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so let s begin with cnn chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins. of everything i ve laid out, which is president biden s top priority? reporter: i think coronavirus is probably top of mind for the white house right now. we know president biden is going to give a major speech on that this week. also, alisyn, as you noted he has several things on his plate when he comes back to washington tonight following this holiday weekend. and tomorrow you will see the president go to new york and new jersey. both the states he has declared states of emergency and disaster declarations under way there right now in an effort to help with what we ve been seeing on the ground. and a lot of this he is going to tie to what he did in louisiana touring the damage there which is, of course, climate change. and his domestic agenda, something that we know will be at the forefront when lawmakers are back here in washington. but, alisyn, it s not just that. he is still dealing with afg ....
get them out. people do good things. not always. but we can t overlook that, especially in hard times, we see people doing good things. as i was driving you to queens, i saw the same thing, because i m hard. i m giving you a hard time. i lose to you ten out of ten times, you ll get no fight back. there you go. the other guy, i ll fight with all day. you i ll just lose. attack. take care. smart man. have a good weekend. i m laura coates in for don lemon. at least 46 deaths in the wake flooding in the northeast. over 20 million people still under flood warnings. new york city recovering tonight after never-before-seen rainfall. 35 billion gallons, 35 billion gallons falling between 7:00 p.m. and midnight alone. the nypd reporting 69 water rescues including a livery driver in central park. i mean, that s how you make your money, man, i ll hold you, just like that. i got him from behind. the chaos unending across this region. a new jersey transit commuter tr ....
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 ....
biden himself is one of thousands left behind enemy lines and is baking the president to save him. todd: you are watching fox and friends first . jillian: a fox news alert, new fallout is president biden addresses the nation following the end of america s longest war. todd: republicans calling on him to resign in the wake of the deadly withdrawal. doug luzader live in washington. reporter: this was a defiant president biden who emerged to answer critics from both sides of the aisle and attempt to reframe this chaotic departure from afghanistan as a success despite the deaths of 13 us service members and the fact that perhaps 100 or more americans who wanted to leave were left behind. president biden: this decision about afghanistan is not just about afghanistan. it is about ending an era of major military operations to remake other countries. i take responsibility for the decision. it was time to end this war. the president claimed his predecessor, donald trump, ....
20,000 people still waiting to be evacuated. plus, the fda could give full approval to a covid vaccine for the first time today, and it can t come soon enough with deaths and hospital admissions rising in the u.s. and from deadly floods in tennessee to tropical storm henri, hitting parts of the u.s. northeast. we will discuss the impact climate change is having on extreme weather. well, a week after the fall of kabul, close to 20,000 people are still waiting to be evacuated out of the afghan capital s airport. a source says new restrictions means only americans and u.s. green cards and nato citizens are being admitted into the airport, while special visas are not. this comes as joe biden says there is active talk about extending u.s. troop presence in the country past the deadline at the end of this month. but it s not clear if the taliban will play ball. we are working diligently to make sure we have increased the ability to get them out. we have changed the ga ....