Rescue a couple and their 2yearold child from a flooded basement in New York. Welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. Wolf blitzer is off today. Im jim acosta. And this is a Situation Room special report. The u. S. Is marking a second Labor Day marred by the coronavirus pandemic. And tonight the country is much worse off than it was a year ago with the sevenday average of new covid19 cases up 300 from Labor Day 2020, despite a surplus of vaccines. Its hard to believe this. We are still hitting just new highs it seems almost every day in this covid pandemic. Where do we stand right now . How bad is it . Jim, where we stand right now is that things are really much even worse than they were a year ago. Lets Take A Look at this graph. On the far right youll see Labor Day. Thats where we are right now. Thats the level that were at right now. Then look all the way to the left. Thats Labor Day where we were a year ago. We have three times as many cases as we did compared to a year ago. Now lets Take A Look at the next graph on the right thats where we are now. And then look to the Left And Youll see a peak of where we were in december and january. Were below that but not all that far below that. And we remember the horror of what it was like last winter. And finally heres a map of the united states in these eight states you can see most of them in the southeast. They have more than 90 of their Adult Icu beds full. They are almost full. That means they cant take other cases that come in. And thats where we are unfortunately on this Labor Day. Jim . Elizabeth, Booster Shots could be authorized as soon as two weeks from now. How soon will people want to get them . Im assuming right away. It really depends on when you got your first, that set of first two shots. If you got them just, you know, last month and the month before, then, no, you shouldnt be getting Booster Shots here. Notify israel theyre waiting five months between the second shot and the booster. Its unclear what the u. S. Is going to do. But lets take a listen to why theyre recommending boosters. Lets take a listen to dr. Anthony fauci. What were observing now not only here in the united states but in other countries including israel and the uk that the durability of the protection tends to wane, particularly in the context of the Delta Variant. The good news, as i mentioned a moment ago, is that the boosters really jack up the response very, very high. And we hope that that response would be durable. Now, theres been so much back and forth about when people will be able to get boosters. At first it was thought September 20th really possibly for everyone it. Doesnt quite look that way. But if youre not going to get it the week of the 20th, you could get it very soon thereafter. Lets Take A Look at the particulars. Dr. Fauci says that pfizer looks like they are ready to go for the week of September 20th. That is of course pending approval by the fda and the cdc. Moderna might be behind that by a week or two, and dr. Fauci also says we could update it in a couple of weeks about mixing and matching. Maybe your first two doses for moderna. Your third dose will be Pfizer And Vice versa. But all of this has to be reviewed by the Fda Committee of advisers as well as by the cdc. It sounds like after the holiday is over here in the u. S. , were going to be getting new guidance on all of this. Lets get more on all of this with dr. Paul offit. A member of the fda vaccines advisory committee. Dr. Offit, thanks so much for being with us. I want to revisit that graph showing the sevenday average of new covid19 cases in the u. S. Its up a staggering 300 since Labor Day one year ago. Its just hard to believe that. Many americans certainly expected we would be in a better position by now. I guess, in your view, why has that happened . Its remarkable. I mean, last year one year ago we didnt have a vaccine, we had a fully susceptible population. This year more than half the countrys been vaccinated. Probably 100 Million people have been naturally infected which should protect serious illness. I think one is the Delta Variant is far more contagious, and second is our behavior is not as careful this year as we were last year. Think about it. Remember the Bikers Rally in sturgis, south dakota, last year was big news. Now we have packed stadiums and Birthday Parties and weddings. And were going back to life as normal so were not as careful. I think our behavior and the Delta Variant account for this. And dr. Fauci told me the Pfizer Booster will likely be ready by September 20th, while Moderna Boosters may be delayed. Who should get a Booster Dose once this rollout is underway . Is It Everybody . Or are we going to be parsing this out a bit . I think people should be reassured. Theyve gotten two doses of an mrna vaccine. They are highly protected against serious illness. All the data presented by the cdc, all the data published by the cdc shows youre in the 90 range for protection against serious illness. So people who have gotten two doses should not consider them as highly vulnerable. There has been erosion to some extent in neutralizing antibodies and an asymptomatic infection or even modally asymptomatic infection where protection against disease is mediated by immune logical memory which tends to be long lived. We do not have a Threedose Recommendation for the general population yet in this country. That has to go through the fda and then it has to go through the cdc. It may be for a subset of the population that we consider most likely to be at risk. And if someone received the Moderna Vaccine for their first two shots, can they safely at this point, do you think, get a Pfizer Booster dose . I asked dr. Fauci about this. He said that the verdict is not in yet. Theyre analyzing this right now. We should get that data soon. Right. So you should always wait for data. But i think this talk