proof of vaccinations for indoor dining and other public venues. the delta variant sending case numbers soaring. 91% of americans now living in areas with high or substantial community spread. but vaccination rates ticking back up nationwide m and developing late tonight, president biden calling the surge a largely preventable tragedy. also breaking out of washington, the white house expected to announce a new eviction moratorium to help people struggling in the pandemic. what we re learning about the latest plans to help renters stay in their homes. the pentagon put on lockdown. a police officer dead, law enforcement shooting and killing a suspect. late details just coming in. harrowing moments caught on camera. new video showing what first responders witness as they arrived at the deadly surfside building collapse. stranded passengers. in a new wave of flight cancellations, one day after widespread groundings nationwide, the latest from spirit and american airlines.
views this as a punitive strike. that syria needs to be punished for the use of chemical weapons. although it s a sentiment i think many people can understand the emotion behind, the question becomes then what, as you just mentioned. today, when the president spoke, he gave us a little bit more insight. he was criticized for not having any strategy. he gave us a little bit of that strategy today and said he wanted to degrade assad s ability to carry out these kinds of attacks. he also wanted to upgrade the opposition, to help the opposition strengthen. one can surmise from that, that he wants to be able to try to tip the balance a little bit in the opposition s favor, in order to sort of urge a transition in that country. that s a pretty tall order. it is, particularly since he s also saying he wants a quick limited and no boots on the ground strike to back up what is essentially his red line
plains. and now across the northeast today, we will see a few shower from time to time, moving into northeast late tonight, but, temperatures still in the 60 s for everyone, and it is before our average although it is cooler than the last few days. across the southeast, warming up again toward texas and 83 in austin, and 79 in oklahoma city and a lot of sunshine and the northern plains the temperatures are holding and still well above average and not as warm, not not 80 s, but, still, well above urge a, and 79 and across the west we are looking good into the southwest but the rain and snow moves into northern california today. back to you. and now this question to the audience, get your comments in on twitter and e-mail. do you want your pilots in the flights you take to be packing heat in carrying a gun in the cockpit? this came into effect after 9/11, arming pilots on certain flights to make sure we did not have what unfolded on 9/11 and now this looks like it could change.
winter. it is feeling chilly across the northeast. and we have frost advisory in the interior portion of the region and the great lakes stretching down all the way down to parts of alabama and georgia so feeling cool out there and the high temperatures will not be warming up much. 55 is the high 24 cleveland and 59 in new york city and a high of only 68 in atlanta, georgia, and texas feeling the warmth with highs in the 80 s, well above urge a, and 96 is the high temperature in the west in phoenix, arizona. as far as rainfall, the fix graphic shows not much activity right now across the nation, dry in texas and southeast dry, florida looking good and a few isolated showers across the interior portion of the northeast but most people will not see them and a new storm system exiting the rockies and you can see the storm system right now, bringing in isolated