dana: ron desantis vowing to fight those efforts every step of the way. we ll do whatever we can to vindicate the rights of parents and make sure parents are in the driver s seat when it comes to the health, education and welfare of their kids. and these should not be decreed by the government but something that a parent is ultimately making the decision on. there are different parents that feel differently about it. i respect that but i think to force one way is alienating and marginalizing a lot of parents throughout the state of florida. bill: where is this headed? admiral brett giroir is standing by with reaction. casey stiegel in dallas today. good morning. right now the governors of at least seven states have some kind of an order prohibiting school districts from creating their own mask mandates. two states here in texas and florida the battles are going to court. harris county or houston expected to file a suit today. yesterday san antonio joined dallas in the
thousands of frustrated passengers have been told their flights have been canceled. the problem a highly contagious virus and not enough workers. these are the lucky ones. passengers heading through security to catch a flight. hopefully everybody can get home for the holidays. luckily for me, i should be fine. other travelers today are not as fortunate. in preemptive move some airlines canceled flights citing a lack of crews variant. among the hardest hit united airlines. in a company the company said quote the nationwide spike in omicron cases this week has had a direct impact on our flight crews and the people who run our operation. at least seven people of delta s flights today did not take off. the company said in a statement quote delta streams exhausted all options including re-routing substitution of aircraft s and crew. delta asked the cdc to reduce quarantine time for people testing upon for the vice. the airline boss feared the omicron variant would in his wor
counting votes. and the biggest thing when you say, hey, what happened last night? and i just tell people, don t look at virginia look at new jersey. 1:00 p.m., the day after the election night, it s still too close to call in new jersey that in itself is a headline. biden won that state by 16 points last year, just a year ago. where democrat phil murphy won by 14 points in 2017, hillary clinton won the state by 14 points in 2016. you get my drift. this wasn t just a blue state. this was kind of a dark blue state. democrats expected virginia would be potentially very close but not new jersey. the vote count there so far means democrats can t explain away what happened in new jersey, as a result of any one problem. about this candidate trying to nitpick and deflect blame away from themselves. the big take away from last night, democrats have problems they have to face everywhere and it s all over the ideological spectrum. you don t think you re part of the problem and you re a
spending bills. get ready because another hour of velshi begins right now. good morning. it s sunday, october 1st. i m ali velshi. it s halloween and we begin this hour with some breaking news. we have brand new nbc news polling that may scare president biden and democrats, especially heading into key local and statewide elections on tuesday. the president s approval rating has dropped to 42% among american adults with a 54% disapproval. he s 12 points underwater. it s a 7% drop since august and 11-point drop since the spring. biden s approval rate at this point in his presidency is the lowest of any modern president with the very clear exception of donald trump. some more devastating data of deep concern for democrats, just 37% of american adults gave high marks, good or very good, for being competent and a good president, against 50% who gave biden poor and very poor marks. on several notable issues, you can see republicans hold a significant advantage on border securit
i m brianna keilar with john berman. bill clinton recovering in an intensive care unit in california. the former president hospitalized on tuesday for a urinary tracten tpebgz that spread to his blood stream. sara sidner is live outside the university of california irvine medical center where clinton is being treated. sarah, what s the latest on his condition? reporter: we know former president clinton is still here in the hospital. he is in the intensive care unit. although the doctors have said that is not because he needs to be treated in intensive care. it is because that is where he can have the most privacy and security. he is said to be on the mend. he was joking, up talking to folks. they still want to give him antibiotics and fluids today. we re not sure when he will be released. he started feeling fatigued tuesday evening. he was hanging out with friend. he is here in orange county for fund raising and dinner for the clinton foundation, nonprofit organization st