White house, headed for the northeast to get a firsthand look at the damage left by hurricane ida. Elsie huge parts of New Jersey and New York remain decimated by deadly flooding. Ida killing at least 45 people in those two states. Some swept away by cars, others drowning in their own homes. New Disaster Declarations mean parts of both states are eligible for federal aid, but even that is fraught with complaints from counties left off the list of those eligible for aid. And down in louisiana which Got Hit by ida first, more than 400,000 homes are still in the dark, nine days after the storm rolled through, and high temperatures continue to raise the misery and risk. All three regions are at risk of more severe weather in the coming days. We have all of the angles covered. Shannon petty piece at the White House, Allison Barber in New Jersey, and some brock in louisiana outside New Orleans. Thank you all for joining this morning. Sam, nine days have passed, still hundreds of thousands of
thing every year so sometimes you get lucky, sometimes you don t. coming up, we ll have the latest weather forecast with what you you can expect today during your celebrations. we re going to start with two u.s. cities responding to a series of mass shootings last night that left a combined eight people dead in fort worth, texas then in philadelphia. in fort worth, three are dead and more than a dozen injured after two separate shootings. while in philadelphia, a gunman wearing a bulletproof vest and armed with an ar type rifle killed five people and injured two. a toddler and a 13-year-old boy. at least one man is now in custody and officials there are set to give a press conference at the top of the next hour. we ll cover that for you live. in a statement, president biden responded to the violence writing quote, today, jill and i grieve for those who have lost their lives and as our nation celebrates independence day, we pray for the day when our communities will be fre
And get the amazing iphone 14 on us. trapped. free. get the amazing iphone 14 on us. trapped. free. harvard s legacy admissions are being challenged just days after the supreme court struck down affirmative action. a civil rights group is accusing harvard of discriminating students of color and violating federal law. yesterday, three groups filed a complaint claiming the university violated the civil rights of 1964 by giving donor and legacy preferences to wealthy donors and children of alumni during the admissions process. joining me now, joyce vance, msnbc legal analyst, former u.s. attorney in alabama. professor at alabama school of law and co-host of the sisters
Physician, and joyce vance, professor at alabama school of law and former u.s. attorney. good morning to you all. detroit, heidi, unveiling this ambitious new plan to keep students and teachers safe this school year. a lot of folks are looking at it. what exactly are they doing? reporter: yeah, chris. detroit is one of the most underserved, chronically underfunded school systems in the nation. so much stacked against it. it may be about to show us all how it is done. started last week with every student and every staff member offered a test once a week inside these buildings. within 24 to 48 hours, lab tests come back. they go out to a lab in ann arbor, and the school will be able to use that to weed out not only students that may be showing symptoms but the asymptomatic can infect a classroom or school before people know about it.