jasmine wright is live for us in washington. what message can we expect to hear from president biden today? reporter: president biden is pushing full steam ahead on domestic issues. and it is something that he previewed last week in that speech after the withdrawal from afghanistan where sources told cnn that it amounted to a prift to his domestic agenda, issues that affect us here at home. you re right the devastating toll that hurricane ida took on the northeast as well as the gulf coast provides an opportunity for the president to refocus attention on his infrastructure plan, on his $3.5 trillion spending plan, something that he will make the case today that it is necessary for congress to pass in its entirety because it contains components of climate change. things that will lessen the impact of these extreme weather events. for the last few days since the devastating toll on the gulf coast and northeast, his administration has been leaning into the idea of climate chan
welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, it is wednesday, july 21st. and america is on alert this morning. the cdc is warning unvaccinated americans are in graver danger with the delta variant dominating the spread. you can just look at the map here. coronavirus cases rising in nearly every state. the average number of new daily cases rising sharply, now above 37,000. total hospitalizations surging to more than 25,000. here is the sobering by-product of covid, life expectancy in the united states fell by a stunning year and a half in 2020. breakthrough cases are also causing a lot of concern especially in communities with employee vaccination rates. there is rising anxiety when it comes to kids heading back to school this fall. the cdc director pushing back at those who suggest the pandemic doesn t impact kids. i think we fall into this flawed thinking of saying that only 400 of these 600,000 deaths from covid-19 have been in children. child
miles over 4 of those states. homes have been completely leveled. cars have been strewn about in this shocking new drone video from bowling green, kentucky. the state s governor, andy beshear, saying it was the most devastating tornado event in the state s history and most likely the deadliest as well. the city of mayfield, kentucky, seemed to take one of the hardest hits. this harrowing video is of what was a candle factory in the city. but the roof collapsed from the storm, resulting in mass casualties there. the number, still unknown. beshear got emotional talking about what he had seen there earlier today. i just came from there. we re going to lose a lot of lives in that facility. and i pray that there will be another rescue. i pray there will be another one or two, but it s a very dire situation at this point. in illinois, multiple injuries and at least two deaths have been reported after a 100-foot wall partially collapsed in an amazon facility in edwardsville. aut
state of kentucky. the state may be the worst hit by the series of storms with at least 70 people feared dead. that number, though, could rise. here s how the governor of kentucky put it earlier today. this has been the most devastating tornado event in our state s history. and for those that have seen it, what it s done here in grace county and elsewhere, it is indescribable. the level of devastation is unlike anything i have ever seen. and then in illinois, because it s not just kentucky, we re awaiting an update from governor j.b. pritzker on the amazon facility in edwardsville after a tornado there collapsed a 100-foot section of wall, killing at least two people and injuring others. damage and devastation being seen across arkansas, missouri, tennessee, with multiple deaths being reported there and we aren t in the clear just yet, by the way. the severe weather risk is now significantly lower but for 12 million americans in the southeast region, there is still risk f
become available for children in the coming weeks. the question is can the country finally get some control over covid? and a mysterious fireball seen in the skies over michigan. the question is was it a comet, space junk, or perhaps a ufo? it s way too early for this. good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that hopes the flying object was william shatner going for an encore. i m jonathan lemire on this friday, october 22nd. we ll start with the news. the house has voted to hold steve bannon in contempt of congress for ignoring a subpoena from the house select committee that s been investigating the january 6 attack at the capitol. the final tally, 229-202. that means nine republicans broke with their party to support the resolution. seven of those nine previously voted to impeach president trump following the insurrection. one of the republicans who voted in favor of the resolution was congresswoman nancy mace of south carolina. she spoke to report