, the faa is investigating a close call that happened at reagan national airport that incident coming as the tsa expects 14 million passengers to pass through security checkpoints, 2.7 million traveling just today, and though most airlines took responsibility for recent travel headaches, transportation secretary pete buttigieg announced the faa hired an additional 1,500 air traffic controllers this year. it's welcome news for travelers who were plagued by cancellation after cancellation during the summer months. on the roads, traffic backups in pockets of the u.s. including in maryland this deadly wreck there, the result of a chain reaction crash involving four tractor trailers our emilie ikeda is tracking all things travel tonight and joins us live with more emilie >> reporter: well, tom, even driving here to newark airport from new york city took me twice as long, and from the roads to the runways, travelers will face crowds this very busy holiday weekend. one bright spot, though, just over 100 flight cancellations today out of the 50,000 flights scheduled in the u.s the last

rogers got its airport out of the delta nation of a handful of individuals who believed that the future of, their community was linked to aviation. they demonstrated this in 1947 when the rogers airport, the focal point of a gigantic chicken airlift. what prompted of checks to broiler producers in the area? this in turn to the location at rogers of of the world's largest chicken hatcheries and made rogers one of the nation's major poultry areas. today. rogers has 26 manufacturing plants. employing 3725 people out of a total population of 10,700. as plants open, new families move to rogers at the rate of about 500 each year. the big thing in industry is decentralization. up until a relatively short time ago, industry felt that it had to be concentrated in large industrial, mainly because the transportation factor. but general aviation has changed always not. can industry now put its branch in what were at one time considered remote areas, but the areas that were remote are now benefiting from the location of these branch plants. so everybody benefits from the decentralization of industry

came to the national airport to see off the distinguished guest, his wife, will take home a bouquet of belarusian flowers. the heads of state held a brief conversation the day before , several rounds of negotiations took place, a memorandum of agreement was signed on cooperation in healthcare, education, agriculture. this is a good foundation for the future, alexander lukashenko believes , teodora abian gemom basuga informed his colleague that upon his return as soon as possible, so to speak, hot on the heels of the negotiations , he will form a government delegation that will work out all the plans and projects. i am leaving with great love , thank you all, belarus is ready to help in the industrialization of equatorial guinea , modernization of agriculture and ensuring food security , supply of equipment, minsk has been consistently developing ties with the countries of the promising african continent for several years. but always, as our president said , we go to africa as friends. the last day of the visit of distinguished guests was an opportunity to try belarusian products from m

arrived at the national airport to see off the distinguished guest the heads of state had a brief conversationana i am leaving with great love in my heart thank you, i noted my gratitude to the belarusian country for its friendly approach and willingness to work together. big business with dialogue is taking place today in the capital. the international economic cooperation forum brought together in minsk representatives of more than twenty countries from europe asia africa the middle east among the key tasks of the event comprehensive presentation of investment potential white. capitals exchange practical experience in issues organizations of small and medium-sized businesses, as well as a discussion of the possibilities of technological and social interaction in the negotiations program. plenary session, work in sections, the potential, capabilities and quality of belarusian products, manufacturers present on the sidelines of the forum at the made in minsk exhibition minsk is a city of great opportunities, where all issues of working with investors have been worked out. we have an investment

gift for the team, the minsk regional unit ensures the operation of customs posts at the minsk national airportsky customs post and minsk industry. what illusions does the chief booket master of the bolshoi theater have, a synopsis of the first premiere of the ninety-first season of opera and ballet in the new release of the project , say don’t be silent, the studio’s honored guest russian artist igor kolp, what will the new repertoire production be about, what are the illusions of love, what does a dancer feel when he finds himself on the other side of the curtain, trying on the roles of a director and tv presenter, was it possible to solve the riddle of the three composers? these 3 years are a test for me that i am going through , not some kind of position at all, not at all a desired place in order to occupy it, this is a clear exam, it is clear that i will not understand whether i am a choreographer, whether i rightfully occupy the place of the main choreographer of the big theater, but at least i i’ll understand for...whether there will be interest beyond what i do while in minsk, since i

