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Just this weekend, more than 23,000 new daily cases here in florida, as you see that trajectory, just continue to increase. The Delta Variant 46 times as contagious. This is a situation in which now essentially its colliding with the Reality School is starting this week across the state of florida. Thousands of students will be going back to the classrooms, and in the heart of the debate here after Governor Desantis banned schools from requiring masks here, you have seen a lawsuit that has been filed other on behalf of multiple parents in florida challenging that order, essentially we have heard from parents themselves saying that they are not going to be sending their kids to school here if masks are not required, concerns that children particularly those under 12 unvaccinated could be spreading the virus. I want to let you hear part of my conversation with charles gallagher, the attorney representing those parents. To what extent are you arguing that a school has a responsibility to stop a communicable disease from spreading . To a very high extent. Certainly every School District has that obligation, certainly every town has an obligation to schools to ensure that most is being done at the schools. When you take away from them a tool like mandatory masks in schools, especially for kids that cant get vaccinated, you really set back the process including more risk than they should be. Reporter in arkansas friday a judge put a preliminary injunction on similar order by the republican Legislature And Governor there allowing School Districts to require masks. There are six other states though still, including the likes of oklahoma, Iowa And Arizona that have similar bans on School Mask requirements here like the state of florida. We expect these lawsuits to be heard here just in the days ahead. Lindsay . Morgan, we want to go to you now in texas, because the situation is reaching a Crisis Stage in austin, where the Emergency Alert System actually had to be activated to warn people that Hospital Beds are extremely limited. Not just for covid patients but any kind of care and we mentioned of course the top of the show some pediatric wards in the state reaching their limits. What are you learning about what this means for adults and kids who need care . Reporter this is a dire situation, no matter how you look at it. The stats tossed around related to covid19, the most heartbreaking in texas is the one that covered this local paper over the weekend, 14 icu beds for 2. 3 Million people, thats the situation for those here in austin and believe it or not, since then its gotten worse. Last check six icu beds in the austin area. North to the metroplex dallasft. Worth we have about 75 icu beds for a population of 8 Million people. The shortages are happening in real time. You mentioned the Pediatric Issue Houston has one of the largest medical centers if not the largest in the entire country and heartbreaking story from one mother of an 11monthold girl who had covid, went to a houston hospital, thinking she would be able to get care, in turn, everyone was so full this 11monthold girl had to be Life Flighted to a hospital more than 150 miles away in temple, texas. That is borderline unheard of. From a control standpoint, local authorities here are unable to issue any mask mandates because of an Executive Order from Texas Governor Greg abbott. In turn were seeing what you mentioned those warnings being sent out to people from local leaders, reiterating a lot of the safety measures we already know, but absolutely stressing this is a dire situation. If you look at the population of texas here, we can look at the vaccination rate. At least check 44 of the entire population is vaccinated, that number needs to be significantly higher if there is any hope of containing this Delta Variant spread that is really wreaking havoc across the southland, especially now here in texas. Lindsay . Just an 11monthold getting air lifted there, so terribly sad, morgan. Dr. Frieden, i want to look at the big picture. We spoke on this Network Yesterday Morning and said we could reach 200,000 cases by next month, daily caseis. I had to listen to that because i couldnt believe it. Hee understand what this means. Well see more cases. Are we going to see though hopefully fewer people dying because of the vaccine . Delta is doubly infectious and its also deadlier, because more people become ill. Theres an interesting set of graphs, comparing the United States with the United Kingdom, rapid increasing Case Counts in both places but in the United Kingdom where they have a higher vaccination rate, they see a much lower increase in hospitalizations and deaths. That kind of divergence between cases and severe illness that you see in the United Kingdom, you see much less of in the u. S. , particularly in places where there isnt enough vaccination going on, and there arent enough masks being worn indoors. Really the fundamental point here is that vaccination and masks are our two most powerful tools, and they have themselves been infected with this toxic partisanship, a governor who bans School Mask mandates is just being irresponsible. That irresponsibility is going to cost lives. Sharp words from you, dr. Frieden. I want to talk about kids and the rising cases were seeing. Are they more susceptible to the Delta Variant or is this happening because younger kids arent eligible for the vaccine yet . Were not sure of all of the characteristics of delta, whether its more severe, whether its more likely to affect kids but we know that kids under 12 cant be vaccinated, thats months away from happening, and we know that the Delta Variant is highly infectious and what weve seen around the world is big outbreaks in schools. Now, i say that with the clear sense that its crucial that we get our kids to school, in person, learning and keep them there safely in Person Learning with the staff, that means using layered protections to keep our schools