriers is an industry trade group says between 20% to 25% of tank trucks in the fleets are parked because of lack of qualified drivers. what happened to those drivers? >> well, they did

reporting live from sfo, matt boone, abc7 news. >>> southwest airlines responded to canceling hundredsights per day, more than 200 canceled yesterday, 2600 in june alone. the airline is dealing with severe staffing shortages. the internal memo from said more than 20% of flight attendants called in sick with over 900 pilots taking a leave of absence during the pandemic they have to be retrained before they get back in the cockpit. a statement from southwest that we are aware of the frustration that disruption is having on our employees and customers. we apologize and we are dedicated to doing better. >>> abc7 is in emeryville and the signs are clear, no fireworks in the city over the holiday weekend in emeryville. this is a great spot to see fireworks across the bay into san francisco so long as there is no fog. the city plans closures at palestrina and frontage road. >>> the area between skyland boulevard and centennial boulevard in oakland will be closed all day on the fourth of july. the goal is to prevent fires, crowds and illegal parking the lookout points. there will also be sever

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we expect to hear from dow, at&t, southwest airlines and american airlines. >>> stop me if you heardnts from elon musk moving cryptocurrency we will show you what the tesla ceo said about accusations that he is pumping and dumping. it's thursday, july 22nd, 2021 "squawk box" begins right now. >>> good morning welcome to "squawk box" here on cnbc i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. equity futures let's look at what is happening. two days in a row we have seen gains. dow futures up 86 points s&p up 7.5 nasdaq up 17 it is almost like -- it is like monday never happened. we have seen two days in a row of gains at this point, all of the major averages have seen gains for the week, too. before the green arrow

. >> reporter: american and southwest airlines stopping alcohol service, and the faa handing out massiveice to deter more chaos in the air. >> i mean, i know it's been a tough year for everyone, but let's keep it together, everybody. thanks to vaughn hillyard for that record. that report. >>> joining us to look at axios a.m., congressional reporter elena treen. good to see you. what's the one big thing today? >> good morning, happy monday. today we're looking at vaccine laws across the country. a lot of republican state lawmakers are trying to -- they're using the same language they would with race, religion and gender, politics in their states, trying to make it illegal for employees and private businesses and government to discriminate against those who are unvaccinated versus those who are vaccinated. this is really an interesting marker of how deeply vaccine status has burned into the political psyche in our country. one state already, montana, has made it illegal for different employers to discriminate against people who are unvaccinated versus those who are vaccinated. and my colle

southwest airlines said thursday it made a profit in june, the first hmoney making month of th pandemicines says that it is expects business travel to fully recover in 2022. and intel ceo says that the global chip shortage could stretch into 20123. and the auto industry has been head hard by the shortage leading to production delays and temporary shutdowns oig. and they are critical to laptops and smartphones. and the housing market is still red hot. another record in june, median price for an existing home was $363,000, up 23% over the last year. low inventory has been pushing prices up over the past year and homes are staying on the market for just 17 days. the national association of realtors expects home prices to rise more slowly toward the end of the year. >>> the olympics opening ceremony now just a little more than an hour away. and among those watching closely, china. david culver is live in shanghai for us. china set to host the winter olympics of course in a few months, but that is not the only reason that they are paying attention. tell us more. >> reporter: i don't mean to

bay area resident eric hanson says he won't fly southwest airlines again. >> after he and his family had to exit the san jose bound plane when he couldn't get his 3 year-old son to put his mask on before takeoff. he says 2 flight attendants and gate agent treated them like criminals use very intimidating. you saying that he needs to put it in the on. >> and you know, we can get it on. so then he's radioing in to somebody else on offense. the police or what saying we have a non compliant passenger on the flight and he's talking about our 3 year-old son. >> at that point, the family voluntarily got off the flight and had to spend an extra night in las vegas without any of their checked luggage. >> and i don't think the masking policy is bad. >> hansen says the airline should have treated his family better and given them more time to comply. he made that clear to southwest management which sent him this e-mail in response apologizing for his experience. but indicating under the cdc's federal mask mandate. all customers aged 2 or over are required to wear a mask if the customer just not

demand is high and that's causing some headaches as airlines scramble to catch up southwest airlines canceling more than 100 flights per day this week american airlines cutting roughly 80 flights per day through mid july people have that pent-up demand to get out there and do something again and the travel numbers this holiday weekend is showing that. >> now to our 4 zone forecast as we take a live look outside from our mount tam camera kron four's. meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez joins us live with a look ahead. every theft, gayle. yeah, that's my favorite shot around this time because it just looks like a heavenly slight thanks to those blanket of clouds out there. >> can't even make out the city lights out in the distance because of that deep marine layer. let's take a look at your 4th of july travel. for those of you heading to and from your destination all clear throughout san francisco, oakland and san jose airport even in southern california and across the country. now is the time to travel for your holiday destination because no delays to report from west to east. let's take a

he went on a southwest airlines flight without a mask.s moving to stop the wearing of masks on planes, trains and buses. this is the confrontation that's been happening in the house. what are you hearing about the so-called mask confusion in. >> listen, i believe, as i just told you, in individual rights. the vaccine is out there. if you want to get vaccinated, it's your choice. if you don't, you may get sick, and something could happen to you. i believe if you're in the private sector and you're a small business owner and you want to impose that anyone that walks into your shop needs to wear a mask, that is your right because that's your shop, and that's the private sector. that's what i believe in. and i don't think government needs to impose on you what you need to do in order to protect your health. we give you the information, the vaccine's out there, and it's up to you. something happens a bad, it's your problem. i'm no one to impose what you need to do. that's what i call human rights, freedom for you to decide. in every realm of y