arrived in belarus on an official visit the plane theodorobian congem basuga landed at the minsk national airport at about 6 pm an invitation to visit our country on behalf of the president of belarus, the leaders of equatorial guinea was given during the visit to africa of the minister of foreign affairs, then the parties confirmed mutual interest in development interstate contacts at the airport, minsk distinguished guests were met by belarusian foreign minister sergei oleinik equatorial guinea is one of the most rich and stable states of africa, ranking first on the continent in terms of gdp per capita, the diplomatic relations of belarus and equatorial guinea for more than 30 years of cooperation have developed, through pinpoint intergovernmental contacts and interaction in international organizations , the prospects for interaction in the economy, including agriculture and industrial cooperation. as reported in the press service of the belarusian leader, the program of the head of equatorial guinea in our country is expected to be rich in the central part visit will be in negotiations with p

the nation's busiest subways and trains halted but not stopping a brooklyn bus. >>> an airport terminal underwater. up to ten inches of rain could fall before it ends. >>> also tonight, countdown to the shutdown last-ditch efforts to fund the government fail with no plan in sight. speaker mccarthy under pressure millions of workers set to go without pay and millions more could lose services in just over 24 hours. >>> the death of a stateswoman, dianne feinstein. the trailblazing california democrat who served in the senate for three decades. bipartisan tributes coming in tonight. >>> just in, the first guilty plea in the trump election interference case in georgia. >>> a surprise arrest in the murder of rapper tupac shakur. why now after 30 years? >>> the uaw expanding its strike against ford and gm as talks stall. fight over electric cars. >>> and harry smith on whether a new grocery store could help feed one american town and heal old wounds. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening and welcome. as we come on the air, a nightmare commute home is under

and speaking of mass transit, the faa says the nation's airports had a sharp increase in passengers overy area airports. there were relatively few disruptions over the past five days. friday was the busiest travel day for the weekend, according to tsa, more than 2.7 million people pass through airport checkpoints friday, saturday and sunday followed with the tsa screening. about 2 million passengers each day. the tourism industry was certainly highly impacted with the covid 19 virus. people are beginning to travel again and great numbers actually. travel experts predict continue into tr as people make up for trips that were put on hold during the pandemic were advised to start booking trips now to save the most money. although the rports were busy, a majority of americans did hit the road this holiday weekend. even with those high gas prices to now, currently the average price for a gallon of regular gas is $5.33. in california, and that is up $0.20 from last month. and 6% or $0.06, rather, from last year. the national average for a gallon of regular gas is currently $3.81. took until ab

sometimes even earlier, as a rule, it starts from the national airport, because this is where the main supporting services are located. the main unit of work is working with documents, because strict regulations and strict procedures imply the preparation of a huge number of papers. probably the most difficult thing is providing routine procedures are those that must work constantly. i’m very glad to see you, is everything okay? in order for the system to work smoothly, we all felt comfortable at the registration desk for trainees, we could register at the airport; for this, there is a whole department that ensures the operation of the registration system and controls the correct loading of data. well, they conduct round-the-clock monitoring of the operation of the registration system, and they control the matter of automated shipments even a day before. how and is it correct? have all the necessary data been sent to the government authorities of the state where we are going to fly? i want all the necessary telegrams that are exchanged between airlines , airports, government agencies,

cnn aviation correspondent pete muntean is at the reagan national airport with more. >> reporter: it's a record-breaking summer of travel. with a new survey saying more than half of all americans expect to travel for labor day. at chicago o'hare, they're bracing for a 7% increase compared to last year. the tsa says after this weekend, the summer will set a new air travel record with more than 227 million people screened at airports since memorial day. transportation secretary pete buttigieg said flight cancellations are going down, but the latest numbers from flightaware say flights have been delayed. >> this year we have seen significant improvement. that doesn't mean that the system was immune from some tough travel days this year and this summer. >> reporter: aaa says even still, travelers remain undaunted, booking 4% more domestic trips compared to last labor day weekend and 44% more international trips with destinations like vancouver, rome, and london topping the list. >> you are seeing flights and trips over to europe and down to latin america booming right now with numbers that

