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through to the us open semis. could we see a teenage final at flushing meadows? live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. a man alleged to be the sole surviving gunman from the islamist gang which murdered 130 people in paris six years ago has told a court he is a fighter for the islamic state group. salah abdeslam is one of 20 defendants in what is the biggest terror trial in modern french history. the prosecution says they were all involved in the shootings and bombings of november 2015, which targeted locations including bars, restaurants and the bataclan concert hall. from paris, our correspondent lucy williamson reports. the sirens sounded again in paris today for the men accused of terrorising this city six years ago. sounds that once accompanied that fear and panic, now accompanying the defendants on their way to justice. it was a night when security felt uncertain, when no one in paris knew where to ru ....
beloved member of the nbc family al roker s tribute to the legendary willard scott. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening. i m tom llamas in for lester tonight growing questions about how so many died from the powerful remnants of hurricane ida, and the new images coming in what police were up against when they tried to rescue a family trapped in a basement apartment water everywhere children s toys floating on the surface, and zero visibility underwater. the family, like so many in basement apartments here, did not make it out alive. and there are new fears right now in the south. a new flash flood watch issued in and around new orleans with some areas facing up to 4 inches of more rain half a million residents there are still without power in the scorching heat all of this as the death toll continues to climb, especially in the northeast where president biden is set to visit and it s where we start tonight with gabe gutierrez in que ....
and unemployment benefits have run out for millions the questionof is will it hurt help the economy? it s way too early for this. y good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that wouldn t wear white after or even before labor day. i m jonathan lemire on this tuesday, september 7thon. we ll start with the 7 news. the united states has hit another grim new milestone in the coronavirus pandemic. the case counts across the country now tops 40 million as the delta variant causes infections to casurge. new cases have climbed steadily in weeks and the country is averaging more than 1,500 death as day for the first time since march. when it comes to vaccinations, about 270 million people have received their first dose. more than 175 million have been fullymi vaccinated, which is abt 53% of the total population. millions of americans are returning home afterer travelin over the labor day weekend and health experts fear a covid-19 surge could already be brewing ....
antony blinken visits qatar. the latest on the still growing death toll from last week s hurricane ida as president biden will visit new york and new jersey today. and expanded unemployment benefits have expired for millions of americans. what does it mean for the economic recovery? we ll look into that, but we begin this morning with a consequential week for democrats as congress returns to washington this week. democrats will begin the process of the most significant expansion of this country s social safety net in over half a century. the new york times reports this morning that congressional committees are set to meet this week to devise legislation that would touch virtually every american s life from conception to age to imfirmty. the proposed legislation, a cradle to grave waving of a social safety net frayed by decades of expanding income inequality, stagnating wealth and depleted governmental resources capped by the worst public health crisis in a century ....
donoghue. the allies who helped our troops did not make it to the airport gates in time. we believe there are still a small number of american, under 200 and likely closer to 100, who remain in afghanistan and want to leave. the taliban celebrating the u.s. withdrawal with fireworks and gun fire after midnight and taliban fighters surveying the kabul airport and the destroyed arms, ammunition and aircraft that the americans left behind. coming up, we ll be speaking with former defense secretary and the cia director leon panetta on the withdrawal from afghanistan and what comes next. we re also following the devastating aftermath of tropical storm ida. millions of residents along the gulf coast could be without power for weeks. louisiana governor john bell edwards is scheduled to hold a press conference. we ll bring that to you live when it happens. first, the latest on afghanistan, nbc s chief white house correspondent peter alexander and pentagon correspondent cour ....