Summer if kickoff, nearly 44 million americans hitting the roads and skies over this long weekend despite prices heating up. What President Biden says he is doing to try and cool costs down that republicans say is trying to get his poll numbers up. Plus, after battling for the deep i blue bronx with, former President Donald Trump is trying to bring more unlikely voters in. If a speech to libertarians tonight, will it help expand his base . And we are awaiting the World War Ii Memorial In Washington where a tribute to the 40 to ,000 americans to who lost their lives during the Second World War is about to get under way with. Tunnel to towers ceo frank siller is here with his Memorial Day Mission and his promise to keep the memories of our Fallen Heroes alive. Good morning, everyone. I am david asman in for neil can cavuto, this is a Special Edition of cavuto live. And you are looking live at the military, Military Academy At West Point where President Joe Biden is getting ready to address the Graduating Cadets there. Were going to monitor his remarks for any Breaking News and bring that to you live. And, but first to new orleans where the Travel Return On rush is on. Fox weathers Brandy Campbell is there to tell us about a it. Hey, brandy. Reporter hey, david. Look, depending on where folks are headed for the memorial day weekend, it could be can just a little bit hot for you. Im in no, sir, eve new orleans, ive got the famous Jackson Square behind me, weve seen the artists setting up, and theres a lot of tourists starting to really crowd this area. But they could experience on their vacation are the hottest temperatures. New orleans could feel the hottest temperatures theyve felt this year year over this weekend. And its not just here in new orleans, but even over in texas. San antonio, austin, theyre under Heat Advisories with feelslike temperatures in the 1000s. Down to the border 100s. Laredo texas, their feelslike temperature near 1200 degrees. I met a couple who traveled in from austin, texas for the holiday. They said theyll be spending most of their time out in the sun. Ab to go on a swamp tour, so thats probably about as a human as itll get, i guess. [laughter] yeah. Be outside all day today. I dont think ill mind. Im here to have fun, so i dont mind the heat. Reporter all right, there you have it, people embracing it. Look, if folks hit the airport like they did yesterday, you were part of a recordbreaking day for tsa. They said they actually screened 2. Million people at checkpoints 2. 99 million people, so folks are getting to the airportsed today, there could be some intriptions this afternoon. We are experiencing expecting, i should say, some severe storms that could cause a Tornado Outbreak in the plains. So youll have to keep an eye on that if you do have a flight. David . David Brandy Campbell, great to the to see you. Thank you very much. Have a great weekend. Reporter thanks. David a Record Number of americans hitting the roads this Holiday Weekend despite the pain at the pump. And President Biden is trying to cut those costs by july 4th by tapping our Emergency Reserves on gas prices. Hillary vaughn has the details from capitol hill. Hillary. Reporter well, david, the white house intentionally timed this release to occur between memorial day and july 4th so that americans get to enjoy lower gas prices while they enjoy their summer vacation. The white house saying, quote, the Bidenharris Administration is taking action to lower gas prices with the sale of 11 Million Barrels 1 Million Barrels of gasoline are to lower gas and energy costs including historic releases from the Strategic Petroleum reserve. High gas prices have been a problem for President Biden. The price of gas is up almost 50 since he took office. While the decision to close the northeastern reserve is congress doing, the president got to choose when to do it, and they chose to do it now, and coincidentally, months before election day. Former President Trump says he thinks bidens doing it to get a boost headed into november. Biden is releasing one million barrel of oil from the northeast reserve in a bid to lower prices before the election because hes unable to drill properly. Prices are now higher than theyve been many in a long time. Theyre very high. And and so hes trying to stop that because high Gasoline Prices are not good for elections. Reporter depleting reserves only does so much. The Strategic Petroleum reserve has been drained down to 20year lows by biden to drop prices in the past, but they popped back up again, so its not a permanent solution to what is becoming a very political problem for the president. U. S. And oil and gas president tim sue wart says its a mistake to get rid of the reserve. Hurricane sandy and the Pipeline Cyber Attack were difficult experiences that demonstrated a modest the need for a modest reserve for the northeast. It may potentially lower prices by a few cents a gallon for a day or two, but its not to going to give President Biden the boost he may be hoping for heading into november when gas prices are up over 50. David . David can David Hillary vaughn, thank you very much. So will tapping the reserves bring real relief the drivers, or is it all about a revving up the votes . Former Energy Secretary rick perry joins me now. Great to see you again, secretary. Glad you could be here. Weve seen a variation of this before as hillary mentioned, right before the 2022 lengths we saw the reclose from the Strategic Oil reserves. This is gasoline. It did seem to have an effect even if it put our oil reserves in jeopardy. It did seem to bring prices down a little. Will it have the same effect this time . Probably have a little effect on it, but heres what we need to keep in mind. This is about, a million gallons is about 2. 7 hours of national con sunlight. Consumption. So this is truly a political ploy. What americans are wise to is that supply and demand actually works. Administrations policy to strangle the Fossil Fuel Industry in the United States, to placate their environmental activists that they need for their election is what this is all about. Its going to have a effect on the consuming public for a minute from period of time. They hope thats going to turn into some plus for them politically for an election. I dont think it will. I think americans understand the reason gas prices are high because the biden administrations policy and their war against American Energy. David well, they came into office actually, even before that he campaigned on the idea of killing off fossil fuels. And, of course, the first week he was in office a he killed the xl pipeline. He has production has been kind of steady, but it hasnt increased much. Its down the about 13 Million Barrels a day of u. S. Production of oil. Thats about the same as it was in novemberof 2019 just before the pandemic. So essentially, weve stayed flat. If you pull the pandemic out of the picture. Should we be producing