the faa says the nation's airports will see a sharp uptick in passengers today. i want to show you a live look at sfo tonight. triple a says domestic bookings were up 4% for the holiday weekend. as ktvu's garrett tenney shows us, all of this is good news for the travel industry as it bounces back to pre pandemic levels. we just got here but so far it seems like it's been smooth and she's not alone. travelers are seeing fewer flight disruptions this labor day holiday compared to earlier in the year. according to flightaware, less than 50 flights were canceled early monday afternoon as demand returned to pre-pandemic levels . the tourism industry was certainly highly impacted with the covid 19 virus. people are beginning to travel again and great numbers actually, according to the tsa, friday was the busiest travel day of the weekend, more than 2.7 million people pass through airport checkpoints saturday and sunday, followed with the agency screening about 2 million passengers each day. the majority of americans, though, hit the road. and as they head home in the c

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and this type of conflict begins before the flight at the nation's airports.ening behavior? joining us live now with some useful advice, nick leighton, etiquette expert and host of the hit podcast. were you raised by wolves? nick, thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. this is a real treat. >> yeah, no, it certainly is. flying isn't, though. my gosh, nobody wants to be rude at the airport yet. it happens all the time. is the airport an airplane particularly prone for some reason because of the environment for experiencing these types of people behaving badly? >> yeah. i mean, i think anybody who's been to an airport will agree. and there's a lot of things happening. one of it one of the things is just that airports bring together people from around the world who actually have different etiquette. etiquette is inherently local. and so we're all actually using slightly different playbooks about what etiquette is. and so because it's all a little different, this is why airports are such a problem. and then also combine stress. we're all sleep deprived an

americans are packing the nation's airports on hitting the road to mark, i know, the unofficial end ofon americans will leave home, according to one survey, making this one of the busiest travel weekends of the year. while most americans will be driving, the tsa said it expects more than 14 million flyers through tuesday. aaa says today will be one of the worst days to get behind the wheel because it will be one of the busiest vehicle the best day to drive? well, that will be sunday, with little or no traffic expected. aaa also says the most popular destinations are seattle, orlando, anchorage, new york city, and las vegas. we have a lot of news to get you tonight and cbs's kris van cleave will start us off from los angeles international airport. kris, good evening. >> reporter: major, it has already been the busiest summer travel season on record, amber tsa expects to get an 11% bump this later date compared to last year. people flying today are finding very few cancellations but some weather-related delays, and there were some high-flying drama overseas. scary moments on delta flight

many of them work here at our nation's airports and many of these airports are already struggling withhortages. this morning, concerned mounting for air travel trouble as the government shutdown looms. >> put stress on the systems from all directions. >> reporter: come sunday shutdown happens, 58,000 tsa officers and 13,000 air traffic controllers working at airports coast-to-coast remain on the job without pay, considering essential employees for the federal government. >> employees live paycheck to paycheck. one missed check it affect them in many ways. >> reporter: initially operations should run smoothly. travelers may start seeing disruptions and delays if the shutdown drags on. agents could call out sick leading to longer lines and extended wait times. >> goes on more than a few days what we know from 2018 and 2019 with that long shutdown, you're going to look at longer lines, shorter tempers and much lower capability of being able to get from point a. to point b. >> reporter: already short staffed, training pausing for all new air traffic controllers. 1,000 trainees furloughed.

