trying to be pushed out. i m brianna keilar alongside boris sanchez here in washington and today, a growing number of democrats are calling for president biden in drop his reelection bid. the total is now over 30. it has gone up from the beginning of our show, in fact, and we re learning that house democratic leader hakeem jeffries freeze and his team are not discouraging members from continuing to speak out against joe biden s candidacy but it appears his campaign is not listening to doubters were told that vice president kamala harris will join a call with donors this afternoon. this is actually video from a short time ago where she was visiting an ice cream shop in washington, dc with her nieces. this all comes not long after president biden released his own statement saying he s looking forward to getting back on the campaign trail next week. once he recovers from covid let s bring in cnn senior white house correspondent, mj lee, because mj, you have some new report
a p pa re ntly apparently the british people love pies! we will get stuck into that later. let s start with apple, because the tech giant has unvelied four new iphones which will hit the shelves next month. we re not talking apple pies. the firm has had a busy 2a hours, it was forced to release a security patch after a flaw was found in its devices. however, apple will be hoping its new offerings will be making the headlines now. the new iphones include the iphone 13, iphone 13 mini, iphone 13 pro and iphone 13 pro max which will have a starting price of $699. the launch comes as buyers are keeping their phones for longer before upgrading. investment firm wedbush securities estimates that around 250 million iphone users have not upgraded their phones in 3.5 years. joining me now is russ frushtick, co founder of polygon. i m sure you ve been looking in detail with what apple wants, we always demand you innovation and this time everyone seems very underwhelmed?- and this ti
questions. also tonight, the justice department is suing texas over its near total ban on abortion, calling it clearly unconstitutional. does visit a case? the americans on board the first passenger flight out of afghanistan since the u.s. military withdrawal. where they are tonight. our team in the region. our nbc news exclusive. americans still waiting on refunds for flights impacted by the pandemic. how to get your money back. nearly 20 years since 9/11. the first responders with lingering health issues. the company accused of breaking promises to them. and countdown to kickoff. the new nfl season just moments away right here on nbc. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone. clearly frustrated by the covid vaccinations in this country, president biden tonight is trading out the velvet glove for a hammer, unveiling a broad and largely new covid strategy heavily grounded in vaccine mandates, meant to compel millions of a
qatar where u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken is to arrive for new hopes for citizens in afghanistan. 20 years after 9/11. did you ever see him again? i never saw him again, one month later he passed away at walter reed. this is the cbs weekend news from new york. with jericka duncan. good evening, thanks for watching. ida s fury was first felt one week ago. today it is still inflicting pain. two more people have died in new york and in louisiana two more nursing home residents evacuated to a warehouse have died. ida crashed ashore the gulf coast then raced into the northeast, in its wake more than 60 people have died in eight states. today the n.y.p.d. released video of officers attempting to rescue a family in a basement apartment. three people, one a toddler, died. cbs tom hanson is in hard hit paskataway new jersey. tom, how are things looking where you are? reporter: hi there jericka. well, residents here are cleaning up after the remanats of hurricane i