country we are in the abyss trying to claw our way out. we want to have this special our to talk with you about what we can do about it and where we are and how we got here. so rather than me doing a one-hour monologue, i thought who best to discuss this with me, that is american marxism than pete thank you for coming. i am beyond humbled to be here and when american marxism was in my mailbox i got the embargoed copy. it was like christmas. mark: thank you. phenomenal read and it could not be a more important moment for all the reason you stated i had that same feeling that we are not looking at this we re in the middle of itet and you use the word marxism for the first time in a title in your book and if i may i will dive in for a second for fox and friends i talked about how i like to ask you 100 questions i only have an hour but on page 251 talking about washington reading pains words so you say our challenge today speaking of 1776 is just as crucial and urgent and the
and fairly widespread destruction. from the category four hurricane this slammed into the gulf coast two days ago. wherever you live, episodic s power outages are effective life. you get through the, move on, with more less discomfort and inconvenience. but this is an order of magnitude greater. we are talking well over 1 million people, not only power, but no prospects of power anytime soon. in many cases, also no running water, new working sewage system, no working emergency response, system in some cases no passable roads, because of the storm damage. louisiana s governor today told residents of his state, if you have already evacuated, do not return. until the office of emergency preparedness tells you it is ready to receive you. the parish president from one hard-hit county in louisiana, john the baptist parish, told residents today, the parishes without power, and we are without water. so where you currently are now, if you re in a safe place with water and power, that
we ll get into that tomorrow night. it is the top of the hour and it s good to be with you tonight. the taliban have seized control of at least three provincial capitals in one day. president biden is deploying thousands of troops to afghanistan to evacuate embassy staff. but what comes next? the u.s. just saw its strongest back-to-back vaccination days in over a month. could this be the result of the new vaccine mandates? our saturday night panel is here to discuss. the 2020 census data is finally here. we will break down the numbers and see how america is becoming more diverse than ever. later, batman s sidekick is dc s newest openly queer superhero. are comics reflecting our culture or leading the way? from nbc news world headquarters in new york, i m joshua johnson. welcome to the week. the u.s. is reporting a rate of new covid cases that we have not seen since last november. the current seven-day average is 140,000 cases per day. right now, basically everyone i
it. and our colleague mehdi hasan had an incredible guest on lost hour, i don t know if you saw it. i did, yes. he had the woman who was the first female fixed wing pilot from the afghan air force who eventually had to apply for asylum in our country because of the taliban hunting her. her talking about seeing what s happening to her country, her fear for her family still in afghanistan right now, i mean, there s no word for it other than dire. i share your view that when mehdi finished his interview, it was remarkable to watch. may this have a better ending. rachel, you have a good weekend and we ll see you monday. thanks, ali. it is friday, friday the 13th. it may seem silly to say this but joe biden is still president of the united states. perhaps you didn t know, but for months the foam pillow guy was telling every poor, sad soul who would listen that joe biden and kamala harris would resign after the fraud of the 2020 election was exposed. it didn t happen. the
watch it. and our colleague maybe her son had an incredible guest on last hour, i don t know if you saw. it had the woman who was the first fixed wing pilot from the first female fixed wing pilot from the air force who eventually had to apply for asylum in our country, because of the taliban hunting her. her talking about happening what s happening in the country and her fear for her family, it s there is no word for it other than dire. a share your view that when many mehdi finishes he is sure it was riveting. may this have a better ending. rachel, you have a good weekend. see on monday. thanks, elaine. well, it is. friday friday the 13th. may seem silly to say this about joe biden is still the president of the united states. perhaps you didn t know, but for months the my pillow guy was telling any person, gullible school who would listen, that some all chemical voodoo was going to make trump president again. and it was going to happen today. right after joe biden an