ed: president biden has touched down at the detroit national airport and he will later be meeting withresentatives, joining the picket lines at the invitation of the uaw and meeting with local representatives and the talks ongoing, gm and stellantis are the sticking point and ford was expanded -- spared from the expanded strike. president biden on the ground. caroline: let's get a quick check on the markets as we will discuss what is happening with autos but more broadly as we see what is happening in the technology field. the nasdaq 100 is underwater. what the borrowing costs are happening, the two year yield, two basis points on the high side and about the 5% point level and bitcoin is on the downside, the story of dollar strength even as we see some slightly weaker economic data but the dollar strength has been a narrative we have seen over the last few trading days. t-mobile is one of the key outperformer's, up 8/10 of 1%. seems to be a delay of the $3.5 billion airway purchase that dish will do from t-mobile. amazon is on the downside as the ftc is making clear its intentions and

we can see major impacts at the nation's airports because of the tsa worker and air traffic controller shortages. that's important to note that both of those jobs are considered essential. so those workers will be expected to show up, even though they are not getting paid, leading to concerns that workers will simply call in sick and refuse to show up, just like they did in the last shutdown. also, most national parks will close. the fda says food safety inspections could be disrupted. transportation and infrastructure projects in cities across the country could be put on hold. and wic funding, that's the program that provides food and nutrition benefits for women and infantd children, could immediately be at risk. according to the biden administration, 7 million pregnant moms, new mothers and their children rely on wic benefits every single day. now one thing that will not be affected by a government shutdown, lawmakers' paychecks. they will continue to get paid, even as millions of federal workers do not and critical services that impact every single person in this country come to a

pete munteen, cnn, reagan, national airport. >>> some parts of the u.s. will be unusually, hot, and others can expect rainfall. >> desert southwest not going to look like a desert in some spots, significant rainfall coming here with the monsoon moisture right there off the areas around vegas and phoenix and flagstaff, significant rainfall coming in and there could even be flash flooding. i'm certain in some places we'll have flash flooding. there are spots between two and four and isolated six inch rainfall possibilities there across the southwest. and then across the southeast and the gulf coast, more showers and storms here, especially right along the coast itself, you're going to see some colorful areas here from -- some spots picking up between four and six inches of rainfall in places that saw an awful lot because of the hurricane there. the middle part of the country, it heats up. some spots could approach 30 degrees warmer than you should be by sunday, especially the upper midwest. that's where the heat is really going to be on. look at minneapolis

the nation's airports and air travel vulnerable during a shutdown. the 2018 shutdown 34 days, longest ever a fight over then president trump's border wall funding saw many working without pay up the dispute was resolved. >> mentally it can be very draining on any human being, not just offices or employees for the federal agency. to not know when you will be able to feed your he family or provide the next meal or be able to provide education and child care for your children, if that is your situation, it is very frustrating. >> reporter: alexis who works for the tsa says that most government workers live paycheck to paycheck. paid every two weeks. the next pay day? today, friday september 29. when will that next check come? that uncertainty producing the most anxiety. >> we're bracing for the worst, we're telling officers to save a little extra money, put some things to the side. if it is not a necessity, please don't spend in excess what you don't need because we don't know. >> so we're at laguardia where there are great concerns not only at this air

pete muntean, cnn, racieagan national airport. >>> some will be extremely hot while others experience rainfall. chad myers has the forecast. >> the desert southwest is not going to look like a desert in some spots. significant rainfall with the monsoon moisture right there off the areas around vegas, phoenix, and flagstaff. significant rainfall coming in. i'm certain in some places we'll have flash flooding because there are spots between 2 and 4 and even isolated 6-inch rainfall possibilities across the southwest. across the southeast and gulf coast, more showers especially right along the coast itself. you're going to see some colorful areas from pensacola to bi biloxi. now the middle part of the country. when does it really heat up? some spots could approach 30 degrees warmer than you should be by sunday, especially the upper midwest. look at minneapolis. you should be 78. it will be 10 2 on sunday afternoon and humid. it's not going to be dry. record-high temperatures will be set. even in denver, 96. you should be significantly cooler than that. back up to 92 by the end of your we

