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The crisis is now causing county mayors across the state so hold use conferences and pleading with people to understand how desperate this crisis for people dealing with coronavirus. >> there is burnout as well. people get burnt out and they leave the profession. the florida hospitalization say theres is a deficit of 8,000 nurses in the state. that is a confluence of increased demand and burnout. >> 87% of those patients in hospitals in palm beach county are unvaccinated. andrea? >> that tells y...

Still going without basic necessities right now as they are just trying to get the power turned back on for thousands of people. of course, this is compounded all by the fact that it is incredibly hot right now in louisiana. weve seen the heat index get up to 105 in some points. president biden was calling out insurance companies, saying that they need to step up to the plate and not cover people just because they have voluntarily, in his words, left their homes because of this storm. thanks for...

Abc news obtaining these images showing the conditions. and the frustration growing. hundreds of thousands still without power and running low on food, clean water and fuel. news on the pandemic, and a possible delay for booster shots in the u.s. top health officials at the fda and cdc telling the white house theyre not sure they can meet the presidents timeline for offering that third shot. and tonight, the cdcs covid travel warning heading into the holiday weekend, especially for unvaccinate...

Today a senior state department official admitted an ugly truth. quote, the majority, unquote, of afghans who work for the united states during its two decade military campaign were likely left behind. were fortunate enough to have with us a member of the minority who the help of cnn and others on the ground was able to escape. 34-year-old abdul rasheed shazad he tried several times to get himself and his family through the airport gates but the crowds were too massive. he says his 8-year-old so...

Black residents there are 5% of the population but 26% of the stops. or across the u.s. we have a study of over 800 separate places where black people are arrested at five times the rate of white americans. this is important. it is not partisan. it is a bigger problem than that and we will stay on the story. thanks for spending time with "the beat." "the reidout" is up next. hello, joy. >> hello, ari. thank you for bringing up that important issue. we will be watching. have a great evening. go...

Right now the u.s. is averaging more than 165,000 new cases a day. that includes children who are still too young to be vaccinated. a group of the nations childrens hospitals are pleading for help, writing to president biden theyre at or near capacity with the school year just beginning. its the highest rate of infection the u.s. has seen since late january. icus across the country say theyre starting to run out of life saving resources for patients. joining us now is dr. ben gupta. you were abl...

Pleading for for two years. hes the second european leader to come to the white house. that in itself is sort of the first achievement for zelensky. then to your question, did some of this stuff come up, one of the key questions -- one of the reasons he wanted this meeting was to ask the united states for aid, financial aid, in their fight against russia, and general support for their sovereignty and security. that is absolutely a topic that came up today in person. >> john, when we talk about t...

Allowed some 5,000 taliban members to be released from prison here. this is a continuation of that. but very much on the ground they were working together here to get some of those afghan allies and the americans out. >> jeff, appreciate it. president biden has a personal connection it turns out to one afghan still trying to get out. an interpreter named muhammad who helped rescue three senators including then senator biden back in 2008 when their helicopter was forced down in a remote part of t...

Hiding, pleading for the presidents help. "the wall street journal" broke the details just before the president spoke today. the white house press secretary was asked about it. >> he told "the wall street journal," hello, mr. president, save me and my family, dont forget me. whats your response to him? why is he and other afghan allies like him still in the country if the president believes as he said today that the mission was an extraordinary success? >> i would say first, our message to him i...

Burress told the question suggesting it was irresponsible to say that, now there are definitely people stranded in afghanistan. >> there are and it is amazing to see the individual efforts of private groups going to rescue these folks, let alone the thousands of other afghans who have helped the u.s. over the years. "the wall street journal" has this amazing piece about this interpreter who in 2008 saves senator joe biden, senator chuck hagel, and senator john kerry after the black hawk goes dow...