someone s health status. a showdown in chicago and across the country as police unions refuse public health orders on vaccines. and how one reckless law in texas is causing chaos for teachers across the state. how do you help us. all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. according to one estimate, there are more than 10,000 local election jurisdictions in the united states and they are run for the most part by everyday bureaucrats, county clerks and election commissioners. i d wager before 2020 the vast overwhelming majority of americans had absolutely no idea who their local elections official was. most probably still do not. it s kind of like the power grid or the supply chain. you do not want to hear about it or do not hear about it when it is working. you only really think about it when it is in crisis. our election systems are in crisis thanks to donald trump s authoritarian aspirations. at the ground level followers of the ex-presid
united states and around the world. brand-new this morning, an urgent push to fix the tangled global supply chain, what the white house is calling a 90-day sprint to unchoke the bottlenecks that are feeding into inflation. a senior administration official said the port of los angeles would move to 24/7 service. the port of long beach has already been working around the clock. those two ports, they handle 40% of the container traffic in the u.s.. the white house also said walmart, fedex and ups, three the largest goods companies in the country will move to 24/7 operations. the supply chain nightmare is slowing the economic recovery. banks have been slashing their growth forecast and moody s analytics warns these disruptions will get worse before they get better. obviously it s a problem. it all goes back to the pandemic. i mean, the pandemic is disrupted all markets, you know. we can see in the global supply chains. it s not going to be next month, next quarter. i think this
lift, not just to the families, but also for tourists, businesses who have customers near the border. and this is an announcement that is coming just weeks after the white house vowed to lift bans on overseas travelers and as coronavirus numbers continue to trend in a positive direction, which, of course, is down. 38 states declining or holding steady on hospitalizations. 44 states seeing cases flat line or decline. rafael romo is standing by in mexico. first to paula newton in ottawa, canada, with our top story. paula? brianna, you know, when the border closed between the u.s. and canada, people didn t think it would last 19 days. we re at 19 months. and this is really been taking its toll not just on businesses from washington state all the way to new york state, whether you re talking about british columbia, ontario. it is families. they have been waiting for this day and finally later today we should get some details from the biden administration, sometime in november
struggling mightily. inflation is through the roof, energy prices are reaching record levels, food prices are at a 10-year high and america s supply chain is in a state of chaos. cargo ships off the coast of california and new york are unable to unload because of a lack of dockworkers. meanwhile, goods and products are now piling up in warehouses because of a lack of truck drivers. american retailers are facing nationwide shortages. just in time for christmas, of course. it s so bad that some large corporations are chartering private cargo ships, a costly move that will be paid for by guess who? you, the consumer. but that s not all, travel delays are wreaking havoc nationwide. over the weekend, southwest airlines canceled over 1,000 flights blaming inclement weather but many are wondering if staffing issues going to the companies employ vaccine mandates are really to blame. joining us now is the author of beyond bite and come rebuilding the america we love sounds great, fo
hundreds of flights canceled, more than 1,000 flights delayed, some are cheering, but plenty of frustrated passengers across the nation are stranded. we are on the phone for what, seven hours? 44 so backlogged. they said they were having problems. did not say what it was and you are lucky you got a flight. said it was bad weather. has to be things behind the scenes they are not telling us. shannon: we will dig into that, plus, california said to require retailers to provide gender-neutral toy sections. folks upset with newly emboldened governor newsom again. we begin with a deepening supply chain crisis. allowing costumes and decorations in short supply and that is not the only holiday that has folks in the know concerned. garrett is tracking this for us tonight. folks at home have not already felt the impact of the supply chain crisis, chances are they will file a lot over the next few months as we roll into the holiday season and first up is halloween. looking