might save one life, maybe 1,000 lives. i don t know. i want his story to be told. michelle, thank you for telling danny s story. we, too, hope thank you. that people hear it and understand the stakes, as we see this surge in coronavirus cases affecting even people who do not have the disease. michelle, we are so sorry for your loss. i just firmly believe that everybody needs treatment when they need treatment, especially for life-saving treatments. you re right, michelle. michelle puget, thank you so much for being with us. you re welcome. thank you. new day continues right now. very good morning to viewers in the united states and around the world. it is monday, august 30th. i m brianna keilar with john avlon. good morning. good morning to you. we have breaking news on two fronts. hurricane ida has been downgrade ed to a tropical storm after inflicting devastating, catastrophic damage in new orleans. the day is early. we re trying to get a sense of
work to address violent crime. we ve seen rates go up over the last 18 months around the country. we see spike in bali cranked he prickly during summer months an often unfortunately during holiday weekends. are up handle is standing by live to break ball down, plus the biden administration launching a door-to-door push t vaccinate americans. republicans are slamming the joint initiative think it s non of the government s business if you decide to get the shot or not. and some americans are rethinking their travel plans worried about rising gas prices and thousands of flight delays and cancellations. they re pointing to a frustrating summer ahead. we will get to that. we begin with that violent holiday weekend and the controversial way then governor is planning to handle it. laura greene has the latest today from new york city. as the summer temperatures climb, crime continues to heat up as the governor of new york take emergency action. with the stroke of his pen, the g
i just feel we ll have four things happening now. two committees in the senate already doing their investigation. the architect of the capitol given $10 million to study what needs done to protect it. then the justice department, who rightfully does a much better job than we can ever do, arrested already 445 people, probably another 100 coming. that s the type of work we want to make sure is done that it never happens again, that those who participated and caused it should be held accountable and we secure this capitol and we don t play politics with it. house speaker nancy pelosi today calling on republicans to take back their party, and commended those who voted in favor of the commission. watch. quite frankly, many republicans courageously withstood the vote, shall we say, assault on our democracy going forth. it is interesting to see 35 members coming forth, i m very proud of them. and it was a recognition that this was a bipartisan project, negotiated in good faith
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. polls have closed in iran s presidential election after voting was extended to midnight local time. the winner will succeed hassan rouhani, who s not allowed to serve for a third term. but with candidates hand picked by iran s powerful guardian council, many would be voters have become disenchanted, especially the young. the vote also comes at a sensitive time for the country with us sanctions still battering the economy and the future of the iran nuclear deal hanging in the balance. our middle east editor jeremy bowen reports. elections in iran are not free or fair, but they re a window into an opaque country with a repressive regime. any resemblance to democracy is coincidental candidates are vetted in advance. millions of frustrated iranians have stopped hoping that voting will improve their lives. in the city of shiraz, he was pulling down every election poster he could find. man yells. well done! shouts
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