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Look for scattered storms through the rest of the week with highs in the lower 90s for most

Good morning. it's saturday, july 2nd. i'm boris sanchez. >> right now hundreds of flight vs been cancelled or delayed across the u.s. threatening to spoil the july 4th holiday for many people. arms are being put to the test and pushed to the brink as the number of people traveling by plane climbs to near pre-pandemic levels. staffing issue, cancellations and summer storms have caused headaches for airlines and travelers. >> we got to get home. we got a flight. it is going to be cancelled, they need to let us know now. >> it's saying my flight was last seen near new york. it's not really sayin...

The blame game is well under way. >> reporter: millions of passengers are descendsing on airports along with summer storms putting short staffed airlines to their biggest test in year. the tsa screened 2.44 million passengers at u.s. airports on thursday, just shy of a new pandemic record. >> it feels much more like 2019 than the prior two years. >> reporter: with more problems for passengers. 3.5% of all flights this year have been cancelled. a 42% increase over 2019. >> go the earliest time as possible. >> reporter: airlines say they are facing range of challenges at the carrier and federal ...

♪ you are live in the cnn "newsroom." it is saturday, july 2nd. i'm kristin fisher. >> i'm boris sanchez. we're so grateful you're spending part of your holiday weekend with us. if you're wondering where michael smerconish is, probably on a beach somewhere, drinking a margarita, hopefully wearing sunscreen. where so many of us want to be. >> yeah. hopefully he's not stuck at one of these airports we've been talking about all morning. >> yeah. right now hundreds of flights have been cancelled or delayed across the united states. that's threatening to spoil the fourth of july holiday for so ...