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Democrats may take as a road map to 2020. overwhelmly the delta variant and its rise, and his aggressive response to it, has been a key to what looks like what could be a landslide victory. certainly democrats all over the country may be watching, and certainly president biden is watching that, as he try to say institute tougher vaccine and testing mandates. yeah, this could be the template of what were seeing here in california, for what democrats may want to do all around the country in 2022. ...

>> im opposed to vaccine mandates and face mask mandates. joining in support for newsom are democratic heavy weights former president barack obama, vice president kamala harris and tomorrow president biden is set to join the campaign. >> should newsom come out really strong, he sails forward into 2022 with a message for the party about how covid should be handled overall. >> a defining moment for california, and a crucial test for newsoms legacy. >> guads in l.a. what does the latest polling sho...

Thanks to all of you for being here. guad, according to the american association of pediatrics, one in five new coronavirus cases in the last week of august were in children. what is the state of the pandemic right now with kids? >> reporter: as you mentioned, the numbers are astounding. almost 5 million kids have tested positive for the virus. you mentioned a study with more than 1,000 schools shutting down across more than 30 states in the country. and if you look at the map of that study, the...

Guad, ron, thank you. our top story all morning, weve been talking about the taliban taking over afghanistan. it is a gut-wrenching and embarrassing end to our longest war and it has been compared to saigon at the end of the war in vietnam. here is what i want to know. what is next for the u.s. and for the afghan people? joining us to discuss, texas republican congressman dan crenshaw, former navy s.e.a.l. deployed five times overseas, including afghanistan. congressman, youve been there. you ...

>> reporter: in florida, over 6 million residents remain unvaccinated. >> i had 108 patients in my 29-bed er. the 29-year-old emt who came to our hospital, and died of covid this week, left a 5-year-old kid >> reporter: however, the campaign is making progress with nearly a million administered today, the highest number in a month. >> this is a requirement. >> reporter: in california, a new mandate for all los angeles school district teachers to get vaccinated meanwhile, in san francisco, indoor...

City. as nbcs guad can be venegas shows us. >> reporter: the town of greenville was left in rubble. a growing threat, as the giant dixie fire carves a destructive path, now the largest in californias history. its incinerating some 450,000 acres, an area triple the size of chicago. the massive inferno driven by historic drought conditions, and winds fueling a blowtorch. >> the fire was driven by 25 sometimes gusting to 40-mile-an-hour winds. just really an explosive fire growth. >> reporter: four...

Well-being and she is showing the world that it is okay not to be okay. and im really grateful to her for that. weekend of fear in california as the dixie fire destroys hundreds of homes and threatens thousands more. it is now the largest single wildfire in state history. the associated press reports it already spread to an area larger than new york city and only 21% of the blaze has been contained. joining me from greenville, california, nbcs guad. what are you seeing on the ground? >> report...

Residents probably didnt have insurance and theres going to be a long process to rebuild this town. but for now they continue to fight this fire, alicia. >> guad, it is absolutely devastating to see you standing front of that used to be someones business. absolutely devastating to see other images that our teams have captured. talk to me, though, about what is happening in this moment because theres still fire to be contained, as i understand it, and also residents that need to be protected. wha...

Denver, with dangerous-air quality among the worst in the world. in greenville, which was nearly wiped off the map, authorities damage. >> this was the pharmacy. the village drug company. >> reporter: county supervisor, kevin is family business. >> shock just like anything else. shock. and really hard to put into words. >> now, hes convinced his home and an area still threatened by the fire will be next. you think you are prepared for it but i guarantee you youre not until you have been here and...

New apartment. >> so much at stake. nbcs reporter isnt las vegas. guad, what help is available at the state level? >> alicia, the happy been going out for months, right? at a federal level more than $46 billion were sent out to all the states across the country to make sure that money got to the renters that needed the money because of the covid, because of the pandemic hardships. right? the problem is that that money hasnt got ton all the renters. a lot of the money is tied up at the state leve...