stay with cnn for new developments on the storm damage and recovery in the northeast and louisiana if you're looking for ways to help victims of those disasters, go to cnn.com/impact for details on how to impact your world. i'm jim acosta, thanks very much for watching. erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. "outfront" next a dire warning from president biden as he tours the devastation from hurricane ida. plus, one of the nation's biggest public school systems rocked by covid, 13 employees dying of covid in a matter of weeks. what's going on and a prominent lawyer whose wife and son were shot dead three months ago, reports of a shot to the dead. that's not all. there is renewed interest in two other deaths in the area. let's go "out ffront." this is code red as he toured the flood averaged areas.

visiting towns and neighborhoods that days ago looked pristine and now completely still flooded out all the while making the hard sell on his domestic agenda trying to offer his infrastructure and budget plans as solutions in preventing future death and devastation. >> we got to listen to the scientists and the economists and the nasa security experts. they all tell us this is code red. the nation and the world are in peril and that's not hyperbole, that a fact. it's a bipartisan plan to modernize our physical ins infras infrastructure, our roads. how many bridges i went through in new jersey that had been over flown by the river because the next time disaster strikes, the flood is contained, the fire doesn't spread as widely and power stays on. not to mention those investments

save lives, homes and create good paying union jobs. >> president biden making a hard pivot to his economic plan as you heard there trying to turn the page on crisis that have consumed his white house in recent weeks including a deadly afghanistan pullout and surge in covid. the biden agenda is running into massive resistance as i speak and it's notable because it's not just from republicans dead set against biden's $3.5 trillion budget plan, it's members of his own party standing in the way like west virginia senator joe mansion who calls on biden to take a quote strategic pause on the budget which other democrats say is key to tackleing the big long term issue of client change, an issue that reportedly affecting tens of millions of americans. "the washington post" saying one in three americans experienced a weather disaster whether it be a hurricane, flood, tornado, heat wave or wildfire. as of today you have formally the biggest ever in california

history. the human toll from this continuing to grow. tonight, another grim announcement. louisiana officials announcing two more people have died due to hurricane ida, which brings the official death toll in louisiana to 20 and that's on top of the 52 people that died in the northeast, four still missing. trying to get numbers close to 100 from a storm. jeff zeleny is "outfront" live tonight and jeff, you spoke to the president just moments ago as he arrived back at the white house. asked him about his economic agenda. what did he tell you? >> reporter: erin, we talked about senator joe mansion's resistance and i asked him if he's spoken to senator mansion. he said he's not but he said something interesting. he said joe is usually with us at the end. i look forward to talking with him. the point is senator mansion, he has called for a pause, as you said and said simply $3.5 trillion is too expensive but didn't close the door to any negotiations here. that's what this moment is. it's a negotiation between the

white house and of course democrats and the few republicans who are into negotiating but the president still sounded an optimistic note as he arrived back to the white house after spending all day in new york and new jersey talking to people, seeing their stories, seeing the devastation. he said it was a good day and does feel somewhat upbeat about the future of two bills and that's important to keep in mind. the infrastructure bill which is a bipartisan $1 trillion plan and the second plan is $3.5 trillion we called reconciliation, meaning democrats only will do this and joe mansion comes in and the climate change provisions are. the both tom line to this, the next few weeks are critical here in washington, here at the white house to negotiating on capitol hill to get these bills put together. the president sounded optimistic and said it is code red and he'll go to california next week to look at the wildfires and also to be campaigning for governor with gavin newsom who

is in a recall fight of his own. as for now, the white house somewhat confident not exactly sure how the legislative path ends but they believe at least joe mansion that the president seems to think he's not a problem. we'll see if that's true, erin. >> jeff zeleny, thank you very much from washington. "outfront" now eric adams the democratic nominee the heavy favorite to win the race in november and eric, i appreciate your time tonight. president biden wrapping up his visit to the new york city burro of queens tonight saying the devastation in new york shows what he called the threat of climate change. but did you hear any specifics about what he's going to do for the biggest city in america? >> no, i did not and i think it's important as i stated before this is e quivalent to when jimmy carter came to the bronx and how the president is taking it serious and i'm sure

he'll go back to washington with his team and come up with real ways how we'll deal with the climate change crisis that we're facing. >> so, you know, some things have happened. so i know you're hoping he'll come back with specifics. there were specifics in new york after what was called super storm sandy, which is now almost ten years ago, right? ten years ago. congress allocated $50 billion for recovery efforts to the metro area, right? that was supposed to be coastal levees build up, right, to protect millions and millions of new yorkers that was supposed to be a seawall that would affect part of new york city, as well. the burro staten island but there is no seawall. these projects really are very early on even if that, i mean, it's got to be really frustrating given your position here coming in as potentially the next mayor. is there anything to show for all that money that came into this area after sandy when officials promised they were going to make big change?