i arrived at the national airport to see off the distinguished guest , the heads of state had a briefyou soon. astana so i'm leaving with great love. so tnank you. you are a fool. bianca especially noted the gratitude to the belarusian country for the friendly approach and willingness to work together big business with dialogue is taking place today in the capital of the international forum for economic cooperation brought together representatives of more than 20 european countries asia africa middle east among the key objectives of the event is a comprehensive presentation of the investment potential of belo. the capitals exchange practical experience in organizing small and medium-sized businesses, as well as discuss the possibilities of technological and social interaction in the program of negotiations. plenary session work in sections the potential of the possibilities and quality of belarusian products, manufacturers will present on the sidelines of the forum at the exhibition made in minsk minsk is a city of great opportunities, where all questions are worked out work with inve

the nation's airports and air travel vulnerable during a shutdown. 20918 shutdown, 34 days. longest ever. a fight over then president trump's border wall funding saw tsa agents, air traffic controllers and many other federal employees working without pay until the dispute was resolved. >> mentally it were be very draining on any human being. not just officers or employees for the federal agency. to not know when you'll be able to field your family or provide the next meal or be able to provide education and child care for your children if that is your situation, it's very frustrating. >> reporter: alexis maddux works for the tsa and the union representing federal employees says most government workers live paycheck to paycheck, paid every two weeks. the next pay day, today, friday, september 29th. when will that next check come? that uncertainty producing the most anxiety. >> we are bracing for the worst. we're telling officers to save a little extra money. put some things to the side. if it's not a necessity, please, don't spend in excess what you don't need, because we don

the nation's airports and air travel vulnerable during a shutdown. the 2018 shutdown, 34 days. the longest ever. a fight over then president trump's border wall funding saw tsa agents, air traffic controllers and many other federal employees working without pay till the dispute was resolved. >> mentally it can be very draining on any human being. not just officers or employees for the federal agency. to not know when you'll be able to feed your family or provide the next meal or be able to provide education and childcare for your children, if that is your situation it's very frustrating. >> reporter: alexis maddox, who works for tsa and the union representing federal employees, says most government workers live paycheck to paycheck. paid every two weeks, the next payday tomorrow, friday september 29th. when will that next check come? that uncertainty producing the most anxiety. >> we are bracing for the worst. we're telling officers to save a little extra money. put some things to the side. if it's not a necessity, please don't spend in excess what you don't need because we don

all right, guys, the time. 736 the faa says the nation's airports had a sharp increase in the number ngers over the holiday weekend. and these are live pictures looking out at sfo bay area airports had relatively few disruptions in the past five days. now friday was the busiest travel day of the holiday weekend. the tsa says more than 2.7 million people passed through the airport checkpoints on friday, saturday and sunday followed. after that. the tsa screened about 2 million passengers each day. the tourism industry was certainly highly impacted with the covid 19 virus. people are beginning to travel again and great numbers actually at travel. experts predict this high demand for travel will continue two into the new year as people are making up for trips that were put on hold during the pandemic . now, you're advised to start booking any trips you have now to save the most money. and although the airports were busy, most americans actually hit the road. the holiday weekend. even during with the high gasoline prices right now, the average price for a gallon of regular gas is 533. her

grady trimble will have the latest from reagan national airport. new project managers. you need to hire. i need indeed. indeed you do. when you sponsor a job, you immediately get your shortlist of quality candidates, whose resumes on indeed match your job criteria. visit indeed.com/hire and get started today. i have lots of monthly subscriptions. streaming, music, news sites. then i went to experian. now i can see them in one place. and the ones i forgot about? experian can cancel them for me. see all you can do at experian.com/save now. ♪ chevy silverado has what it takes to do it all. with up to 13 camera views. and the z71 off-road package. ♪ you ok? yeah. any truck can help you make a living. this one helps you build a life. chevy silverado. ♪ stuart: flying blind. airline trouble, you can i say that again. united airlines issued a national ground stop briefly yesterday. grady trimble at reagan national for us. what happened, grady? >> reporter: stu, it was a tech issue caused by an internal software update at united. took about 40 minutes to g

