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Over a combination of severe weather but also staffing shortages at u.s. airlines and at the federal aviation administration, the faa, especially with air traffic controllers. and the reason all of that context is important is because thats what theyre building from into what is expected to be a record weekend for travel over this fourth of july. and not just by air but by road as well. aaa estimating that nearly over 40 million people are expected to drive. thats up from last year. over 4 milli...

The number of Americans traveling by car and air over the holiday projected to be highest on record.

The AAA is activating the Tow to Go program in Michigan over the 4th of July holiday.

4th of july as aaa is expecting a record breaking 4 million americans to fly over the holiday, transportation secretary pete buttigieg is calling it a stress test for the airline industry. casey stegall is live at the dallas-fort worth international airport. casey, how are the airlines preparing for the massive surge this weekend? >> san doctor, they have done a couple of things. some have hired additional staff ramping up from the post covid travel needs, some are also temporarily replacing reg...

Who refuses to sell to gay marriage come in a blow to lgbtq rights. here are tonights headlines. ♪ ♪ a restriction to the power of the biden administration as the president condemns todays ruling. >> i think the court misinterpreted the constitution. todays decision has closed one path. now we are going to pursue another. ♪ ♪ >> a new record for the july 4th holiday. aaa is predicting that nearly 51 million of us in this country will be on the move. >> tsa and airline safety expect next ...

Of vacation and missed a graduation ceremony. >> i was flying into new york earlier. graduation is today, spend time with family and friends. down the drain. >> reporter: the tsa and airlines expected today will be the busiest at airports, just as delays and cancellations are finally improving. >> i do feel very lucky that so far, everything is good, and i keep checking my phone, i checked like every 20 minutes, but so far, so good. >> reporter: and aaa says it is also the busiest on the roads, ...

URBANA, Ill. (WAND) - As the weekend nears, AAA is reminding people of how they can best stay safe if theyre driving or flying.

Nashville, TN - Tennesseans will travel in record numbers for Independence Day. AAA forecasts more than one million Tennesseans will take at least one

Weather, it affected a lot of flights. i reached my hotel room about 2:30 in the morning after my flight got canceled. >> reporter: and aaa forecasts nearly 4.2 million people will be traveling by air for the july 4th holiday. im john lawrence reporting. smoke spreading from the canada wildfires causing the worst air quality over the great lakes and ohio today. meanwhile more than 85 million people are under heat alerts from alabama and as far north as illinois. and in texas, unprecedented hea...

Tonight, millions of americans are on the move ahead of the long july 4th holiday weekend. today was expected to be the busiest day for air travel, adding pressure to an already stressful week at the nations airports. cbss kris van cleave reports that nearly 51 million will travel by plane, train, car, or crews, according to the aaa. >> reporter: tonight, the fourth of july holiday weekend has a potential record number of americans hoping for independence from travel troubles. >> hopefully we ma...