my god, matt klein, the owner, proprietor and regular bartender at mac's club deuce, turned 100 years old this year yes, 100. >> he's still here. the cigarette smoke and dark, dank atmosphere clearly good for a guy who's seen it all. >> that's 73 years ago. fort benning georgia. i was in the second armored division mac came to miami in 1945 from new york's lower east side by way of the battle of normandy. i came here because i was wounded. the warm weather was much better for me. >> there were a lot of g.i.s here during the war right the war made miami beach for the simple reason that people were stationed here, and all of a sudden they saw a world that they didn't believe during world war two, miami saw a massive influx of military personnel hotels which had seen a sharp drop in business, made a deal with the government to house troops at the empty resorts. >> they told their parents about it, their parents came down, sons came down, they opened businesses here and it was basically jewish at the time. and that's how it started. >> by the fall of 1942, more than 78,000 troops were liv

we talked to spirit chief commercial officer matt klein in june. >> brands have to change, products must and we were in a spot that did not allow us to change the way that we knew we should and that we knew we could. >> reporter: all of this as the holiday rush begins with 31 million flyers expected by december 2nd. >> thanksgiving is the most popular holiday travel day of all. >> reporter: according to a report, 80 million will travel next week more than 71 million by car. brendan lane is one of them. >> it's always been a great tradition to go up to north of new york city and spend some time in the big apple and also spend some time with family as well. >> reporter: spirit operates nearly 800 daily flights, the faa increases the oversight of airlines when they enter bankruptcy. the agency says it is continually evaluating spirit to show that it has the resources it needs to safely operate. >> norah: a lot of people planning to travel, chris van cleave, thank you very much. new york city issued its first drought warning in 22 years. residents are urged to conserve water. the bone dry we

we talked with spirit chief commercial officer matt klein in june. >> brands have to change.nd we were kind of stuck in a spot that didn't allow us to change the way we knew we should and that we knew we could. >> reporter: all this as the holiday rush begins with a record 31 million flyers expected by december 2nd. >> thanksgiving is the most popular travel holiday of all. >> reporter: spirit operates nearly 800 daily flights. the faa typically increases its oversight of airlines when they enter something like bankruptcy. the agency tells us it is continually monitoring spirit to ensure it has the resources necessary to continue operating safely. kris van cleave, cbs news, phoenix. >>> another transportation news, sales of electric vehicles hit an all-time high this summer. but there is growing concern that a second trump administration could tap the brakes on that progress. here's cbs's ryan yamamoto. >> reporter: in california drivers loved their evs. >> no gas, no oil changes. easy maintenance and a really fun car to drive. >> reporter: 1 in 4 new cars sold in the golden

matt gaetz. >> well, they are giving away their role as advise and consent. i am with ezra klein on this. he says, demanding senate republicans back gaetz as ag and hegseth as defense secretary is the 2024 version of forcing sean spicer to say, it was the largest inauguration crowd ever. these aren't just appointments. >> absolutely. you are absolutely right. it is about loyalty. this is about forcing his followers to defend the indefensible, and see what they do. from an institutional perspective, confirming remedies is something that only the senate does, the house has no role in that process. it is a part of the senate's special responsibility. if the senate republicans decide to see that responsibility entirely by giving trump the power to do recess appointments, and he has made it clear-- you know, recess appointments were something in the past were used for special circumstances where a post really needed to be filled under an emergency or something like that. no president has ever used the research recess appointment power to his cabinet. that is what trump is going to do. that is