>> you know, erin, you hit on two things that are so important. number one, bureaucracy. our inability to get out of our own way. that's number one. number two, look at what you just talked about. you talked about seawalls, shore front, how do we keep water out? it was not the sea this time. it was the sky. it was the rain. also the system was built to handle rainfalls, not niagra falls and that's what i saw out there. so we have to think differently and be honest with this problem and we're not and we're too bureaucratic when mother nature isn't going to wait. >> the timing is if you win the race to be mayor, you will be the one facing these massive repairs and crisis along with no money. major budget deficit. mayor bill de blasio says a $12 million budget deficit over the next couple years. where are you going to get the money to fix the problems or does it come on the cost cutting

side? >> well, it comes in several different ways. number one, we're dysfunctional as a city and country. we create our crisis. the inefficiency and bureaucracy, we have self-inflicted wounds that we are putting in place. if we run a more efficient city, we're going to get the cost savings that we're looking for. i believe every agency in this city can have a three to 5% peg or cut in its budget but we must be smarter. >> you're talking about climate change on the crisis and president biden talked about that today when he used the word ex steshl. there is a very different part of this country here from certain media outlets like this. >> biden hopped on this climate band wagon today to politicize hurricane ida. >> it very convenient,

floodings, global warming, snowstorm global warning. >> didn't take long to put the infrastructure on quote unquote climate change. >> the network dropped out of a press conference and stopped taking it live to air once the word climate change was mentioned. what do you say to people who still deny the crisis? >> america, let's not get distracted. let stay focused and let's be ready for the environment. there is no longer a conversation is climate change real and those who want to engage in that while they're sitting in the corner of a flood zone, let them do that. i'm focused on how do it get my city ready and what is taking place across the globe and how do i look at the issues? 13 people dies in new york. we saw people dying from rain.

we had this new turn in our city, flash floods. so if they're not clear that we have an issue with our climate, then we're not going to allow them to get in the way of saving the people of this city. >> eric adams, thank you very much. >> thank you. take care. so i want to go to gloria borger our chief political analyst. i want to ask you something that the democratic nominee from new york said but first, president biden, the context here coming to do this. he had a rough month political fallout from afghanistan, the surge in covid and of ybviously going to the south and coming to the metro and going to california and talk able climate. did he make a dent at all today in shifting the focus back dom domestically? >> it's hard to say so quickly. the old political addage is never let a political crisis go

to waste. mr. adams talked about it. you saw the streets of new york. you heard the people. and you heard the president of the united states say this is code red if people don't want to pay attention to it, that's fine but here is what we need to do. we heard during the campaign biden talking about build back better. today he was talking about we have to build back differently because we don't want to confront these same problems down the road because we know that they will reoccur and i think that's the message that he was trying to get across, and the other message is that government is your friend. i mean, we hear this a lot from joe biden. government can help you solve the problems, whether it's on infrastructure, whether it's reworking the social safety net in the country. this is a part of it. he's sending to congress tens of billions of dollars in proposals to help with disaster relief. the problem is people want that money fast and as you and i

know, erin, congress doesn't move that fast. >> it doesn't and when you saw biden meeting people in new jersey and new york who were devastated, we saw, you know, his strength, his compassion and yet, you heard eric adams just say when i specifically said did you hear any specifics about what he's going to do? he didn't even -- there wasn't even a pause. >> no, look -- >> no, i did not. >> right. and that's got to come -- that has got to come from the new york delegation, from mr. adams should he be elected, from the city and state officials who say this is what we need and this is how we need to spend the money when mr. adams is talking about getting rid of pbureaucracy, yo want to have people on the ground tell you where the problem is and i think that's one way to get to a solution here, but what the president was doing was saying we're here to

come to the rescue, we're going to give you the money but we want to make sure that it works this time because we can't keep doing this over and over again. >> all right. gloria, thank you. >> thanks, erin. >> cnn learning 13 employees of miami-dade public schools died of covid-19 in the past three weeks. the superintendant is "outfront". texas governor greg abbott's answer when asked to defend the abortion law. >> texas will work tirelessly to make sure we eliminate all rapists from the streets of texas. multiple terror warnings days ahead of nech 9/11 as the r mind and four others have a day in court today. what else can go from your car's cup holder to a crystal bowl and seem equally at home? i guess the most well-rounded snack isn't round at all. it's more cashew-shaped. planters. a nut above. people with moderate to severe psoriasis, or psoriatic arthritis, are rethinking the choices they make

