Out front, next. The u. S. Passes a tragic pandemic milestone. 40 Million confirmed covid cases as schools are now seeing a surge in cases among students and staff. And there are growing questions about when Booster Shots will even be available. Also, 800 Nursing Home residents forced to ride out Hurricane Ida in a warehouse. The conditions appalling. Seven people have died, so far. I will talk to the wife of one man who was in that warehouse about how he is doing tonight. And a former marine in full Body Armor charged with killing four people including a threemonthold baby. Why . Hear what he confessed to police. Lets go outfront. Good evening, everyone, so glad you are with me. Im Poppy Harlow in tonight for erin burnett. Welcome to a Special Edition of outfront. Tonight, 40 Million of the united states passing another, grim milestone. The number of confirmed covid cases in the united states since The Start of the pandemic has now topped 40 Million. It is a number that wouldve been u
One Uk Minister describing it as imminent and lethal. In just Minutes President biden will meet with his national Security Team about this rapidly escalating situation. So far the u. S. Has evacuated more than 101,000 people including 13,000 over just the last 24 hours. As for american citizens, the State Department says 1500 are still in the country, including a third who have been in contact with our government. The White House says they are on track to wrap this up by the president s August 31 deadline. And the taliban is speeding things up, keeping crowds away from the airport. Their spokesman telling Nbc News that they will stay out of the way for now. Translator we dont want our countrymen To Go to america. Whatever they have done in the past, we have given them amnesty. We need young educated professionals for our nation. But if they want to leave, it is their choice. Keep in mind an Isis Affiliate still poses an immediate threat to people in and around the airport. And with the
Every single day, like ive always done and always will. Meantime, the biden administration looking for ways to encourage more americans to get vaccinated, including pushing more companies to require employees to get the shot, this as a surge in cases linked to the Delta Variant continues to overwhelm hospitals, particularly in southern states. Were going to talk with a nurse on the Front Lines in arkansas later on in the program. And this Hour President biden meeting with state, local and tribal officials from across the country to talk about what the bipartisan Infrastructure Bill means for their communities hours after he made another pitch for his build back better agenda. All of this as congress begins the work of putting together a 3. 5 trillion bill seeking to turn his plans into reality with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer making this promise. One, we are going to all come together to get something done, and, two, it will have every part of the Biden Plan in big in a big, b
Chicago tribune that he feels Half Vaccinated. Well talk to him and a doctor to answer some questions that him and others have right now. Plus a key hurdle for the infrastructure deal. The Senate Majority Leader is calling a procedural vote. He does not have a fully written bill. Whats his Game Plan here . Also, Climate Crisis after Climate Crisis. Smoke reaching the area in china, and People Inkey West Saw the water become even more clear blue during the pandemic. On the order of governor Ron Desantis and their pollution is coming back despite the local governments best attempts to stop them. More on that in moments. We start with this pandemic. We have Allison Basher joining us. There are serious conversations about reopening the Covid Icu. Leann caldwell is ramping up support. And great to see all of you. Okay, i know you first visited that icu there a year ago. I remember that vividly. As i understand it now pashtts patients are younger and nearly every patient is unvaccinated. I w
Covering the infrastructure debate, and in Mississippi And California covering the dangerous spread of coronavirus. In fact, that is where we will start. Nbcs Allison Barber is outside a hospital in jackson, mississippi, where they are starting to see a rise in children hospitalized with covid. Las vegas an indoor Mask Mandate is back in americas second largest city and i want to bring in Dylan Byers and dr. Patel. Lets start in mississippi, one of the least vaccinated states in our country and now children make up 7 of Icu Covid patients statewide there. What are you hearing from folks on the ground about the crisis . Reporter yeah, the numbers are rising here. Theyre rising quickly. Thats whats giving a lot of Doctors Concern is the rate at which theyre seeing these numbers really start to pick up. We are outside of a childrens hospital. Its part of a larger medical system. One of the largest in this state. They say they have seen hospitalizations pick up across all ages in recent we