Good day everyone. Welcome to Alex Witt reports. We begin with President Bidens Big Week ahead. A short time ago he was seen on a Bike Ride in Rehoboth Beach before he takes on another Brewing Crisis a fallout with french President Macron which is angered by a secret deal to sell submarines to australia. He ignored some questions there. But this week he will also deliver an address to the u. S. General assembly, host a Vaccine Summit and then friday will be hosting the quad leaders summit. And then on capitol hill, the battle over reconciliation is heating up among democrats are Senator Manchin renewing debate over whether the 3. 5 trillion Price Tag is too high. Here is Bernie Sanders response. Were taking on the pharmaceutical industry, were spending millions and millions of dollars trying to make sure that they could charge us ten times more than the people of other countries for drugs. Were taking on the Health Care industry. Does not want to expand medicare. Were taking on the fos
About 700 people. Images from that January 6th riot will be burned in the minds of americans for years to come, thats why we see these massive preparations for whatever is going to happen today. On the political side republican congressional candidates are scheduled to appear, sitting Members Of Congress who made an effort to brush aside January 6th havent said much about todays rally. We havent heard if any plan to attend. Live to Capitol Hill, Ellison Barber is at the capitol, julie is inside. Ellison, you were there for January 6th, i was following your reporting as things were getting scary. From your Vantage Point you didnt know everything that was happening. How are things looking there with less than five hours to go . Reporter it is quiet. It is fencing, fencing, fences, as far as the eye can see. There were bicycle racks January 6th. The heavyduty came after the insurrection took place. Closer to the capitol an area to the left that was breached by insurrectionists on January
We will have the latest on the Cities Effort to curb the from nbc News World Headquarters in new york, im joshua johnston. Welcome to the week. We begin tonight with evacuations from afghanistan. By all accounts, it is chaotic outside the airport In Kabul. Thousands of people are desperate to flee the country, as the taliban consolidate power. The British Military said today that seven people were killed in a stampede of people who were trying to get into the airport. The biden administration has come under fire for how it has handled these evacuations. The situation could be hurting the president s performance with voters too. A new Nbc Poll out today shows the president s Approval Rating has dipped low 50 for the first time in his presidency. Today, he acknowledged the realities on the ground, but defended his administrations handling of the situation. Let me be clear, evacuation of thousands of people from kabul is going to be hard and painful No Matter when it started, when we bega
The latest on the situation there. Todays remarks are expected to focus almost solely on Evacuation Efforts of americans and afghans. The remarks come as we just learned another troubling development. Not a single flight has left the Kabul Airport in eight hours. Let me repeat, no flights have left in eight hours. We know qatar said no to more Plane Loads of afghan. The u. S. Has evacuated about 3,000 people from kabul yesterday. Another 9,000 in total evacuated since kabul started to fall last weekend. Keep in mind the pentagon said earlier this week it hoped to quickly ramp things up to a point where they could evacuate as many as 9,000 people per day. So were basically doing what we hoped would be one days worth of work in one week. Complete being pressed repeatedly yesterday, officials have not been able to say how many americans are left. Its not just about getting people out of the airports, its about getting people into the airport. The situation outside of the Kabul Airport is
Photo of President Biden receiving a briefing at Camp David. Our extensive coverage tonight. Ian pannell is in afghanistan. Rachel scott and Martha Raddatz standing by. Also breaking tonight, the Death Toll rising from the catastrophic earthquake in haiti. Hundreds more dead. Thousands of others injured and many still missing at this hour. The powerful magnitude 7. 2 earthquake stronger than the quake that devastated the country back in 2010. The Acting Prime Minister declaring a State Of Emergency. Homes and buildings reduced to rubble. Some residents staying in makeshift shelters. The u. S. Joining the recovery effort. Matt gutman is in haiti tonight. Were also tracking grace. Rapidly approaching haiti threatening to bring Flooding Rains and triggering dangerous landslides. The storm is part of the twin tropical threats now facing the u. S. Tropical storm warnings posted in florida at this hour. Rob marciano timing it all out. And the deadly Summer Covid Surge pushing hospitals to th