Goodbye to our executive director. Subsidize i have, tough in the best possible way and consistently to producing newscasts their h honest and objective which is obviously not always an easy task. In other words, nikki egan say great journalist and outstanding person. I like to say that it is our goal on this show to make you smarter and better every single day. And i firmly believe that we are all smarter and better because of nikki egan. Speaking for myself and our team, i want to thank you, nikki, for your friendship, leadership and job well done. That wraps up this hour. Im stephanie ruhle. You are in luck. My dear friend Hallie Jackson is here in New York City. What an amazing goodbye to our friend nikki. Thank you much. See you later this afternoon. We start this hour, though, with new reporting from our nbc news team out this morning on how exactly democrats plan to handle next weeks Mueller Marathon and
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flight schedule. proactively cancelling 10% of january flights, citing the continued impacts of omicron and unprecedented employee sick calls. similar moves have been made by jetblue and delta. southwest airlines cancelled more than 500 flights on friday for the third day in a row. it was so cold at the denver hub on thursday that it actually temporarily halted arrivals at a time. but good news, though, this time of year is typically a slow time for the airlines. . but even still about 1.5 million people are flying each day. pete muntean, cnn, reagan national airport. joining me now is meteorologist derek van dam. derek, it s awful when you re stuck in an airport. but on the flip side, if you re a kid who makes u wakes up to s on a friday morning. i m going to be self-indulgent, look at this photo my sister
weenie partnership, we don t need conflict. teachers are skipping classes. some teachers are threatening a walkout over the plant. we want to prevent to complete shuttering of schools. the chicago public schools said teachers that don t show up are not going to be paid. the city has filed an unfair labor complaint against the teachers union. kicking us off on a friday. molly with this take. they are beholden to teachers unions spending $700 billion per year to help democrats get elected. but the unions are keeping the schools closed and keeping children out of schools. is a political problem as it was
thanks. telling the president sorry, i have a scheduling conflict again and again. it is happening again, high profile state democrats say they can t make the president s speech if pittsburgh. critics tearing into president biden saying he is too focused on race and gender. i was just talking about that when it comes to his impending u.s. supreme court nominee. marc thiessen in focus on a friday. we love it when he is next.
and i know people are probably listening, saying, yeah, but that hasn t been easy in things like build back better. as we know, 42 judicial nominations have come in front of the united states senate. zero is the number of times a democrat has voted against any of those 42 nominees cumulatively. so, i think democrats are on the same page here. i don t think this has to be complicated. this isn t about getting 70 votes or 60 votes or 57. it s about getting 50 votes plus the vice president, get the bible, get the champagne, and get on to the next thing. i love how simple it can be. the reverend al sharpton, robert gibbs, thank you so much for suspendeding time with us on a friday. nice to see you both. the next hour of deadline white house starts after a very short break. r of deadline itwhe house starts after a very itwhe house starts after a very short break. your mover, rob, he s on the scene and needs a plan with a mobile hotspot. we cut to downtown, your sales rep