Aftermath of a deadly hurricane that ravaged communities along the gulf and in the northeast. Today, biden traveled to New Jersey and New York to see the devastation from Hurricane Ida and its remnants, and meet with families who have survived the storms aftermath. Just four days ago, lets not forget, he spent time in louisiana, which took a direct hit from ida, which then went on to kill almost 30 people in the state of New Jersey alone. This afternoon, he linked the storms to the climate, while pitching his proposals to protect our country from future disasters. The evidence is clear. Climate change poses an existential threat to our lives. We have to listen to the scientists and the economists and the national security experts. They all tell us that this is code red. The nation and the world are in peril. My build back better plan, with key investments to fight climate change, Curb Emissions and make things more resilient each dollar we invest the president suggested that he may soon head out west to see the damage from wildfires burning there for months, most recently affecting lake tahoe. While on the road, the White House sent a urgent request for assistance with natural disasters. Meanwhile, the coronavirus maintaining its Death Grip on parts of our country. The nation now has over 40 Million cases, the number of hospitalized patients continues to strain medical resources in many states. There are also growing concerns about the economic recovery as the surge pushes more companies to delay their plans into the office. [interpreter] the White House says biden will lay out a new strategy later this week to curb the virus spread. Outside of washington, mounting political challenges for the biden administration. Republican governor of Texas Today signed into law that strict new Voting Rules limiting ballot access. This comes just days after the Supreme Court declined to block the states near total ban on abortions after six weeks. During Todays Election Bill signing, Governor Greg Abbott was asked about the abortion restrictions. Lets make something clear, rape is a crime. Texas will work tirelessly to make sure that we eliminate all rapists from the streets of texas. We do want to make sure we provide support for those who are victims of rape. We have organizations, state support, and other support to make sure that anybody who is a victim of that will get the support they need. Attorney general Merrick Garland says the federal Justice Department is exploring all options to safeguard Reproduction Rights in texas. We have much more on that and the latest move to restrict Voting Rights they are just ahead. We are now one week away from a critical test for the Democratic Party and for the president with the Special Election on whether or not to recall the governor of california gavin newsom. The Campaign Campaign to remove him has been largely driven by the forces on the right who objected to his covid shutdowns and mandates. The man who started the Recall Campaign Today confirmed he has covid. Today also marks one week since the mission to evacuate americans from afghanistan came to an end. Dozens of american citizens and afghans holding visas to the united states or other countries remain stranded on the tarmac. They are said to be stuck on those aircrafts sitting at the airport in the northern part of the country awaiting taliban permission to take off. Today, during his Visit Visit to doha qatar, Secretary Blinken said the u. S. Is working with the taliban to resolve the problem. They said they will let people with Travel Documents freely depart. We will hold them to that. It is my understanding that the taliban has not denied exit to anyone holding of all the documents, but they have said that those without valid documents at this point, cant leave. But because all these people are grouped together, thats meant that flights have not been allowed to go. The taliban announced its new leadership today, which appears to lean toward a hardline Extremist Ban much like the old taliban regime. This is something of a Caretaker Government to run the country since there is no one else to do that. Several of those Name Today were reportedly listed by the united states and the un has terrorists. The biggest Anti Taliban protest yet in the Capital City of kabul was brought to a violent and today. Was brothat was when the Talibn Forces arrived in crackdown on demonstrators, many of them women. One of the key figures in the 9 11 tax was brought back for a pretrial today. They accuse mind of the taliban attack, it was his first Attack Trial it comes days before the 20th anniversary of 9 11. Pretrial hearings in this case have been going on for a close to a decade. It is now anyones guess when a jury will get to decide this case and his fate. With that, lets bring in our Starting Line on the Post Holiday tuesday night. Philip rucker, Pulitzer Prize Winner senior correspondent for the Washington Post. Coal author, along with caroline with the book i alone can fix. It donald j trumps catastrophic final. Year eugene pulled surprise when it for the Washington Post and amy stoddard, Veteran Washington and Order Columnist for real clear politics. Good evening, welcome to you all. Phil, i would like to start with you by quoting ashley parkers reporting on the president sday. She writes it