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of pop culture nostalgia this week to give us all the feels. so, get comfy in your thinking chair and grab your handy dandy notebook. we will tell you all about it. from nbc news world headquarters in new york, i m joshua johnson. welcome to the week. 20 years ago, at this hour, millions of americans turned on our tv screens and watched president george w. bush address the nation. today, our fellow citizens, our way of life, our very freedom came under attack in a series of deliberate and deadly terrorist acts. none of us will ever forget this day. yet, we go forward to defend freedom and all that is good and just in our world. it has been a day of somber ceremonies across the country. many of us remember 20 years ago not being able to stop watching the coverage. maybe, you felt that way today. for some of us who lost friends, family, and neighbors, they never really looked away. everyone s got their own story from 9/11 and some of you shared your stories with us on t
so cavalier with the health of their communities. this is we re playing for real here. this isn t a game. and more than a third of adults in the u.s. are still not fully vaccinated. and it s the unvaccinated, in large part, who are overwhelming hospitals in some states. the country is now averaging more than 1,500 covid deaths each day. that s up 9 % from last week. cnn s nick watt has more. for elected officials actively working to undermine the fight against covid-19. reporter: so said the president announcing sweeping vaccine mandates with a testing opt-out for millions of american workers and cue some of those elected officials he s talking about. texas is already working to hard this power grab, governor of texas. this unconstitutional move is terrifying, governor of mississippi. we will fight them to the gates of hell, governor of south carolina. the majority of american workers support vaccine mandates in their workplace and here in los angeles. the item pass
it is a question, i think, of looking at the laws and the individual states and finding the right lawyers and attempts. but these laws that are being passed and the efforts to weaponize poll watchers in the polling place are all part of thinking, i think wrongly that intimidation of election officials is going to help republicans. i think what my fellow republicans are not recognizing is what goes around can come around and that this weaponization in election laws can be turned on them. this is not going to be a one-way street. and that overall is bad for the democracy. yeah. it s not what any party should be about. no. right. we re seeing that as you two join together. ben, thank you so much. bob, really appreciate it. it s a pleasure. thank you. new day continues right now. welcome to our viewers not united states and all around the world. i m john berman with brianna keilar on this new day. we do have breaking news. a covid decision that will immediately
who s died at the age of 80. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe for all the urging and cajoling from fellow world leaders, it seems the president is not for turning. joe biden has made clear that he intends to stick to next tuesday s deadline for the us to complete its evacuation mission in afghanistan. in a televised address from the white house, he said the longer american troops remained at kabul airport, the greater the risk of an attack by a terror group known as isis k. the taliban has also made it clear that it s not prepared to give foreign forces any more time on afghan soil. here s what mr biden had to say. here s president biden. we are currently on a pace to finish by august the 31st. the sooner we can finish, the better. each day of operations brings added risk to our troops, but the completion by august 31 depends upon the taliban continuing to cooperate and allow access to the airport to those who are transported out and no disruption