a newspaper i m supposed to be deadfl he s now arrived in milwaukee for the republican national congress, where he ll be confimed as the party s presidential candidate this week. he says he s re written his keynote speech to call for national unity after the shooting. our north america correspondent nada tawfik is there. nada, what s happening today? from the pop of gunfire that nearly killed him to the pageantry here at the republican national convention, it has only been two days about donald trump is insisting that a shooter and potential assassin will not force any changes to the plans here. donald trump is set to formally accept his party s nomination at a speech on thursday. he said he threw away his original speech which attacked the biden administration because he wants to focus on unifying the country. though he acknowledged that that might be hard to do with people so divided. as the party seeks to galvanise voters here, perhaps nothing has done so more than the f
protect women s rights and as rioters get sentenced for storming the capitol on january 6th. he had a fondness for trump that was not unlike the first love a man may have for a girl. steve bannon is laying the ground work to help steal the next election. all in starts right now. i saw a covid stat that blew my mind. the vaccine has been widely available for free for about six months. current fatalities from covid are running roughly double what they were a year ago. before we had vaccines. it seems an unspeakable tragedy. it is unspeakable. it s maddening and confusing. i think it s worth taking a second understanding of where we are in the battle against this virus now. about 62% of those eligible are fully vaccinated in this country which means we have a whole nation within a nation of unvaccinated folks. tens of millions of people who aren t vaccinated. not to mention children. unvaccinated folks are clustered in areas around each other because vaccination is not e
love a man may have for a girl. steve bannon is laying the groundwork to help steal the next election. all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. i saw a covid stat today that blew my mind. the vaccine as we know has been widely available for free to the public for about six months and right now as i speak to you current fatalities from covid in this country are running roughly double what they were a year ago. before we had vaccines. it seems ununspeakable tragedy. it s maddening and confusing. i think it s worth taking a second to understand where we are in the battle against this virus right now. about 62% of those eligible are fully vaccinated in this country, which means we have a whole nation within a nation of unvaccinated folks, right. tens of millions of people who aren t vaccinated, not to mention children. unvaccinated folks are clustered in areas around each other because it s not evenly distributed throughout the population. ar
will still likely be weeks before power is fully restored. and the white house announced a short time ago that president biden will visit louisiana on friday to tour the damage. and about 2,000 miles away in california, a desperate battle sunday way right now to try to save south lake tahoe as thousands of firefighters are struggling to deal with a series of wildfires burning across that state and the caldor fire s growth now heading to the nevada state line forcing people to flee the region just before the labor day weekend. we re going to begin this hour with the aftermath of hurricane ida. joining us to start off our coverage nbc news correspondent sam brock in la place, louisiana, roughly 30 miles northwest of new orleans and nbc news correspondent shaquille brewster in the big s. shaq, you re one of the places seeing long lines and lots of people waiting to get supplies they need just for basic survival. tell us about the situation as you ve been observing it today. re
turn the tables on the latest accusations of his election interference. plus, next hour some really disturbing video to show you. anger in a texas community. after body cam video emerges of a police officer and a teenage girl who needed help and then what happened next. you don t want to miss that. but we do in fact want to begin on capitol hill where the senate is back in session as they await the finalized text of a massive infrastructure bill. majority leader schumer said just hours ago the bill will be done being written imminently and then move to the amendment process will be completed in a matter of days. ligh ann caldwell is following this for us on capitol hill. imminently, leigh ann. as i think back to my s.a.t.s, that meant any moment, right? right. not quite sure that was the term leader schumer should have been using, but where are we on this? reporter: i think you re right, yasmin. i actually did see the bill. it was walked through the hallways of the ca