open, vaccination, masking, ventilation, rapid response to cases. There are ways to keep our kids in School Learning and really that is crucially important for all of us. Thats what a lot of parents want, to. Doctor, before we let you go, if you were still running the cdc right now, what would you be pushing for . More federal intervention . Is it greater pressure on State Officials . I think we have to look at Vaccination And Masking as the two crucial interventions, and look by state, by county, how are places doing, places that want to do better, provide all of the assistance possible, places that are taking a stance that is really contrary to science. You have to call that out. There are two ways to fight this pandemic, with science or without science. You save a lot more lives with science. All right, dr. Tom frieden, Vaughn Hillyard and morgan chesky, thank you for starting us off this morning. We want to move to Capitol Hill. Senate democrats this morning making a key step in the process for setting up and passing that larger 3. 5 trillion bill. After the final vote on the bipartisan Infrastructure Plan expected within days, after passing another crucial hurdle just late last noigt. Ally vitale is on Capitol Hill. What are you watching for as the strategy for the Budget Reconciliation for House Democrats . Reporter over the weekend, every senator i had a conversation with on Capitol Hill the conversation started with a shrug or sigh. This was moving slower than any of them wanted to in regards to the bipartisan bill we were waiting on all weekend. In the senate all it takes it one person to gum up the process and thats what happened over the weekend. Hitting Monday Morning its clear the gears are starting to churn and were looking at a likely passage of that bill on Tuesday Morning at some point and it could pass with significant bipartisan support. You look at the procedural votes that happened over the course of the weekend, the 18 and 19 republicans joining with democrats to vote to advance this bill however slow the process was going. Now in just the last little bit, were also seeing the second track of this process beginning to play out. Republicans clearly on board for the bipartisan part of this, but things start to revert back to their normal partisan order once you start talking about this 3. 5 trillion push for human infrastructure, the kinds of legislative priorities that we have long heard about from progressive activists, as well as democrats and the white house, key items like free community college, University Prek and a big focus on combating climate change, a whole Laundry List of Democratic Policy Priorities in here. Whats not currently in that Budget Resolution right now is anything about the debt limit increase. We saw janet yellen, the Treasury Secretary say today that should be moved forward in a bipartisan fashion. At the same time theres no appetite for that among republicans. Were going to wait to see if that happens, otherwise looking down the road past the summer and into september, where we could see a Debt Limit Fight on the horizon. One thing at a time, though, as we tick through the rest of the week, because there is one other about ump in the road, thats what happens to this bipartisan bill and the Budget Resolution, once it heads to the house. Weve heard some backandforth between moderates In The House as well as progressives pushing and pulling in different directions on this. The moderates saying theyd like to first vote on the bipartisan traditional Infrastructure Package as soon as they can. Speaker pelosi said shes not going to move on that until she has both tracks squarely in front of her, the Budget Resolution on the human Infrastructure Piece and more traditional bipartisan bill. Theres a push and pull happening In The House. It underscores all of the really tight margins that we have long been dealing with here on Capitol Hill but we are marching however slowly toward some progress or at least a vote. So to be continued. All right, Ali Vitali so much. 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When i stopped it, he just pulled away, and walked away. The governor has not been charged with any crime. He disputes the allegations, and denies wrongdoing. We want to bring in kathy park, in albany for us and rebecca roiphe, former District Attorney for manhattan. Kathy, lets start with you. Theres a big Judiciary Committee Meeting happening. What are we expecting to come out of that . Reporter hey, lindsay, thats right. That meeting got under way at 9 30. Obviously they will be discussing a lot of issues surrounding the governor, the most obvious one is that explosive Ag Report released several days ago alleging Sexual Harassment by several women and meantime, there were other host of issues that they will be discussing as well, including the mishandling, alleged mishandling of Nursing Home deaths during the pandemic, also that Book Deal and possibly the misuse of State Resources to write this book, which earned Governor Cuomo millions of dollars, and then there is a possible coverup when it comes to the construction of the mario cuomo rig, so several topis that the Judiciary Committee will be tackling today. Meanwhile, the governor has until friday to submit any more evidence in his defense. What are your thoughts from the accuser in that Cbs News Interview . A couple of things. From the perspective of a prosecutor, you are looking for how credible is the witness and what is she saying. On the first score, she was a sympathetic, credible witness. She made two statements i think are relevant if you are considering whether or not to charge cuomo with a crime. First of all, she said that he got sexual gratification out of this encounter and one of the things you have to prove in order to prove the crime of forcible touching is that it was done either to degrade, abuse or to get sexual satisfaction. So that was a key point. Another thing she addressed was this potential defense that cuomo might raise