Recent polls show now is at the lowest of his presidency, in the mid 40s. Biden is set to visit New Jersey and queens, New York after the holiday on tuesday to survey the recent deadly Storm Damage from Hurricane Ida. At least 65 people died across eight states mainly in the northeast from the storm. With the worsening Climate Crisis we need to expect and plan for similar situations in the future. In fact, a new analysis from the Washington Post tallies at least 388 deaths in the united states from hurricanes, floods, heat waves, and fires, wildfires, since june. The analysis also shows that nearly 1 in 3 americans live in a County Hit by a Weather Disaster this summer. Also affecting president Bidens Approval ratings afghanistan, though despite the criticism and true to his promise the united states is out of afghanistan by the 20th Anniversary of the September 11th attacks which started. Next saturday on that Anniversary Biden is scheduled to visit the sites of the three attacks, New
Im Kaitlan Collins live in Times Square. John berman is in west chester county, assessing the damage because were starting with Breaking News this morning after there were Torrential Rains and catastrophic flooding that hit the northeast causing a lot of damage overnight and stranding people in their cars, causing people to be evacuated from the subway here in New York and at least eight people have died in New York and New Jersey. Several of them after calling for help after rising Flood Waters. Both states are now under states of emergency. New York City had the heaviest single hour of rain in the citys history. And Flash Flooding has Stranded Thousands in the subway overnight and like i said, trapping people in their cars. Rescues were happening throughout the city as New York Citys major imposed a Travel Ban until about an hour ago due to the dangerous flood conditions. At least one tornado reported touching down in New Jersey. And The Storm is now moving up the East Coast with an
Has been on a serious diplomatic path forward. The question is will russia take it. Stock futures turned lower overnight as investors digest News Pointing to a likely Interest Rate hike next month, will the move from the head be enough to address raging inflation . Its Way Too Early. Good morning. Welcome to Way Too Early. The show that is lobbying for a new job on the Supreme Court. Thursday, january 27th. Lets start with the news. Justice Stephen Breyer will step down from the Supreme Court at the end of the current term according to people familiar with his thinking. President joe biden and breyer are scheduled to appear together at the white house to announcement his retirement, sources familiar to the matter confirms to nbc news. Breyer reportedly informed the white house of his plans last week but the president wasnt ready to break the news himself. Every justice has the right and opportunity to decide when he or she is going to do and announce it on their own, there have been no
Passed in 19 states and after months of pressure and pleading from activists on democrats to do something, to do anything to stop this wave of Voters Suppression and nullification laws, the United States senate has now taken up a last ditch effort to try to pass federal Voting Rights legislation. Debate on a sweeping bill that combines the two key voting proposals, the jon lewis Voting Rights act and the freedom to vote act, began just a few hours ago. Democrats are pressing ahead even though the bill is doomed to ultimately fail. Given the plans by the gop to filibuster and the fact that senators joe manchin and sinema and perhaps others are unwilling to reform the filibuster to pass Voting Rights legislation. Senate democrats took to the floor to send the message that the fight for federal Voting Rights legislation is still a necessary effort. That will ultimately reveal whos on the side of democracy and whos not. Win, lose, our draw, members of this chamber were elected to debate an
This is the Biden Administrations most significant intervention, to try to get the pandemic under control. And it could affect as many as 100 million workers across the country. And the Biden Administration says it could, if this rule is imposed, it could prevent as many as 250,000 hospitalizations. And they say that they have a duty to do this, and they have the authority to do it under the law. Now, the folks suing include a crosssection of states, religious groups, Small Business lobbying organizations, and businesses themselves. And they argue that this is an overreach by the federal government and they say there would be practical consequences, and they may have to fire as many as a third of their workforce in the midst of labor shortages and supply chain shortages. We spoke to brandon trosclaire, a Small Business owner who owns a chain of Grocery Stores in louisiana, and he says for him, its not really about the vaccine, its about the mandate. Take a listen. I dont oppose the vac