welcome to msnbc s live coverage on this monday, september 5th. it is labor day. there is a lot happening this morning. we begin with breaking news from london, where british foreign prime minister liz trust was just named prime minister by the ruling conservative party, succeeding boris johnson who resigned amid scandal, beating out the former chance lor to lead the party and the country. i know that our beliefs resonate with the british people. our beliefs in freedom and the ability to control your own life in low taxes, in personal responsibility. and i know that s why people waited for us in such numbers in 2019. as your party leader, i intend to deliver what we promised those voters right across our great country. she will be formally appointed by queen elizabeth tomorrow and will be confronted by a looming economic crisis, as well as an ongoing energy crisis. we will continue following developments from the united kingdom. but first, we ll focus here at home. la
part of the republican party. and he will continue to do that. reporter: and joining us now is washington post national political reporter isaac ards. thank you so much for being with us. i want to start with the piece that you co-authored entitled trump plots aggressive midterm strategy seen in gop as double-edged sword. so could you mean by the double edged swords. in the primary, what we heard was trump s first general election rally. in the primaries he was the envy of all. his endorsement, his backing, every candidate wanted that and what you started to see almost immediately after those candidates won the primary was, taking trump off the top of their website, like dr. oz did. and starting to try to put some distance between themselves and trump. because while he is the number one thing for primary voters, the republican base, with the general election electorate, it is a little bit of a different story. and so what strategists are trying to figure out, republican s
gave him a shot of a lifetime and soon, his home office would be right above home plate for more than 60 years. this is my throne. reporter: here, he transformed the stadium for a place of wonder for his listeners. the garden, his iconic home run call [ speaking non-english ] translated to it s going, going, going, and he bids it farewell with a kiss. he has been so much more than just an announcer. for the latino community, he s a professor. teaching generations about the intricacies of america s past time. in our case, people come from mexico, central america, south america. they know nothing about baseball so we have to team them and attract them to the stadium. the dodgers really play a big
help prevent delays. they ve finally cut their schedule to a point that they can reasonably operate without these sort of widespread cancellations that were commonplace this summer. reporter: the results, fewer disruptions and packed planes. transportation secretary pete buttigieg demanding improvements and proposing changes to flight refund policies. overall it has not been acceptable. reporter: and the government launching a new dashboard remember to help passengers to zee tail what even airline will do if your travel plans are derailed. so again we re seeing the weather related curveballs but overall things have been getting better. we could harken back to memorial day. over the weekend we saw 2700 flight cancellations nationwide. cut now to labor day weekend, this weekend so far we ve seen about 550, close to 600. so it has dropped. but the faa does note that travel tends to fall off a
a float plane crashed sunday afternoon in puget sound. four coast guard vessels an an aircraft were involve in the search off the coast of washington state. two vessels continue searching through the night with air patrol set to continue at dawn. the cause of the crash is unknown. the plane went down in the bay about 30 miles northwest of downtown seattle. as a summer comes to an end this holiday weekend, american s travel to celebrate in numbers not seen since before the pandemic. now the rocky summer travel season is continuing this labor day with storms adding another layer of difficulty to holiday travel. maggie vespa reports from newark liberty airport in new jersey. reporter: after an excruciating summer of cancellations an delays, this holiday is going smoothly and then mother nature threw airlines a new curve ball. this amid a holiday travel surge