Michael Barbaro

That's probably the highest that I remember ever putting my gas prices at.

I hope it doesn't get to 459.

I hope it doesn't go above 409.

But as unpredictable as everything is and what's going on, you just never know.

Thank you, guys.

For all the time you've given us.

Absolutely.

I appreciate you all coming out here and talking to me about this.

Until next time.

Yes, sir.

I was very stressed the last couple of days.

From The New York Times, I'm Michael Barbaro.

This is The Daily.

On Wednesday, the misery that millions of travelers have endured over the past week became official.

According to the TSA, security checkpoints at American airports are now experiencing their longest wait times in history.

my colleague Karin Demersian on what's led to the stunning delays, and Michael Gold on the increasingly urgent negotiations in Congress to bring this crisis to an end.

It's Thursday, March 26th.

Karin, you are based in Washington, D.C., where it finally seems like these obscene airport security line wait times are finally bringing lawmakers to the negotiating table, which we are going to talk about with our colleague on Capitol Hill, Michael Gold, in the second half of this episode.

Let's begin with you and the misery at these airports and why it's become so acute over the past few days and at a few airports, just a full-blown crisis.

Right.