>> why is it important for us to get on southwest airlines and fly back in the 20s when aviation washe millionaires who flew. no one else could afford it. we couldn't imagine flying at minimal expense across the country or across oceans. today we do it without even thinking twice. we might complain about taking our shoes off at the airport or the internet connectivity. imagine. that you couldn't have imagined all that not too long ago in the grand scheme of things. so you have to wonder what this moment means in the future. space is a little harder than aviation. it had a built-in stintcy for commerce and war. so it progressed a little more rapidly than space has. but i still think the ability to get there and be in space is going to open up an economy that we can't fully imagine just yet. and you pointed out a good thing. we'll all be able to go to space potentially and look back and see this fragile planet and appreciate it in a way we may all take for granted. >> and so interesting talk to the former astronaut yesterday who talked about being able to look down at our beautiful pla

a female passenger on a southwest airlines flight landed in san diego and authorities say she knockedght attendant's tooth. were this woman on a delta flight this month, when she was asked to wear a mask. once the plane landed, police moved in. >> you are not respecting my human rights. >> reporter: new numbers from the faa show in the past week has received 106 reports of unruly passengers on board planes. since january, the faa received 3615 such reports of those, 2666 seven fault passengers refusing to wear a mask. >> this is way higher than any mber oincintha >> reporter: the cell phone video shows two men fighting as they got off of a frontier airlines flight in miami this month. the faa is enforcing its zero- tolerance policy. fines assessed can be as high this as $52,000 and can come with 20 years in prison. while masks remain for now, airline executives have been optimistic the mask mandate might not be renewed when it expires in september, but with rising covid cases in the u.s., ditching the masks on board is seeming less likely, meaning policing masks could continue to be a

southwest airlines pleading with flight attendants if they're able to work over the fourth of july weekend, they do so. there is also the issue of unruly passengers. faa received over 3,000 reports so far this year of unruly passengers. the result has been that agency released a psa directly from children asking adults to act their age. we're going to play a little of that, but ultimately what you have are children now, part of the advertisement, or the public service announcement for adults to act their age because of the increase in the cases. when it comes to the people who are going to be traveling by road, which according to aaa says it'll be a vast majority of americans, it's certainly not going to be cheap. we are expecting to see one of the highest prices at the pump in about seven years. that's certainly going to be concerning for some travelers. in the end, though, christi and boris, aaa saying it is not going to impede many americans who have been couped up for so long. if they didn't do it on memorial day, there are many people, as we saw in the numbers, that plan to do it on t

in may a passenger punched a southwest airlines flight attendant causing her to lose two of her teethup at 30,000 feet. that plane is in the air. that has a crew that has to deal with the issues, and it's incumbent to make sure they're fully equipped. >> reporter: federal officials say some passengers are fueled by alcohol, but most are fighting back over the federal transportation mask mandate which make up three quarters of all incidents reported just this year. >> it's so bad out there. >> reporter: sarah nelson of the association of flight attendants says airlines should pay their people to take these classes and the federal government should require that flight crews attend each year. >> we can have that muscle memory and be able to respond when someone is immediately attacking us. >> ready, move. >> reporter: here instructors are teaching techniques that could be lifesaving like pinning an attacker who is armed with a knife. but the tsa says only a few hundred people have enrolled in this course after it reopened training in late june. veteran flight attendant donna o'neil says

southwest airlines came in second, getting the highest customer service rating and united airlines came frontier in a legionnaire finished at the bottom three in that report. california is considering reducing financial incentives for rooftop solar panels, california's largest power providers are pushing for much lower incentives from the state, saying it's not fair that taxpayers subsidize those solar rebates. advocates warn the move could create a major setback in the state's goal to provide 100% clean energy in the future. under the proposed changes, it would take 17 years to break even on the cost of solar panels compared to the current four year break, even point interest in space travel is spiking following short trips by those billionaires jeff brazos and richard branson into earth's upper atmosphere. earlier this month, one arizona state university professor says those trips may ultimately make space more accessible to people who are not. billionaires. jim bell wrote a book called. the ultimate interplanetary travel guidance says everything starts with a dream and that regular a

southwest airlines among the hardest hit, despite higher sales. >> very good results, our revenue almosts for the third quarter look really strong >>> and apparently there is big money in foam shoes. crocs shooting up 13% on record sales and profits. who % above estimates. crocs shares up 8% at 129 a share, up from a low of $8.40 in march of last year i'm a late adopter and i'm starting to think they're cute so -- that's just me i'm the last to everything julia, back to you >> those are some pretty cute crocs, boat shoes there. >>> at&t reporting better than expected top and bottom line results and strength in the warner media division, that's set to merge with discovery. they added 3.5 million subscribers globally in the quarter for a total of 67.5 million, also raising year end guidance to between 70 and 73 million subscribers. joining us now to discuss is hbo max chief andy forssell. thank you for talking to us this morning. >> happy to be here. >> so, andy,the big question i what is driving that higher forecast for the year, and how much of these gains are tied to the fact that hbo m