good tuesday morning. i m erica hill. the united states passing another covid milestone. 40 million cases in the united states and there is currently no sign of that number slowing down. and just to put it in perspective, more than 4 million of those cases were reported in just the last four weeks. the seven-day average of new coronavirus cases, 300% higher than it was at this same time labor day. after last year. tomorrow president biden we are learning is set to deliver a major speech in the next phase of the pandemic recovery. according to sources, he ll layout key steps on what the white house and the federal government can take, key steps that can be taken next in the fight against the virus. the speech will also contain multiple components related to schools, private companies and federal employees. let s get straight to the white house, cnn correspondent phil mattingly is standing by. phil, the president set to tour damage in the northeast. what more do we know, though
i have to go back and i plane, i don t i don t i don t know that when when those conversations happened. what we are now learning about jim jordan s multiple conversations with the president on january 6th. and why the select committee is seeking his phone records. and how the unhinged response to public-health measures during the pandemic is taking a very dark turn. going in with 20 strong men, i am going to speak before the school board and give them an option. they can leave or they can be removed. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. on september 26th #, 2001, almost 20 years ago, it was 15 days after the u.s. was attacked on 9/11. a dozen cia operatives landed in northern afghanistan. their mission was to lay the groundwork for the u.s. invasion of the taliban-controlled country. since that day, for nearly two-straight decades, there has been an american military presence in afghanistan. until today. this afternoo
political statement. tonight, the backlash to the people playing politics with the pandemic. then, the mad rush to evacuate afghanistan, as the taliban blocks the airport road. and the escalating threat of right-wing terrorism as a trump extremist threatens to blow up his truck in washington, d.c. when all in starts now. good evening from washington, d.c. i m zerlina maxwell in for chris hayes. we are seeing a backlash around the country to red states bans on mask mandates, especially in schools. in texas, the paris school district is defying republican governor greg abbott s ban by adding face coverings to their dress codes and they are just one of the many districts taking on the governor. in south carolina, several districts, including charleston county, are requiring masks despite a state ban. and in florida s largest district, miami-dade, the school board voted to approve a mask mandate in defiance of an executive order from their republican governor, ron desantis
welcome to meet the press daily. i m chuck todd. we begin this hour with new inquiries. andrew cuomo s conduct and new calls for his resignation. in just the past several hours the district attorney s in manhattan and westchester county announced they are looking into cuomo s actions after requesting from the attorney general s office and algallegations. to the reporting of covid cases in nursing homes and amid the mounting legal scrutiny comes mounting political pressure on the governor to step down and do so quickly. including now pressure from president biden. who held off making that announcement when the allegations first surfaced against cuomo in march. will you now call on him to resign given the investigator said the 11 women were credible? i stand by that statement. are you now calling on him to resign? yes. the president joins a growing list of democrats calling for cuomo s resignation. in fact, the question is who isn t inside the democratic party becau
a new mega fire in california, as more than 20,000 firefighters try to contain the blazes out west. and a monsoon in arizona, the search tonight for a missing four-year-old girl. drug resistant superbug outbreaks. what you need to know about the deadly fungus. passport problems, why the state department suddenly suspended its last-minute online booking system, the long lines and desperate travelers. bursting into flames, more problems with the chevy bolt, the nearly 70,000 car owners being told to park away from their homes. carrot recall, the warning tonight for people with the vegetable in their fridge. and on the road with a friendship you have to see to believe. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us on this friday night. we re going to enter the weekend with news that american cities are implementing new measures to make sure this fourth