alaska airlines canceled some flights as well. there s been disagreement in the industry on how to handle this new pandemic surge as air travel rebounds to pre-pandemic levels. cnn s pete muntean has the latest from regan national airport. reporter: christine, paula, things are getting busier by the moment here at regan national airport. some of the numbers we have seen are already higher than where they were back in 2019 before the pandemic. the tsa screened 2.08 million people at airports across the country on wednesday. that number actually higher than the same day back in 2019, 1.84 screened back then two years ago. just a bit of context here, though. that same wednesday two years ago, that was christmas day itself when passenger loads are low, but even still we have seen numbers at or near 2 luis palomino per d 2 million per day. there are long lines to get tested for coronavirus. this one at b.w.i. thurgood marshall airport, there was a line for testing either earth b
alma daetz. and i m dan ashley. what started with harvey weinstein affects dozens of men in different fields. federal appeals court judge alex kaszynski is based in san francisco and resigned after 15 women came forward with claims he inappropriately touched them or made lewd comments. abc7 news reporter carolyn tyler is in the newsroom with a look at this case. carol? well, judge kaszynski was already the subject of a judicial investigation that began last week into these claims against him. today in a statement, the judge says family and friends urged him to stay and fight, but instead he retired. it is an abrupt ending to a high profile career. just last week judge alex kaszynski was hearing a case at the u.s. appeals court in san francisco. now, after 32 years serving on the 9th circuit, he stepped down today, following allegations of sexual harassment by multiple women, including emily murphy, now a professor at u.c. hastings college of the law. she was a clerk f
condoned within the legal profession, i think it is especially problematic because it sends a message to women that they do not have access to justice. reporter: the allegations against the 67-year-old kaszynski span decades. alex kaszynski. reporter: some pointing to the 1968 appearance on the show the dating game as an example of his behavior towards women. judge kaszynski issued a statement today saying, in part, it grieves me to learn that i caused any of my clerks to feel uncomfortable. thises what never my intent. while sexual harassment allegations now seem to be coming every day, larry represented what was then a watershed case in 1994 that captured international attention. and ended with millions in punitive damages for san francisco secretary named rena weeks who sued her boss and won. i hope that the message to all women is that, go ahead and stand up because i think it s reaching a critical mass now where reporter: the 9th circuit is the largest of the
comey s firing, rosenstein was shaken, unsteady and overwhelmed. another person in touch with rosenstein around that time said he sounded frantic, nervous, upset and emotionally disregulated. in one of these conversations with the acting fbi director at the time, andrew mccabe, rosenstein became visibly upset. joining us now from the new york times mike schmidt who just broke this story, nbc news intelligence national security reporter ken dilanian and frank figliuzzi, fbi assistant director for counter intelligence. mike schmidt, take us through what your reporting about unknown and emotional reaction from the deputy attorney general. this was an incredibly important time. this is between the comey firing and when mueller is appointed. a little more than a week. what was going on in rosenstein s head, he was very concerned about how he had been used by the white house as the person to explain the firing. they had used this memo that he had written about comey s handling
whom he spoke shortly after comey s firing, rosenstein was shaken, unsteady and overwhelmed. another person in touch with rosenstein around that time said he sounded frantic, nervous, upset and emotionally disregulated. in one of these conversations with the acting fbi director at the time, andrew mccabe, rosenstein became visibly upset. joining us now from the new york times mike schmidt who just broke this story, nbc news intelligence national security reporter ken dilanian and frank figliuzzi, fbi assistant director for counter intelligence. mike schmidt, take us through what your reporting about unknown and emotional reaction from the deputy attorney general. this was an incredibly important time. this is between the comey firing and when mueller is appointed. a little more than a week. what was going on in rosenstein s head, he was very concerned about how he had been used by the white house as the person to explain the firing. they had used this memo that he had wri