Love a man may have for a girl. Steve bannon is laying the groundwork to help steal the next election. All in starts right now. Good evening from New York. Im chris hayes. I saw a Covid Stat Today that blew my mind. The vaccine as we know has been widely available for free to the public for about six months and right now as i speak to you current fatalities from covid in this country are running roughly double what they were a year ago. Before we had vaccines. It seems ununspeakable tragedy. Its maddening and confusing. I think its worth taking a second to understand where we are in the battle against this virus right now. About 62 of those eligible are fully vaccinated in this country, which means we have a whole nation within a nation of unvaccinated folks, right. Tens of millions of people who arent vaccinated, not to mention children. Unvaccinated folks are clustered in areas around each other because its not evenly distributed throughout the population. Areas like gains county, te
Seen before in the region. Recordbreaking, major expressways completely flooded in new York City. Passenger Rail Service shut down across the northeast. Torrential Rain Flooded People out of their homes. There is only sadness and it is just overwhelming. So where we are is that we have to start from scratch as we are mourning. We have to see how we can move on. The nypd says more than 800 passengers were rescued. Look at that, from the new York City subway system. The department says that it made hundreds of other rescues including a Livery Driver on a flooded road in central park. Officers also say a disabled man trapped inside his home when he asked about his dog, police went back and rescued the dog as well. One of the most extraordinary images this minor League Stadium turned in to a lake this boundbrook New Jersey. Polo sandoval is actually caught in floodwaters on the way there and he will join us soon. Fema has approved a temporary Housing Program for victims of Hurricane Ida in
Will still likely be weeks before power is fully restored. And the White House announced a short time ago that president biden will visit louisiana on friday to tour the damage. And about 2,000 Miles Away in california, a desperate battle Sunday Way right now to try to save south Lake Tahoe as thousands of firefighters are struggling to deal with a series of wildfires burning across that state and the caldor Fires Growth now heading to the Nevada State Line forcing people to flee the region just before the Labor Day weekend. Were going to begin this hour with the aftermath of Hurricane Ida. Joining us to start off our Coverage Nbc News correspondent Sam Brock in La Place, louisiana, roughly 30 miles northwest of New Orleans and Nbc News Correspondent Shaquille Brewster in the bigs. Shaq, youre one of the places seeing long lines and lots of people waiting to get supplies they need just for basic survival. Tell us about the situation as youve been observing it today. Reporter yeah. Its
Desperate, fleeing afghans. John this is all happening as u. S. Officials in kabul told americans to stay where they are. Morning on saturday that it is too dangerous to try to go to the airport after a threat from islamic state terrace. As for Al Qaeda terrorist, officials in President Biden Zone Administration are contradicting the President S claim that the Terror Group is gone from afghanistan. Fox news also warning that the taliban are stepping up attacks on afghans who have gathered outside the airport. Sandra Mike Rogers will be our guest. He will join us in moments, but we have Fox Team Coverage that begins now. Peter doocy standing by at the White House. John but first to Jennifer Griffin. Hi. Just learned from sources on the ground at Kabul Airport that there are some chartered flights that are leaving Kabul Airport empty because the State Department is requiring so much paperwork, so much in terms of the manifest that they are not allowed to put people who need to be evacuat
Point. We re tdown over 200 nurses that we can t fill. We ve had people literally walk off the job because they couldn t take it anymore. Have you had days where you didn t want to come to work? yes, yes, i ve had moments where i sit in my car and cry. A special session of the arkansas general assembly resumes this morning to consider masking mandates. Earlier this year republican governor asa hutchison approved a statewide ban on mask mandates, a move he regrets. Cases were at a low point. Everything has changed now. Yes, in hindsight i wish that had not become law. After one week back at school, a covid outbreak in the marian school district in arkansas has put more than 500 students and staff in quarantine. Louisiana is also facing a severe shortage of icu beds. Louisiana state university will require all students to either get vaccinated or get tested monthly. Doctors are now strongly encouraging adults to get vaccinated to protect children. It is hard for us as pediatricians to se