63 were hurt by the maze of blinding smoke, preventing some from finding their way out early sunday. this man is praying for his brother and sister-in-law. they lived on the 18th floor. he still has not heard from them. i m worried and devastate d. everybody worried. we don t know what s happening. reporter: daisy survived by running down a darknded stairwell after first opening the door and smelling smoke. i went to the stairs and opened the door. i panic and told my husband let me in the house. i can t see. i m blind. i can t see. if i stayed out there another three seconds, i would have been gone too. reporter: an out pouring of messages of support now coming from across the dpglobe. many of the residents have ties to the dominican republic.
we are waiting for that to come out. if you see a tail wagging coming out of the briefing room coming on the something bad will happen. gillian: that was white house press secretary jen psaki that news of a new white house pet would only come essentially when the white house press team wanted to distract america from a very bad news day. so now we are learning that the first family has a new puppy, meat commander. he s awfully cute. he s a german shepherd given to the president as a birthday gift from his brother and sister-in-law. the other rescue dog named major is going to be re-hummed with family friends after a whole handful of biting incidents at the white house. first lady jill biden said a cat will also join the family in january, so 1600 pennsylvania is going to be mighty crowded. nothing distracts like a good
cnn s kate bennett. yeah. live in washington, with all of this and more. kate? you know, look at those ears, though. what an adorable puppy. so, yeah, so the president had a birthday last month, his brother and sister-in-law got him this dog. and commander is born september 1st, about 3 1/2 months old. you know, sad news for major, i ll preface this by saying all dogs are good dogs. but major did have some issues, you know, living at the white house and part of yesterday s news i was told is that major is living with family friends full time. they really tried to acclimate him to the white house, just didn t work out. so hopefully commander will have a better time there. and also i will say a lot of people said the cat people out there said what about the cat? jill biden had been promising this cat for a long time. and i was told yesterday that the cat will arrive in january at the white house. so expect the cat, a female cat,
of course it s right to go fast for plan b and also right to double the speed of the boost er roll out. british health officials warned lawmakers that more action is needed. britain recorded more than half a million new infections in the past seven days of 50% from the week before. and, we ll be talking about this all morning. on a much lighter note, the bidens welcomed a new german shepard yesterday. a three-month-old pump named commander. the puppy was a birthday gift to the president from his brother and sister-in-sister-in-law. in june, commander joins the family, other german shepard
hey pal. how are you doing? how are you? white house says that the three and a half month old puppy was actually a birthday gifts from biden s brother and sister in law. he is a german shepherd just like the other two dogs that the bidens brought to the white house this year. there was 13 year old, champ, who sadly passed away in june. and major, who now lives with family friends in delaware after a couple of aggressive incidents at the white house. they were wondering when the bidens will fulfill their promise to bring a cat to the white house. first lady confirmed that a female cat will be joining the bidens in the white house in january. but for now, a new little puppy with some adorable-y big heirs will be commanding all the attention. that is our broadcast for this monday night. with our thanks for being with us on behalf of all of our colleagues at the network of nbc news.