Thousands of cats have died. Now, veterinarians are dispensing Human Anti Covid pills to stop the spread. And blast off sir richard branson s Virgin Galactic launches from new mexico with the first mother and daughter to head into space on board. First, the latest in a series of extreme weather events around the world that experts say have been made more likely by Climate Change. Firefighters continue to battle wildfires in hawaii. At least 36 people have been killed. The popular tourist town of lahaina, on the island of maui, has been largely burned to the ground. Us President Joe Biden has declared a major disaster, triggering the release of federal funding for the people in maui county. Us soldiers have joined search and Recovery Efforts. Lets take a listen to what President Biden has had to say in the last few minutes. I want to say a word about the devastating wildfires that have claimed at least 36 lives in maui in hawaii. We havejust approved claimed at least 36 lives in maui in
this week. could it happen politically? maybe. five, six runners. assist with the transportation of illegal migrants to sanctuary jurisdiction ing are ron desantis where biden does not thread. hard for me not to sit up here and feel like a sacrificial lamb. liv golf quality move hypocritical. i was hoping it goes away and i expect that it does. ainsley: we begin with a fox weather alert. wildfire alert. thick toxic smoke blocking out the sun in major cities from new york to chicago and as far as south as louisville. a freating hazardous air from hundreds of wildfires burning across canada. steve: look at that the son looks like a little night-light up there. senior meteorologist janice dean is here to break down what these air quality alerts mean for you and your area. but we start with fox weather correspondent nicole valdez live in new york city. and, nicole, t view across the hudson, it s hazy again on this thursday. and the views of the big apple yester
welsh this is brand new contemporary music. we re going to get into that as well as the politics. also tonight, carole king, the icon is here with us live. we re going to get into her activism, and why she says she has something to talk about on the beat, and we said come on over. it s a lot cooking here on this late august summer vibes. a lot of news, guests and a lot to get to. it ain t summer as far as the president is concerned. president biden going at what we calls the semifascism of certain maga republicans in that party. these are, according to some, the strongest comments yet, as he rebukes maga today just days after making waves in what was a parentally a very clear deliberate effort to address authoritarianism in america. so let me say this to my maga republican friends in congress don t tell me you support law enforcement if you won t condemn what happened on the 6th. for god s sake, whose side are you on? you can t be pro law enforcement and pro insurrect
maybe pandas will return to the national zoo at some point. tom, thanks. that s going to do it for us. katy tur reports starts right now. good to be with you, i m katy tur. it might have been a rocky week for president biden in the polls, but democrats are doing just fine at the ballot box. so what gives? in virginia, republican governor glenn youngkin failed to get gop control of the state house. democrats there held on to the senate chamber and regained the house. how much of it had to do with youngkin s bet on a quote, reasonable 15-week abortion ban. in deep red kentucky, democratic governor andy beshear was able to win a second term, beating out his trump-backed rival, daniel cameron. was it abortion that helped keep beshear in office or was it trump who helped keep cameron out? in reddening ohio, it is clear voters roundly rejected republican efforts to restrict abortion, voting to enshrine the right into the state s constitution. all of it great news for democrat
Of the assad regime. Russias continued defence firefighters in hertfordshire have launched an investigation into what caused a fatal blaze at a Residential Care home. Two people died and 33 others has to be rescued at the newgrange care home in cheshunt this morning. Swedish police say theyre increasingly certain that the uzbek man theyve arrested is the one who carried out yesterdays attack in stockholm but they believe others may also have been involved. Officials in paris say French Police have found dozens of guns and hundreds of kilograms of explosives, after the Basque Separatist group, eta, revealed the locations of its arms dumps. Earlier, eta passed details of the sites to the authorities, under its promise to completely disarm. Now on bbc news, sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday with mejohn watson. The headlines this evening one for arthur wins the Grand National the first scottish trained winner since 1979. The League Leaders chelsea lead bournemouth in the race for t