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newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. desperate acts in the wake of hurricane ida. six victims are dead after an evacuation gone incredibly wrong. they were among many that were evacuated to a warehouse with deplorable conditions. nearly one-third of gas stations are without fuel, some people waiting for five hours to fill their tanks just so they can sit in their cars with air-conditioning, the desperation and frustration boiling over on friday. one person was fatally shot in line at a gas station in jefferson parish. in the northeast, at least 50 people died from the storm. half the fatalities are in new jersey where flash floods demolished basements and tore through buildings. on tuesday president biden will visit new york and new jersey to survey the damage. nadia is here for us. nadia, what are people in new orleans telling you? they sound like they re fed up with this. reporter: yeah, jim, everyone is tired because they said we made it through hurricane ida, ....
stunned us with this brazenness, we cannot be surprised. the current court with five of his nine members appointed by republican presidents who did not win the popular vote. while they ve shown nothing but disdain for the fundamental rights of america s most marginalized people, this court has continuously disregarded not just the right to choose but also the single-most right of citizens in a so-called democracy. the right to vote and choose their own leaders. the two are inextricably connected. both fundamental issues about the right to self-determination, and in a truly free society people should get to decide whether and when to become parents without interference from the government just ads we should have guaranteed access to the ballot box. without fear of intimidation, suppression, or retaliation. that s why we marched on the capitol last saturday, last week today, and why we will not stop. we cannot wait and watch as our rights are stripped away. by next year s ....
of the united states. and football s world governing body, fifa, investigates last night s events in hungary where england players were racially abused during their 4 0 win. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the foreign secretary, dominic raab, says he s had constructive discussions with his counterpart in pakistan about securing safe passage from afghanistan for people entitled to settle in the uk. with kabul s airport still closed, pakistan is crucial in the mission to help people flee afghanistan because the two nations share a land border. he told a news conference in islamabad that britain was sending £30 million of aid to help afghanistan s neighbours cope with refugees. he also said uk experts were heading to the region to co ordinate efforts. this report from our diplomatic correspondent james landale. for anyone trying to flee afghanistan by land, this is the kind of border crossing they ll face wire fences, armed guards and queues of refugees not going anyw ....
in the us as the spread of the delta variant hits hospitality and leisure. hello, and welcome. the taliban appears set to announce a new government for afghanistan within days, but the european union and britain have said they won t be recognising it. speaking on a visit to pakistan, the uk foreign secretary, dominic raab, said he did want to the country to be stable and aid could be provided via charities. it comes as the taliban claim progress in their battle to eliminate the final resistance to their rule in the panjshir valley. more on that in a moment. first, our correspondent secunder kermani reports on how the taliban are already changing life in kabul. side by side, taliban fighters and local residents. this is friday prayers in kabul. a cleric from the group tells the congregation theirjihad is changing from a military campaign to one ridding society of corruption. they re still yet to establish a new government, but an announcement is expected soon. translat ....
the south, two historic flooding in the northeast. two fires out of control in the. west the desperate need to climate prove american infrastructure. plus the schools risking it all in florida. to try to protect kids from covid. when all in starts now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. in the dead of night, they did it in the dead of night. five republican supreme court justices, including three appointed by donald trump, a man who lost the popular vote in 2016, by neither 3 million votes. they destroyed the woman s right to bodily autonomy and reproductive choice. first in the state of texas, who knows what s next. and they did it shortly before midnight. with no big public announcement. with an order that is barely more than a page long. i am struggling to come up with the proper words to describe to you, how both cynically reckless and contemptuous the actions of the court were last night. it was essentially a middle finger, from those five justices. as if ....