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are hit with major delays at the nations a airports, a lot of pain at pump and sky-high groce ifly bills. that has a lot of americans asking this july 4th weekend, when is freedom from these challenges coming? were tracking all of it with alexis mcadams at missouris laguardia international airport -- new yorks, kelly to grady and stew leonard jr. from his supermarket in norwalk, connecticut. happy fourth, everyone. hope youre dealing with some of the headaches but all of the patriotic ...

>> we dont understand exactly what happened, but i think that they should have gone in and secured that -- >> are you saying that your brother went inside when he first arrived at the school and stayed inside and did not retreat as some have suggested? >> right. they did not retreat, and so the shooter was down. they were in there that entire time. >> a bit of hindsight where im sitting now, of course it was not the right decision, it was the wrong decision. there is no excuse for that...

>> kevin: done with the stuffing and now its on to the shopping. could be a record season for your spending. hello. im edward lawrence in for neil cavuto. this is a special thanksgiving edition of "your world." with consumers giving thanks for a cooling inflation, they are not thankful for a rash of retail theft across the country keeping prices higher. to madison al worth with the latest on what you can expect when you hit the stores. madison? >> hi, edward. the national retail federa...

You really want to get frugal, you can throw some pizza in there too. but i think what were feeling right now is just like probably people traveling, they really want to celebrate. this is the last big food event you have before thanksgiving. and it seems like covid is like the flu now. people are out and and about, and were feeling it right now at stews, and we felt it on fathers day too. neil: so the best advice with a lot of this stuff is dont buy as much stuff. you dont necessarily have to c...

The discharges but how are they pivoting? what are they doing? >> well, first of all, the vibe on the store floor is really good this memorial day. i mean, customers are looking for value right now, neil. and and, you know, what i recommend everybody shop the specials. were seeing a lot of people when we put things on special at stews, were seeing those sales go way up on things. so people are conscious right now, but they are buying. the parties are back, graduation, you know, events are happen...

At least the worth of -- worst of the hikes could be tipping now, do you see that? do you think things potentially have stable the eyesed? >> you know, neil, my daughters getting her mba at nyu, and an economics professor said how long will this inflation go, and they said, look, just us at our family business, we had to raise our starting rates $2-3 an hour. thats not going away. i cant go back to my team members and say im reducing your pay now. thats baked in, its not going away. i saw amazon...

Second piece of pumpkin pie at thanksgiving. [laughter] >> oh just watch, just watch. stew, great seeing you and good health to you, stew leonard. and half full glass, you know realize well get through this, weve gotten through worse. we have a lot more coming up, including the push for vaccine boosters right now and the f.d.a. and c.d.c. recommending for all. and businesses saying you know what, if you want to cruise with us next year make sure that youre vaccinated and that your kid is, too. a...

Should panic, but prices have jumped up a little bit. now-- >> what do you recommend, stew, when that happens and the turkey has to be the centerpiece still and how do you guide them and how do your customers find a way around them? >> you know, neil, first thing id say, make it yourself. okay? im showing you a dinner that we have at stews that was $175 for eight people right here, and weve seen this, like 300 plus percent jump, over triple because people are going to larger gatherings. our dinn...

Had an of is definitely inflation, weve had to raise our labor rates at stew leonard. were at $16 an hour now. i cant absorb that forever, but i think the other half of the cost increase youre seeing is disruptions in the supply chain. you know, its really hard to get product right now. and i think one thing people should look for, if you have 20 items for thanksgiving that youre planning on getting, you may not find a couple of them on the shelf. here at stew leonard ill make sure you have 20, ...