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as union soldiers spread paving the way for them to mayor, to vote, to vote and to worship and decide their own destiny. the civil war officially ended in april 1865, but in a small community of gavelston island, texas, enslaved slaves were owe believious to their reality, two and a half years after the signing of the emancipation proclamation when a u.s. general informed the last enslaved black people in america that freedom had finally comp the people erupted in joy. that joy became the catalyst for juneteenth. in 2021 juneteenth became an official federal holiday. now recognized across the united states as a day of national celebration. juneteenth is a reminder. it is a reminder of what black people in america have been through and what black people have overcome. it is a commemoration of our resilience. our ingenuity, and most importantly our capacity for joy. our joy is worthy of celebration, and on this day we remember that our freedom must be honored, nurtured ....
the friday before juneteenth, clocked in as the most popular air travel day of 2022. and all of this as inflation hits a 40-year high. let s start with the travel troubles facing so many americans right now. in los angeles international airport, already today more than 770 flights cancelled. and still, there might be more this holiday weekend. why? yeah. it s because a lot of people are flying first of all. tsa saying they screened about 2.5 million people on friday. that s the highest number they ve seen since the sunday after thanksgiving. and then the problem is that the airlines just can t keep up. of course, part of the reason why so many are flying this weekend is because it s a lock summer weekend. a lot of people have off monday for juneteenth, and of course, it also coincides with father s day. and then these airlines just not keeping up for a number of reasons. one, being weather problems. delays and cancellations. there s also staff shortages and infrastruc ....
we have a stronger and better position to tackle inflation than almost any other country around the world. what juneteenth does it channels a way for america to talk about slavery and to talk about it without and tim dags and anguish to honor slaves who have never been honored. i m pamela brown in washington. you are live in the cnn newsroom. happy father s day to all the dads out there. and we begin tonight with new cnn reporting. u.s. intel is warning of another potential russian plot to interfere with the 2022 midterms. homeland and national security officials say they are worried kremlin meddling like hacking into smaller and more local election authorities in this country and creating disinformation campaigns could have a significant impact on the november elections. so this is not new, isaac, the idea of meddling in the elections. we know similar campaigns were used during the 2016 election and after that as well. what has changed with the threats since ....
handelsman, nbc news, washington. ( - reporter live tag -) 44% of americans in the nbc news poll were not satisfied switching gears. some possible showers expected tonight and rain tomorrow. storm track seven chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg is tracking rain. from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen for your complete weather information. here is additional forecast information from the kwwl isolated showers are possible this afternoon and tonight. day friday. a few isolated a member of the iowa board of regents says they may have dropped the ball when it came to the search for the new president at the university of iowa. subhash sahai says the hiring of bruce harreld could seem like the 9-member board was biased; however, sahai says the university needs to just give harreld a chance to do his job. harreld s hiring has lead to a lot of backlash. protestor nats - 5 seconds. this group of protestors gathered outside yesterday s board of regents meet ....
state hillary clinton stood her ground in the questioning of the benghazi attack. her answers, her tone, her expressions all under the microscope because as much as it is secretary clinton testifying before the house benghazi committee, it is presidential candidate clinton who stands the most to lose in a testy and politically-charged showdown that has continued into the evening. andrea mitchell is covering it for us tonight. reporter: it was supposed to be about benghazi, but soon dissolved into bickering. i don t care if you sent it by morse code, carrier pigeon, smoke signals, what is relevant is that he was sending information to the secretary of state. will the gentleman yield? i would be happy to. make sure the entire record is correct. that is exactly what i want to do. reporter: while they argued, the star witness tried to stay above the fray unlike in 2013. what difference at this point does it make? reporter: this time hillary clinton was poise ....