Its 5 00 a. M. In New York. Thank you so much for Getting an Early Start with us. Im cHristine roman. We. Im laura jarrett. We begin with the White House running into roadblocks from all directions as it enters a critical period to set an economic agenda for The End of the year and the 2022 midterms. Democrats in congress are trying to push ahead with a sweeping Multitrillion Dollar 10year Spending Plan to expand the social Safety Net that includes child care, tackling the crime crisis. The goal to submit detailed bills by The End of the week. Democrats from the opposite end of the spectrum are drawing hardlines. He would not have my vote on 3. 5. B chuck knows that. We talked about this. We put out 5. 4 trillion. All the help we put there and will run until next year 2022. What the urgency . Its absolutely not acceptable to me and i dont think its acceptable for the president , for the american people, or the overwhelming majority of the people in the democratic caucus. So thats in th
Forward on afghanistans new government. There are Satellite Images of 6 planes on the ground in Northern Afghanistan. Yesterday a top republican and the house foreign Affairs Committee Mike Mccall warned that the taliban is keeping americans hostage in preventing them from leaving the airport as shown in meas pictures. We have a busy afternoon ahead. We kick it off with trey in qatar. The Defense Secretary is here to meet with officials. The biden administration will have to work closely with these people and lean on them to use diplomatic chance with the taliban. He will visit Kuwait And Saudi arabia in the gulf. In a statement over the weekend the Pentagon Press Secretary said Secretary Austin will meet with partners and thank them for their cooperation with the United States as we evacuate americans and afghans from afghanistan . There are at least 100 americans in afghanistan. While evacuations can pick up the u. S. Military wont be directly involved. The u. S. Secretary of state i
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Fire burned multiple towns to the ground in 2018 and you felt like that was the worst that it could get . Dixie has already burned 1,400 square miles of land. Dixie has destroyed nearly 600 homes. Its only about half contained at the moment. It is the second largest fire in california history. The Caldor Fire just outside of Lake Tahoe has destroyed even more homes. At least 622 homes and counting. It is raging right now toward even more populated areas. Only about 25 of the Caldor Fire is contained. Both of those fires have multiple Evacuation Orders and warnings in place. But the Fire Season is just unrelenting and merciless. Firefighters working in basically inhuman conditions now for weeks on end fighting unprecedented fire after unprecedented fire. Just a huge devotion of resources, human and otherwise, and so far no end in sight. In the northeast we have watched all day as the Death Toll has climbed from the floods that left behind by the trailing ends of Hurricane Ida Last Night