Conference from Texas Governor Greg abbott, top of the hour. He is calling on the Biden Administration to declare a federal emergency at the border. He said tHis is a crisis of the president s own making. We have the latest from the Dhs Secretary testimony to the Senate Homeland Security committee tHis morning. Well go to the border in just a moment. John we kick off hour one of America Reports with former acting Ice Director tom holman. I wanted to play from yesterday, theres a little bit of sound from the Dhs Secretary and get you respond to it. Lets listen. Borders are not open and people should not make the dangerous journey. John he says there, tom, that the borders are not open. What do you say to that based on what we have seen in Del Rio texas in the last couple of weeks . Its a lie. Its a lie. The borders are wide open. I have never seen a border so vulnerable in my entire career. Thousands of being released every day into the United States, many with Covid. 350,000 got away.
Siege from the Delta Variant. Our team on the ground along the Gulf Coast. And Rob Marciano tracking the storms path. Also developing late tonight, the Kabul Airport under threat. President Biden Warning another attack is highly likely in the next 24 to 36 hours. And overnight, the deadly u. S. Drone strike against isisk In Afghanistan. The pentagon announcing two highprofile targets killed, another wounded. Retaliation for that deadly Suicide Attack in kabul that killed 13 Brave American Service Members. Tonight, u. S. Officials releasing the names of The Fallen, including this marine seen cradling a baby at the airport days before. Plus, the Daring Rescue Mission in kabul. One of the largest Airlift Operations in history. Thousands of afghan refugees arriving at Ramstein Air Force base in germany. Leaving their lives behind. Our Will Reeve is there. News on the pandemic. Pediatric hospitalizations skyrocketing. The new alarming record from the deadly Summer Covid surge. More than 300
Recommendation for immunocompromised americans to get a third Booster Shot is coming soon. Dr. Anthony fauci will join me later to discuss all of the latest guidance. First, we need to talk about the crisis in the american south. Where covid is surging in florida, louisiana, texas, and now particularly in mississippi. The state has seen a 136 spike in hospitalizations over the past 14 days. Thats higher than they were at any other point during the pandemic. And 97 of those hospitalized are unvaccinated. Doctors and nurses have painted a dire picture. Its been exhausting i think for us, we are all emotionally spent. I kind of personally feel like i am an air traffic controller, and every day im watching two airliners collide. Just having those patients look at you before they are being intubated and begging you to not let them die, that just its just heartbreaking. Based on what we are seeing, if we continue that trajectory within the next five to seven to ten days, i think we are going
Left their jobs and families behind and fled to washington to keep a vote from going into law. Which means all eyes are on those State Representatives still camped out in washington. New york times reports, quote, abbotts announcement sent national Attention Swinging back to a hotel in downtown washington, where several dozen democrats from the Texas House of representatives are grappling with a familiar Question Stay or go back . But more progressive members are pushing to stay in washington and continue to call attention to Voting Rights, at least while congress is in session. I think there is a collective will of this caucus to do everything we can to continue to defeat repression of voting in texas. Thats what we did in may, we did that in july and we continue to do it going forward. Its not the federal legislation that texas democrats have been pressing for, but it might help. Merrick garland weighed back in on the Fight Today in a new oped of the Washington Post marking the 60th
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