And minds in the ozarks, we go to the heart of rural america to find out why so many are unwilling to get vaccinated against covid. 20 years has not erased the painful memories of 9/11 or the agony felt by the victims families. On saturday the nation trying to provide some solace as it stopped to pay tribute to each one who died. One by one the names of the victims were read aloud, each one precious to those who knew them. The grief and sorrow so many captured by a young girl as she spoke directly to the uncle she never met and imagined how he might be today. Hi, uncle, and know you re every day watching over us. And even though i never met you in person i still miss you a lot. I m sure if you were here yii d probably be doing them with you. There s a look at new york city right now. Two brilliant shafts of light where the twin towers once stood in lower manhattan. The president and first lady paying their respects to the victims at all three sites, new york, virginia and pennsylvania
And every texan, instead of a select few. The backlash growing over that texas law banning abortions, after only six weeks. The new plan by democrats to fight back. And doctors warn at the labor day holiday, plus the start of college football season could create the perfect storm for a covid spike. All while a new more frightening variant could be on the horizon, we will ask our expert what this means for all of us. Good morning, it is sunday, there if. If i m lindsey reiser. I m candice gibson, live hq right here in new york city. Not sure if you saw some pictures yesterday, including from a virginia tech game. It looked as if we were in not a pandemic anymore. Thousands and thousands of people up on top of each other. We ve got this beautiful shot from new york city this morning. Look at that! the mornings are getting darker. Yes! they say that summer is ending without saying this summer is ending, that shot says it right there. Yes! fall is upon us, there s a crisp in the air, at le
Week. Climate envoy john kerry will help us understand the prognosis of it. But first here s my take. As we watch the tragedy that is unfolding in afghanistan, let s first dispense with the fantasy that the united states was maintaining the peace there with just a few thousand troops and that the situation could ve been managed with this small commitment. For the last couple of years, it sure looked that way to americans because washington had made a deal with the taliban, and as a result the taliban was deliberately not attacking u. S. And coalition forces. For the afghans, the war had been intensifying. In the summer of 2019 the afghan army and police force suffered their worst casualties in the two decades of fighting. It was also the worst spirit for afghan civilian casualties in a decade. In 2018 when the u. S. Had four times as many troops as this year, 282 civilian afghans fled their homes in the countryside. A government survey done that year showed that afghan support for u. S
you may have noticed lately that the gop is working overtime to make the lives of trans people more difficult than their lives already are. the gop wants to kick trans people out of bathrooms, sports. 31 states introduced legislation. the military. doctor s offices. anti-transgender health care. and trans women especially are under threat at all times. was shot and killed on an east dallas street saturday morning. then those of you who know all that s awful call trans people brave for putting up with it. trans people don t want to have to be brave. they just want to be. this week we are talking to black trans women in dallas, texas, about trying to just be. i m back in dallas, y all. yay! while we often think about the black trans community being in big cities like l.a. and new york, we need to see that black trans folks are everywhere. even in a state like texas, where 70% of the population identifies as christian, and not just easter/christmas christian, meg