which is, look, if she was really all that upset about this going on, if it wasnt consensual or if it happened at all, why didnt she complain about it afterwards . One of the things she said that i thought was compelling was look, this is the governor. I didnt feel like my voice would be heard. I felt like there would be repercussions for me if i raised anything. I was scared for my job and my career and thats why i didnt. Those are two things that would be a preview of your potential criminal charges, if you are a prosecutor. When we heard for the first time over the weekend from the Albany County Sheriff and he talked about how theyre not going to treat this case any differently. Lets listen to some of what he said. Were not going to rush this because of who he is. Were not going to delay it because of who he is. Were going to conduct a comprehensive investigation and when the facts and all the data and the evidence is compiled, well make a decision at that point. Is there a difference between an investigation into somebody so highfrom profile like the governor and typical inquiry . Of course its more difficult to conduct in a way in which youre not responding to the political pressure but the sheriff articulated that perfectly well, which is look, a prosecutor has to make two determinations when he or she is deciding whether or not to bring charges. First, can i prove that this crime actually happened, can i prove the different elements that i have to prove in order for a jury to find that the defendant is guilty and second of all, should i bring these charges, and there are all sorts of factors that weigh into that second determination. But in both of those decisions, politics ought to play no role. So its a hard thing to do, with all this political pressure in the background, but a prosecutor really has to try to insulate himself from this, and make a determination based on the facts, whether or not to bring charges, and one thing to really bear in mind is, if the prosecutor doesnt bring charges, in america, that doesnt mean the crime didnt happen. It doesnt mean the victim or the alleged victim is not credible or doesnt have, didnt experience real pain. Sometimes in our country, prosecutors make these sorts of determinations that look, the burden of proof is really high, the resources that would need to be poured into this might take away from other important serious crimes and thats the way our system of prosecution works. So if we dont see criminal charges come out of this, and maybe we will, but if we dont, that is not necessarily a reflection on her account of what happened or any of the other alleged victims and what they experienced and how grave it was. Thank you for the update. Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide, what scientists are saying about the effects of climate change in a chilling, new report. As the Dixie Fire becomes the second largest in california history, well talk with California Senator Alex padilla about the link between these two longer unprecedented megafires and climate. [ ] if you have diabetes, its important to have confidence in the nutritional drink you choose. Try boost glucose control. 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Its only 21 contained, and its now considered the second largest recorded wildfire in state history. Nbc news talked to some of those in its path, who lost almost everything. Its devastation, just killed me. Lets bring in Josh Lederman outside the u. N. This has real world impacts. You spoke with the Vice Chair of the intergovernmental panel on climate change. What did she tell you . Reporter lets start with the bad news, i promise i will not leave you in doom and gloom. According to the new report from more than 230 authors, no matter what we do at this point, our future is going to be hotter than it is right now. According to these scientists weve already seen more than a Degree Celsius of humancaused global warming and over the coming decades, theres no scenario they looked at where we do not at least temporarily surpass that 1. 5 Degrees Celsius of climate change we have to avoid. Because of the way the effects are already baked in, for example, the ice thats melting All Over The World contributing to Sea Level Rise and deep ocean warming, that is sort of on a path of its own now. That is going to continue even if we were to completely zero out our Greenhouse Gas Emissions Tomorrow which obviously is not something that were going to be able to do, and even if we somehow cut all of our pollution, it would take about two or three decades for temperatures to stabilize. I speekd to cole barrett, in addition to being the Vice Chair of this u. N. Body, is also a Senior Adviser at the national oceanic and atmospheric administration, and she says that its not too late for us to act to prevent worse effects from coming true. Take a listen. Making sure that we can kind of start to limit the number of extreme events. Those are all within reach if were able to stabilize Greenhouse Gas emissions and eventually lower warming in the years to come. I hope i get a chance to see this In My Life time. Reporter the other Silver Lining here, lindsey is the degree of international census. 