this way. E writes it this way phil, i guess the question is, is this viewed as a pivotal time . Aka, and more cynically perhaps, a change in subject for the White House at least an opportunity . Certainly, brian. It is a pivotal time for President Biden in his administration because of all the crises converging this fall, and because of increasingly dire political standing that hes in. The Washington Post, abc News Poll that come out a couple of days ago showed his Approval Rating has actually fallen below 50 . It stands now at 44 among all americans approving of his handling of the president and his numbers has declined specifically related to covid, and the War And Afghanistan into the economy. That spells trouble for a president who has a razor thin majority in the house that hes trying to protect, and a 50 50 split in the senate. He is trying to wrestle through a number of big tech and legislative items that Infrastructure Deal, where he got the bipartisan support last month in the senate, it still has not passed the house. It is currently sort of at a standstill on congress, thats why the president was pushing it so hard during his Trip Today and in New York in New Jersey. Even more importantly in the White House, three and a half trillion dollar domestic Agenda Plan that would institute really sweeping changes across this country and for our economy. It is really in trouble on capitol hill. We heard through axios is reporting tonight that senator Joe Manchin, the democrat from North Carolina is only gonna spend up to 1. 9 trillion dollars. That is trouble for biden, because he cannot afford to lose a single democratic vote on that bill. You asked if this is a pivotal time for the president and it certainly is. Eugene, to that end, philip mentioned this. Let me read you the quote from the reporting and our friends Hands Nickel over at axios and you could hear fellow democrats saying, with friends like these, who need republicans in the senate . Senator Joe Manchin has publicly said that he has specifically Policy Concerns with President Bidens 3. 5 trillion social spending dream. He will support as little as one trillion of it at most and hes open to supporting 1. 5 trillion sources familiar with discussions say. But can the democrats do, eugene, about this . Well, they can try to work out a deal. What President Biden and the democrats have going for them in this negotiation about infrastructure, human infrastructure, and whether it is 3. 5 trillion, or Manchins Marker now, 1. 5 trillion, is that this is a rhythmic. Generally speaking, Arithmetic S on the easier end of the scale in terms of complicated things to get worked out in washington, as opposed to, you know, social Policy And Voting rights for example. You are not gonna get republican votes on the. You are not going to get around the filibuster somehow, but you should try. Anybody who sort of writes this off and says, well, you know, it is two trillion dollars with this gap they will never close it i think they are potentially wrong, certainly premature. Thats a marker into this. Lets see how the talks and Negotiations Progress from here. Arithmetic can be worked out, and my hunch is that in The End, it will get worked out. But it wont be easy. So, a. B. , a serious concern especially those who dont follow The Ends an ounce of Party Politics on capitol hill, how do republicans receive remarks like that from Joe Manchin reporting like this in axios. Do they view him for the purposes of their transactional existence as a friend of theirs right now . Existe Joe Manchin is crediteh an Infrastructure Deal getting it together. One of the league negotiations said 19 republican senators supported it. In this environment, its extraordinary. That is the thing that is now on the table as an actual bill. It passed by a chamber that progressives are expecting to hold up if they dont get what they want in the social spending reconciliation bill. Joe manchin was there for the president on the 1. 9 trillion Dollar Covid Relief Bill that was passed on a partisan basis. I think he will be there for the White House on this bill. He is just going to be smaller than 3. 5 trillion dollars, he will not be what Bernie Sanders wants. He is part of the Budget Committee in the senate, and he literally said ten days ago, hes already too small at 3. 5 and i am done negotiating. Those who want between six and ten trillion. He will not be 3. 5, because the democrats need a package. They will tailor it in ways that eugene points out, involve math. It will be pay force, revenue streams, and fuzzy federal mat that in the End None of us understand, that will get it across the finish line. They will not have the Price Tag it appears to have now. It will be something that can be rationalized by the moderate democrats in congress who are the ones that face competitive elections next year as bidens numbers slide. Alexandria Cause Yokota as, and members of the squad, they are the people who will handle reelections in their districts that are bright blue. Its the ones who are on the front lines of the majority, who are seeing the president once popular, and over 50 as phil notes a few months ago, slide in popularity. That makes their midterm campaigns much harder. I do believe in The End this will get past, and i think it is sliding in the direction