hello, i am sara sidner in for mr. blackwell. we begin with the travel nightmare that won t seem to end. nearly 3,000 flights across the united states grounded again today, almost all of them, however, more than 90% of them are one airline, southwest airlines. you can see the lines for southwest passengers at ticket counters today in raleigh, denver, you name it. passengers, some of whom have spent hours or even days waiting in airports are fuming. i am beyond frustrated and hurt. i can t see my dad. my mom is in the hospital and i wanted to be there for her once she got discharged, and unfortunately because of the situation, they are saying the closest flight is the 29th. are you going to make it home today? no, likely not. i heard somebody say over the intercom not to expect to get a flight within the next four days, and that s not what i wanted to hear. within the next four days? goodness. with new year s eve days away, nearly 2,500 flights have already been canc
murder for 78 minutes, has not yet explained that decision. three weeks ago arredondo was elected to a second job as a member of the uvalde city council. he intended to continue to serve of as the chief of police for the uvalde school district while serving on the city council. peter arredondo was scheduled to be sworn in tomorrow as a member of the city council at a meeting of the uvalde city council. earlier today, that uvalde city council meeting is scheduled tomorrow was cancelled. yesterday the president and first lady brought flowers to the memorial site outside robb elementary school in uvalde. they touched the photos of the 19 murdered children and the two teachers who lost their lives trying to save lives of those children. president biden and first lady jill biden attended sunday mass in uvalde at a catholic church filled with mourners, including some of the family members of the victims, and as the president was leaving, some in the crowd pleaded with the president
who lost their lives defending our nation and our freedoms. we re glad you re with us. with us today, we have my friend msnbc contributor mike barnicle. we re going to jump right into the news. the justice department is opening a review into the law enforcement response to the school shooting in uvalde, texas, after authorities there admitted to a stunning string of failures last week. this as the president and first lady jill biden visited robb elementary school yesterday and met with grieving families. nbc news correspondent sam brock has the very latest from texas. sam? reporter: jonathan, good morning. president biden spent most of the day on sunday in uvalde, texas, trying to provide consolation to lift up a community here that s so griff grief stricken. they want answers and accountability. all day, people have been coming to the memorial. president biden and dr. biden came out and laid flowers. all of this happening as a critical incident review was announced by th
perimeters. texas governor greg abbott, he defended himself in the criticism among his response to the shooting and his praise of police efforts. during his visit to uvalde on friday, the republican governor said he was initially misled by law enforcement officials and was restating what he heard when corroborating their version. i was misled and i am livid about what happened. and as everybody has learned, the information that i was given turned out in part to be inaccurate. and i m absolutely livid about that. and here s my he expectation. my expectation is that the law enforcement leaders that are leading the investigations which includes the texas rangers and the fbi, they get to the bottom of every fact with absolute certainty. the governor is saying at that press conference at the cost the funerals for the victims was being taken care of by an anonymous doaner who gave $175,000 to make sure every funeral is paid for. he provided mental health care services for the
hearing their lawyers closing arguments. johnny depp is suing his former wife for an article she wrote in which she said she was a victim of domestic abuse. coming up in 25 minutes or so, a full round up of the means. but now it is time for newscast. alex and chris, on an episode of newscast the other day we were talking about a new rock opera about tony bland i said i would love it if there is a newscast musical and i said but please, don t put too much effort into it. don t do a demo of a whole newscast musical. jeff has done a demo of a newscast musical. that s the first amazing thing and the second thing is he taking lots of newscast characters and written songs about them based on actual musicals. so there is one about chris mason based onjesus christ superstar. here isjeff serenading you in the style of andrew lloyd webber. thanks guys! that was brilliant. well done jeff. thanks guys! that was brilliant. well done jeff. that is a work of musical genius. well done jef