Flooding. Ginger zee with the newest track tonight. Also this evening, President Biden at the White House, saying all american Combat Troops will be out of afghanistan by august 31st. Saying, we did not go to that country to nationbuild. To his critics, the president asking late today, how many thousands more americans, how many daughters and sons, are you willing to risk . And the president is pressed on the taliban. What happens if kabul falls to the taliban . News on the coronavirus here in the u. S. Tonight, the head of the cdc, dr. Rochelle walensky, saying the rise of the Delta Variant here in the u. S. Is, quote, troubling. This variant now behind 80 of cases in parts of the midwest and the plains. And News Tonight on whether millions of americans will need a booster. What pfizer is now saying about a possible third shot, a booster, and when. There will be no fans with the olympics set to begin in just two weeks in tokyo. Tonight, a State Of Emergency declared in tokyo, with the
election ballots. these decisions are based on an interpretation of the 14th amendment, and trump s actions during and after the 2020 election. but late thursday, california s secretary of state, decided the former president should appear on that states primary ballot. all this sets up an explosive legal and political drama that will inevitably end up before the justices of the nation s highest court. nbc s ryan nobles has more. for the second time in two weeks, a state has ruled that donald trump is ineligible to run for president of the united states. it was not a close call on the question of whether january 6th, 2021, was an insurrection. the events of january 6th 2021 were impressive dented and tragic. reporter: shenna bellows, the secretary of state in maine, a democrat, determined that trump s actions on january 6th constitute a violation of the 14th amendment. the weight of the evidence makes clear that mr. trump was aware the of the tinder laid by his multi min
editorial report. we hook ahead to 2024 and a new set of challenges and opportunities for the country. i m edward lawrence in this week for paul gigot, and we begin with the u.s. economy which defied expectations in 2023 as inflation fell and recession fierce faded. now the santa claus rally in the stock market giving us another record close this week for the dow jones industrial average and the federal reserve signal rate hikes are done and cuts could be in store for 2024. let s bring in jason trennert, he s the chairman and ceo of strategists and investment strategy firm. jason, let s start overall here, we get this. you know, overall we get some the contrarians won in 2023. so people were projecting the most predictive recession in history, and it didn t happen. so is the recession then off the table for 2024? edward, it probably is. i will say that the recession didn t happen in 2023 partly because we ran a budget deficit of close to 6% of gdp, $2 trillion at full em
the fight will go on for many months. the fate of gaza s nearly 2 million refugees is growing bleaker by the day. 40% of gaza s population is now at risk of famine. that s according to the u.n., which says daily life has been reduced to a struggle for food and water for so many civilians. and with winter setting in, those conditions will only get also learned today that an israeli american citizen believed to have been taken hostage was in fact killed on october 7th. the kibbutz where judy weinstein lived and worked confirming the 70-year-old teacher and poet was murdered along with her husband during the attack. their bodies still being held in gaza. aaron gilchrist is traveling with president biden in the u.s. virgin islands with more on this. josh, let s start with you. what more can you tell us about this israeli american citizen? reporter: well, as you mentioned, she is 70 years old, and she had been believed to have been held hostage in the gaza strip. but now we have
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