children, perhaps close to halloween. next steps, pfizer and its partner, biontech, will apply to the fda in coming days to get their vaccine authorized for use in children. the new york times underscoring the urgent need for a safe and effective vaccine for kids asap writing this, quote, children now account for one in five new cases, when the highly contagious delta variant has sent more children into hospitals and icus in the past few weeks than at any time other time in the pandemic. it s coming at a complicated moment for kids in schools with classrooms all across this country shutting down or having to revert once again to remote learning just days or weeks into the new school year. doctors in alaska, idaho, and montana are facing what the washington post describes as agonizing ethical questions, forced to ration care for some of its sickest patients as hospitals surpass capacity due to covid surges. the state of alabama revealing their grimmest of statistics, that
none of their sting all these years later. [ bell ringing ] 20 years feels like an eternity, yet it still feels like yesterday. until we meet again, my love, rest in peace. [ bell ringing ] gather round the river bend, for death is not the end cause i ll see you in my dreams the most moving and most terrifying, perhaps most meaningful accounts of what happened on 9/11 are of course told by the people who were there, the people who survived. one of those survivors, joe ditmarr, is with me now. joe, thanks so much for being with us. you were on the 105th floor of the south tower world trade center 20 years ago today. unfortunately very few people on floors as high as you were on are with us today. take us back to that moment that the tower was struck. it was the tower beside you that was struck. what did it sound like, what did it feel like? did you realize what had happened? what was going through your mind? that s the incredible part for us, jim. we were i
the chilling messages he s getting just for doing his job. let s go outfront . good evening. i m erin burnett. all hands on deck. capitol police are calling on all officers to be prepared for an upcoming right wing rally on the capitol grounds as cnn obtains an internal memo warning of an alarming uptick on violent rhetoric, the rally that will be september 18th. a rally that is in support specifically of the january 6th insurrectionists and the violent rhetoric includes images used by white supremacist and details that one leader of the extremist proud boys group is encouraging followers to attend the rally. speaker nancy pelosi tonight for one is sounding the alarm and demanding security briefings. we intend to have the integrity of the capitol be in tact. these people are coming back to praise the people who were out to kill. out to kill members of congress. america, of course, watched in horror. we all did together on january 6th as trump supporters stormed the cap
world. wolf blitzer is off today. i m jim acosta, and you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. and let s go straight to cnn white house correspondent arlette saenz. arlette, we just heard from the president a few moments ago. what did he have to say? reporter: president biden spent a little over an hour on the ground in queens, new york, meeting with those people whose homes and personal lives were devastated by hurricane ida. but the president also spoke to the urgency of the threat of climate change saying that the situation in this country and around the world is a code red. president biden issuing a warning on climate change today as he saw firsthand the damage brought by hurricane ida. climate change poses an existential threat to our lives, to our economy, and the threat is here, it s not going to get any better. the question, can it get worse? we can stop it from getting worse. reporter: it was the second time in four days that the president
the final months of 2021. reproductive freedom advocates and women s health care workers are grappling with how to protect women in the wake of the supreme court s audacious refusal to block a law that all but bans abortion in america s second largest state. late on friday, a texas judge granted a restraining order blocking the state s largest anti-abortion group, that would be texas right to life, from using the abortion ban to sue planned parenthood. but as the new york times is reporting, quote, the order s reach is narrow, and it is set to expire on september 17th. that is 11 days from today. it is a very small and a very temporary victory, as abortion rights advocates assess their limited options to fight back against the ban. one of the most effective strategies will no doubt be public opinion. and ads like this one from best-selling author and activist don winslow, are likely a preview of what s to come motivating women and democratic voters to activism. if i m bea