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at the white house and on capitol hill, folks are trying to navigate crises all of them coming to head in the next few days and weeks. there s covid, where president biden is planning to lay out a new plan tomorrow to get through the delta variant. there s afghanistan, where the secretary of state is preparing for a grilling on capitol hill in multiple hearings. there s the threat of a government shutdown at month s end unless congress acts and the potential for a debt default just a few weeks after that. all as democrats continue to spar over the size, scope, timing and political strategy surrounding the president s overall agenda and what s referred to as that massive reconciliation package which has been tied to biden trillion dollar bipartisan infrastructure bill. the latest drama comes after joe manchin reiterated he will not support a $3.5 trillion deal. nowhere close to it. he s reportedly signaling he might only back a bill that s less than half that size or hal ....
the disaster declaration. that s something that some local state officials had really been hoping for. we re also live in texas, the state where two controversies are colliding over restrictions on voting and abortion. in just two hours from now, the governor is expected to sign into law a plan opponents say would strip voting rights away from a lot of people, even with no evidence of widespread fraud in 2020. the law will ban drive-through and 24-hour voting, requires i.d. for mail-in voting and adds criminal penalties for election workers. we take you to the state live. plus in washington, the attorney general taking aim at a different new law in texas, one that bans most abortions. he says the justice department is urgently looking at ways to challenge that law. we want to start in the northeast here at the white house and in new jersey. president biden just heading to the region as we mentioned, he talked with reporters. shannon pettypiece is with us and rehema el ....
my whole world just died right there. for months the murder stayed cold. didn t have witness, didn t have video, didn t have dna. we had everything going against us. we would go down and talk to the detective. we wouldn t let it go. then a break, another victim. he would duct tape me, duct tape my mouth. and she knew a secret. could she risk revealing it? something is going to happen tonight. a killer ready to run, face-to-face with the one person who might be able to stop him. he just reached over the glove compartment and he pulled out the gun, and i said, please don t kill me. i wanted to get out of there alive. it was a monday morning in january 2007. 9:08 a.m. a young woman in san antonio, texas, texted her boyfriend. i love you, that s all it said, nothing more. downtown, the alamo had just opened its doors. a few tourists began boarding little boats to gaze at remnants of texas history along urban stretches of the san antonio river, and ....
recovery. the united states adding a very disappointing 235,000 jobs in august with the unemployment rate dropping to 5.2%. the big, big question today is with most benefits gone, why are there still so many open jobs and how much is the delta variant disrupting return to normal? marty walsh will be here to answer that question. and devastation across the northeast. 48 people confirmed dead. we were talking with two separate disasters unfolding notice northeast and south. the death toll rising to 48 in new york, new jersey, connecticut and pennsylvania after hurricane ida decimated the area. it is raising questions about climate change and infrastructure. as of this morning, 64 people in 8 states have died from the storm. the governor of will speak in a few minutes from now, phil murphy. and we see this rescue in new york central park. a driver got stuck in the flood waters there. look at this. homes in new jersey on fire in middle of flooded neighborhoods and firefig ....
and he would like to see the results. any minute he will board air force one and go to louisiana to visit communities ravages by hurricane ida. we re live across the state ahead of his arrival. also we re in hard hit new jersey where in some communities the flood threat is not over yet. in just momentsly talk to the major where governor phil murphy is scheduled to visit next hour. this hour we re also dedicating time to answering your questions about back to school during covid. it is all part of nbc s week of kids under pressure. we have doctors standing by ready to answer your questions about what steps should your kid take in dorms or a cafeteria, or what good is wearing a mask if others aren t. the u.s., as we mentioned, added 235,000 jobs last month showing a drastic drop from the previous two months. a sign that the delta variant and rising covid cases are impacting hiring across the country. joining me right now is monica alba who is at the white house. monica, h ....