the july 4 rushford senior correspondent steve harrigan is alive at jackson airport in the lancet with the length of the holiday travel surge. how is it looking, steve? and griff, from this vantage point record numbers were there during a very good job of dealing with so far as you can see behind me the alliance about a 10 minute wait from 20 minutes earlier this morning. 17.7 million americans we find this week on the fourth of july here in atlanta the busiest estate date has been friday pre-tsa screen more than 100,000 people that topped a record since 2019 day after the super bowl, numbers are up across the country 11%. and really, higher since pre-pandemic levels. right here in atlanta about one had a 70 flight delays across the nation as many as 2000 delayed. officials continue to warn passengers, try to get to the airport at least three hours early. airports are going to be a challenge. parking from the moment you arrive to getting bag checks through security s goin
new reporting shows jack smith is relying on the facts, and not the fury. also this hour, departed trump or not, a new litmus test in the republican class for the nomination. we ve heard the president before, but doing so again presents a further danger to democracy. we re gonna ask the story of michael beschloss. and i sit down with actress, eva longoria, making her flaming diva debut. this is american voices. we begin this hour with donald trump and his allies, trying to deflect attention away from his decision to keep government secrets after his presidency. we have heard these excuses before, trump is relying on the same old script, distract with baseless claims of a witch hunt to stop the movement. it was today, again, on his knockoff version of twitter. following special counsel jack smith quote, the range, saying the indictment is fake. make no mistake trump s sex is social media grants are a sideshow. on the other hand, this he is relying on the evidence. with a 37 co
menendez. as we begin this hour, action in the face of distraction. the bluster and bombast of donald trump s new reporting shows jack smith is relying on the facts, not the fury. also this hour, departed to pardon trump or not. a new witness tests in the republican quest for the nomination. we ve pardoned a president before, but doing so again presents a further danger to democracy. we are going to ask historian, michael beschloss. and my sit down with actress eva longoria, making her flamin hot directorial debut. this is american voices. we begin this hour with donald trump and his allies, trying to deflect attention away from his decision to keep government secrets after his presidency. we ve heard these excuses before. trump is relying on the same old script, distract with baseless claims of a witch hunt, to stopped stop his political witch hunt. on his knockoff version of twitter, calling special counsel jack smith, quote deranged, saying the indictment is fake.
the nation by pardoning a president, who was accused of doing something wrong, is not a good idea. as we learned from gerald ford. do you think any of them believe that? or do you think it s just a talking point? that s a good question. luckily, i ve run out of time. i have to start my show. you can t put me on the spot like that. anyway, great to see you my friend. take care. good evening to you, and welcome to ayman tonight. the backing donald trump, his lies, and false equivalency s about the documents case. some insane levels. we are going to help set the record straight. then, ethics outrage, new report on clarence thomas problematic patterns of behavior. and a possible breakthrough in a senate committee s attempts to get answers. plus, democratic pushback. representatives judy chu, and ted lieu, shut down republican defenses of trump s actions. they re gonna join me live to talk about that and more. i m ayman mohyeldin, in new york, let s get started. tonigh
here, i got to the point where no one had any idea what was happening behind closed doors in the debt ceiling negotiations. so i offered a wild guest, because that s all anyone was doing. and it is turning out to be pretty much based on pure guesswork and i came up with tuesday night and so i m hoping this thing kind of stays in this direction you say it s pure guesswork, but that s also someone who is a veteran of capitol hill and has seen negotiations and knows what they look like and also understand the stakes. that s the most important thing. here not just the political stakes, but what it would mean for the u.s. economy if we were to default. so we have congressman jim mcgovern, former chairman of the house rules committee, y all important house rules committee, now the top democrat on the committee joining us tonight. and we ll get the update from him as best he can reveal it at this point of exactly what the state of play is on the debt ceiling, above which i am