right now of the moderates. And feel rocker, indeed, speaking of a national crisis that requires an enormous national outlay of expenditures, can you preview for us what we are likely to hear from the president later this week on the pandemic . Brian, i think we are going to hear more urgency from the president about the pandemic. Remember, kids are back in school in many places around the country now. And more and more workers are going to were going into their office reserving something of a routine even as the Delta Variant rages and covid is still very much alive. Hospitals are under siege and the president i think is going to try to get control, or at least convince the american public that he and his team have some control over the situation as we head into winter because nobody wants because nobody to go through another winter wants to go through like the winter we went another winter like the through last year. Winter we went through last year. And so i think you will hear from the president , a more forceful plea, to get vaccinated. The White House has been buoyed in recent weeks, by the rising number of vaccinations. And yet it is still not enough to get control of this virus. I think it is going to be priority number one for this administration to continue that vaccination push, while trying to convince the public that the administration has the situation under control. Eugene, lets talk about the anti Abortion Legislation in texas. And this specifically. The administration is under intense pressure, on the subject of choice. They are options, federally, are rather limited, a . No . Im not a lawyer, much less a constitutional scholar, but there is very little that the administration can do. On the other hand, as a political matter, the Texas Bill is such an overreach. And so weird and so unamerican, in the midst of arming vigilantes to report on their neighbors. If they happen to give someone a ride to an abortion clinic, that just in political terms, i am not i think a lot of democrats see this as a lifeline, politically. Its a terrible piece of legislation and the terrible threat to women in texas. But just in strict political terms, but i think this will be widely unpopular as a law, in most of the country. And as a political boost, in those suburbs, that Joe Biden took away from the republicans, in 2020, and the democrats need to take again next year, in order to keep those Swing House seats. And potentially grow their margin in the senate. Po a. B. , lets shift our focu, by way of afghanistan. It looms large still from would be Defense Secretary them the taliban are not reformed, they are not new. They will give Safe Haven to alqaeda. We will be going back into afghanistan as we went back into iraq and syria. You cannot deal with this over the horizon. So a b, other than proving the point again, that the view is easier from the cheap seats, what is going on here . Lindsey graham is a hawk. And there are very few of them left in this party. And he knows that. And he tried to convince President Trump, his good friend, to not abandon the kurds and do a lot of different things. And President Trump wanted to join his years in office. Lindsey graham is speaking for a small minority now of the republican party of yesteryear. As we know from the polling, after this debacle of the management of this withdrawal, the Withdrawal Policy it is popular among americans. Biden and trump had sold the public on this. And it is the management that everyone sees that is so unpopular. And it is giving Lindsey Graham an opportunity to say, this is going to go south. I think we will have to take a temperature of this in the weeks and months from now. It still remains a problem for the administration, because americans are stuck there. And over the 9 11 anniversary, there will be a lot of criticism from republicans about negotiating with the taliban. As long as americans are there, obviously the White House is going to be negotiating with the taliban to get them out. But i think we will have to take a look at this issue. And the damage that it will do to President Biden. And not take the temperature in the heat of this moment. Or worry about what Lindsey Graham is saying. Much obliged to our Starting Line on this starting a. B. Stoddard, eugene robinson, philip rucker, thanks for starting us off. Coming up, maybe you are old enough to remember those predictions that this summer, this month in fact, was supposed to be when we all filed into work. Now it is september and not so much. We can thank the Delta Variant and the anti vaxxers and we will ask a doctor when he predicts normal american life, or something close to, it making its return. Later, in texas you get to carry a gun, no problem. But if you want to vote or obtain an abortion, not so much. We will talk about the politics as texas stays firmly on brand. All of it as the 11th Hour just getting underway on this tuesday. Night esday. Nigh heartburn, ingestion, upset stomach. Diarrheaaaa. Pepto bismol coats your stomach with fast and soothing relief. And try new drug free pepto herbal blends. 