about boosters is missing the main point. If we put in place a third dose boo Booster Recommendation in this country, that may have some effect on this pandemic. But youre going to have to figure out a way to vaccinate the 60, 70, 80 Million people who are unvaccinated. You have a 25 to 30fold greater risk of dying if youre unvaccinated. That should be what we take on and we should talk about it every minute of every hour of every day because we are never going to get on top of this pandemic until we do that. Its so true when you look at the maps. The unvaccinated parts of this country are where we are seeing cases go off the charts. And dr. Offit, israel began giving Booster Shots in august and is going to advise the fda on the efficacy of that program at a September 17th briefing. How helpful will that information be, do you think, to the u. S. And the Booster Plans here . It sounds like the israelis have some very useable important data to offer. Right. Well, the way that they approached the vaccine was a little different than the way we did. They wanted to initially vaccinate those who were elderly. Those were the ones who had a longer period of time from their second dose of vaccine. We didnt do it exactly that way. We vaccinated Healthcare Workers and a lot of other people who were healthy and young. So well see how their data informs what we do in this country, but it may not be an exact comparison. Dr. Fauci suggests protecting children from coronavirus by surrounding them with vaccinated people. How much longer will children under the age of 12 have to remain unvaccinated . We cant wait forever, i hope. No, its really frustrating, especially with children back in school now, with the Delta Variant and especially in communities where the spread is high. The only chance these children have is masking and a vaccine. I would like to think that well have submitted to the fda, you know, data by no later than the end of september, hopefully by, say, november we can have a vaccine, but im guessing in the way all of us are guessing, we certainly need a vaccine for children. But, remember, only about 40 of children between 12 and 15 years of age are vaccinated, eaven though we have a vaccine. All right, dr. Paul offit, thank you so much for joining us. We appreciate it. Happy Labor Day. You too. Coming up, the First Overland Evacuation Of Americans from afghanistan. Were learning new details of how they got out. This is a Situation Room special report. Its time for the biggest sale of the year, on the new Sleep Number 360 smart bed. It helps keep you effortlessly comfortable by sensing your movements and automatically responding to both of you. And, its Temperature Balancing to help you stay comfortable all night. 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Tonight, President Biden set to return to washington at the start of a critical month. His administration facing a series of major crises. Secretary of state antony Blinken Landing monday in doha as the u. S. Grapples with more than A Hundred u. S. Citizens and afghan allies in afghanistan. The u. S. Facilitating the departure of four americans through an overland route, according to a senior State Department official. But with reports of some americans stuck at an airport ready to depart, concerns on Capitol Hill about what happens next. Theyre not allowed to leave. We know the reason why is because the taliban want something in exchange. Reporter a persistent headache for a president facing a tangible dip in approval over the last several weeks. Numbers on the Economy And Handling of the pandemic dropping alongside. A driving factor, the dramatic surge in covid cases. Average daily cases up more than A Thousand percent compared to the level on july 4th. The first thing we have to do, we cant be having 150,000 new infections per day. Thats pandemic numbers. Thats the first Thing Weve got to crack that one right away. Reporter White House officials saying Biden Plans to lay out more aggressive steps in response in the days ahead. Keenly aware of the direct correlation to a robust economic recovery that is now showing signs of slowing in the latest jobs report. I know people were looking, and i was hoping for a higher number. Reporter the u. S. Adding 235,000 jobs in august, a major dropoff from the more than 1 Million in july, driven in large part by hospitality, services and retail industries sharply affected by the pandemic. Theres no question the Delta Variant is why Todays Job Report isnt stronger. Reporter all as millions face the loss of Pandemic Emergency Unemployment benefits. We have more unfilled jobs in this country than at any time on the record of measuring unfilled jobs. So we think the jobs are there, and we think the states have the resources they need to move people from unemployment to employment. Reporter and, jim, along with the public rampup on the coronavirus, expect the White House to focus intently on their legislative agenda behind the scenes over the course of the last several weeks even as the chaos in afghanistan played out, the White House and democrats on Capitol Hill have been working feverishly to craft the details of the president s 3. 