The full breadth of perspectives from the caucus about the future of our country. It comes as more democrats on the hill call for biden to drop out of the race. The president addressed concerns about his candidacy in that nearly hour long press conference, insisting he is all in. I m determined i m running. But i think it is important that i allay fears by seeing let them see me out there. And just this morning, a top biden ally, congressman jim clyburn, spoke with my colleague craig melvin. Here is some of what he had to say. Let joe biden continue to make his own decisions about his presidency. He s earned that right. I m going to give him that much respect. If he decides to change his mind later on, then we will respond to that. We have until 19th of august to open our convention and so i would hope that we would spend our time now folk outing on the record that we will lay out for the american people. Joining us now, nbc news white house correspondent mike memoli, nbc news capitol
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
Of the singer r kelly, calls him a sexual predator, who groomed and exploited young people. President biden says us troops might stay in afghanistan beyond his deadline at the end of the month, if more time is needed to get every american out of the country. It comes three days after the taliban takeover, which prompted thousands of people to try to leave. Here s our north america correspondent, david willis. In correspondent, david willis. The afghan capital, pi scared in the afghan capital, people, scared and desperate are still trying to flee the country. The tell about our coming for me, this girl cries. One of hundreds pressed to the gates of kabul airport in the hope of joining a flight out. President biden continues to blame the chaos on the craven capitulation of the afghan government and conceded it might not be possible to complete the american withdrawal by the deadline in two weeks time. two weeks time. Americans should understand two weeks time. Americans should understa
Withholding federal finding from states as a way to increase shots in arms. If the plan is adopted, funding for nursing homes and similar facilities could be leveraged unless employees are vaccinated. Phil mattingly has more from the white house. Reporter: there is is no question the surge in the delta variant has translated in to a significant shift in terms of how the biden administration is approaching policy as it relates to vaccinations. Administration officials are clear vaccinations are the answer out of what we re seeing right now across the country. And it now appears that they are at least having discussions about going even further than they had ever considered before. And in that phase it would be using federal regulatory powers, perhaps even redistricting federal funds to convince people or almost force people to get vaccinated. There are limits to what you can utilize in a situation like that. It is not clear the administration is going to go through with this proposal, t
Texas democrats used to block a redistricting proposal in 2003, but the latest move is not without risk as jane reports the lawmakers could be arrested. She writes this. Under the texas legislature, the quorum of 2/3 is required for the legislature to conduct business and they could be compelled to report to capitol and they could be tracked down. The white house press secretary a short time ago teeing up the speech by calling the republican push for voting restrictions across the country, the worst challenge to democracy since the civil war. And with that, we will bring in our guests, priscilla thompson in texas, and the digital reporter the aforementioned jane tim, and playbook political reporter eugene daniel. And priscilla on the ground, as i understand it, you have the lawmakers in the airport in austin ready to board planes ready to come here to washington. Yeah, and that is exactly right. We began hearing the murmurings of this picking up yesterday and i was in the car with a la