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So we are happy to have back with us, Doctor Irwin red liner, founder of columbia Universitys Center for Emergency Preparedness, also a professor of pediatrics. Doctor, i want to gauge your level of concern. And maybe its regional, for the weeks and months ahead. Well, good evening brian. Unfortunately, something like this kind of pandemic, where the wildly out of control Delta Variant is not likely to say anything. In some ways, in the northeast, we are living in a bubble. Hopefully it does not lead to complacency, where we figure we are in vulnerable. I think all bets are off now. I dont want to alarm people, but i think we do need to be cautious. We just had our big labor day holiday, with a lot of people gather together. And we are putting 55 Million children back into classrooms. I think that, together, is a dangerous combination of factors that could cause us to have a greater surge than we are currently experiencing. I think the good news is that we may get more people vaccinated, although that will be an uphill road. Merck will come out with its new drug by oral prescription that will be used to treat the virus. If we dont do that, i really kind of dont agree entirely with my friend peter hotez, because i actually think it could be a lot longer than The End of this year, before we are back to something that we remember as normal, brian. That gets our tension, certainly, and to that end, as you know, when companies, such as apple and google, put out statements pushing return to works, in some cases to 2022, that gets your attention. American workers sit up and take notice. So the american workforce, is american commerce already in a new normal that will continue for sometime . Thats highly likely, brian. I think the companies are really responding to the Day Today fluctuations and dynamism of this virus. Y the fact is we do not know wht is going to be happening to, three, or five weeks from now. We have to keep watching the numbers and variants. Hoping other variants do not pop up and cause concern. In the meantime, companies are doing all they can do, the same is happening in my university. A month ago, they said September 1st will be the reopening. Now they are backing off of that. Really, many, many organizations are and with good reason. Erwin, i want to play for you, some comments from Doctor Fauci on cnn. We will discuss on the other side. The proper regimen will very likely, as we look back on it, months from now, will be that three doses is really what you should be getting, of an mrna. First of all, dr. Redlener, i assume you have nothing but confidence in your old Friend And Colleague in this line of work, dr. Fauci. Second of all, is what he is describing, the new normal, medically . We are vaccinations are going to be concerned . I think it is going to be the new normal. You know, a lot of cause for concern about the data from israel. This data says that even after the second full dose of the mrna vaccine, moderna or pfizer, that after some number of months, the immune protection starts to wane and drop. We are worried about that. I think that tony fauci is saying something that is entirely valid. That is, lets get ahead of. This lets not wait for people who have been immune to become non immune. That means lets give a big boost right now, or as soon as we can, to everybody that has been two dose immunized to date. The moral dilemma here is that, we talked about this before, the world health organization, w. H. O. , is also very concerned that we are indulging ourselves. In having a third dose. When there are so many countries that do not have a vaccine to vaccinate one or two of the percent of the population. But i think the scientific validity our guest tonight, irwin redlener, thank you for our time or for taking our questions. Coming up for, us as for tonight, its more difficult for many texans to vote. Full stop. We will ask Susan Glasser and Peter Baker what happens now. R what happens now hey, i just got a text from my sister. You remember rick, her neighbor . Sure, hes the 76yearold Guy who still runs marathons, right . Sadly, not anymore. Wow. So sudden. Um, were not about to have the we need Life Insurance conversation again, are we . No, were having the were getting coverage so we dont have to worry about it conversation. So youre calling about the 9. 95 a Month Plan from Colonial Penn . I am. We put it off long enough. We are getting that 9. 95 plan, today. jonathan is it time for you to call about the 9. 95 plan . Im jonathan from Colonial Penn Life Insurance company. Sometimes we just need a reminder not to take today for granted. If youre age 50 to 85, you can get guaranteed acceptance whole Life Insurance starting at just 9. 95 a month. There are no Health Questions so you cant be turned down for any health reason. 