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of tomorrow s 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks. the nation getting ready to mark this difficult milestone with tributes at the three sites where nearly 3,000 americans lost their lives. terrorists using planes as missiles, crashing into the twin towers at the world trade center in new york and here at the pentagon. their mission thwarted by passengers in a fourth plane who fought back, crashing down into a remote field in shanksville, pennsylvania, instead of the intended target, the capitol hill. in shanksville lanterns will be lit and placeed alongside the wall of names commemorating the 40 passengers and crew members. president bide listen visit all three memorial sites tomorrow. we re also expecting to hear from him in a few moments where he s expected to talk about how his administration is keeping students safe in the classroom during the pandemic. we re going to bring that to you live. this hour will be a busy one for us here. we ll look ahead at the l ....
desantis and abbott. and this one from axios, biden declared war on the unvaccinated. and this is the nation s that are not vaccinated and the center of this so-called war is the president s requirement that those unvaccinated and working for the federal government be vaccinated. and it is praise from the union, but the governor s news is apoplectic. tate reeves says this is terrifying. we believe in freedom from tyrants. and south carolina governor henry mcmaster said we will fight them to the gates of hell to protect the liberty and livelihood of every south carolinian, and that is another quote from seven years ago. and when that is finished, they should know, we will follow them to the gates of hell until they are brought to justice. because hell is where they will reside. that was then vice president biden in 2014. and in that case, he was talking about isis. that same kind of language is being used about him from some fellow americans. the president was asked ....
covid cases and hospitalizations are at levels we have not seen since early february. before the majority of the country even had access to the vaccine. they ve also leveled out and are basically flat in the last two weeks. deaths, however, jumped more than 30%. nearly all of them among the unvaccinated. going to say it one more time. nearly all the deaths recorded are unvaccinated americans. let s break it down, bring in mike memoli at the white house. cal perry, eugene daniels, and dr. paul offett. he is on the fda vaccine advisory committee. he knows what he is talking about. mr. memoli. let s be honest, the six points, all of us would say sure, let s do that. how is it going to happen? reporter: that s right, steph. we re going to get more specifics through the day. this is clearly a major moment for the white house after a period of months they moved from july 4th celebration of independence from the virus to seeing just in the past week in fact one of the highes ....
at the white house and on capitol hill, folks are trying to navigate crises all of them coming to head in the next few days and weeks. there s covid, where president biden is planning to lay out a new plan tomorrow to get through the delta variant. there s afghanistan, where the secretary of state is preparing for a grilling on capitol hill in multiple hearings. there s the threat of a government shutdown at month s end unless congress acts and the potential for a debt default just a few weeks after that. all as democrats continue to spar over the size, scope, timing and political strategy surrounding the president s overall agenda and what s referred to as that massive reconciliation package which has been tied to biden trillion dollar bipartisan infrastructure bill. the latest drama comes after joe manchin reiterated he will not support a $3.5 trillion deal. nowhere close to it. he s reportedly signaling he might only back a bill that s less than half that size or hal ....
the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan is now entering it s final hours as the last evacuations. as many as five rockets were fired at the airport. we ll go live to the latest from the region and the pentagon coming up. we come there one of the most powerful hurricanes to ever hit the united states. hurricane ida barrelled into louisiana near category 5 strength. wind gusts were reported north up to 170 miles per hour making it one of the strongest storms to ever hit the united states. my colleague is in the scepter of the storm. rescue efforts are under way right now. one person is confirmed dead, and officials expect that number could go up. more than a million people are without power right now including the entire city of new orleans. some officials are warning that power in some areas could be out for weeks. emergency services are down as well. and the disaster is putting even more strain on a hospital system already pushed to it s limits by a surge of covid patients ....