Our thanks. Your rewards. As we begin a new hour, we turn to the biden agenda. Joe manchin says he wants a Spending Bill not too big. In moments, how the poor Peoples Campaign is putting pressure on the West Virginia senator. Plus, a humanitarian crisis in Del Rio, texas. New developments about how the biden administration is responding. And the woman who designed the dress that has the worlds of fashion and politics buzzing. This is American Voices. We begin this hour in texas where the states ultraconservative legislature kicks off a new Special Session tomorrow. This time around, texas republicans plan to focus on redistricting. They are already busy working to redraw maps to favor republican incumbents. The Texas Tribune reports, quote, republicans hold majorities in both chambers they will have every advantage as they use the process to position their party for the next decade as the State Population becomes younger and more diverse. This is a process known as partisan gerrymander
Tonight about americans left behind in an F Kenneth under taliban control including dozen of students from a School District in california. We have a live report with the very latest as we wait for an update on the situation from th biden administration. Hundreds of thousAnds of struggling in Louisiana Tonight no power, no water, no gas. We will check in on the Hurricane Ida Recovery Efforts Tonight with a live report from southern, louisiana,. We begin with Team Coverage as the continuing followup from the withdrawal from afghanistan. Live from london with a new taliban take And what it means for the afghan people. Shes going to join us in just bit. The latest on The Americans in the afghan Allies Left behind. Taking a closer look at the president s address to the Nation Today admitting there ar still americans And thousAnds o friendly afghans who worked alongside our troops trapped in afghanistan for it. They still dont know the exact number of those trying to get out of the country.
Thats the goal. Today eu leaders meet to discuss how to get there. Last month, europes leaders agreed to reduce net Greenhouse Gas emissions by at least 55 by 2030. Reforming the Carbon Market is on the table, as is tougher standards for vehicle emissions. More extensive proposals are expected from the commission in july. All decisions will need approval from the bloc s 27 Member States so how much agreement is there on the way ahead . A question for my guest wendel trio, director of Climate Action Network europe. Thank you very much forjoining me today. Where are we . Is europe on the same page on this . ,. ,. ,. , this . There is still a lot of thins this . There is still a lot of things that this . There is still a lot of things that need this . There is still a lot of things that need to this . There is still a lot of things that need to be this . There is still a lot of things that need to be further discussed and it is clear there are different opinions, but largely we are expect
negative covid test but those same rules don t apply and there is even more. a new report says the department of homeland security is projecting, there will be 117,000 unaccompanied child migrants crossing the border this year, that breaks all records. nearly a 50% increase from the all-time record and much higher than last year. the report also warning there is not enough resources to handle that surge. everybody can clearly see this is a crisis, unless you work at the white house. at what point does it become a crisis? well i would say i don t think we meet the bar of what we need to call it, we are approaching this humanely and in a way where we will keep the children safe. what d you learn learn? a lot. jesse: all right, i say they want this to happen, they invited this surge and it s easier to smuggle a child across the border, they bring back chain migration, grant amnesty or asylum to a child in the whole family gets to come up and become american citizens. t
president trump in georgia tonight. what he asked the governor to do to overturn the election results. new holiday shopping warning the cities saying avoid in-store shopping the blowup over masks. i disagree. you re wearing you re required to wear a mask. it s science and now this americans are predicted to ship hundreds of millions more packages this month than carriers can deliver. and the grinch who failed to steal christmas. how this attempt to take trees turned into the holiday gift that keeps giving and giving. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with jose diaz-balart. good evening. we ve been running out of ways to say grim new milestone, talking about covid. it s now so far beyond that this week it surpassed heart disease as our country s top killer today more drastic measures to try to slow the spread. southern california is now set to go into full lockdown, issuing a stay-at-home order to begin tomorrow at midnight and more states and regions may n