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Away from journalism if there is such a thing, they are husband and wife, they are where journalism is concerned, the coauthors of the man who ran washington, The Life And Times of james a baker the third, now out in paperback. Good evening, and welcome to you both. Susan, ill begin with you. I will begin with a Clip Clip from nicole wallace, Our Mutual Friend this afternoon on Voting Restrictions. Gop Run States run and zero of slowing down if they remain of the sanctity of the filibuster. It might be time to stop talking about if Gop Voting is go unchecked in state houses, and adjust to the new reality. Democrats appear opposed to do nothing of yet when it comes to Voting Rights legislation. I want to be wrong about that. Message to any Washington Democrat watching, if you tweet me or text me, please make me dead wrong about this. So, susan, she lays out the question nicely there. It is a two Part Question to you. It is the will there, say nothing of the way . Brian, i think the Question Tonight really is, are we headed to different directions with these countries . You will have a whole host of other states enacting some of the most restrictive legislation we have seen, when it comes to Voting Rights. I think the question really is, do democrats have enough control over the houses of congress to actually be able to steer in the opposite direction . It really is not just a question of washington versus the states, but as nikole pointed out, does biden and the democrats really have enough Blood Fridge with a 50 50 senate to do anything at the federal level about this . Right now, it feels like me to me the civil Rights Movement when there was pressure on the federal government to do something, but there just wasnt yet the Momentum And Mobility to do so. Peter, over to you. Speaking of a will and away, where do you put the chances of seeing the filibuster overturned . I dont think there is a great deal of chance of that. You need to get every single democrat on board and at least two or three have made clear they are still skeptical about that. You have senator Joe Manchin, senator sinema, and others who have intended out loud but they are happy that Manchin And Sinema have resisted this. You could find a way around the filibuster. The filibuster doesnt apply you could say in this type of legislation. You could do something more limited like that at least is couple monitors thats creating friction within the party. New here they are angry at the moderate democrats for changing the filibuster not just because of Voting Rights, but another Voting Registrations that they want to push through. It seems that hasnt changed even with the siding of that legislation in Texas Today. As a. B. Pointed out earlier on the broadcast, aoc is a 5 to 1 democratic district that doesnt have the same reelection concerns that the moderates have. Susan, final question. Why arent texas republicans specifically so and pulled in that state where we keep hearing the demographic caucus clicking against them quickly . I asked myself that all the time. I remember publishing a piece more than five years ago in politico, is this the year that texas is finally going to turn from purple back to blue . We havent seen that yet. If anything, the 2020 election seems to have, as you said, embolden the republican what was the minority. N i think its holding firm her. Its a backlash in some ways that i think we are seeing to the prospect of this democratic Demographic Shift in texas. The question i have, is it just gonna whip the state even further apart to go and pass Abortion Legislation like they have . At a time when just a couple years ago, even the republican leadership in texas would have found that bill to be too extreme. Now they are seeing it as a national model. To me, its an example of the republican party pulling farther and farther away from the mainstream of the country. New yorker and New York times were represented tonight. Our Friend Susan Glazer and Peter Baker have decided to stay with us while we fit in a break. Coming up, when our conversation continues, new reporting on what advice is to the only twice impeached florida retirees are saying about another possible run for the White House, when We Come back. N We Com back Donald Trump announced tonight he plans to return to iowa next month for a rally in the first in the nation caucus state. Political has new Reporting Today on the notion of a possible 2024 run, quote 2024 run, quote still with us, Peter Baker and Susan Glasser. Peter, trigger warning. We are gonna discuss the guy you just finished covering for so many years. The announcement of the rally in iowa, the announcement that on the anniversary of 9 11, trump is going to be guest announcing a prized fight as so many of our former president s have chosen to do on 9 11. Is this a not so soft launch for a president ial campaign . Other way to ask that, do you really think he will go through with it . Well, look, i think he wants us to think he will go through with it. Right up until the moment he decides. When he wants more than anything is for us to be talking about it. What he wants is for us to be an important force which he is. He wants people to come to maralago to pay attention to him and asked for his endorsement. He wants money to be contributed to his political apparatus. When he says hes not running in 2024, a lot begins to disappear. This decision is not necessarily made, he said he is running, its not the final word. I dont think we will really know until after the midterms in 2022 whether he is genuinely running, but he wants to think he is. All the way up until the moment he decides but all of this can go away. Susan, when Donald Trump approached the republican party he found no barrier to entry. Ditto, as a candidate and as a president. No impediment to operating, the them it seems you are in the middle of this new dynamic, where republican candidates feel the need to embrace maga, fully, to get elected. Question regarding