struggling to survive the delta surge. vaccination rates lag in the deep south. speak with a health officer in alabama where hospitals are literally turning patients away. welcome to meet the press daily. i am chuck todd. if it is tuesday, someone is voting somewhere. today that somewhere is a big one. it is california. gavin newsom faces a recall election that s got 22 mail in ballots and hundreds of millions in the making. governor newsom is expected to survive, perhaps not by a wide margin. that s not the only story in the race, it is the sadly predictable republican efforts in the final hours to create a mythology of doubt on the legitimacy of the vote before they ve been counted. there s zero evidence of any election impropriety in this race, yet larry elder, leading republican candidate if newsom is recalled the democrats were going to cheat, he had no proof, his campaign is claiming they have proof that the racist results are fraudulent. it is impossible, there are no
running out of beds, and some emergency services are stretched far too thin. today for 26 minutes we had not one ems unit available in the entire city. and breaking for fred. the tropical system barreling toward florida at this hour with the potential to unleash a nasty spell of rain and wind starting today. the latest on the storm s track. good saturday morning, everybody. i m lindsey reiser live at msnbc headquarters in new york. we re following fast-moving developments in afghanistan. the u.s. military is frantically rushing to evacuate the u.s. embassy in kabul. an advanced team of marines already on the ground arriving overnight, some 3,000 american forces arriving by tomorrow. it s a dangerous mission, ferrying american civilians and american allies to the airport, trying to get them out of the country. the military says if the u.s. comes under attack, they ll respond with force. the taliban has quickly retaken control of nearly every major city with the capital n
don lemon tonight, right now. i owe you 40 seconds. but the 40 seconds that the audience got, um, with that kid is a gift, brother. it s so rare that somebody can reinforce the blessing and curse of this life, and the fragility of our humanity, at the same time, you know? yeah. well, listen. i i did not know her story. i m not a it s agt, right? america s got i m not an america s got talent watcher. but, to that end, i m sure a lot of our viewers aren t but you introduced her to them. and you, also, introduced the what s happening in this country right now. and then, the fragility of life. just how fragile life is. and how we have to live our lives but we, also, must do what is right in order to continue to live our lives, in the right way. which is relatable, as it comes to this pandemic. and the and the delta variant. and getting a vaccine. i think it s all related. live your best life and the best way to do that is to follow the science. i mean, the idea
mandating vaccines for children that we are on the verge of east german style show me your papers. here s what i mean. covid has been unmavericked. i m not talking about disease. the pandemic is basically over. the fight to control over you lord over you has just begun and the reason we are going to have that fight well, that is what has been unmasked. we have to understand why this fight why this fight is going to happen. left is going to begin the push for vaccine mandates and vaccine passports. let s start with this yesterday my home state of texas, it reached an incredible milestone. for the first time in 14 months, not a single texan died of coronavirus. not one. how did that happen? we were told scenes like this, that s from the home of the texas rangers, we were told a full capacity stadium was reckless and dangerous. members of the media and political elite they predicted doomsday scenarios after governor greg abbott lifted his state s mask mandate by the way that has
making. it s time to end america s longest war, it s time for american troops to come home. afghanistan veteran turned congressman on the president s decision to end the longest war. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. today was wrenching in minneapolis area where the trial of former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin continued as lawyers put forward defense for killing of george floyd while in the streets people are out mourning, angry, protesting, chanting, traumatized about the police shooting and killing of daunte wright just a few miles away. all this happening as we approach the one-year anniversary of george floyd s death. inescapable context is not just floyd s death. aftermath of the death and protests and police response to the protests, and also what happened on january 6th at u.s. capitol. it s hard not to see fundamental contradictions in how the state wields force against citizens in terms of who has authority, who d