at reagan national airport, and i got a chance to talk to an air traffic controller, what is actuallyue? and what they will tell you is we are short staffed. and you can't just hire an air traffic controller today and expect them to let planes take off and land tomorrow. it takes months and months of training to get these people prepared to control planes. same goes for pilots, we have a shortage of pilots. i don't want anybody flying my plane that got it pilots license yesterday. we need to get to the point where lights can run to normal, we have to train staff and get them in the right places, and with that being said, when you see with these folks do every day, they are unsung heroes, the fact, in the entire world, america has the safest aviation system, and it is all because of those folks sitting in the air traffic control towers that you never hear of, never speak to them, but they are the folks that keep your planes going and landing and we owe them a debt of gratitude. >> charlie: is that terrifying to see? more confidence or less confidence? >> richard: terrifying to see beca

closed but americans will still have to pay their taxes, and travelers may feel the pain at the nation's airportsair traffic controllers would have to work without pay and training for new air traffic controllers meant to ease things would stop. america is hoping history does not repeat itself. the last time the government shut down in 2018 federal workers showed up at food banks and many essential workers began to call in sick. gio? >> gio: we all remember that. now we turn to federal investigators searching for answers after the deadly bus crash involving students on the way to band camp claiming the lives of two beloved teachers. we are joined with the latest on that investigation. good morning, melissa. >> reporter: eight people remain hospitalized after the horrific deadly crash and three are in serious condition. federal investigators are looking at possible causes, including reports from local officials that the left front tire of the bus experienced a failure, but the ntsb team won't comment on what led to the crash until the investigation wraps up. it was on its way from a high school in

jeff flock from chicago o'hare natural national airport's where crowds are building for the big travel weekend. a lot of us flying, including a lot of different things. >> reporter: hello to you from o'hare, good news and bad news this morning. the bad news is there the kid in that line screaming her little head off. good news is it is going to be a busy travel weekend but not so bad. look at the numbers, the busiest summer of air travel in history according to the transportation secretary, 20 million people this weekend alone. that is going to town. 20 million people, up 14% from last year. the good news is airline cancellations are down. the secretary releasing some numbers, he sensually cut in half from last summer. the bad news, this girl, year misses, they are up the transportation terry pete buttigieg saying he doesn't know exactly why. here's what he said this morning. >> we have seen a noticeable increase in closed calls. the only acceptable number of these is 0. there is no single cause or single issue that explains. sometimes we see issues with pilots, sometimes with controll

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pete munteen, cnn, reagan national airport. >> another thing going up is temperatures.abor day weekend may mark the unofficial end of summer, but in much of the country the weather is anything like fall, another heat wave is expected to shatter temperature records across the u.s. into early next week, let's go to cnn meteorologist allison chinchar in the general weather center. we were talking to isabel in florida and she was saying the heat there for a lot of folks is pretty intense. >> unfortunate, because you have so many people without power without air-conditioning and those heat index levels are upper 90s to triple digits. you'll see the heat build across the center of the country and spread east. the only cool spot is out to the west. but in turn it's because you've got a lot of shower and thunderstorm chances. this is video from yesterday in las vegas, cars trapped on flooded roadways, some water and basically mud flowing all down with it. now, we do anticipate some more rain today, which is the last thing they need, look at some of these totals, two and three i

. >> reporter: with a government shutdown all but inevitable, the ripple effect at the nation's airportsld soon be on the horizon. >> the consequences would be disruptive and dangerous. >> reporter: from tsa checkpoints to airport control towers, front line workers who keep the flying public safe could be forced to work without pay. even as members of congress continue to take home a paycheck. >> that's 100% wrong. if they're not going to pay the necessary employees to do the work, they shouldn't get paid either. >> you just wonder what's going to happen and where the money is going to come from. >> reporter: the faa is already short, at least 2500 controllers. forcing many to work 10-hour days, and six-day weeks, as new controller goes through training. a shutdown would immediately hamper evers to bring those controllers on board. >> you would immediately have to stop training new air traffic controllers and furlough another 1,000 controllers who are already in the pipeline. >> reporter: all of it adding new financial stress to an already high pressure stressful job. >> a day or two is

