in the northeast, new images of the devastation. president biden set to visit the region tomorrow. elwyn lopez is in louisiana and ginger zee standing by tracking two tropical threats. the dangerous escape from afghanistan. the first americans evacuating with u.s. help over land. but other americans remaining tonight. charter flights reportedly blocked. and the taliban claiming a key victory. breaking news tonight. the child dying on an amusement park ride in colorado. a 6-year-old girl vacationing with her family. first responders unable to save her. new information just coming in. the member of a prominent legal family breaking his silence. alex murdaugh speaking out after the mysterious murders of his wife and son, just two days after police say a bullet grazed his head. tonight, millions of americans losing their jobless benefits. a safety net now gone for those struggling during the pandemic. plus the breaking news from new york city tonight. the famous actor k
and unemployment benefits have run out for millions the questionof is will it hurt help the economy? it s way too early for this. y good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that wouldn t wear white after or even before labor day. i m jonathan lemire on this tuesday, september 7thon. we ll start with the 7 news. the united states has hit another grim new milestone in the coronavirus pandemic. the case counts across the country now tops 40 million as the delta variant causes infections to casurge. new cases have climbed steadily in weeks and the country is averaging more than 1,500 death as day for the first time since march. when it comes to vaccinations, about 270 million people have received their first dose. more than 175 million have been fullymi vaccinated, which is abt 53% of the total population. millions of americans are returning home afterer travelin over the labor day weekend and health experts fear a covid-19 surge could already be brewing after
antony blinken visits qatar. the latest on the still growing death toll from last week s hurricane ida as president biden will visit new york and new jersey today. and expanded unemployment benefits have expired for millions of americans. what does it mean for the economic recovery? we ll look into that, but we begin this morning with a consequential week for democrats as congress returns to washington this week. democrats will begin the process of the most significant expansion of this country s social safety net in over half a century. the new york times reports this morning that congressional committees are set to meet this week to devise legislation that would touch virtually every american s life from conception to age to imfirmty. the proposed legislation, a cradle to grave waving of a social safety net frayed by decades of expanding income inequality, stagnating wealth and depleted governmental resources capped by the worst public health crisis in a century. the
without power. overseas secretary of state tony blinken saying that the united states has denied a hostage situation exists with americans stranded at an airport in northern afghanistan, but he acknowledges with no diplomats on the ground they have no way of verifying these reports and thousands of citizens don t know if they ll ever get out. raf sanchez in doha, qatar and admiral stavridis. i want to play what we heard from the secretary today and he was there with secretary of defense lloyd austin with the situation at mazar-e-sharif at the airport during a press conference in doha today. one of the challenges has been that, as we understand it, there are groups of people who are grouped together some of whom have the appropriate travel document, an american passport, a green card, a visa and others do not, and it s my understanding that the taliban has not denied exit to expect holding a valid document, but they have said that those without valid documents at this point
high the floodwaters went. i m surprised by that in what otherwise you would not assume could generate a water height that went up in some cases almost to the windows of the homes, literally over your head. that is pretty amazing. meanwhile, as the president traveled to new jersey the taliban overseas announcing the formation of a new government in afghanistan with several acting ministers. we re going to take a look at what this means. and also we re going to talk with a afghan singer, songwriter and tv personality who was able to flee her homeland. we re also following two big stories from texas. governor greg abbott signed a bill that puts sweeping new restrictions on voting despite democratic efforts to block that legislation. and the justice department vowing to protect people who seek or provide abortions and fight back against that new texas abortion law which is the most restrictive in the nation. we re going to talk about all of this with texas democratic represe