a man accidentally discharged a gun at security sending passengers scrambling. tonight a warrant is out for his arrest highlighting the problem of prohibited carry-on weapons in atlanta. we have detected more than 460 firearms to date and found two on the morning shift alone at this security checkpoint. reporter: most travelers will avoid airports this week choosing to drive instead. the aaa predicting more than 53 million on the roads. thanksgg trav is bad. people are feeling better. the t.s.a. has been tallying more than 2 million flyers per day recently, so if you re taking to the skies, certainly get to the airport early. long security lines are effectively guaranteed and consider that the busiest travel days this week, norah, are ahead of us on wednesday and sunday. o donnell: sounds busy, errol barnett, thank you. still ahead on tonight s cbs evening news, the big announcement from target about what it plans for thanksgiving day and the breaking news
meetings as necessary. but as it relates to joe manchin, there s been some frustration because they are trying to get that number, a sense of where manchin could go with all of this. as we have heard from top allies, even if you something shy of $2 trillion, that would be viewed as big and bold. they are tallying up the successes from the rescue plan, which was nearly $2 trillion in the infrastructure plan. and if they are able to get this social policy and climate plan passed, this could be a significant success. all that said f it doesn t happen, it s a major failure. that s why the stakes are so high in these hours. it was kind of a little bit extraordinary to watch progressives. i m talking particularly about those who are brand new or quite new to capitol hill. somebody who knows congressional politics pretty darn well. has that congressional world
tallying 500,000 in the past few weeks. that s the backdrop with millions heading back to school, many walking into the school for the first time in 18 months. nbc news correspondent stephanie gosk explains. reporter: with excitement and some fanfare, new york city kicked off a new school year. it feels like a normal first day of school. they even have a marching band. kids are a little bit nervous. unlike last year, families do not have an option. kids are back in class. there will be air purifiers in every classroom and social distancing of at least three feet. teachers and staff have to be vaccinated. i trust the school completely. they re ready for this. they need this, all the kids do. reporter: nbc s ray home ellis found one third grader who needs convincing. i m just a little nervous.
in greece, hundreds of wildfires are burning throughout the country this weekend. more than 20 countries have sent people, planes, and equipment to help in the fight. cnn s eleni jakas in greece. this is the epicenter of wildfires that ravaged the country. now it s under control according to emergency services but there s major monitoring of the rekindling of fires. you see firemen standing by ready to fight once again. you re also saying airplanes carrying water to try and cool the land down. one firefighter said this slow burn of the forest could continue for months. in the meantime, residents are tallying up the losses of homes and infrastructure, the loss of vital forest. 465 square kilometers of forest has been decimated, leaving a lot of agricultural production completely gone. the other big concern here is
congressman jerry connolly of virginia, a member of the oversight and reform and foreign affairs committee. congressman, it is unusual to me that judge captured the sentiment better than many of your colleagues on the floor have been able to. yes. the judge is mired in reality, what actually happened and the actions of the individual sentenced this morning. and believes in accountability and fact-based jurisprudence. those are standards i wish my colleagues here in the congress on the other side of the aisle would embrace. i want to read a little more from what the judge said. according to the washington post the first felony defendant sentenced gets eight months in prison. the judge said the capitol riots caused damage far greater than the few hours of delay in congress tallying of the electoral votes, saying it left a stain that will remain on our nation for decades.