[ applause ] and we are here to make a major announcement in an effort to lower the extraordinarily high prescription drug prices. Before i do, i want to thank governor wes moore, members of congress. I served in the senate for 270 years. [ laughing ] i know i only look 40, but i m a little bit older. I was too damn old, i was only 29 when i got elected, now i m too damn old. I tell you one thing in between, one of the finest, most decent men i have ever worked with, when i think of integrity, it s ben cardin, stand up. Stand up. I really mean it. [ applause ] i measure people i work with by their integrity. He does what he says and says what he does. Look, folks, also, you know, for the longest time, she tried to pretend she was irish. She s a great friend and one of the greatest leaders in this country. Congressman, stand up. Thank you, pal, thank you. And your soon to be senator, where is she?. A hell a lot easier than being a county executive. I was a county official. They expect y
Good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters in new york. Welcome to alex witt reports. Here is what is happening. New this hour, the death toll from hurricane ida is now at 65 with one additional death recorded in just the last few hours in louisiana. Most of those who lost their lives were in new jersey and new york when the remnants of that storm hit this week. New today, president biden announcing plans to survey damage in new york and new jersey on tuesday. The president traveled to louisiana yesterday and got a firsthand look at the areas that remain uninhabitable. He promised flood victims that no community will be left behind. Meanwhile, a new investigation has begun into the death of four nursing home patients. They were among 800 patients packed inside a warehouse, taken there before ida struck louisiana. Health officials say they have significant concerns about conditions at that facility. Covering the very latest on ida s aftermath, in new jersey, in new orleans and
In mississippi. The hospitals are full from memphis to gulf port, natchez to meridian. Everything is full. Everything is full. The i. C. U. Crisis is getting more critical by the hour. Some states are at or they are near capacity. Only a few hundred beds are left in some of the largest states in the south, or in the case of mississippi you see there on your screen zero. Mississippi is now requesting help from the federal government as they are dealing with this crush of coronavirus patients. And a critical staffing shortage. There s a field hospital that s now being set up in a parking lot that could be used to take care of older teenagers with coronavirus. Some schools in mississippi, indiana and georgia have already gone back to virtual learning because of growing case numbers. Many are now rethinking mask policies. West virginia republican governor jim justice warns that if cases continue to climb, as they clearly are, masks may be required in schools there. More children are now ho
Breaking news out of albany, which has dramatically interrupted the action in washington as the new york governor andrew cuomo announced to the surprise of many that he is resigning. I think that given the circumstances the best way i can help now is if i step aside and let government get back to governing. And therefore, that s what i ll do. Because i work for you. And doing the right thing is doing the right thing for you. The resignation came one week after the new york attorney general released a scathing report outlining 11 different claims by women that cuomo sexually harassed them. And as state lawmakers continued with impeachment proceedings against him. Now, despite stemg down as governor, cuomo continues to deny that he did anything wrong. The attorney general did a report on complaints made against me by certain women for my conduct. The report said i sexually harassed 11 women. That was the headline people heard and saw and reacted to the reaction was outrage. It should hav
Questions about what she learned and what she saw, and we have new reporting on the announcement late this morning that they plan to look at georgia s voting laws. First let s start with the condo collapse in florida. There have been no additional survivors buried from the rubble since early yesterday morning. They announced this morning that the number of people unaccounted for has risen to 159. It s incredibly moving to be on site with these safety personnel and fire rescue. They re totally motivated to find people. They have to be pulled off of the shift, that s how motivated they are to continue their efforts. This work is being done at extreme risk to these individuals. Debris is falling on them as they do their work. We have structural engineers on site to ensure they will not be injured, but they are proceeding. They are taking extraordinary risk on the scene every day. We are expecting a close eye on that. Pretty soon given the severity of a collapse we could be looking at a ma