5 trillion expansion of the social safety net. The president has long felt, according to officials, that are his legislative agenda is the critical piece of success in his first year. That needs to get across the Finish Line in the next few weeks, jim. Cnns Phil Mattingly, thanks very much for that. Stand by. We want to bring in cnns senior national Security Correspondent Alex marquardt and retired general wesleyan clark. Alex, let me go to you first. Does the biden administration think it can replicate this departure by Land Border that you reported on earlier today . That is a pretty fascinating new development. Well, they certainly hope so. Certainly as long as international flights are not allowed in or out, which is the case right now. They are still working very hard to get americans out of afghanistan. Even if its as few as four when there are still around 100 americans still trying to get out. But the other purpose is they dont want to jeopardize these land routes, these Escape Routes for the way these people are evacuating so theyre not really offering up too many details. We know that these four americans went to a neighboring country. We know that they were met on The Other Side by u. S. Embassy personnel from that country, and that they were in good condition. Were told that the taliban was aware of this evacuation and did not impede it. That assurance that the taliban has given that they will allow foreign nationals out is absolutely critical. So much of the ability for these americans and afghan nationals at risk to get out will hinge on what the taliban does. Jim . Yeah. If they start standing in the way of that, there will be huge friction. General clark, let me turn to you. Despite this, there are reports that the taliban are blocking planes from evacuating, and were already hearing reports of taliban murders and crackdowns on women protesting. What is the u. S. Up against right now . What do you think the administration should be thinking about considering . In the days ahead . There are two issues, jim. Number one is whats the capability of a taliban leadership to control their own followers . And we dont know that. We think its not that good because theyve put out a sort of ideology. But we know they are split into factions, into tribes, into regions. Some are not the same ethnic group. So we know there are going to be pushes and pulls. So they may not have the capability to follow through on any promise they make. And then the question is will they make such a promise . And will they make it in such a way that its not a Hostage Situation . If they want to have normal relations with the rest of the world, theyve got to let the americans leave, theyve got to let their own people leave. They can accept humanitarian aid and so forth. If they dont, then its a different ball game. Now, i would think that secretary blinkens going over there to have a direct discussion through the qataris offices with whoever from that taliban office remains in qatar. When he does that, then hes going to have to make that Assessment And Recommendation to the White House. This is the touchiest issue going forward because really theres probably three or 400,000, maybe A Million afghans who do want to leave, not just the ones who work for us but ones who work for ngos, doctors, other people who just dont trust the taliban. Its a real Braindrain Potential for afghanistan, but its important in terms of human rights. And, phil, President Biden is facing serious scrutiny on afghanistan ahead of the 9 11 anniversary with the Delta Variant raging at home. Road blocks potentially. How does the white House Plan to turn the page and tackle these multiple crises after Labor Day . I dont think White House officials think afghanistan is going away any time soon. The potential for something to go sideways is very real, very tangible every single day. But when you talk to White House officials they make clear they want the focus to be on domestic issues. And Number One is the coronavirus pandemic. They understand both from a public Health Perspective but also from an economic perspective their success is directly tied to their success in handling and managing the coronavirus. Its what they thought what the most successful element leading into this summer. And the numbers seem to back that up, both on the Polling Side of things but also on the case counts, on the deaths, on the hospitalizations. Obviously that has shifted the Delta Variant. And i think what youre going to see from White House officials is not some ignorance to afghanistan. They will still be very aware of whats going on, but a very clear public focus on handling the coronavirus pandemic, and then obviously the legislative agenda as well. They think the domestic issues are what people care most about. That was underscored to some degree by the president s decision to withdraw from afghanistan all together. The White House wants to turn to domestic issues, but the chairman of the joint chiefs, general milley, hes predicting potential civil war, republican Senator Lindsey Graham is already saying the u. S. Will need to go back into afghanistan. Do you think those two voices are getting a bit hasty here . What do you think . Well, i think were going to have to continue to maintain a focus on afghanistan to some extent because we havent followed through on the commitments we made. But, as President Biden said, weve got major challengers in china and russia. And in particular, one of the things we didnt hear much about this past week was president zelensky of ukraine and his visit to washington. How did it go, what does it mean . Whats Putin Planning to do . Putin still has those forces prepared to lurch into ukraine some time before the snows fall to set up the Water Supply and take part of ukraine connecting to crimea. He could do that. China, of course, is watching anxiously, working with russia, both cheering when the united states has a setback and then trying to deal with their own domestic problems and the issues they face including afghanistan. Yeah, as we know all too well, general, president s dont get to choose their agendas every day of the week. Often theyre chosen for them. Phil mattingly, alex marquardt, general wesleyan clark, thanks so much to you gentlemen. Happy Labor Day. And up next, Police Release new video of a desperate attempt to save a family from their flooded Basement Apartment as the northeast was inundated by floods from the remnants of Hurricane Ida. And new details, grizzly details of a marine veteran who allegedly went on a murderous rampage randomly killing a family in their home. This is a Situation Room special report. vo at tmobile for business, unconventional thinking means we see things differently, so you can focus on what matters most. 