obviously losing patience. right now you re sitting up here playing cards because they are short staffed and we can check-in and get in there in time so we are waiting for more people to come in. i was supposed to leave at 1:30 and they delayed it to 3:00 p.m. already today. i don t know if i m going to get out on time or not. i brought my laptop charger and i may be hanging out here for a while. we are hoping the plane is there when we are ready to get on and a pilot to fly it, so we have to get back and get back to life. mike: charles watson s life from hartsfield-jackson airport in atlanta. good morning, charles. good morning, mike and julie. things are pretty busy here in atlanta so far this morning but so far operations appeared to be moving smoothly here at hartsfield-jackson atlanta international. that said, passengers should prepare for another busy day at airports. the delays and cancellations are already racking up this morning. we are seeing about 140 u.s
door fast. nbc s exclusive sit-down with the treasury secretary on when the money will hit accounts and criticisms the package is just too big. are you spending too much? i don t believe we ve overshot the mark. plus, what we know about that new accelerated vaccine timeline. can the white house keep promises made in the president s prime time address? and can cities and states keep up? i m hallie jackson in washington on this friday morning, nbc s monica alba and kristen welker are at the white house, we re joined by dr. joshua sharpstein. ellison barber is with us as well. kristen, look ahead to what we can expect at the rose garden and next week across the country as it appears important to the white house, the president, his aides and advisers they get out and sell this package that just passed. reporter: that s the keyword, hallie, sell. that is what we are going to see from president biden and vice president harris. he s going to hold a signing ceremony for that
Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. If there were any lingering doubts today, the Republican Party officially became the party of roy moore. Party elites rallied around the antigay birther after he handily beat their preferred candidate in alabamas gop primary this week. Today from the podium the White House Press secretary declined to condemn some of moores inflammatory views. Judge moore says homosexuality should be illegal, he said sandy hook was some sort of divine retribution, he said Keith Ellison should not be permitted to serve in congress because hes a muslim. So without asking about the specifics of the race, does President Trump share any of those views that i just mentioned . And if not, why does he think this person is fit to be a u. S. Senator . Not that im aware of. I have not, uh, taken a deep dive on every comment that the senator or the Senate Nominee has made. But i certainly know where the president stand on this those issues and wouldnt see any parallel bet
hasn t been this high since before the pandemic. oh my goodness, the airport was tremendously packed. everywhere you went. plane was full. airport full. lines around the block for food reporter: with today and monday expected to be the most congested travel days of the year, roughly half the nation is recording a rise in new covid infections with cases up just over 10% across the u.s hot spots like pockets of the northeast have seen the biggest climb and are also now detecting two new omicron subvariants. the virus is going to be with us for a very long time, probably forever the question is, you know, is the virus going to cause massive spikes is it going to cause our hospitals to get overwhelmed? reporter: for now hospitalizations are under control and covid deaths are down more than 30%. tonight a measurable change in the course of the pandemic and for americans who are ready to venture back out. on that travel front, miguel, today and monday are expected to be the
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