overnight, former president donald trump arriving in new jersey after an attempted assassination on his life during his rally last night in pennsylvania. pete: trump says a bullet pierced the top of his right ear as he then ducked to the ground before standing back up moments later, defiantly shaking his fist. one rally-goer was killed in the shooting, two others were critically hurt. trump survived by a mere half inch. the fbi identifying the suspected shooter as 20 the-year-old as thomas matthew crooks of bethel park, pennsylvania. we will warn you, there s a photo of what appears to be the dead gunman on a rooftop nearby. rachel: investigators say crooks took position on a roof 11300 yards from the 130 yards from the pose if yum and opened fire before being shot and killed. capitol police will hold a virtual security briefing for house offices later this afternoon. we re now going to show you the full, unedited version of the moment that those shots rang out. watch.
and every texan, instead of a select few. the backlash growing over that texas law banning abortions, after only six weeks. the new plan by democrats to fight back. and doctors warn at the labor day holiday, plus the start of college football season could create the perfect storm for a covid spike. all while a new more frightening variant could be on the horizon, we will ask our expert what this means for all of us. good morning, it is sunday, there if. if i m lindsey reiser. i m candice gibson, live hq right here in new york city. not sure if you saw some pictures yesterday, including from a virginia tech game. it looked as if we were in not a pandemic anymore. thousands and thousands of people up on top of each other. we ve got this beautiful shot from new york city this morning. look at that! the mornings are getting darker. yes! they say that summer is ending without saying this summer is ending, that shot says it right there. yes! fall is upon us, there s
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 quick to
responding so far. we re keeping an eye on fema headquarters, where president biden arrived a short time ago to get a briefing. we ll bring you that as well. but first the city of new orleans right now, the latest data from the national hurricane centers puts the storm about 150 miles away from the city. catastrophic storm surge, extreme winds and flash flooding are being seen along the state s coast. you can see this surveillance camera from a nearby house, earlier in grand isle, louisiana, a small strip of land that a lot of folks were worried about. we also know more than 120,000 power outages have been reported, so people are already in the dark. we re getting a rare look at the eye of the storm. we want to show you the striking video from a flied above the eye earlier today before it made landfall. it really shows how massive this storm s path of destruction could be. all right. we mentioned new orleans. let s go there now. that s where we find today show co-host
the first covid-19 vaccine to pass this final regulatory hurdle. the approval was the fastest in the agency s history, coming less than four months after pfizer filed for licensing. and the fda s announcement started a number of new vaccine mandates with more to come. new york city now requiring all department of education employees to get at least one dose of the covid vaccine by tend of september. the effort to fully reopen the country s largest school district next month is expected to set a standard for many districts across the country. it affects more than 148,000 public school employees the deadline for staff to get at least one dose is september 27th. mayor bill de blasio will be our guest later this morning to discuss this announcement. plus the pentagon moving ahead with vaccines for all service members now that they have the fda approval. they said a time line for when service members must receive the shot will be in the coming days. it ll be mandated for active