Russia is actively working to meddle in the 2022 elections. The new tactics despite the warning a few weeks ago. And pushed to the limit. Nurses are so overwhelmed by what theyre seeing in hospitals some are walking off the job just to protect their Mental Health. One nurse is with us live. Talking about why he decided it was time to step away. Take a nice deep breath. You made it to the weekend. Saturday, august 14th. Thank you so much for waking up with us. Hey, boris. Good morning, christi. Always great to be with you. We do start with some somber news, though. The united states now leading the world with the highest rate of new covid cases. Just in the month of august alone, the country reported more than 1. 5 million new cases of covid19. And were seeing more severe cases of covid19 in this latest wave. We have to point out its predominantly in the south. Eight states, you see them there, now account for more than half of the Covid Hospitalizations nationwide. States such as alaba
Point we dont know the exact death toll. This video just into cnn shows some of the damage on the island there, buildings collapsed into rubble, streets covered in debris. The Prime Minister is headed to some of the hardesthit areas now. This could be a massive test for the new leader that took office after the shocking assassination of the president last month. Joining us, patrick ottman, an and allison chinchar. What are you hearing about the impact of the outbreak . Reporter as each hour passes by, we see new harrowing images, new accounts of dead pulled from rubble, seeing images of people being treated in the open air because theres still aftershocks and many buildings collapsed in the earthquake. The Prime Minister said not only is he going to be traveling to the effected zone, the hardesthit areas of the Peninsula Southwest of portauprince, he is calling on the government to put all of the haitian government resources into treating the wounded and recovering the dead. Haiti is g
Well, first and foremost, the practice has to come to an end. All of our students should be able to be included in all of the classrooms. And there shouldnt be a designated black class period. The second thing is, its concerning to me that in addition to this, weve had other issues with the local administration at the school that are concerning. Because we raised these concerns, it was an onslaught of retaliation from on my family. And i feel as if there was, from the local school, there was no from the principal specifically, there was no remorse. This was something that she wanted to do, her personal vendetta. And unfortunately thats not what aps is paying her to do. There are rules and there are policies and procedures that she is to follow. And unfortunately that was not done and i think that because the administrative team, the assistant principal, the Math Coach and the lit coach were all aware of this practice and it was confirmed by the a. P. As well as top seniorlevel official
The rule which means 51 votes 50 democrats are Kamala Harris as the Vice President breaking the tie, is the only way it can pass the senate. Manchin says he has serious concerns about the way forward. He says given the state of the economic recovery, its simply irresponsible to continue spending at levels more sulted to respond to a great depression or great recession, not an economy that is on the verge of overheating. This 3. 5 trillion plan is part of the larger, more than 4 Trillion worth of Joe Bidens agenda. The other piece, that 1. 2 trillion bipartisan Infrastructure Plan that passed the senate with 69 votes yet. That still is awaiting action in the house. Nancy pelosi has made clear she will not move on that bipartisan plan until the senate moves the larger democratic plan. You can see the challenge the democrats have both from the progressives, pushing the larger plan, moderates like Joe Manchin raising concerns about the price tag. Its a complicated dance that she has to per
School districts said theyll insist on masks despite bans on State Mask mandates. The u. S. Education secretary actually says going rogue here is a good thing. I think its more dangerous for students to be home and have interrupted learning because of the decisions that were making. Were clearly at a fork in the road in this country. Well either help students be in school and in persOn And keep them safe or the decisions with E Make will hurt students. Of course theyre not vaccinated. The best safety for them spreading the virus is wearing a mask. Months of Remote Learning took effect on nearly all students. Take at an analysis found across 33 states, 10,000 local public schools lost at least 20 of their kindergartens. Meaning theyre not coming back to go to class. Average daily covid cases are back up above 100,000 for the first time our early february. The situation especially dire in florida where hospitals are filling up. Its so high in florida that i think that if florida were ano