about 491 cancellations. that s the latest. we re checking it now. 1,083 delays nationwide. the numbers are going up by the moment. the faa is monitoring this from its data center. it says it has had a teleconference earlier today. there s another one being planned for later on today. there s big concern here that the storm is going for some major hubs. we re only hours away from that. what s interesting is that older international airport will remain open. thankfully right now, at least the airport is saying that it s inland and won t be too impacted. but we re seeing airlines already try to make it easier for passengers to change plans. so many people anticipated to travel for this long labor day weekend. we know behaviors have changed. a lot of people really start traveling on thursday just
time. there are 491 anti-lgbtq laws, bills in the u.s. up right now according to the aclu, and so it s a reflection of the time that we are in. jason, do you see sotomayor s argument of the basically the slippery slope argument, that this could allow for other businesses to refuse to create something for other people? well, i agree with scott and his points on this but but i also see that side of it and the fact that i have a problem with how this case came about. i don t like the fact that there was not an actual injured party in this and that the case was able to go that far. but that being said i m not an attorney so i can t really speak to that aspect of it, but i do feel like this is going to lead to more people trying to do the same thing again and to sotomayor s point that, you know, somebody with an interracial couple will try that. i don t think it will work.
time. there are 491 anti-lgbtq bills in the u.s. up right now according to the aclu. so it s a reflection of the time that we are in. jason, do you see sotomayor s argument of basically the slippery slope argument, that this could allow for other businesses to refuse to create something for other people? well, i agree with scott and his points on this, but i also see that side of it and the fact that i have a problem with how this case came about. i don t like the fact that there was not an actual injured party in this and that the case was able to go that far. but that being said, i m not an attorney, so i can t really speak to that aspect of it. but i do feel like this is going to lead to more people trying to do the same thing again and to sotomayor s point, somebody with an interracial couple will try that, i don t think it will
after new york city registered what s likely its worst air quality of all time on wednesday. to the south and west from new jersey to pennsylvania to d.c. and beyond enveloped in that toxic haze. my daughter has asthma really bad so she s stuck in the house. she can t come out. hitting 491 on the air quality indexes one to 500 scale, even worst than new york s 484 on wednesday. in washington, d.c. the city s first code purple air quality advisory signifying very unhealthy air. when they told me it was code purple i thought it was getting better so we re not even used to this language to deal with this type of air quality. rob on the national mall. yesterday was bad. today even worse here in d.c. smoke shrouding our nation s capital. at the other end of the mall, standing 550 feet tall, washington monument, can t even see it. the white house forced to
they try to be inclusive when maybe they re not. when they re out of aaa limit it shows. that s alignment it shows. that s when the backlash starts. the aclu says 491 anti-lgbtq bills have been introduced across the country. that is by far a record. do you think this is only going to get worse as we approach the 2024 election season? we re kind of in the thick of it now. and you have candidates who want to make some hay out of this. absolutely. unfortunately i think it s going to get worse before it gets better. the impact of these bills being introduced, whether or not they re signed into law, is it s creating a culture of fear in the community. they are literally trying to push us back into the closet, to drive us back into a time when we had to meet in places that had no windows and to hide our identities. we are not going back there. this pride season we re showing up boldly, defiantly, and joyfully to make sure of that. and i think we also have to be clear that this is just