people out of their home. president joe biden will head to the storm ravaged northeast as residents try to get back on their feet after a climate disaster. the taliban say they are days away from announcing a new government, but resistance forces are calling for a national uprising. and california s recall campaign enters the final days with gavin newsom s political future on the ballot. good to have you with us. president biden is visiting new york and new jersey today to get a firsthand look at the damage and recovery efforts in the wake of ida s record rainfall and flooding. he has already approved federal aid for people severely affected by the storm in both states. ed westchester county area saw heavy flooding in last week s storm and dozens of people had to be rescued. the mayor says his community is in desperate need of federal funds to rebuild. we re going to need possibly help in the future, you know, strengthening our infrastructure to withstand these storms
biden referred to the threat at the airport from this terror group known as isis k and he details his decision to stick with that august 31st deadline to leave afghanistan. that deadline just six days away now as the scramble to get out intensifies, one critical question has been, how many americans remain? this afternoon, the secretary of state put the number at about 1500. officials are in touch with about 500 of. them but are still reaching out to others. for the remaining roughly 1000 context that we have who maybe americans seeking to leave afghanistan, we are aggressively reaching out to the multiple times today. there is no deadline on our work to help any remaining american citizens who want to leave, along with many afghans. that effort will continue every day past august 31st. now the secretary said about 6000 americans we are in afghanistan when the taliban took control about two weeks ago he said over the past ten days over 4500 of those americans were evacuat
preventable. the united states averaging more than 108,000 new cases per day. the seven-day average is showing 19,000 new cases per day and the hospitalization rate for florida more than triple the national rate but the governor there ron desantis is going to take a stand against measures that can stop the spread before its innocent kids who before it hits innocent kids that can t be vaccinated and hits them where? it hits them in their schools. he feels so strongly about this, so strongly school boards not take steps that they and medical experts say are needed to protect the kids that tonight he is threatening to withhold the salaries of superintendents and school board members who disregard his executive order prohibiting mask mandates for school districts. previously he threatened to cut funding to school districts that require masks. seriously? he s declaring war on local school officials who may feel it s necessary for children in their districts to wear masks? is mak
practically overnight. it s all part of be being aoc. good morning. i m dana bash. tonight is the first in a series of special hours where i spend time with people in the news and try to find out what it s like to be them. we begin with congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez. while celebrities sometimes use their stardom to go into politics, she reached fame as a politician. the 31-year-old is outspoken, uncompromising and not just navigating the political world, but trying to change it. all while love her or hate her, everyone is watching. you re now in your second term in the house. you have 12 million twitter followers. 9 million instagram followers. and they all know you by three letters, aoc. so what s it like to be aoc? you know, it s an interesting question because i just feel like i m me. what i really try to be is to be like my neighbors and to be like the folks at the place i get coffee from. but there s also the surreal parts of the experience. but i don t fee
than 108,000 new cases per day. florida the virus is raging. the seven-day average is showing 19,000 new cases per day and the hospitalization rate for florida more than triple the national rate but the governor there ron desantis is going to take a stand against measures that can stop the spread before its innocent kids who before it hits innocent kids that can t be vaccinated and hits them where? it hits them in their schools. he feels so strongly about this, so strongly school boards not take steps that they and medical experts say are needed to protect the kids that tonight he is threatening to withhold the salaries of superintendents and school board members who disregard his executive order prohibiting mask mandates for school districts. previously he threatened to cut funding to school districts that require masks. seriously? he s declaring war on local school officials who may feel it s necessary for children in their districts to wear masks? is making kids sick som