children, perhaps close to halloween. next steps, pfizer and its partner, biontech, will apply to the fda in coming days to get their vaccine authorized for use in children. the new york times underscoring the urgent need for a safe and effective vaccine for kids asap writing this, quote, children now account for one in five new cases, when the highly contagious delta variant has sent more children into hospitals and icus in the past few weeks than at any time other time in the pandemic. it s coming at a complicated moment for kids in schools with classrooms all across this country shutting down or having to revert once again to remote learning just days or weeks into the new school year. doctors in alaska, idaho, and montana are facing what the washington post describes as agonizing ethical questions, forced to ration care for some of its sickest patients as hospitals surpass capacity due to covid surges. the state of alabama revealing their grimmest of statistics, that
our thanks. your rewards. as we begin a new hour, we turn to the biden agenda. joe manchin says he wants a spending bill not too big. in moments, how the poor people s campaign is putting pressure on the west virginia senator. plus, a humanitarian crisis in del rio, texas. new developments about how the biden administration is responding. and the woman who designed the dress that has the worlds of fashion and politics buzzing. this is american voices. we begin this hour in texas where the state s ultra-conservative legislature kicks off a new special session tomorrow. this time around, texas republicans plan to focus on redistricting. they are already busy working to redraw maps to favor republican incumbents. the texas tribune reports, quote, republicans hold majorities in both chambers they will have every advantage as they use the process to position their party for the next decade as the state population becomes younger and more diverse. this is a process known
important is because it s a national security asset for the united states or was and so taliban taking over. this provided eyes and ears. the administration talks about over the horizon capability, this is like 6, 8 hours away in qatar, uae. the loss of bagram, i can t emphasize how destructive this is. maria: then as the biden administration promises new green car for afghan refugees the southern border is overflowing the migrants. now there are 15,000 people waiting to get apprehended under that one bridge in del rio, texas. joe biden s refusal to close the border as terrorists wanna be s join the fights, will they try to access through mexico as michael waltz predicted last week. we are on the road to future attacks. the same team that s around biden was around obama that yanked us out of we are ache and led to rise of isis caliphate. i think you will see that next year with al-qaeda 3.0 partnered with hakani and the taliban. maria: coming up texas senator ted cruz of co
national security asset for the united states or it was so the taliban take it over, this provided eyes and ears not only in afghanistan, but china, russia and iran. they are now emboldened. we can t see. we re going dark now and that s very dangerous. the administration talks about over-the-horizon capabilities. this is like six, eight hours away in qatar, uae. bagram, the loss of bag rap, i can t bagram, i can t emphasize how destructive this is. maria: as the biden administration promises green cars for afghan refugees, the southern border is overflowing with migrants. there are 15,000 people waiting to apprehended under one bridge in del-rio, texas. joe biden s refusal to close the border as terrorist want-to-bees join the fight, as michael waltz predicted last week. > we are on a road to a futue attack. the samewe team that s around biden was around obama that yanked out of iraq and led to the rise of the isis caliphate. i think you re going to see that in the next ye
ways. we just seem to have lost the ability to dialogue and to reason, and to do it in a way that s respectful and thoughtful, inside of politics. on monday, the democrats plan to pay for the $3.5 trillion infrastructure bill that came into focus. the house ways and means committee announced tax hikes that would amount to nearly $2.1 trillion in increased revenues. but left unscathed, the vast fortunes of the megarich, like mark zuckerberg and elon musk. perhaps that s why congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez struck such a chord with the fashion statement heard round the world at one of the most opulent events of the year. and to aoc s credit, just a few days later, president biden seemed to echo her sentiments. people with tens of millions of dollars. they play by a different set of rules. where is it written with all the tax breaks in the american tax code go to corporations at the very top. i think it s enough. i m tired of it. meanwhile, as democrats plow full ste