His hands were up. He never once pointed that gun at a Single Police officer. This is why we need that independent investigation. The heartbreaking interview with his parents, as they push elected officials for answers. And scientists discover an increasing number of asteroids flying close to earth. Whose job is it to protect the planet . The answer might surprise you, as we say good morning. It is sunday, november 21st. Im kendis gibson. And im lindsey reiser. Take a live look right now at several airports. We are tracking, of course, a Busy Travel Weekend. Im sure you can guess. Which one is this . That was newark. I think i think this is l. A. X. All right. I didnt know there was going to be a pop quiz at 7 40. And of course, washington, d. C. , its going to be a busy, Busy Travel Week ahead, busier than it was obviously last year, because of the pandemic. Everybody wants to get out and see their families. Were going to be tracking everything. We have a team of reporters and analyst
All right. we re going to begin a new hour of msnbc right now. and first up on msnbc, panic at the busiest airport in the u.s., as the holiday travel season begins. the suspect accused of causing all of this chaos and the accidental discharge of a weapon, still on the run, while passengers recover from these moments of panic. we all just ran outside this door right here and made our way across to the side of the airport. and just it was organized chaos. we could be just days away from another verdict in a race-fueled trial. looking ahead in the case of ahmaud arbery s accused killers, as the nation is still coming to grips with kyle rittenhouse s acquittal. a young man with a pellet gun and his hands in the air shot and killed by pennsylvania law enforcement.
Than it was obviously last year, because of the pandemic. everybody wants to get out and see their families. we re going to be tracking everything. we have a team of reporters and analysts following the latest right now, and we are going to go ahead and begin with the chaos out of atlanta, where a passenger s gun discharged at one of the busiest airports. the firearm accidentally went off in a security screening area at hartsfield-jackson international airport, creating mas panic, as you can see there, from some of these videos. and delayed dozens of flights. now police are searching for the suspected gun owner, who escaped the scene in the middle of the chaos. nbc s kathy park is following this story from laguardia airport in new york. kathy, what do we know about what happened in atlanta? what s the latest on the search for this person? reporter: hey, guys. good morning. well, certainly, a much different scene this morning at atlanta s airport. things actually returned to nor
Yesterday afternoon. a passenger was going through security, but was flagged for having a prohibited item inside his bag. and security went and proceeded to check this bag, but apparently, the passenger lunged toward the bag and the firearm discharged. and officials say that the man ran out of the airport with the gun in hand, and the individual has been identified as 42-year-old kenny wells, and there are several warrants out for his arrest. meanwhile, at the airport, it was just sheer panic. hundreds of passengers were inside when they heard the gunshot. and people were scrambling. some people were ducking for cover bicep caught up with one traveler. take a listen. people just came flying through and just were like, run, run, run! and then people were just running. and we all just ran outside this door right here.
of dollars of campaign advertising are about to get a fresh bombardment. sounds like a horror movie or a trailer from a horror movie. it s a trailer for another one of those super pacs what s almost certain is that it s designed to damage governor romney both now and further down the road. despite romney s momentum in florida, the gallup s national polling says the fight could rage on. gingrich has a hefty lead over romney, 32 to 24% nationwide. that eight-point gap is the widest it s been since polling began earlier this month. now, those numbers can and no doubt will change, but for now, they give the gingrich camp reason to continue, whatever happens next in florida, whatever happened last night. what s happening now in florida is the gingrich-romney brawl. over ties to fannie mae and freddie mac that led to the housing meltdown and it erupted in last night s debate. we discovered to our surprise, that governor romney owns shares in fannie mae and freddie mac. maybe