Good tuesday morning. Im erica hill. The united states passing another covid milestone. 40 Million cases in the united states and there is currently no sign of that number slowing down. And just to put it in perspective, more than 4 Million of those cases were reported in just the last four weeks. The Sevenday Average of new coronavirus cases, 300 higher than it was at this same time Labor Day. After last year. Tomorrow President Biden we are learning is set to deliver a major speech in the next phase of the pandemic recovery. According to sources, Hell Layout key steps on what the White House and the federal government can take, key steps that can be taken next in the fight against the virus. The speech will also contain multiple components related to schools, private companies and federal employees. Lets get straight to the White House, Cnn Correspondent Phil Mattingly is standing by. Phil, the president set to tour damage in the northeast. What more do we know, though, about this ma
So lets begin with Cnn Chief white House Correspondent kaitlan collins. Of everything ive laid out, which is President Bidens top priority . Reporter i think coronavirus is probably top of mind for the White House right now. We know President Biden is going to give a major speech on that this week. Also, alisyn, as you noted he has several things on his plate when he comes back to Washington Tonight following this holiday weekend. And tomorrow you will see the president Go To New York and new jersey. Both the states he has declared states of Emergency And Disaster declarations under way there right now in an effort to help with what weve been seeing on the ground. And a lot of this he is going to tie to what he did in louisiana touring the damage there which is, of course, Climate Change. And his domestic agenda, something that we know will be at the forefront when lawmakers are back here in washington. But, alisyn, its not just that. He is still dealing with afghanistan, even though t
Benefit in their state. Plus, after his visit to the Storm Zone and louisiana, President Biden is now turning his attention to weather weary New Jersey and New York where the cleanup is starting after Record Rainfall flooded out several communities. Look at the images. 51 people in the northeast were killed in all. In louisiana, you have Hundreds Of Thousands of people that do not have power, who do not have water to drink, just a week after Ida Made Landfall. It is not just me, it is all my neighbors. I love these people. These people are my family and theyre all suffering. Theyre all suffering. I am Hallie JackSon with you this morning in washington along with our News Team on this Labor Day monday. Emily is following unemployment developments. Shannon petty piece is at the White House, Gabe Gutierrez, and Josh JefferSon in louisiana. You have a lot of people waking up feeling anxious, nervous about losing unemployment benefits. Reporter i heard time and time again from people that t
And then today on cnn, the white House Chief of staff tried to clarify. Did he get ahead of the science by setting the specific date for boosters before the data was . I think what we said was we would be ready as of the 20th. That was the projection from the senior Science Team as to when the fda would clear the boosters. I want to be clear. No one is going to get boosters until the fda says theyre approved until the Cdc Advisory Committee makes a recommendation. All this as the virus spreads rapidly. Virtually all americans live in areas with high levels of community transmission. Florida is seeing its deadliest days of this pandemic. The average number of daily deaths reported in florida has broken records for three straight weeks in a row. Across the Country Hospitalizations nearly tripled in july. Then doubled in august. And now concerns are growing about the new, new Coronavirus Variant Beginning to circulate. Lets begin with that confusion over the Booster Shots. Cnn is in wilmi
Womens rights are should down by the taliban Firing Weapons in the air shortly after this video was taken. We have Fox Team Coverage with Ryan In London and david, lets start with you. Hi, anita, hi, griff. President biden is telling americans over in afghanistan, do not worry the united states is with you. If you eventually want to leave that country, we will be here to help you get out of that country. The president , as you just mentioned, is in wilmington, delaware at his home for the weekend spending a long weekend. He landed in philadelphia Last Night after touring Hurricane Damage on the Louisiana Coast for most of the day, then choppered down here to wilmington, delaware where hell spend time with family. He managed to escape the white House And Washington d. C. But the criticism of his decision not to bring home all americans continues to follow this president. He broke his promise to americans and hes continuing to break it because there are american citizens who are trying t