your book. The cover, i look at least one a day, in my home. James a baker, at the height of his power, walking the corridors in washington, could any known figure have had the ability to turn away a Donald Trump, knowing the downstream effect it would have on the party he loved so much . You know, i think a lot of people have asked the question, is it even possible to have a Jim Baker in the context of our dysfunctional politics today, especially in a republican party that has turned so far in a different direction, maybe an almost unrecognizable direction, to those like baker, who built it up in the 19 eighties and 19 nineties. To me, the question of Donald Trump, and does this republican Party Bear any resemblance to it . Its a cult of personality that trump has built over the past few years, that the republicans have gone along with. After January 6th, that was a dividing line, and its hard to see that you could have any figure come in and after that after the first term of Donald Trump being what it was. Lets say he runs again. Can you imagine a second Trump Presidency . The idea that any kind of a figure, like a Jim Baker, in the White House, it is going to be able to tell Donald Trump what to do . The story of his presidency was the story of him feeling less and less constrained, more empowered to do what he wanted. And seeing republicans follow after him, even after January 6th. Its hard for me to conceive of anyone else being a Trump Wrangler in any conventional sense of the word anymore. To viewers who just join the scene late, it is true that powerful washington by lines dont sit nearly this close or get along nearly this well. Thank god they are married. Peter baker and Susan Glasser. Authors by, Night Journalist by, day thanks for coming on the broadcast. Coming up for us, an update from louisiana, where Hundreds Of Thousands of good people are still struggling without power after a week. It has been a week since Hurricane Ida batter that state. Well have a report coming out. Coming out taking align can help. Align contains a Quality Probiotic to naturally help soothe digestive upsets 24 7. Try align, the pros in digestive health. 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Its a hot box, a total hot box. Tonight, officials leading to action, and a revocation of Nursing Home licenses. Well lets be clear, there is no Emergency Preparedness plan that allows for Nursing Home residents to be kept in such unsafe conditions. Senior citizens were rescued from nine Nursing Homes. This woman is the Citys Emergency Health director. What gave you pause for concern in these facilities . No power, no elevators, no lights, no emergency power. The archdiocese of New Orleans manages the majority of those facilities, they did not respond to our request for an interview. Three one one had been in contact with them since the beginning. So im interested to see what officials they say they reached out to who say they responded to. You cant find a Paper Trail . We have no evidence of, that no. Now officials pledging new laws to protect the most vulnerable. Sam brock, New Orleans. 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As they say, its for a good cause, we want to urge you to watch the documentary that will Tomorrow Night preempt both the last word and the 11th Hour. Its called memory box. It goes back 20 years to 9 11. Back then, witnesses to 9 11 Will Sit In A were asked to sit in a private Video Booth and talk about the trauma they experienced that day. For the anniversary, the filmmakers went back to those same people and checked with them. [inaudible] at this point i looked at my family and was like, this is crazy, lets get out of here. I felt we should just walking away from the world trade center. Because one of his fell . And everyone started to calm me down and said, no, honey, you are pregnant, you are close to your duty, it is not going to fall. And i said, it is going to fall, they are going to fall. Here we are. 20 years later. 20 years later. Wow. You were a very happy baby, so happy. We felt so fortunate that we had you because we were able to just focus on you, even though there were so much death around us at that time. You just brought so much hope to everybody. I think people underestimate the power of tragedy. It is something that is a constant reminder, that life is really. Beautiful and special thing. And family is so, so important. Its everything. The film is called memory box, echoes of 9 11, and it premiers here Tomorrow Night, with simultaneous streaming on peacock. That is our broadcast for this tuesday night, with our thanks for being here with us. We will be back here on thursday night, my personal thanks to chris jansen, ali velshi, for allowing me to sneak away. Good night, on behalf of All Of Us here at msnbc. Us here at msnbc tonight, on all in. Election integrity is now law in the state of texas. [applause] texas moved to suppress the vote as the republican Front Runner which the Big Lie to work in california. The 2020 election, in my opinion, was full of shenanigans. My fear is that they will try this in the Recall Election here. Tonight, the insidious, evidence free movement undermining elections. And then would you comply with the committees request to testify . This is not a committee, jim. Why the January 6th select