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Its one of these awful cases that were hearing about. Reporter so many heartbreaking stories. And youre right, this is one of the hardesthit areas both in terms of Damage And Loss of life. And heres the main reason. This is how high the water reached. This is the water line, it is above my head. So you can imagine the kind of Damage And Dangerousness it offers to not only Ground Floor apartments but also Basement Apartments. Many of the deaths here in queens were people who drown in their basement department. The nypd releasing video of their attempted rescue. Unfortunately that attempt was unsuccessful. Across the northeast at least 50 people lost their lives. And there are millions of dollars in damages here in New York alone, at least 50 Million in damages according to the governor. They expect that number to go up. But you can see here in this neighborhood people are drying out their cars. People are cleaning out their Ground Floor apartments bringing out clothing to hang up, getting rid of appliances that are damaged, cabinetry. This is the kind of damage we saw that new York Officials like bill de blasio, the fema administrator, and Alexandria Ocasiocortez saw when they came to tour this area today. Tomorrow President Biden plans to come both to queens and new jersey. And it looks like people behind you are pulling stuff out of their homes, drying them out, washing them out. Its just devastating to look at. Reporter it really is. Its a mess. Theyre trying to salvage whatever they can. But certainly a lot of it wont be able to be salvaged. And this is going to be a Cleanup Effort that goes on for some time. But with this federal disaster relief, individuals and businesses will be able to apply for all kinds of assistance to help them with repairs and putting their lives back together after this. Athena jones, thank you so much. Now to louisiana where about half A Million people are still without power a week after the storm facing sweltering heat on top of Water And Fuel shortages. Cnns Adrienne Broaddus is in New Orleans for us. The storm is gone, but these conditions are still dangerous out there. Reporter indeed, jim. And families with little access to food, water, and other resources are trying to survive in this heat. This Cooling Station is one of eight across the city providing those resources for those in need. Just under half A Million Power Outages across louisiana eight days after Hurricane Ida slammed the city, and many not expected to have power restored for weeks. Over 2,500 electrical poles have snapped and fallen in our parish. There are still poles on streets. Some folks dont have the ability to access or get out of their street or have access to first responders coming to streets. Reporter an official at Power Giant Entergy Louisiana saying theyve never seen anything this large. Entergy New Orleans adding that Hurricane Ida caused more damage to their Distribution System than hurricanes katrina, delta, and zeta combined. The stench is bad. We have spotty communication. Sometimes we cant even get through our insurance Companies Cant get through to us because we have no power at all. And were probably going to be out of power for a long time. Reporter on sunday another death related to the hurricane confirmed, raising the Death Toll in the state to 13. State officials say seven deaths relate to Nursing Home residents who have been evacuated to a temporary shelter ahead of the hurricane. The shelter received more than 800 residents from seven nursing facilities, as power and sanitary conditions were failing according to officials. Five of those deaths are being classified as stormrelated. New orleans also evacuated ten senior living Apartment Buildings over poor conditions. What we found was unacceptable, and accountability will be across the board. But right now we will remain focused on improving the conditions of the facilities that we closed in order to bring our seniors back. We do not want to bring them back in those conditions that they left. Reporter weather still a major challenge for the region. On monday a Heat Advisory was announced for the New Orleans metro area with the Heat Index expected to be between 100 and 105 degrees. Please take advantage of Cooling Shelters if you can. Run your generators if you have them but do it safely. And make sure you continue to check on your neighbors, especially those who are elderly or have special needs. Reporter and along with that Heat Advisory more of what the city doesnt need is on the way, and thats rain. At least 2 to 3 inches could fall already triggering a flash flood warning. Jim . Dont like The Sound of that. We hope for best down there in New Orleans. Lets get more on the crisis in louisiana with Jefferson Parish president. My goodness, our hearts go out to you guys down there. Just an unbelievable situation. You describe the lack of power paired with the Fuel Shortage as a double whammy. How is this Combination Making Recovery difficult for people in your parish . And how are the Frustration Levels right now . Its got to be reaching their boiling point. Yeah. Well, our electrical Department Entergy is working hard at restoring it. I know a lot of people are out of town and want to come back. Unfortunately it was raining today. And of course when you just cant get out to The Streets and its pouring down rain, thats just going to delay things as you would expect. Very, very difficult. I just got back from traveling to lafitte, which is outside of our levee protection system. This is a community that had very, very high water. Some of the hardest things ive had to deal with is looking people in the face who just have lost everything. Theres a quiet