195 countries all signed off on this report that says humandriven climate change is unequivocally happening. They agree on this science now. Theres really no room left for anyone to say that the Scientist Consensus has not stayed that human are causing widespread climate change All Over The World, and the hope is that having everyone on the same page like that is going to be able to change the conversation as we head toward the Climate Summit thats taking place in glasgow in scotland, all countries around the world expected to put forth very ambitious plans to cut their Greenhouse Gas emissions dramatically in the coming years, thats the action these scientists say is needed, if we are going to prevent these even worse extreme weather events like tropical cyclones, droughts, extreme rain, as well as more wildfires. Josh lederman as always, thank you for your reporting on this issue. In our next hour, Craig Melvin speaks to deanne criswell, the first woman to lead the agency, about plans to handle future emergencies. Joining me to discuss is senator from california alex padilla. Senator, good morning. Thank you so much for spending part of your time to talk about this. Lets talk about whats going on right now in the state. According to firefighters, these mega fires are no longer unprecedented, theyre becoming the new normal. How much does that keep you up at night, when you think of your home and you think of your constituents . When i think about home and my kids and i think of not just all my constituents in california but future generations. California has been on the forefront, Number One accepting Climate Science and advancing proposals to tackle climate Change Head on, which i hope its a Foundation For National Policy sooner rather than later. I hope this report say Wakeup Call so so many of Thigh Colleagues deside science for years and years and years. We have to move forward and the good news as you said, theres something we can do, all the more reason to act big and bold when it comes to investing in infrastructure, which is the bipartisan package, Budget Reconciliation, a lot of investments here in electrification of the transportation sector, for example, cleanup of the electric, the electricity sector, more renewable energy, more energy efficiency, addressing resiliency and climate concern. Time is of the essence. Senator, what do you say to Climate Ddeniers . Josh talked about the science the international community says no one can deny this is human caused and it is happening. I was in Lake Powell in arizona a Couple Weekss ago and cant tell you how many people said climate Change Isnt real. The Water Levels will come back. What do you say to them . Yes, eerily similar to people in denial about covid19 and the pandemic. It was clearly not a hoax. People who refused to get vaccines, took some folks a visit to an icu and you on a ventilator to see the light. Lets hope thats not the same when it comes to climate change. You want the evidence . Come to california, yet another year of recordsetting wildfires, why, because of extreme heat and drought, climate change is happening, we must act now. Senator, we want to talk about the Infrastructure Legislation right now, currently being debated on in your chamber. We know it includes some money to combat climate change. Right now, is there a consensus among the democratic party about how to handle the bipartisan bill, and the Reconciliation Bill that House Democrats want passed . Look, im highly confident the bipartisan bill will be approved, were in the final stages here to get that done, and im highly, highly confident that the Budget Reconciliation bill, the democrats much larger Infrastructure Package will get to everybody agrees on the Need And Urgency to act. There may be some tweaks here and there between now and a final passage of the Budget Reconciliation package but highly confident democrats will stand united and the door is open for republicans to join us and make that a bipartisan step, too. Do you expect that infrastructure will pass this week . I believe the bipartisan Infrastructure Package will pass this week, as early as tomorrow, and we will immediately move on to the next part, a much bigger Infrastructure Package that will invest further in climate change, invest in Health Care and housing, education, Child Care and more. Senator, before we let you go, you have been Keeping Pressure on here for federal voting reform, and we keep hearing that were going to see something happen soon. Do you know when and will it happen before august recess, which was supposed to be this week, if im not mistaken . Were still hopeful there may be some new, a new bill or new bills unveiled this week, so in the next couple of days. Again, time is of the essence. The 2022 elections are just around the corpser. We have to stand up for our fundamental right to vote and access to the ballot for every eligible american. What would that federal bill look like . You know, modeled after many of the elements that were contained in the for the people act and many that have been implemented successfully in california. More options on how to register to vote, automatic registration, online Voter Registration, same day Voter Registration and multiple opportunities for how to cast your ballot and ensure it gets counted, whether you vote in person, want to vote early or vote by mail, there should be a baseline of Voting Rights for all americans. Senator alex padilla, thank you for your time today, sir. Good to talk with you. Thank you. Still ahead, another blow as u. S. Troops withdraw from afghanistan. The taliban now seizing cities at a speed thats really shocking the west. Were live with the u. S. Response. Plus the Canada Border reopens to u. S. Citizens today but canadian citizens still Cant Drive into the u. S. Now State Officials want President Biden to explain why. Thats next. Everybodys a skeptic. Paper money. Its the future get outta here. Im leaving with my gold. Its not crazy. Help me, mother. Its an omelet. Just crack an egg. 