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Participate nearly equitably enough in the recovery. so thats something that im very concerned about that african-american businesses not just be the subcontract of a sub contractor who gets squeezed at the bottom. >> reporter: president biden spoke about the ongoing recovery efforts in the gulf coast as he prepared to travel to the region to survey the damage. >> we are here for you. and were making sure the response and recovery is equitable so that those hit hardest get the resources they nee...

Legal perspective. yeah, i mean, it just so disappointing. i dont understand it at all. >> there is a dispute. a jury should decide that dispute so i think its most likely that the ninth circuit would say there are disputes as to a number of facts that the judge decided were undisputed and those facts should be try toto a jury. >> so yeah, well go to the ninth circuit and do our appeal there. >> its a setback and disappointment but we did this for a reason. it will take more than this to stop us...

Of how his life changed. >> i could have given up. i wanted to give up after katrina. >> theyre going to be a distant memory. >> reporter: the engineer turned entrepreneur owns eight gas stations. and this radio station. the baseline of black cultural life in new orleans. he owns other businesses including an aviation company. henry understands the challenges of running a business. >> get some diesel to put in the generator. >> reporter: and how to pick up after a setback. katrina destroyed his ...

Family? >> no, we did not. we couldnt find anything that -- that would take us there other than her story. >> reporter: janet, vinces surrogate mom, was horrified when she learned that jessie, the woman who had seemed so good for vince, was now implicated in his murder. >> i was devastated. i was like, "why is she arrested?" >> reporter: did you think she was capable of -- of killing vince? >> never. never. why? theres divorce. why wouldnt she just get a divorce? >> reporter: but even with jessi...

The texas rules, no abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy mark a setback for abortions rights advocates and open a new chanter in politics. >> women are going to take their health into their own hands. it will impact young women, poor women and women of color. texas is now very dangerous place for women and children. we are going to see more states basically import this law and do everything possible to create the most hostile conditions for women in our country. >> our panel is back with...

The u.s. ended its longest war, withdrawing troops from afghanistan. the white house says about 100 americans are still in the country. >> well find ways to get them the ones that want to leave to get them out of afghanistan. >> reporter: meantime in the united states new coronavirus cases are surging to over 160,000 new infections a day on average. sending mostly the unvaccinated to hospitals. now some top officials suggest scaling back the plan to provide boosters starting september 20th. dr. ...

Chairman of the joint chiefs, general milley, hes predicting potential civil war, republican senator lindsey graham is already saying the u.s. will need to go back into afghanistan. do you think those two voices are getting a bit hasty here? what do you think? >> well, i think were going to have to continue to maintain a focus on afghanistan to some extent because we havent followed through on the commitments we made. but, as president biden said, weve got major challengers in china and russia. ...

1%. >> lindsey, you have to cut back on everything. >> suddenly they have nothing but they go on pretending that they do. >> now i dont have a car or a jet? why dont we take an ad out in "im poor" magazine. >> the rich kid never entirely become unrich. they always have a line to some money. >> theres $250,000 lining the walls of the banana stand. >> what? >> cash, michael. >> another setback for the family as their frozen what naanee stand burns to the ground. >> the idea was if you could make i...

Has said that she will put this on the floor when we return. but what many people dont realize is in the senate we have 48 co-sponsors. and we also have two republicans that are pro-choice. we have a majority there in the senate that could pass this bill if it were not for the filibuster. so yes, being able to have an exception for the filibuster is very key and critical for this. >> and speaking of the infrastructure again, this week is biden agenda took a setback from a member of your own part...

Day. quinnipiac from texas, 49%, well put it on the screen, oppose this law. when you then look nationwide, and its an nbc survey, 54% believe that abortion should be legal in all or most cases. that would suggest that its the democratic party that has a winning hand on this texas issue. but wherein lies the passion, whos really going to come out to vote because of an issue like this? >> well, i think where this law going to hurt the gop is with educated suburban women. michael youre from the su...