i know everybody misses home, but it is no time to come back right now. in afghanistan, the withdrawal deadline is imminent as the final evacuation of americans and afghans winds down. isis-k claiming responsibility for a rocket attack on the kabul airport. this, after the u.s. conducted a drone strike against an isis-k target on sunday. a vehicle that posed an imminent threat to the airport. up to ten civilians were reportedly killed as a result of the strike. at dover airport sunday president biden and the first lady attending the dignified transfer for the fallen suicide members killed in the suicide bomb on thursday. we ll start with the latest on tropical storm ida with today s show cohost al roker in new orleans, and correspondent sam brock in louisiana. al, first to you. new orleans is in the dark. a rare sight. how are things looking? al roker, i think we have a problem reporter: thank you very much. thank you. reporter: yeah, andrea, we are here. this is
and tell them to do whatever it takes to pass the for the people act. the for the people act was defeated in the senate and is effectively doa. so the best action is to pass legislation championed by late georgia congresswoman john lewis who spoke at the original march on washington nearly six decades ago. if they can t do the right thing, they should at least do something for self-preservation. clearly, the people want to vote. and the way they want to do it is without impediments. these restrictions are for that. that s why martin and andrea king and i are calling and the lewis family are calling for people to pass the john lewis act federal. the backdrop of all of this is the filibuster. if democrats can t find a way to kill it or to modify it, passing any kind of voting rights legislation will remain nothing more than a dream. joining me now to discuss, judith brown dianis and dean obeidallah, msnbc daily columnist and host of sirius xm s the dean obeidallah show. j
tax-related conduct. nbc news reported that the manhattan district attorney was probing schemes where trump organization employees were allegedly able to avoid paying taxes in exchange for benefits such as apartments. and forgive the pun, but this headline was just too good. the tentacles of the investigation now reach trump s former body guard who, believe it or not, is the company s chief operating officer over whether he received tax free benefits. as for the former president, he was in wellington, ohio, last night for what was a score settling endorsement rally for republican congressman anthony gonzalez who voted to impeach trump for the january 6th insurrection. trump s rambling remarks were littered with fear mongrg but comes as the oath keepers has pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges related to the january 6th attack on the cappal to. one other member of the extremist group pleaded guilty to lesser charges and so far 16 members of the oath keepers have been charged.
here. but some of the effects are just old-school optical illusions. live, from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with robyn curnow. great to have you along, this hour. so, mexican voters are just hours away from the largest elections ever held in that country. it s also been one of the deadliest and the most contentious-political seasons in recent memory. now, political observers say sunday s midterm elections will be a referendum of sorts on the president, even though he is not on the ballot. the key issue is whether his morena part party can win an absolute majority in the lower house of congress. we are also watching a presidential run-off election in peru. a politically-unstable country there that s been especially hard hit by the pandemic. the winner of sunday s vote will be the country s fifth president in five years. well, campaigning ahead of mexico s elections was one of the most violent in years. since september, over 90 politicians have been killed. at leas
showed what happened before the shooting took place. you see a nissan path finder arrived about, or three individuals who come out armed and then run right back over to the car. what you don t see is how young the crowd was at that concert venue. a lot of the victims in their 20s. those who had been hurt. one person as young as 17. police saying today that they believe this was all stemming from an ongoing rival between two groups. even said that there was some sort of back and forth on social media that was also playing a role in this. a lot of city leaders spoke out saying this is despicable, that it was senseless and even at that press conference we heard from the father of clayton diller. he actually interrupted the press conference, clearly very distraught. a lot of anger, pain that he was showing there. we are at the hospital where those who are injured are tonight. there are still family members coming and going hoping the get news that their loved ones will be okay.