maybe you want to keep those seat belts fastened. the lead starts right now. major questions raised today about your safety in the air as senators grill the faa why the agency cannot be so sure there will not be more runway near misses and grounded flights. plus, nikki haley officially kicks off her 2024 campaign, bringing a pledge to bring in a new generation of leadership. but how long can she maintain this delicate dance, throwing subtle shade at trump while not alienating his supporters? and hayashi, you know, that first flying object shot down, the one that was deemed a chinese spy balloon. u.s. intel says maybe it wasn t supposed to be over the continental u.s. after all. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our politics lead and the airport chaos taking over capitol hill after the series of near collisions and the nationwide ground stop that led to thousands of delayed and canceled flights. the acting head of the federal aviation administration
good morning it is 10:00 a.m. eastern, 7:00 a.m. pacific i m jose diaz-balart i ll be joined by the next two hours by yasmin vossoughian live outside the manhattan da s office in new york city where we re facing a week certain to go down in history about two hours from now former president donald trump is set to leave florida for new york city where tomorrow he will become the first former president arraigned on criminal charges. this, of course, centers on the alleged hush money payment to adult film actress stormy daniels who says she had sex with trump which he denies sources tell nbc news the former president faces about 30 related to documents fraud the major security prep is under way in follower manhattan has authorities gear up for the unprecedented arrest of a former president. trump s former fixer, michael cohen, making his own prediction over the weekend mayhem. i expect complete and total mayhem we begin in manhattan with my colleague, yasmin vossoughian ahead
had to retire by the age of sixty five , not sixty seven . some lawmakers were proposing after the age of sixty five , pete said you can3 4 f1 planes. but judge never explained how racial quotas, enforced retirements would improve the reliability of air travel ahead of the holiday travel rush. but he insisted it would definitely help. six months later, this is the state of air travel in the united states , in chicago, and around the country, mountains of luggage with no travelers to claim them might want to cry. i m tired, frustrated, tired, . baby emilia. her mom, marissa, and grandma rachel spent this little one s first christmas stuck in the dallas airport. it was hard. it was hard seeing all the families with other newborns and children just sleeping on the floor. the family from gallup, new mexico, says southwest rebooked, then canceled their flights five times. kimberly day is pregnant and traveling with her two children. they ve been trying to get from phoenix
the wo woods just yet. ten storm-related deaths after facing an overnight hammering across the peninsula. residents describing what it was like to ride out one of the worst storms to ever hit the u.s. i feared for my life. i went across the street, i got sticks and it didn t last enough for the big bad wolf that puffed away. i was just scared for my children. trace: rescue and recovery efforts underway in numerous cities that have seen historic flooding, fallen trees, downed power lines, and large gaps where a bridge once connected the mainland to the barrier islands. we ve got team coverage for you tonight, kevin corke with a look at how this biden administration is responding to the storm. will nunley still on the ground and we begin with steve harrigan live in florida just 9 miles away from where ian came a short period good evening, you heard from people who rode out the storm the fear as the storm was coming through and then later we are seeing people talking tod
going to hear about it. and you re going to hear about mine. first up, joe , biden calling for unity. our politics has gotten so angry, so mean, so partisan, and too often we see each other s enemies. i sincerely hope this holiday, this holiday season will drain the poison that has infected our politics and set us against one another. but let me remind you, this is the man who accused half of the people in this country of being semi fascist and says our country is steeped in racism. that s the guy who wants to have this big kumbaya moment now that christmas is here in santa is watching. but then, of course, there are his policies, which basically sent our economy into the toilet. all the indications that we see would point to a recession sometime within the first three to six months of next year. i think the greater risk is that at some point during 2020 three , the economy will head towards recession. so recession is very much likely in the coming 12 to 18 months.