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riley. thank you so much for coming and joining us. i m karen clawson t chair of the san francisco human rights commission. this morning i made a few remarks but what we didn t do which i wanted to make sure we did right now is to thank everyone who has helped to make this summit possible including, of course, the asian art museum staff t san francisco public library staff, all of the people who have given us technical support, the human rights commission staff, including our commission secretary kathy mulkey meyer. amelia martinez bankhead and taquan harrison, sarah sang, and jessica compo. so thank you, all, very, very much. for all of your hard work in putting this sum in it together. because we do have some newcomer, i want to reiterate a few things and that is that we live in a nation founded on violence. and while we are all here well intentioned, resident citizens, community leader, young, or we have our youth here who will be talking to us this afternoon. we hav ....
citizens left behind enemy lines in afghanistan as i speak. we have six airplanes that the airport. with american citizens on them. as i speak. also with these interpreters. and the taliban is holding them hostage for demands. julie: we have fox team coverage. trey yingst is in kotter dominic qatar. first, we go to benjamin from london. there are actually conflicting reports. yes, the taliban say they have full control, and they have released images showing the amount of the governor s office, but the national resistance say that they still control all of the main strategic areas. there is a small glimmer of hope that right now for them. less of a hope, perhaps, and for the americans on board trying to escape afghanistan. this news broke yesterday when congressman michael mccaul claimed that the taliban is now holding these american citizens and allies hostage by blocking the planes leaving the airport in northern afghanistan. he says that they are there sitting on ....
it is good to see you. thank you for being with us. i m geoff bennett for another hour of msnbc reports. how a texas restrictive abortion law is driving patients to neighboring states and how residents are stepping up to protest the law. and now, how the death toll of hurricane ida is continuing to climb. up to 70 in multiple states. the president is going to new jersey to tour the devastation after he visited louisiana where hundreds of thousands are without power after a week after the storm. also, this hour, the latest on the covid pandemic, and the u.s. is hitting 40 million cases over the weekend, and the number of people dying daily is rising amid another surge from this holiday weekend. but we start with the staggering damage and devastation from ida. joining us now from louisiana is nbc s vaughan hillyard in lafayette, and we have john in st. jhn parish and anne is our msnbc correspondent reporting on the devastation. so, we go to you, vaughan, what have you ....
global warming is upon us, it is going to get worse and worse unless we do something about it. inside politics, the biggest stories sort by the best reporters now. welcome to inside politics, it kat kat katelyn kaitlan collins. we want to get the little texts in the womb who has a heartbeat to see their full potential. the texas law bans abortion after six weeks of now exceptions of rape or incest. private citizens can sue those who performs the procedure. plaintiffs can receive as $10,000 bounty. democrats are pushing back on the supreme court s decision but there is little they can do. the supreme court making a decision that it did and not only disrespected women but it disrespected the supreme court and its formal decision. one week back to washington, we ll be putting roe v. wade on the floor of the house. joining me now with their reporting is jackie from the daily beast. joan, i want you to put this in perspective that we got in the supreme court th ....
america to the rescue there in texas? reporter: you know what they say, money talks. that type of action can have a big difference in legislation. now, this issue is somewhat controversial, somewhat emotional, and companies seem a little more hesitant to talk about this than, say, black lives matter even, or voting rights. but we have heard some companies speak out, yelp, for instance, match and bumble, those dating companies. both texas-based and women led. they have spoken out against this. uber and lyft, those ride sharing apps, american airlines, silicon laboratories, we re hearing a lot from celebrities as far as social sway. pink, reese witherspoon, cindy lopper even. hollywood isn t going to have the same impact in georgia when disney and netflix threatened to pull out. the tv industry puts millions of dollars in that economy. not so in texas. companies we haven t heard from, biggest employers, at&t, oracle, dell has a big presence here. those companies were qu ....