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0 ahead of that messaging before the science had before that regulators were on the same page with them. >> john: , and on the immigration front, the mayor of del rio, texas, is on the extraordinary pictures. they declared a state of emergency in his town. thanks for being with us on this friday >> martha: thanks, john and jacqui. a lot of breaking news. im martha maccallum in new york. any moment now, there you can see the podium is set up at the pentagon. a huge development breaking right now ...

The funeral of marine corporal sanchez. he was among those killed in the horrendous terror attacks on august 26 at the kabul airport. i would like to suggest that we have a moment of silence and pay our respects to all those brave american service members who were killed or injured on that day and that we also honor the thousands of american service members, afghan soldiers and civilians who were casualties of this 20-year war. please join me in a moment of silence. [moment of silence] thank you...

State department failed to provide help. and then the unimaginable happened, august 26. 13 american servicemen and women were brutally murdered by isis-k trying to help americans escape from the taliban. two days ago we commemorated the 20th anniversary of 9/11. what will he mourn the loss of almost 3,000 innocent people, the taliban celebrated by raising their flag over the presidential palace. days before, their flag on the wall of our united states embassy, proclaiming the defeat of the unite...

Problem. is not like cancer it is arbitrary to be hit with bad news. thats a problem. jon: halloween is coming everybody likes halloween. >> i love halloween. [laughter] jon: thank you t15. the body of the marine killed in the attack outside of kabul airport has returned home to indiana. dozens line the procession route honoring american flags i should say holding american flags to honor sanchez. one of 13 servicemembers killed in the august 26 bombing the deadliest day for american troops in af...

August 26 through september 2nd, 858 new hospitalizations for children, and thats just in 24 states. the american academy of pediatrics data didnt look at the other states. thats a 12% increase in one week. thats obviously not good. so we all need to get vaccinated to protect children under 12 who cant be vaccinated. jim, your child may be fine with covid, but they could go on to affect their grandparents or some other vulnerable adult. jim. >> another question thats been out there for some time...

Well get to that. lets begin with cnns elizabeth cohen on this disturbing surge of cases in children. what are the numbers showing? >> kate, weve talked for many, many months that children arent as affected by covid as adults are. that is still true. but data from the american academy of pediatrics showing more than 26.8% of cases are among children. so more than one in four cases in the u.s. is now a pediatric case. that is a much higher number than anyone expected. lets take a look more closel...

Numbers. so, for the week of august 26 through september 2nd, there were more than 250,000 new cases among children up to about age 18. thats a 23% in just -- increase in just one week. that is the highest weekly increase ever. i want to answer a question i know is on many peoples minds. what is the big deal if a child gets covid? my children have gotten viruses many times over the years. theyre home for a couple days, they recover, no big deal. heres the problem. for a certain percentage, a ver...

12, arent allowed to be vaccinated. and heres the results. the same week, august 26 through september 2nd, 858 new hospitalizations. and its important to note thats just in 24 states. the american academy of pediatric numbers only looked at 24 states. thats a 12% increase in one week. and, again, that number is just for half the country. so this really belies the importance of getting vaccinated as dr. fauci said, to protect children who cannot be vaccinated. jim? >> elizabeth cohen, thanks so m...

Were revisiting the decision, after labor day. so we will continue to monitor. its not a decision thats been made for the entire year. so our school board members, prior to the commissioner coming out and saying that they were going to withhold their funds, they withheld an august 26. it was $35, 000, a little bit over that. that they did. and when withholding those funds, and the other thing that they also put in sanctions for, was paperwork. as you might say. so on a daily basis, every one of ...

A declining workload and projected reductions in other systems will result in a potential reduction of up to 180 contract personnel and government term employees at Red River Army Depot beginning later this year.