loads of passengers still stranded in airports throughout the country. but amid the staggering number of flight cancellations and delays, finger pointing from employees now over who is to blame for this mess is beginning. senior correspondent mike to. mike: good evening, bret. and as southwest executives are promising return to normal operations, transportation secretary pete buttigieg sends out a letter scolding the airlines for problems that were, quote: within the control of the airlines. as he writes that, he also wrote these frontline employees are not to blame for mistakes at the leadership level. the secretary add mop be issue inned the airline to make good on everything from reimbursement to returns home. nearly 2500 flights were canceled across the nation today. the bulk of them southwest. the bosses at the airline issuing another apology. my personal apology is the first step of making things right. after many plans changed, and experiences fell short of your ex
for decades to the american people. tonight actual reason for hope and optimism as a hey stork climate and health care bill becomes law. then, team trump sets its sights on confidential sources. i understand the witness protection issue but at the same time, it s not going to be concealed for very long. i ll talk to george conway over the fight of unsealing the fbi affidavit. plus we are facing very difficult and challenging times. we are facing a moment where our democracy really is under attack and under threat. robert draper on the anti-democratic forces advancing state by state. steve kornacki at the big board for election night in america. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. it is a big day here at nbc as msnbc. we have the debut of alex wagner in an hour. it is also a huge day for the country, the planet, for joe biden and the white house, for everyone. because today president joe biden signed well, the first as insane as it
health care bill becomes law. then, team trump sets its sights on confidential sources. i understand the witness protection issue but at the same time, it s not going to be concealed for very long. i ll talk to george conway over the fight of unsealing the fbi affidavit. plus we are facing very difficult and challenging times. we are facing a moment where our democracy really is under attack and under threat. robert draper on the anti-democratic forces advancing state by state. steve kornacki at the big board for election night in america. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. it is a big day here at msnbc. we have the debut of alex wagner in an hour. it is also a huge day for the country, the planet, for joe biden and the white house, for everyone. because today president joe biden signed well, the first as insane as it is to say, the first true climate bill in this country s history. it is the largest ever piece of american legisl
obtained legally, according to the mayor of highland. whether it s buffalo, new york, uvalde, texas, whether it s highland park, illinois, this is unbelievable to me that this is an acceptable part of who we are as a nation. in philadelphia last night, more americans running for their lives during another shooting at a skrul 4th celebration. a concert near the city s iconic art museum. two police officers were injured and another mayor then speaking out about gun violence in center city. we re the most armed country in world history, and we are one of the least safest. until americans decide that they want to give up the guns and give up the opportunity to get guns, we re going to have this problem. joining me now from highland park, illinois, shaquille brewster and with me nbc s ken dilanian. shaq, what s the latest as we are awaiting this press conference, which is expected in about 10 or 15 minutes? reporter: that s right, andrea. it will begin any minute now. th
every year i do my ten best and worst columns. joe biden is the worst president of my lifetime but i did come up 10 things he did. he diverted a crippling rail strike. sent b-52s to to china. passed the first bipartisan gun legislation in decades. he secured the extradition of a terrorist behind panam 103 bombings, as i would 190 americans. killed ayman zawahiri the leader of isis in syria. he won support for finland and sweden to join the nato alliance. he said the u.s. would defend taiwan and he did save ukraine, unfortunately slow rolling that aid as you said. those are not small things. they don t outweigh the bad that he did. there s a lot of bad. but those are significant accomplishments that the president had this year. bret: josh, obviously, the white house sees some political