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let s start here in the uk, where the government has added more details on how it will deliver on a huge £650 billion infrastructure plan which it hopes will boost the economy over the next decade. the government says its new bill will support 425,000 jobs a year over the next four years. chancellor rishi sunak added the investment will offer hope as the economy emerges from the pandemic . downing street believes the £650 billion which will be made up of private and public investment will boost infrastructure projects across the country over the next 10 years, creating new opportunities for thousands of apprentices, technicians, graduates and skilled workers. the news comes as the tuc kicks off its annual congress with a warning the uk must prepare for more economic shocks. i ll be talking to the tuc s chief economist in a moment. but firstjustin urquhart stewart, founder of regionally investment platform joins me now. good to see you this morning. if we first of all t ....
reporting one of those seriously now. we do know that they have medical capability at that airport, because our military does not travel without it. the next question might be do they need to air flight anybody out? how will this look on folding? we had another guest on last hour who knew 13 afghans who were hurt after the bombing. all of this coming hours after a dire warning from the state department to leave the area near the airport. listen to the horrific account from one witness. i am an afghan translator for the united states marine corps, i was ordered to get to the airport and get on the plane and get out of here, there was an explosion that happened inside the crowd, a lot of people got hurt and i had a baby girl that was five years old, she died right in my hands. spin on jennifer griffin s life at the pentagon with the latest details. the last time we saw you you were updating us on the status of continued evacuations despite americans being told now not t ....
them to safety. i think it s what we owe them after the work they have done for us. we do. it s an important interview, ali. it is the kind of commitment that no one would have doubted one america first invaded afghanistan, and to think we could, 20 years later, be wondering what s the obligation is or trying to calculate what the obligation is it such a strange situation. yeah. it is a little weird, it takes your breath away. lawrence, you have a great show tonight. thank you, my friend. thank you, ali. appreciate it. we will be joined later in the hour by the chair of the new york state democratic party, jay jacobs. he is now saying that the democratic governor of new york should resign. this is an unprecedented situation in new york and we will get to it later. we will begin tonight with the delta variant of covid-19 which is bad enough and now there is a new variant called delta plus and there will be new variants after that until, and unless the vaccine gets ....
we re not out of the woods yet. with the delta variant on the rise, that sobering warning from the cdc director in a call for unity as the nation reaches another crossroad in the pandemic. the question is, will americans listen. plus, on the eve of today owes s opening ceremony, new cases of coronavirus hit a high. the question is, will the games go on? and, democrats consider adding a second anti-trump republican to the committee task ed with the committee on the insurrection. it s way, way too early for this. good morning. it s way too early. we ll be covering 16 days of the olympics. i even jonathan lemire. there s a lot going on. we ll start with the news. there s an elevated concern about the spread of the delta variant among the unvaccinated across the u.s. after months of progress. with a spike in new infections and hospitalizations, major hospitals are preparing for an influx of patients, if they don t already have them. nbc news national correspond ....
half the state is under a boil water advisory. all morning we ve seen thousands of people waiting in long lines, trying to get their hands on bottled water. several democratic congresswomen are surveying the damage left by the winter storm which knocked out power to millions of texans. when disaster strikes, this is not just an issue for texans. this is an issue for our entire country. and our whole country needs to come and rally together behind the needs of texans all across the state. the storms have also created a backlog of coronavirus vaccines. the white house saying 6 million doses have been unable to be distributed because of the weather. let s focus on the critical situation happening in texas. cnn s ow omar jimenez takes a l at how people there are handling what has been a brutal week. reporter: so you never even used your fireplace before this? oh, no. reporter: jen studebaker in austin, texas were burning chairs and pieces of bookshelves, scaveng ....