battle the wildfire. driving the wildfire closer to lake tahoe. in the southeast, homes in grand aisle was stripped down to their stilts from hurricane ida. the number nearing dead is close to 50. and the yankees and where the patriots play, show the field completely submerged by water. sandra: remarkable images there, john. to kick off the hour, in south lake tahoe. and in new or leans. and burned as surrounded by floodwaters. brian? reporter: good afternoon. we are in new jersey and the fires are still trying to be taken out by the firefighters behind me. this was a banquet hall and it exploded after a couple feet of water. you can see the firefighters trying to douse the flames. the owner opened this business in 2018 and you can imagine in 2020, it made him very difficult to host events and then, he lost his business. he s absolutely distraught. listen to him. i bet everything in my life on this property. i worked too hard. [crying] i don t know what to do. i just ho
people realized last night they couldn t make it further. they went through the flood, car stalled out or in some cases in the case i have a sister who lives nearby. she had somebody with another vehicle come to her rescue. these are horrific. bill: we just came on this image in bridgeport, pennsylvania, the northwestern side of philadelphia. we ll see how it goes throughout the day. some of the images, sandra, it hit at rush hour which put more people in peril. outside at the time which led to more issues for many. as we mentioned, nine dead and this is the same storm that hit new orleans about a week ago at a category 4 strength. we ll watch this. sun us up in the northeast, amazing blue skies. the sooner we get the water out the better. screen right is from queens, new york last night on board a city bus. there were two images that were filed from inside this bus. it s a river, right? but there is another image we ll see in a little bit here and queue it up for you. th
is almost nine times higher in those who catch coronavirus, than those who ve had a vaccine, according to a major new study. we ll bring you up to speed with the paralympics where world records have been set in the velodrome and at the athletics track. coming up nearly a0 years since they last released new music are abba about to make a return? we ll speak with the founder of a abba tribute band. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the uk s defence secretary has said british forces have entered the final stages of flying people out of kabul. ben wallace said it was a matter of deep regret that not everybody could be evacuated. it comes after 90 people were killed in two bomb blasts. this includes 13 us military personnel. most of the dead were afghan civilians. an emotional us presidentjoe biden had a message to those behind the attacks saying, we will hunt you down, and make you pay. the uk says the kabul bombings will not affect the the
coming up, speak with former hhs, bret gerard, he is here, serving on president trump s coronavirus task force and chris wallace, carley, and shimkus on this friday. jam-packed friday, first the white house facing pushback after announcing it is working with social media platforms to silence disinformation on covid-19. critics are quickly condemning the move saying it infringes on free speech. i m jonathan hunt roberts in washington. sandra: i m sandra smith in new york. we made it, biden administration teaming up with facebook to flag problematic posts to deal with what they call virus disinformation. john: social media sites slammed for not doing enough. teams within the agency will help police covid content on let line. increased research and trafficking within the surgeon general s office and flagging problematic posts from facebook that spread disinformation. sandra: karl rove will join us in a mome. jacqie will kick things off. seemed to indicate the admin
plus, red hot property. house prices in sydney are rising at $900 a day. is there trouble ahead? we start with the travel industry. it has been reacting with dismay after spain s popular holiday islands ibiza, majorca and menorca are to move to the british government s amber list, just two weeks after they were approved for quarantine free travel. from next monday, anyone over 18 who s not fully vaccinated will have to quarantine on return home. the scottish and welsh governments said they will do the same, and northern ireland is expected to follow suit a warm mediterranean beach is attempting prospect for many after more than one year of restrictions. sums of the spanish islands as an appealing choice for a summer getaway, but the changes announced by the government will cause problems for some, due to fly to majorca on the weekend. i’zre to ma orca on the weekend. i ve had to majorca on the weekend. i ve had one vaccine, to majorca on the weekend. i e had one vacci