amy: i want to go to mike fannin . if you could pick it up from there.ve your education editor marÁ rose williams coming to you -- you are the editor and president of "the kansas city star," extremely influential in the midwest as you cover all issues, but particularly kansas city, which spans two states, missouri and kansas. talk about when she came to you, your response and what this apology means to you. >> sure. andmara anda said, whole team, and she made a great point, which is we were speaking for a number of people at "the star," a number of people who were excited to be on the steam. when they came with this idea, the answer was easy. it was an absolute yes. the execution i think was difficult because as i wrote about in the column, as reporters really dug in and unearthed a t of these very human examples that really system --me how this systematic problem in our coverage had revealed itself in stories we told and stories we did not tell, it was difficult to reconcile that with the sort of place we have come to love and appreciate. but we also un

mike fannin is the editor of the kansas city star. we appreciate your time tonight and those efforts. that's tonight's "last word." the senate is in the middle of voting on the covid relief bill. stay here on msnbc for the final tally. "the 11th hour" with brian williams begins now. >>> well, good evening once again. day 1,432 of the trump administration leaving 30 days until the inauguration of joe biden as our 46th president. as we enter the second week of the vaccine rollout, and as we enter life with a second vaccine now in the pipeline there are growing concerns tonight about a new strain of the coronavirus that has emerged in the u.k. mostly. scientists and great britain say it appears to be much more contagious than others that we have seen thus far. now parts of the u.k. are under a more strict lockdown. dozens of countries including canada, france, germany have suspended incoming flights from the u.k. for now. so far no indication the u.s. plans to join them. one white house coronavirus task force member today explained what

mike fannin is the editor of the kansas city star.te your time tonight and those efforts. that's tonight's "last word." the senate is in the middle of voting on the covid relief bill. stay here on msnbc for the final tally. "the 11th hour" with brian williams begins now. >>> well, good evening once again. day 1,432 of the trump >>> well, good evening once again. day 1,432 of the trump administration leaving 30 days until the inauguration of joe biden as our 46th president. as we enter the second week of the vaccine rollout, and as we enter life with a second vaccine now in the pipeline there are growing concerns tonight about a new strain of the coronavirus that has emerged in the u.k. mostly. scientists and great britain say it appears to be much more contagious than others that we have seen thus far. now parts of the u.k. are under a more strict lockdown. dozens of countries including canada, france, germany have suspended incoming flights from the u.k. for now. so far no indication the u.s.

mike fannin is the editor of the kansas city star.r time tonight and those efforts. that's tonight's "last word." the senate is in the middle of voting on the covid relief bill. stay here on msnbc for the final tally. "the 11th hour" with brian williams begins now. >>> well, good evening once again. day 1,432 of the trump administration leaving 30 days until the inauguration of joe biden as our 46th president. as we enter the second week of the vaccine rollout, and as we enter life with a second vaccine now in the pipeline there are growing concerns tonight about a new strain of the coronavirus that has emerged in