own just gone. heartbreaking stories from colorado, where wildfires reduced hundreds of homes to ashes in a matter of hours. and we begin right here in the united states, where the latest covid surge is shattering records. is u.s. is now averaging more than 394,000 new cases a day, the fifth day in a row a new high was set. now, most states, the ones you see there in dark red, have seen daily case counts rise by 50% or more in the last week. now, so far, thankfully, hospitalizations and deaths are lower than the peaks we saw in 2021, but unfortunately that doesn t mean the danger is over here. the cdc estimates more than 44,000 people could die from covid-19 in the next four weeks. meantime, millions of children are headed back to the classroom on monday. it comes as a record number of children are at this hour hospitalized with covid-19. and some school districts are announcing at least a partial transition to online learning. and that s the approach several school distr
shouldn t have triggered an fbi search. let s go the evan perez this morning. good morning, erica. the trump team largely ignores a lot of the allegations that the justice department made in its bombshell filing a couple nights ago. they are saying it should not have been a surprise that there were classified documents found at mar-a-lago. they were considered personal and presidential records. i will read you part of what they say in the court fueliling. that the records contain sensitive information should never have been cause for alarm. they re saying that the justice department cannot be trusted to just look through the documents and sort out what may be presidential privilege, executive privilege, or at attorney/client privilege. they want to appoint a special master to look at the documents and set aside the things that may be considered privileged. so, we expect that this judge is going to take a look at this filing and really maybe ask some questions about what the
banning sales of new gas powered cars by 2035. how that will work ahead. we begin this morning with our top story. at any moment a redacted version of the affidavit used to justify the fbi s august 8th search at former president trump s florida home will be unsealed to the american public. the new york times summarized the ruling as a significant legal mile post in an investigation that has swiftly emerged as a major threat to mr. trump, whose lawyers offered a confused and at times stumbling response. the judge s order to release the document comes after the doj submitted its proposed redactions in an effort to protect the safety and privacy of witnesses in the on going investigation. the doj has noon 9:00 eastern, noon pacific to unseal it. the fbi seized 11 sets of classified documents, some labeled top secret. trump said he s as innocent as a person can be and slammed it as politically motivated. joining us is ken, phil rutter, deputy national editor and msnbc politic
Summer travel is expected to remain at record high levels in 2024, continuing the upsurge since pandemic-era restrictions were lifted. International travelers should expect busy.