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Trump's Willing to put Obama in prison.

Americans didn't let high gas prices and airport chaos keep them
at home this Fourth of July.

Millions of travelers packed into airports over the holiday
weekend, and many were met with chaos as thousands of flights
were delayed or cancelled.

The Transportation Security Administration estimates it screened
more than 6 million people Friday through Sunday — a number
close to pre-pandemic levels. Close to 2.5 million passengers
were screened on Friday alone, making it the busiest day at U.S.
airports since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

This is in the middle of growing demand, staff shortages and
high gas prices, a combination that led to headaches for
hundreds of thousands of travelers. Nearly 17,000 flights were
delayed and more than 1,400 were canceled over the weekend,
according to the flight tracking website FlightAware.

One of those frustrated passengers is Alam Khan, whose flight
from New Jersey to Toronto was canceled days before his wedding.

"We just got here, they let us know right now that it got
canceled," Khan said.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has been under pressure
to address the chaos.

"This is something that's affecting all of us and it's affecting
the economy when that happens because so many people can't get
to where they need to be for work, so many people can't get to
loved ones," he told "Sunday Morning" on CBS.

Air travel is getting worse. Here are six tips to make it less
of a headache.
Buttigieg is calling on airlines to do better, noting that the
industry received a $54 billion bailout at the height of the
pandemic.

"We sent a lot of taxpayer funding, specifically for the purpose
of keeping people employed at these airlines," he said. "And
now, they need to have the people and they need to have the
resources to get people where they need to go."

This year, more flights have been delayed compared to any other
year in the past decade. Staffing shortage is one of the biggest
factors at play, specifically pilots. Just last Thursday, Delta
pilots held protests across the country to demand higher pay and
better work conditions.

The mayhem at airports may be why 42 million Americans opted to
bypass airports entirely this holiday and hit the road instead —
despite near record-high gas prices.

That's what Khan eventually did so he could make it to his
wedding. He drove more than nine hours to Toronto after his
rebooked flight from Newark was also canceled.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/flight-delays-cancellations-fourth- of-july-holiday-travel/

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