pete buttigieg was working with the railroads as well. you heard from the president calling this deal a win for tens of thousands of railway workers. just to reiterate key points, they re getting better pay, improved working conditions and peace of mind surrounding health care costs. this agreement after those 20 hours of face-to-face negotiations was led by the labor secretary, and he said one of the key moments was crucial call from president biden that took place late last night at 9:00. walsh warned a strike would have been catastrophic. you know that some of the consequences, but consider this, 40% of this country s products that are shipped long distance are moved by rail. that means auto parts, lumber, the food we eat. we are already seeing some of the possible implications, amtrak preemptively canceling long-distance routes. the statement from amtrak this morning saying they re trying to get these canceled trains quickly restored. they re reaching out to passengers to
amazing story. i didn t know anything about it, to be honest. i think most people don t. so, how did you come to this story? well, i think i came to it the way most writers today come to it. i was screwing around on the internet when i should have been writing something. i honestly don t know. for some reason i got on the subject of world war ii and sports and read about this game called the mosquito bowl, and it became more and more improbable, more and more delicious, but it was two regiments of the marine corps stocked with great football players, and they would argue over beers who would be the better team if we played each other. finally, one marine said we re marines, we don t argue, we fight it out. so, they had this game as close to a real football game as you could get. they had marching bands, programs printed. it was broadcast on the mosquito radio network. you name it, they had it. this delicious game. but really it was a way for
i ve played more than 100 matches over 24 years, and tennis has treated me more generously than i would have dreamt. and now i must recognize when it s time to end my competitive career. at one point, spent a record 237 straight weeks as the number-one-ranked player in the world, if you can imagine that. his decision to step away from the game marks the second exit by an all-time great in the past few weeks, as 23-time major winner serena williams played her final match at the u.s. open just weeks ago. coming up, the author behind friday night-lights is back with another football story and a game that s been lost to history. he joins us to talk about his latest book on the true story of the mosquito bowl. morning joe is back in just a moment.
21 past the hour. now to a surprising story involving florida governor ron desantis sending two planes full of migrants to martha s vineyard yesterday following a recent tactic by republican governors to draw attention to what they say are president biden s failed border policies. joining us now live from ft. lauderdale, nbc news senior national correspondent kerry sanders. kerry, have these tactics worked in the past? reporter: well, it s all unfolding as we speak. it s unclear. of course, you know, the florida governor, ron desantis, is running for re-election, but it s clearly an escalation by republican governor who is have said they re upset with the border and immigration policies of the biden administration. this move is a first using airplanes like this.
governor of mississippi to get this public money to his purpose of building a volleyball facility. mississippi has the highest rate of poverty in the country. a lot of people could have used that money. when we come right back on morning joe, we ll speak to the reporter for mississippi today, who s been leading the coverage and breaking the news around this story. this story. allergies don t have to be scary. spraying flonase daily stops your body from overreacting to allergens all season long. psst! psst! flonase all good.