the faa says the nation's airports will see a sharp uptick in passengers today. here's a live look right now at sfo bay area airports for a holiday travel weekend with relative few disruptions. according to flightaware. thunderstorms caused significant delays, though, today in dallas, denver and houston. triple a says domestic bookings were up 4% for the holiday weekend. and as fox news garrett tenney shows us now, all of this is good news for the travel industry as it bounces back to pre-pandemic levels. we just got here, but so far it seems like it's been smooth and she's not alone. travelers are seeing fewer flight disruptions. this labor day holiday compared to earlier in the year. according to flightaware, less than 50 flights were canceled early monday afternoon as demand returned to pre-pandemic levels . the tourism industry was certainly highly impacted with the covid 19 virus. people are beginning to travel again and great numbers actually, according to the tsa, friday was the busiest travel day of the weekend. more than 2.7 million people pass through a

the faa says the nation's airports had a sharp uptick in passengers this holiday weekend. here's a live look right now at sfo bay area airport. saw a weekend with relatively few disruptions and friday was the busiest travel day of the weekend, according to tsa. more than 2.7 million people pass through airport checkpoints on friday. saturday and sunday followed with the agency's screening about 2 million passengers every day. and according to flightaware, just fewer than 50 flights were canceled early this afternoon. the tourism industry was certainly highly impacted with the covid 19 virus. people are beginning to travel again and great numbers actually travel experts predict this high demand will continue all the way into next year. and they're urging people to start booking those trips now in order to save money, although the airports were busy, a majority of americans did hit the roadway this holiday weekend, even with those high gas prices currently the average price for a gallon of regular gas, $5.32 right here in california. that's up $0.28 from just last month. and

. >> pete muntean at reagan national airport.e. yes. you heard me right. don't shoot the messenger. center for disease control and prevention is estimating that hospital admissions jumped 19% the weekending august 19th compared to the previous week and you may have seen this headline on cnn.com, this wave is probably worse than official data suggests. let's bring in dr. sanjay gupta. testing is nowhere like it was before so how do we know we're in a covid wave given the fact that i can't even tell you the last time i got tested. >> yeah, it is challenging. some of this is anecdotal. a lot of people may have had it themselves or hearing that more often. but to your point, it is hard to validate because year not doing as much testing. a lot of the testing is at home. not being reported. so it makes it challenging. one of the things that we've talked about for a couple of years no you is looking at more reliable metrics such as hospitalizations. you just mentioned it. but let's take a look there. if you look at where the hospitaliza

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let's listen to what the head of state said a few weeks ago during a visit to the minsk national airportant, please station was built. this is the most profitable and most efficient type of fuel. we will move electric transport in this direction . you probably noticed that from a passenger car to these buses and stuff. i pay great attention to this. and we started doing this a long time ago and did not lose. denis ravilievich please tell us what trends are observed in our belarusian market of electric vehicles, sales are growing? you are absolutely right. yes, we have a positive trend, it is necessary, well , to tell the truth that this is a positive dynamics. ah, not as much as i would like, i would like even more rapid growth. i would like to see a significant increase in the number of electric vehicles on belarusian roads, but in numbers it looks like this. that is, if in 2020 we had about 400 electric vehicles in the country, then at the moment, thanks to the decisions that are made at the government level at the level of the head of state, there is a decree that stimulates. yes , it

. >> for the border patrol to the postcard to the food inspectors to the nation airports yet another government shutdown will hit the very people who keep the country safe. including 50,000 tsa officers who ensure planes are safe to fly. 10,500 air traffic controllers. >> on the hill for that let's go right to nbc's julie tsirkin, joining us from capitol hill, of course. this vote is underway. we are trying to read the notes that we get through the screen provided to us by television. we were seeing something about a vote adjourning. do you know what is happening right now behind you? >> this is what is happening on the house floor right now. democrats have asked for a motion to adjourn. they are taking that vote now. it is because they need more time to read the bill. read the bill that was just dropped the republican leadership which would extend the government funding past the deadline tonight for 45 days. it would include disaster relief, nothing for ukraine, nothing for the border included including the conservative border issues a 45 hard-liners voted down yesterday. democrats