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the friday before juneteenth, clocked in as the most popular air travel day of 2022. and all of this as inflation hits a 40-year high. let's start with the travel troubles facing so many americans right now. in los angeles international airport, already today more than 770 flights cancelled. and still, there might be more this holiday weekend. why? >> yeah. it's because a lot of people are flying first of all. tsa saying they screened about 2.5 million people on friday. that's the highest number they've seen since the sunday after thanksgiving. and then the problem is that the airlin...

primary day across america. voters in five states go to the polls tonight. what we might learn about the elections this november and the ones in 2024. plus, kansas becomes the first state to vote on the future of abortion rights. confronting a liar... >> i wanted to tell you to your face, my son existed. >> reporter: the mom of a sandy hook victim addresses conspiracy theorist alex jones. they picked the wrong guy to mess with. robbers with an ar-15-style rifle target a liquor store, whose 80-year-old owner greets them with a shotgun. and finally, an n.b.a. champion on and off the co...

1,200 years. much of the country, though, is scorching. more than 240 million people will face 90-degree temperatures or higher for the next week. and they've felt those blistering conditions in atlanta today at this juneteenth celebration. the thermometers there blasting into triple-digit territory. meanwhile, severe storms in north carolina knocking out power for a huge part of the state. nearly 70,000 customers are still without electricity right now, and that's just one of seven states dealing with major outages tonight. and nowhere are the signs of the climate crisis more obviou...

premiums all up. the cost of food consumed at home rose nearly 12%, food away from home, 7.4%. the gasoline index has increased 48.7%. the average national price of a gallon of gas this week, is at $5, highest in california at $6.42. trying to stem inflation, the fed said it will raise interest rates by three quarters of a percentage point, the biggest hike since 1994. new projections show interest rates may hit 3.4% by the end of the year, but because inflation is rising far faster than any of those rates, any money in savings is still being eroded. there's also a spade of layoffs a...

prices for the american people. >> the white house projects optimism despite soaring inflation. the impacts costs are having on american's wallets and some summer staples. republican senator john cornan booed at a conference. where those negotiations stand now. a mega drought in the united states causing big problems for america's farmers. >> are we going to have water in two or three years out of our aqua nobody can say that. "newsroom" starts right now. it is so good to have your company here this morning. it's saturday, june 18th. i'm christie paul. good morning. >> good t...