more and how much more do you think we should be producing . If. David, thats the real key, is that we have a demand that continues to go up not just in the unite, but internationally in the United States, but internationally. They put this pause, what they call it, on lng. Again, a totally political act to placate those on the left. But we need to give incentives to the american Fossil Fuel Industry out there, and they will respond. I can promise you we could have gas prices back to the way they were under President Trump in his First Administration and hopefully in his Second Administration if as well because they will give incentives to the American Energy industry, and thats exactly what we need. Clean burning american natural gas, for instance, a lot cleaner than the russian gas thats taken the place of american gas over in europe. Europeans are switching back to coalburning plants because they dont have any alternatives. This concept of strangling Americas Energy industry for political call purposes is an absolute fools errand. David well, you know, its not just republicans versus democrats in this. You have democrats like john fetter match, the senator from pennsylvania fetterman, who has now come out pretty strongly in favor of continuing fracking. But, of course, you have democrats in new york who are continuing to ban fracking. How do you think this works out in the long run . Its not so much a dem versus republican issue as it is very liberal folks who are pushing the Green Energy Programs against those who want to produce more here. Well, im a big fan of the 10th Amendment and let the states make the decisions on what they need to do on a host of different issues, Energy Policy certainly being one of them. If new york and california want to be fools and run their Energy Prices through the roof, thats their call. Those people will pack up, or the citizens of those anticipates will pack up tates will pack if up and move to states that have free Energy Policies that are not overtaxed, overregulated, overlitigated and have skilled work forces. Thats where people will move. And so if you want to see your state on its back struggling economically, put these types of restrictive Fossil Fuel Policies into place. Energy is connected to practically everything that you do whether its transportation of goods, it is the truck driver can of the economy. These states that want to kill their economy, you know, if thats what they want, have at a it. David meanwhile, were spending at least a trillion dollars on these Green Energy Programs, and its really not enough to keep up with the Energy Demands. As you mentioned, i mean, the Energy Demands are growing. The administering wants more electric cars, wants more electric ovens as opposed to natural gas ovens. If nicker theres going to be more if anything, theres going to be more need for energy. We got this interesting report from the u. S. Energy administration at the end of pill saying that Wind Generation declined at least in terms of producing energy in 2023 for the First Time Since the 1990s even though we have more windmills. So in other words, theyre not putting out as much theyre just not, renewables are great, but theyre just not as a reliable as a fossil fuel ifses. ,. Theyre part of the mix. I dont get confused that they have a role to play. But even in my home state of texas, the end of last year we were 46 reliable upon renewable energy, and thats just too much. So you saw the legislature move here. Were starting to really build peaker plants, fossil fueldriven, natural gasdriven in most cases to address this issue so that well have that energy in case there is a major event that occurs. And met me go back, speaking of let me go back. Speaking of major events, this administration is playing with fire. When they sell down the Strategic Petroleum reserve and the gasoline supplies, if we were to have another sandy type event on the northeast coast or for that matter anywhere on the gulf coast, you could see a Major National security event occur because this add administration if is more can administration is more interested in playing politics, trying to drive down some Gasoline Prices before an election. This, again, is the type of policies that that i hope most americans will realize really puts their lives in jeopardy. David well, i remember the oil embargo of the late 70s and those long gasoline lines. We dont want that again. And as weve lost our energy independence, unfortunately, were more reliant on the folks who could do some kind of embargo on us. Governor, secretary, great to see you. Thank you very much for being here. Have a wonderful memorial day weekend. You too. A. David appreciate it. Thank you. God bless you. Its not just gas prices heating up, later on tips on how to keep the cost of your Summer Barbecue down. Plus, the heat is on as both biden and trump are making big speeches today in kind of unusual places as poll remain tight in key battleground states. Details coming next. Get away to where the boat with leaves from. Takes away your big problems. E your worries, you can drop Em Blu E Ocean stop save with drivewise and get a rate based on you. Youre in good hands with allstate. Lowes knows the right paint at a great price can get you the right look today. 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[laughter] we do expect the president to make his remarks at west point momentarily. Well take you up to beautiful west point in the shadow of mikey stadium, such a great place to visit if you have never had a chance to go there, i highly recommend it. As you know, this is part above a tradition of a tradition. Hay always get out this and make remarks. Last way, of course, the president made his way over to the beautiful Air Force Academy in colorado springs, colorado. His remarks there were, frankly, overshadowed by his infamous fall. But today its the long, great line of west point and Academy Steepedded in Military Lore and tradition. By the way, mr. Bidens visit which is one of fizz favorite his Favorite Places to visit this comes a amid if sagging poll numbers nationally especially in the latest swing state surveys where mr. Biden is trailing former President Donald Trump. But the Biden Campaign says theyre not worried. We dont put any stock into polls. There are going to be polls that are up and down all across this election cycle, and so were focused on doing the work. Part of that is communicating to voters exactly how dangerous donald trump is to democracy and the threat that he poses. Reporter the key is going to be for their cam pane to focus on what they can do for the american people, not what the other guy might do. And thats been the big criticism. Some people have argued, david, thats why the the president is trailing in all the polling. However, as we take a look here live at the usma, cadets all at the ready, we obviously will monitor the president s remarks and share any newsworthy quips and cl