[swords clashing] had enough? no. Arthritis. Here. New aspercreme arthritis. Full prescriptionstrength? reduces inflammation? thank the gods. Don t thank them too soon. Kick pain in the aspercreme. Welcome back. I m yasmin vossoughian. An extraordinary act of civil disobedience by a texas doctor facing a law that all but eliminated abortions in the state. That is why, on the morning of september 6, i provided an abortion to a woman who, though still in her first trimester, was beyond the state s new limit. What that public revelation in the papers of the washington post means for the fight over the law and for that doctor personally. That discussion coming up in a moment. Also this hour, how much are progressive democrats willing do give up in the reconciliation bill to make senator manchin happy? we are 50 votes. We have to work it out as we did with the american rescue plan but i have made and my colleagues have made a major compromise going from 6 trillion don to 3. 5 trillion. Will
It is good to see you. Thank you for being with us. I m geoff bennett for another hour of msnbc reports. How a texas restrictive abortion law is driving patients to neighboring states and how residents are stepping up to protest the law. And now, how the death toll of hurricane ida is continuing to climb. Up to 70 in multiple states. The president is going to new jersey to tour the devastation after he visited louisiana where hundreds of thousands are without power after a week after the storm. Also, this hour, the latest on the covid pandemic, and the u. S. Is hitting 40 million cases over the weekend, and the number of people dying daily is rising amid another surge from this holiday weekend. But we start with the staggering damage and devastation from ida. Joining us now from louisiana is nbc s vaughan hillyard in lafayette, and we have john in st. Jhn parish and anne is our msnbc correspondent reporting on the devastation. So, we go to you, vaughan, what have you seen? it is diffic
Yeah. That s how you make your money, man. Get your stuff. I m here. I ll hold you. Just like that. That s in new york s central park. That water rescue one of many overnight in the city and across the region. The storm also shut down new york s subway systems and computer rail throughout the new york tristate area. The flooding as you see here was of a kind last seen when superstorm sandy hit. The rainfall set records. At least eight tornadoes struck as the storm moved north and sadly every measure of destruction is likely to rise in the coming hours and days. Cnn s miguel marquez begins our coverage tonight. He joins us from new brunswick, new jersey. Miguel? reporter: just shocking how powerful this storm was. Nypd says it affected 69 water rescues and over 160 other rescues there. I want to show you what s happening here in new jersey and new brunswick. This is a roadway next to the raritan river. It has started to recede, but you can see the cars, the station behind it, all of tha
Good evening. From virginia up into new england, at least 46 people have now lost their lives in what was once optimistically referred to as the remnants of hurricane ida. We begin tonight with new video just in of what it looked like as two members of the new york police department rescued a driver last night in central park. Yeah. I mean, get your stuff. I m here. I ll hold you. Yeah. Just like that. That s in new york central park. That water rescue one of many overdmiet in the city and across the region. The storm also shut down new york subway system and commuter rail throughout the new york tristate area. The flooding here was of a kind last seen when superstorm sandy hit. At least eight tornados struck as the storm moved north and sadly every measure of destruction is likely to rise in the coming hours and days. Cnn s miguel marquez begins our coverage tonight. He joins us from new brunswick, new jersey. Miguel. Yeah. Just shocking how powerful this storm was. Nypd says that it
controversial texas abortion case, the law in that state that was passed effectively banning abortions in texas. the case could have major implications for roe v. wade for abortion rights in the country as a whole. if that opinion comes in, we ll bring it to you. we are staying on top of this other story this morning. the consumer price index for november showing another jump in inflation. as you can see there, inflation spiked to 6.8% last month. that is the highest it s been in nearly four decades, obviously concerning for so many americans. the white house, though, urging folks not to panic. we do want to bring in now jeffrey toobin. i m learning we have an opinion from the supreme court. what more do we know about what this opinion is for? reporter: okay. this is the big texas abortion case. this is the case about the law in texas that essentially allowed individuals anywhere in the country to sue abortion providers if they provide an abortion to a woman after the six