to victimize twice essentially? yeah, because that s a crime so what we re going to do is get rid of the rapists and then it doesn t matter. and they applaud. man, nobody thought of that. how smart of him. get rid of the rapists. under that bill, people can roll their eyes. i m telling you the way that bill is drafted right now if you rape someone, you are not removed from the pool of eligibility to sue someone else for helping the person you raped get an abortion. an abortion. yeah. so that s the reason why i pointed that out. you re right on in your what you re saying about this. it s just like nobody has ever thought that, you know, rapests should be a crime and that their on the street and his idea of what an actual rapist is, there are some people on the street and raping people. a lot of it happens within families and with people you know. incest. so on and so forth. and so when you can t so you most times you can t even detect it. when it happens that way a
tapper. we start today with our national lead. at any moment president biden is expected to speak after touring storm damage in new york and new jersey. the remnants of hurricane ida killed at least 50 people in the northeast. you see him here earlier today in new jersey. this afternoon president biden pointing to the recent string of extreme weather as a sign that climate change is already here. and also using that opportunity to pitch his massive infrastructure plan as necessary to combat climate change. but as cnn s jeff zeleny reports, a battle is raging inside his own party on how to get it done. reporter: president biden offering hugs and compassion, surveying storm damage today. thank god you re safe. reporter: a week after hurricane ida s deadly wrath struck new jersey and new york. a first-hand look at neighborhoods devastated by floodwaters where residents are still sorting through what s left of their ravaged homes. the losses that we witnessed today are pr
gut wrenching. we re following another crisis on this tuesday morning, the pandemic. labor day s impact has yet to be seen, but so far daily covid-19 inof coursetions, nearly four times worst than this time last year. there s a new variant of interest popping up in nearly every state. kids heading back to school, and this pandemic inflexion point, ahead. also the fight for voting rights. in about an hour the governor of texas, governor abbott, will sign one bill into law. and nbc s alison barber is in manville, new jersey, and that s one of the stops on the president s trip, and rehema ellis is where the president will also be visiting. more than a dozen people killed in new york city alone, and officials there say it should be a wake-up call about future storms. what are they hoping to show president biden today during this visit? reporter: they want to show him what is happening on this street, craig, and so many others throughout the community. while the sun is shi
potential bellwethers, progressives took a loss while former president trump scored a win. the question is, what does it say about each party? and new york city becomes the first major city in the united states to mandate vaccination proof for restaurants, entertainment and gyms, the question is, will we see other cities follow suit? it s way too early for this. good morning. and welcome to way too early. the show that can t believe it s only wednesday. i m jonathan lemire on this august 4th. weapon begin with the bombshell finding released by letitia james concerning governor cuomo. a 165 page report alleges that governor cuomo harassed women in his state and federal office. and cuomo is denying allegations that quote he will not be distracted by his job. the calling for his resignation are adding up. rehema ellis has the latest. reporter: letitia james calling the blistering result dangerous. that andrew cuomo sexually harassed multiple women and broke the law.
college. this is not what i was taught at home, et cetera, et cetera. it s unclear precisely what cosby is referring to there. however, if he is suggesting the court freed him because he did not know what he was convicted of doing, that s not the case. the ruling hinged on due process and a promise that the local d.a. made, at the time, bruce castor. bruce castor says he made that promise. the kind of criminal immunity for cosby, in exchange for him testifying in a civil case. cosby did testify in that civil case. and years later, a different prosecutor brought charges and used that testimony against him. the court said this violated his constitutional protection against self-incrimination. which, of course, came as a tremendous blow to andrea constand and more than 50 other women alleging abuse dating back to the 1970s. in a moment, we will be joined by one of those accusers. first, cnn s jason carroll is near the cosby home just outside philadelphia. jason, what s the sce