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Tom costello is across the river from buffalo, new york, at the canadian border checkpoint. I imagine what youre seeing today is like the opening of all the emotional Airport Reunions . Reporter yes, i think thats true. A lot of canadians and americans along The Border go back and forth constantly. Families have Family Member on both sides, friends have people on both sides of The Border, and they are very excited that finally today americans can go north, but a lot of anger the canadians cannot go south. On the u. S. Side businesses that depend on the canadian tourists are not seeing any canadian tourists and canadians can fly but Cant Drive. You say that doesnt make any sense. Thats exacty why governors are saying open The Borders to canadians. This doesnt make any sense, to fully vaccinatd canadians. If youre an american you need full proof of vaccination and negative pcr within 72 hours saying you are covid negative. The border is 5,500 miles across, the longest in the world, and economies on both sides of The Border depend on that traffic back and forth. We talked to the mayor of buffalo about how critically important it is to reopen The Border to canadians coming south. What it means is hopefully a return to our normal economy. Usually more than 3 Million Canadians Visit Western New York every year, it represents more than 900 Million to the Western New York economy. Reporter thats a big deal. Its a huge deal. Small businesses in particular have been hurt in buffalo and certainly on both sides of The Border. Reporter importantly, in buffalo, the streets are kind of empty compared to what you would normally have with the normal traffic back and forth. They hope August 21st the u. S. Will reopen The Border to canadians. We dont have any firm word on that yet but thats the latest guidance as a possible target date. We have to wait and see. In the meantime coming north of The Border if you want to get the cool canadian fresh air, The Border is open but you got to have the Vaccination Cards and dont forget the negative pcr test. Not an antigen test, the pcr test. Back to you. The rules sore crazy, over the weekend i talked to an engaged couple, one is in Windsor Canadian Side and one is in detroit. They Cant Drive the 15 minutes to see each other. They have to drive four hours to the airport and be on the plane. Tom, thanks. Reporter nobody on either side of The Border thinks that makes sense. Everybody knows that thats just silly, but thats where we are right now. Tom, thank you. Its a dangerous, new phase in afghanistan as the u. S. Withdraws its troops. The taliban is moving on in larger cities, capturing one yesterday thats home to nearly 300,000 people. Were live on the ground in kabul with why security Forces Cant seem to hold the lines. Hot dog or. Chicken . Only pay for what you need. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. 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Just the last few hours, the afghan government losing control of more provincial capitals in the country bringing the total to five. The afghan government greatly outnumbering taliban forces is struggling to retain territory. Support from american and nato forces completely withdrawn from the country, seemingly insufficient to stop the talibans gains. Kelly cobiella is in kabul. The Taliban Making Stunning Advances right now. They moved from rural areas to now taking over major urban cities. Could kabul be in danger now . Reporter well theres no sense that kabul is in danger at this moment or really in the near future. We were driving around the city today, saw lots of security, business as usual, people out on the streets, and theres a sense of sort of this is sort of a safe place really relatively safe place for people in other parts of the country, who are fleeing these taliban advances. In a lot of cases, in some of these provincial capitals in the north where the taliban is taken over, taken control, its situation where the cities are smaller, the taliban has been surrounding the cities for quite some time, theyve been in the rural areas, and according to some local officials in some of the cities, in the central government, really just didnt even send reinforcements. They essentially the taliban once they decided to move in, government officials, police and others had to walk out because they didnt have the strength in numbers to fight back taliban advances. That wasnt the case in kunduz, the large city in the north, city of just under 300,000 people, which fell after some pretty intense fighting yesterday. Its in the hands of the taliban. However, the government forces say that they are in the city, theyre going in, and its sort of a nighttime urban Combat Situation there. They are contesting taliban positions in city. Lindsey . 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It made you think about what life might be like in a few years time. Before that we have the to get to beijing in six months time and i think that will be as challenging as these games have been. Okay, thanks. If you look at the poles. Donald trump is the favorite for republican voters but some republican donors have another name in mind. Politico saying that people are flocking to Tim Scott stirring up interest for the 2024 election. One Millionaire Donating 10 Million to his super pac. Senator scott is getting a vast network of small and large dollar donors. Who are the donors and how could this position him for 2024. It is really interesting. Tim scott is up for reelection in 2022. He is really building a campaign for next year. But it is really a Test Run people think for potential 2024 support like Larry Ellison. He is the 7th richest person in the world has given Tim Scott 10 Million. And if you think about it should Larry Ellison get behind him in 2024 . That would give him a lot of financial fire power. So why Senator Scott . Right, there is no question that Ron Desantis has the most important but a lot of people see Tim Scott as someone that they can move away from donald trump. And they can unite the entire party, perhaps, while desantis may have the conservative grass Roots Side of things. So it is never trumpers and also people that supported the former president. What is it about scott, i want to pull on that a little bit, that makes him cross the id logical spectrum. What makes them appeal . Sure, he has adopted much more of a a unifying message. He adopted issued like school choice. He is talking about opportunity zones. You see a lot of people on more Trump Side of the party embrace, and that is something that appeals to a lot of republicans that are trying to move the party beyond a different direction. 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