Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20171219:07:59:00
We've allowed it to happen. we've gone backwards. we're apparently okay with it. many trains used to crack 100 miles an hour with regularity back in the 1930s. well, today our high-speed line on the east coast, the acela, averages 87 miles an hour. much of the world from spain to france to china is zooming down the rails while we regress. we travel back in time. then there's hartsfield airport in atlanta, the world's busiest, when they have electric power. they did not yesterday, thanks to an underground fire that also toasted the backup line. and as a result over 1500 flights were canceled al...