Aftermath of a deadly hurricane that ravaged communities along the gulf and in the northeast. Today, biden traveled to New Jersey and New York to see the devastation from Hurricane Ida and its remnants, and meet with families who have survived the storms aftermath. Just four days ago, lets not forget, he spent time in louisiana, which took a direct hit from ida, which then went on to kill almost 30 people in the state of New Jersey alone. This afternoon, he linked the storms to the climate, while pitching his proposals to protect our country from future disasters. The evidence is clear. Climate change poses an existential threat to our lives. We have to listen to the scientists and the economists and the national security experts. They all tell us that this is code red. The nation and the world are in peril. My build back better plan, with key investments to fight climate change, Curb Emissions and make things more resilient each dollar we invest the president suggested that he may soo
Watch it. And our colleague maybe her son had an incredible guest on last hour, i dont 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 whats happening in the country and her fear for her family, its 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 didnt 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 and Kamala Harris resign
Firmly in control of kandahar, the second largest city in afghanistan. The militants expanding their territory in the south, north and the west. Where they seized the historic city of herat, and waits military commander. In this taliban propaganda video, the man who fought the taliban in 2001, says he hopes the militants will bring peace, stability and security. The Lightning Fast Takeover has shocked the world. The militant group took its first provincial capital one week ago today. Now, their territory looks like this, closing in on kabul. The Pentagon Scrambling to send 3000 troops to the kabul airport, most arriving by The End of this weekend, a temporary mission to get Embassy Staff out safely. The deteriorating conditions are a factor, a big factor in why the president has approved this mission. As the u. S. Embassy is ordering staff to destroy sanctity of documents and computers, according to a memo obtained by npr. Nbc news has confirmed that half of afghanistans provincial cap
he is the king! case closed! how about aaron judge walks into history with a 62nd home run of this season breaking the american league record said by roger maris, and as far as you and i are concerned, willie, i m sure, breaking the single season all-time home run record. the only people that are in front of him have a massive asterisk, because they were all at the height of the roid war. all roided out themselves, but aaron judge, nome does he does he set this record. he does it with his mom in the stands and proves throughout this entire process he s really one of the, one of the good guys in he is. baseball today. i m chuckling watching that shot of his mother. that was just relief right there. she s been on the road with him. she s been, the last couple of weeks traveling show. tie the record 61. would he break it? you can just see her sort of fall back into her care, ah. finally, he did it. not a moment too soon. second to last day of the season. today last
Could be the determining factor in november. i want to pick up on claire s point, just there, about abortion rights. because republicans in recent weeks are around internal abortion slipping as an issue as midterms approach. less important than say over the summer in the immediate aftermath of the dobbs decision. i m not so sure about that. i think voting registrations indicate women are signing up in droves. new women voters. men s support of this issue as well. that s chargely going to break for democrats. republicans, yes. trying to make it about the economy, to that column s point. they think that s where they have had advantage and see there are signs. more economic data. growing talk of a recession around the corner. they feel that s their wheelhouse but not clear that s the only issue determining the election this year. yes, ukraine, they don t think as important as it is a single vote will be cast in november about the war in ukraine. climate change? we know from polling that