hello i m brianna keilar alongside john berman. good morning to viewers here in the united states and around the world. it s wednesday, july 7th. happening now, tropical storm lerks sa bearing down on the gulf coast of florida, expected to make landfall here in the next few hours. the storm is weakening slightly, but it s still capable of causing a lot of destruction. elsa is packaging damaging winds and life threatening rain. residents urged to stay indoors and off streets until the threat passes. this morning, the coast guard is searching for nine people missing off the coast of key west. 15 others were rescued. right to randi kaye with a sense of how things are going this morning in clear water beach. windy. reporter: certainly. good morning to both of you. it s been windy and rainy throughout the night. we re at the edge of clear water harbor. last night before we went to sleep, there were a couple boats still anchored out there. we ll see what daylight brings. bu
griff, i wish i was there with you. i understand you got a little rain, but nonetheless. griff: it s great to be with you. it was pouring a few hours ago at arlington national cemetery. we were there with ryan s sister. and it s special to be here on a weekend that brings us together as a country and that s our great appreciation for those who fought and died for our freedom. so important to remember that that s what this holiday weekend is all about. can t wait for some of those interviews that you ve been working on, griff. really looking forward to it. but in the meantime we are going to move on to some other news here. president biden unveiling his $6 trillion budget proposals for fiscal year 2022 which would bring the national deficit to record levels. mark meredith is live in wilmington, delaware where the president is spending the holiday weekend. hi, mark. alicia, good afternoon. president biden says his budget proposal is a statement of values. but republicans sa
governor cuomo. george miles is a veteran struggling in a new york nursing home. we re going to talk to his daughter. she says the governor is not helping her father s situation. a story investigation into this. what happened exactly in the days and hours before the capitol hill riot? who knew what and when and what decisions did they make questioned. speaker pelosi called for a 9-11-style commission. lawmakers have some questions for her. first, a closer look today at how the pandemic is impacting the lives of americans in ways that we don t talk about very much. jennifer zelke joins me in moment. she s a tennessee mother of four, a year ago, she became one of the millions of women forced to leave their jobs and go back home. she s a full-time at-home mom. she s a teacher to her family as well. after surpassing men in 2020 in the labor force, women s labor force participation is now at a 33-year low. think about the ramifications for the country from all of that. rnc chair r
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hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the russian ministry of defence says its troops have left the strategic town of lemann, in eastern ukraine. a ministry spokesman was quoted by russian news agencies as saying the withdrawal was carried out because of a threat of encirclement. earlier, the ukrainian military said its troops were inside the town. lyman was a key strategic target used by russia as a major logistics hub and sits in the donetsk region which the government in moscow has just declared to be a part of russia. video footage shared online shows ukrainian soldiers waving their national flag on the outskirts of lyman. we cannot however verify exactly where the flag raising is taking place. alina frolova is a former deputy defence minister of ukraine and is now the deputy chairman of the centre for defence strategy think tank. she told me more about the significance of this development. you know, that yesterday russia declared its so call