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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 ....
an eye on that stop with you so if you keep pictures of the president, that s what we re watching. but we re going to start today with the republican party s full embrace of extremist policy views that completely ignore the views and priorities of a majority of texans. today it s voting restrictions, fueled by fears of voter fraud, even though texas investigated the 2020 election result and found no fraud. no fraud in any of the measures they today banned. but facts be damned. governor abbott this afternoon signed into law a restrictive voting bill that democrats in the statehouse held up for weeks. many of them fleeing to washington, d.c., to rally support for federal legislation. the voting restriction law now set to take effect in texas, targets ballot access measures disproportionately used and needed by voters of color. procedures particularly popular in harris county, that s home to the democratic stronghold of houston. the new law will also make it much more diff ....
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 ....
pregnancy, before many women even know they re pregnant, but it also provides no exceptions for rape or incest. and it relies on citizens, regular citizens just like you and me to enforce it, basically letting them sue anybody who helps a woman get an abortion and awards them ten stacks if they succeed. the most pernicious thing about the texas law, it sort of creates a vigilante system where people get rewards to go out anyway. and it just seems i know this sounds ridiculous, almost un-american what we re talking about. president biden says the justice department is looking at the legality of the new restrictive abortion law, but this is a huge blow to roe v. wade. it has spurred democratic leaders to try to codify the protections into federal law after the supreme court just allowed it to stand. but no surprise, other states are already working to use the law as a blueprint for copycat measures, and texas lawmakers have advanced yet another restrictive bill li ....
and very disappointing august job numbers out today showing how the delta variant continues to hurt hiring. i ll talk to a top white house economic adviser about the low growth last month and the battle is engaged over the texas law virtually banning all abortions with both sides of the debate sounding alarms. already republican governors in florida and south dakota say they ll follow suit with similar laws as the president says the justice department is studying whether it has any legal options. i have been and continue to be a strong supporter of roe v. wade, number one, and the most pernicious thing about the texas law it sort of creates a vigilante system where people get rewards to go out anyway, and it just seems i know it sounds ridiculous, almost un-american. let s begin with the latest on tropical storm ida s wrath. joining me now is nbc s gabe gutierrez in manville, new jersey. gabe, these are scenes we usually see in the south. this northeast hit was ....