hit on the texas coast, knocking out power to nearly 3 million homes and businesses. beryl slamming ashore as a category 1 storm, with 80-mile-per-hour winds. at least four dead. homes destroyed. neighborhoods underwater. in houston nearly a foot of rain, flooding highways. the dramatic rescue. a man stranded on top of his truck pulled to safety. our team in the storm zone. and the dangerous heat wave. 136 million under alerts tonight. also this evening, president biden vowing i m not going anywhere as calls grow for him to drop out. mr. biden daring dissatisfied democrats to challenge him at the convention. it comes as white house logs reveal an expert on parkinson s visited the white house eight times in eight months, including a meeting with the president s personal physician. the white house saying it can t confirm why he was there. the united plane losing a tire during takeoff at l.a.x. what the airline says happened. boeing agreeing to plead guilty to a felony o
come. each inflection point in this nation s history represents a fundamental choice. i believe that america at this moment is facing such a choice, and the choice is this. are we going to continue with an economy where the overwhelming share of the benefits go to big corporations and the very wealthy or are we going to take this moment right now to set this country on a new path, one that invests in this nation, creates real sustained economic growth, and that benefits everyone including working people and middle class folks. that s something we haven t realized in this country for decades. the data excuse me. the data is absolutely clear. over the past 40 years the wealthy have gotten wealthier and too many corporations have lost a sense of responsibility to their workers, their communities and the country. just look at the facts. ceos used to make about 20 times the average worker in the company that they ran. today they make more than 350 times what the average worker i
that some of them patriot unit. it matters because this relates not only to whet a few indicted criminals are doing, some of play guilty, some of, not in matters because we are seeing the main line of this talk and belief system in the republican party and on the right. it also includes some elected officials in the republican party claiming that these individuals who are defendants, presumed innocent, but defendants in a criminal process involving violence on tape, are now being told by we are being told by republicans that they are automatically legally innocent. that they are political prisoners. that it is a shame. six this should be scrutiny and advance, the justice for january 6th, on september 18th. this has the capital on highlight. there s a bulletin saying that they have a bust security posture planning for september 18th and all available staff will be working. it is a kind of statement that makes you think that they want everyone to know, including anyone show
now account for more than one in four of all weekly new coronavirus infections, with over 250,000 new infections in the last week alone. child hospitalizations, they re also at an all-time high. but to be clear, less than 2% of all pediatric covid-19 cases result in hospitalization, far below with older people. dr. anthony fauci says the uptick in cases is still avoidable. if we do things right, we hope that we don t see much increase at all. if we want to protect the children, particularly those who are not yet eligible for vaccination, you want to surround the children with people who are vaccinated. teachers, school personnel, everyone else. some schools in the south have been particularly hit hard since reopening. one district in central georgia has temporarily moved to virtual learning after three transportation staff died in recent weeks. in florida 13 employees in miami dade public schools died since mid august. we should note, all of them unvaccinated. that statis
the other was left in the alley behind the rnc. there is also a moment where you can see a car and even a dog walker passing right by the suspect. this is the real stuff that the authorities go through. some of it is harrowing when again we think about the efforts that were made to cause even more destruction and possibility death. meanwhile today in the same sphere of the authorities trying to do accountability is the largest accounts in these probes. the oath keepers facing conspiracy charges and some of the rioters calling their part of the federal jail, quote, patriot unit, it matters because this relates not only to a few indicted criminals or defendants are doing, some pled guilty, some have not. it matters because we see this believe system in the republican party and on the right. these individuals who are defendants in a criminal process involving violence on tape. now we are being told by republicans, some of them are automatically legally and since they are polit