a.m. pacific, i m josé diaz-balart. right now on msnbc, a michigan newspaper revealing details of never before heard audio of donald trump appearing to pressure officials in one county not to certify the 2020 election results. plus, who else the paper says was on that call. we re also following extreme weather, the storm drenching the west coast and how it could impact holiday travel across the country. also ahead, terror in prague, what more we know about a rare deadly mass shooting at a university in europe. and later, the new calls for a cease fire in the israel-hamas war, including the tense negotiations at the united nations to reach a resolution demanding a new pause in fighting. we begin this morning with new reporting about another instance of former president donald trump pressuring local officials to overturn the 2020 election results. the detroit news revealing there is an audio recording of then president donald trump and rnc chair ronna mcdaniel talking to
states. reporter: the number of flight delays are still climbing along with major outrage over how air travel came to a near unprecedented halt. the faa did just post that no u.s. departures will happen today until 9:00 a.m. reporter: wednesday morning, airports across the country stood still as the federal aviation administration implemented a nationwide ground stop, something not seen since the n9/11 terrorist attacks. interesting day. everybody except medivac and military stopped. reporter: the faa fail injury st failure started overnight in notices to air missions the bulletins provide the latest information about airports and air space. it s absolutely essential and the system can be very fragile. reporter: the effect cascading cancellations and delays in the thousands. first it was a 20-minute delay and then an hour. reporter: anger is stretching from concourses to capitol hill. ted cruz the top senate republican overseeing transportation is calling
and drawing comparisons to how the justice department handled a similar situation with former president donald trump. more coming up. [gunfire] john: begin america reports with chaos setting the scene in mexico as the arrest of a drug lord touches off violence in that country with president biden visiting for a high stakes summit. hello, john roberts in washington. sandra: sandra smith in new york. president biden is set to hold a tri lateral working lunch with mexican president obrador and canadian prime minister trudeau in mexico city where they are meeting right now. we are told the three leaders will discuss ways to deepen and expand economic partnerships and border security cooperation between them. john: those talks come amid a crisis spiralling out of control at the southern border, illegal immigration and drug smuggling continue at unprecedented levels. president biden bringing up both topics with his mexican counterpart and asking for help to stem the flow of
the white house claims the documents were immediately handed over to the national archives and the joe biden attorneys are working with the doj, the president does not seem to talk about any of it. and we would like to thank top g.o.p. lawmakers claim there is a double standard at play after the fbi raid on mar-a-lago. president biden said during the campaign he would be the most transparent with frustration in america, yet we find out this happened november the 2nd, days before the midterm elections and no one found out about it. i m not going to be quick to judge, i just know that he said it was very irresponsible for president trump to take classified documents into his personal residence and have them in an unsecure location and it appears he did the same thing. dana: and some of the media quick to dismiss the story. to speak of the euphoria on the right that this would somehow exonerate donald trump is already turned into a bit of a hangover because of the star
fame is like an honorable exchange. notoriety it well-known but without the good. notoriety is being known for being known. it craves attention but without sacrifice, without hard work or merit. walking to the well of the house floor doesn t usually capture our attention, most of us take walking for granted. but not br brian mast, not since he lost his legs in service to our country, what really captured my attention, he didn t have to do what he did, most speakers did not walk to the well, they stayed where they were, brian walked to the front of the people s house, he wanted to look his colleagues, friend, teammates as he calls them in the eye. face-to-face, he delivered empassioned plea for his colleagues to stop talking and start doing. stop talking about fights, find something to fight for, stop squandering this gift of leader thing, they have been given by the american people, he wondered why some republicans save their harshest words for one another, i m sure he wonder