desperation about them. Its almost like there is no word. You cant even console them by saying, well, at least youre phys physically healthy. Its almost like i have guilt saying that and i have no words for these people. But were strong people, we will rebuild. But its just going to take some time in building the systems back together. As we go every day our water system, our Sewer System improves. But again were having difficulties. Unfortunately we had another death that happened last night. Someone got hit because theres no electricity and The Street was dark and i think it was a hitandrun. Just terrible, terrible that our poststorm deaths are greater than the one death we lost during the storm. This crisis has just been getting worse and worse by day. Can you give us an update on the conditions in Grand Isle . Have rescue workers, recovery workers been able to access that area . Because we know Grand Isle just got obliterated. Absolutely. So, we have a Military Person helping us assigned to us Lieutenant Colonel David anderson is going with my West Bank Fire chief. They actually left today to get a team on the ground. Theyre trying to find lodging. Theyre trying to find a place to essentially camp on the island to be there and start the recovery. So, i know they were really excited to get down there. Theyve been strategizing. But they want to stay down there. I will head down there soon to look at it. Ive seen it by the air. But to just start strategizing and see how to bring it back. Of course you need first response first. So we need to make sure that Theres Fire Protection and theres Police Protection out there. And we will rebuild. If you ever met anybody from Grand Isle, there is no doubt that that community will come back even better. I hope you get to meet our mayor down there. Theyre the best of what louisiana has. We will rebuild. But they were just at Ground Zero for where this was. And its amazing that we didnt lose lives on Grand Isle. That is the miracle of it all. If you look at the devastation and look at houses that arent even there anymore, and the fact that we didnt lose a life down there is just a miracle. Somebody upstairs was pulling for us for the island of Grand Isle. Yeah. Cynthia, ive been to Grand Isle. It is a great community and wonderful people down there. And they are tough and we hope for the best for everybody in your parish. My goodness, theyve been through so much. Thanks for joining us and good luck to you as you rebuild. We appreciate it. Thank you so much. Just ahead, a family killed at random in their own home allegedly by a former marine said to be suffering from ptsd. Were there warning signs that were missed . The Dove Beauty Bar makes my skin feel fresh. Ive encouraged serena my Best Friend to switch. Feels moisturized and clean. My friend stefanie, her skin was dry. Im like girl you better get you some dove. She hooked me up. 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New Details Tonight about this accused killer, a former marine sharpshooter, is that right . Reporter thats right. Prior to this shooting the sheriff described Bryan Riley 33 years old as a war hero. Hes now being described as a mad man whose fiance told police was suffering from ptsd. And she had actually grown increasingly worried about his mental Health State about a week before this shooting. We have to warn you, some of the details that youre about to hear are disturbing. His eyes closed and hands cuffed behind his back. 33yearold Bryan Riley ignored questions from reporters as he was led into the back of a Police Car on his way to jail. The Polk County Sheriff says that the former marine confessed to shooting several people at this lakeland, florida, home, but they still dont know why. Four people were killed including a 33yearold woman and her threemonthold. We had a mad man with a lot of guns that shot and killed innocent people. Reporter when Sheriffs Deputies arrived at the horrific scene early sunday they saw a truck on fire, and they say they encountered riley in front of the home outfitted in Camouflage And Body armor. The suspect then quickly retreated inside before police say they heard a woman scream, followed by gunshots and the whimper of a baby. Bullet holes and broken glass show the aftermath of the shootout with Riley And Law enforcement. He then surrendered after being shot once. Were not dealing with a traditional criminal here. But what were dealing with is someone who obviously had Mental Health issues at least this last week had ptsd, and whether or not we follow that back to the military, we dont know. Reporter riley spent four years as an active duty marine, a designated sharpshooter who served in iraq and afghanistan, he spent another three years as a marine reserve. Rileys fiance told police the combat Veterans Ptsd had become noticeably worse this last week. She said he was acting erratically. And according to an affidavit, had recently come home after working as a Security Guard at a church to say he believed he could speak directly to god. Adding to the disturbing details, police Say Riley confessed that he shot the infant because im a sick guy. A selfdescribed survivalist, police say he admitted to being high on meth during the killings. Apolice say there is no known connection between the victims and the suspect. If hed given us the opportunity wed have shot him up a lot, but he didnt because he was a coward. Riley was in court earlier today for his first Court Appearance where a judge denied his bond. Hes currently being held on four counts of firstdegree murder. And, jim, police are really just trying to figure out if theres a connection at all between the suspect and these family members. Initially, they say, he arrived at the home some time on saturday evening. Police were called. He fled the scene. Nine hours later he came back. 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