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The state begins largest evacuation in seven years as Hurricane Milton barrels toward the West Coast. This has potential to be one of the most damaging storms in the country. Carley preparing for the worst and tracking the latest. Todd battle in the Briefing Room over getting Hurricane Helene victims Money And Aid they need. If hes got money in lebanon right now without congress coming back, what does it say about his values . His values . Your whole premise of the question is misinformation, si...

prince william breaks his silence after harry and meghan�*s interview — with a direct challenge to their most explosive claim. is the royalfamily a racist family sir? we are very much not a racist family. its one year since the world health organisation declared coronavirus a global pandemic. since it first emerged in china, 118 million people have been infected. and 2.6 million people have died. the united states is the worst affected country, with more than half a million deaths....

This more quickly. and i wonder, by the time all these tests get out to people, and granted, its a big effort, perhaps a billion tests being sent, will it be too late to have an effect on the omicron surge? >> yes. the short answer to that is yes. so first of all, theres no website up and running yet to order a test. this whole business of even paying for tests for people is so layered and cumbersome, having to get your insurance company to pay for it is unhelpful. this administration placed all...

54 past the hour. now to one impact of the pandemic that perhaps hasnt gotten as much attention as it should. the red cross has declared a national blood crisis as covid continues to sweep the country, saying it is the worst blood shortage in more than a decade. nbc news correspondent jacob soboroff has the details. >> reporter: inside the california facility processing more blood than anywhere else in america, the crisis is easy to see. normally this refrigerator would be filled with blood dona...

It is known to kill half of those it infects. doctors say covid and the steroids used to save people from it have left them vulnerable to the fungus. surgeons have to remove infected parts. shivaji veer lost one of his eyes. translation: iml grateful to be alive. but i had to take a big loan to buy medicines. i used to drive school buses, but i cant do that now. at this public hospital, there were not more than three cases a year. now, there are five every day. dr aniket lathi says he was in dis...

And have endured so much are fatigued, frustrated and many, many cases outright angry that we are in this position, and part of it is that even though a few months ago, the covid numbers were lower, we were still really, really busy, and we had not caught up in the health care delivery from the previous surge. people seeking care for things they had put off a year ago. so we were not at a point of feeling like we had caught our breath when this most recent surge hit. it is really kind of knockin...

Covid has left behind in india a new epidemic — mucormycosis. a fungus that attacks parts of the brain, face and lungs. not contagious, but aggressive. it is known to kill half of those it infects. doctors say covid and the steroids used to save people from it have left them vulnerable to the fungus. surgeons have to remove infected parts. shivaji veer lost one of his eyes. translation: iml grateful to be alive. but i had to take a big loan to buy medicines. i used to drive school buses, but i...

He was in disbelief initially when the surge hit. covid is leaving such a big trail behind of mucormycosis. and they do not fill up the beds only for a day or two. they are here to stay with us for at least one month, one and a half months. the injection needed to treat a rare disease, expensive and hard to find. with covid and mucormycosis, indias stretched health care facilities have had no respite. just a small percentage of the population has been vaccinated so far, and government experts ar...

Refugees all over the region. what he we are seeing is that double already just in the last two years. so thats doubled. so everybody is seeing on their tuitions now -- televisions. this is the worst disaster of refugee flow. >> since world war ii. >> in the history. thats right. part of what we have to do is we have to turn this thing back around and ask the arab states what is it that they are going to do? >> they are not going to do anything, thats not fair. jordan and turkey have taken a lot...

Refugees all over the region. what he we are seeing is that double already just in the last two years. so thats doubled. so everybody is seeing on their tuitions now -- televisions. this is the worst disaster of refugee flow. >> since world war ii. >> in the history. thats right. part of what we have to do is we have to turn this thing back around and ask the arab states what is it that they are going to do? >> they are not going to do anything, thats not fair. jordan and turkey have taken a lot...