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>> number one, thank you for having me. two were teachers and the others were non-instructional staff like bus drivers. most of them contracts covid-19 prior to the beginning of the school year and unfortunately, as you said, all of them were unvaccinated according to their families that represents the danger of disinformation and misinformation, which is so common these days regarding the vaccination of individuals in our community. >> i mean, it's tragic because obviously the vaccine is free and widely available. it's being thrown out because there isn't enough demand. it started on august 16th which is a week before classes resumed, many teachers but no students back in school. you're going through among the

13 people that died. four were teachers. one perhaps in the cafeteria, one maybe security and school pus drivers, obviously, the majority more than anything this is what we understand now and one is unknown and you said that was a teacher, as well. i know some of the teachers as i indicated had been back in the cl classroom getting ready but sounds like from your understanding, they did not contract covid at work? that's exactly the information we have. we do not have a single case that is originating in the schoolhouse where there was contact that led to the infection and then subsequently and tragically the death. look, i think this under scores the big tragedy that we see occurring across america. even though in my community, 98% of individuals got one dose of the vaccine there is still a lag specific to individuals that

represent ethnic minorities in miami-dade and this is a result of understandable historic facts that have in a certain way prejudice the understanding of these communities about the viability of the vaccine. one is reinforced by absolutely insane pronouncements about the safety of this vaccine and that's having a dramatic impact in our community. >> which is -- so you layout the facts here and true but of course, all of the 13 were unvaccinated as you say. their own families told you. but as i point out, the vaccine is free. it readily available for anyone who wants it. i know this has to be really tough for you, and i'm sure you think about this and you discuss it every day, but why not mandate the vaccine in your school district especially now that you've had 13 people die? >> short of a mandate, we have

incentive for those that have been vaccinated with a $275 stipend and look, i think we need much more. we need information, accurate information throughout our community, not only miami-dade but across the country to desensitize our community to the viability of the vaccine. it free and safe. it's the presentive manner of avoiding covid-19 recognizing 84% of those that are currently hospitalized in miami-dade are unvaccinated individuals. the his information is having an impact in our communities and needs to stop. >> it is and you mentioned that you can't have a mandate because you can't in florida and the seven-day average in your state is higher right now than at any other point in the pandemic which is unbelievable. if everybody listening could pause with a widely available free vaccine.

you have a higher seven-day average. that would seem impossible to accomplish. that's where you are in your state. preventing to go ahead and get vaccinated and encourages people to do so but adamantly against vaccine mandates and here is what he said the other day. >> it's about your health and whether you want that protection or not. it really doesn't impact me or anyone else. >> what do you say to the governor? he said the vaccine is about your health and whether you want protection or not? it really doesn't impact me or anyone else. >> well, it certainly is impacting me certainly as a lead, it's impacting our colleagues and co-workers and the families of those who perished to covid-19. we're in the state right now and unfortunately, we are fighting to maintain one of the most viable and inexpensive means by which you can prevent the spread of covid-19, which is the mandatory use of masks. we are making vaccines widely

available to individuals in our community, but it is a battle every single day. you talk about the positivity rate. we were down three months ago to a positivity rate approaching 2%. we're back to 9.75% even though it has dropped by about 2.7% over the past two weeks, it is still exceedingly high and there is no need for that to be the current condition in miami-dade. >> appreciate your time. thank you very much. >> thank you. next, texas governor greg abbott signing new voting restrictions into law today saying election integrity is the law of the land but the claim doesn't add up and a former pastor, don't bring god into a war over vaccine mandates. he's next. r what you need. sorry? limu, you're an animal! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ discover card i just got my cashback match

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tonight texas governor greg abbott signing into a law that puts barriers on mail in voting and partisan poll watchers. the latest in a list of laws enacted banning all abortions after six weeks which the supreme court just upheld.

ed lavandera is "outfront". >> reporter: last year 127,000 people cast their ballots in a drive-through in harris county. it was an idea born out of the pandemic and celebrated as a secure way of making voting safe and conveniconvenient. >> you're more likely to be struck by lightning than experience mail ballot fraud. plain and simple. >> i election integrity is now law. >> reporter: drive-through voting is banned in texas. it's one of the extensive measures included in a controversial election bill signed by republican greg abbott. critics call it one of the most restrictive election laws in the country republicans deny it will make voting harder. >> it does make it easier than ever before for anybody to go cast a ballot. it also however makes sure that it is harder for people to cheat at the ballot box in texas. >> reporter: the election bill

bans 24-hour voting, sets new identification rules for voting by mail and gives partisan poll watchers more access at election sites. >> this is bad. >> reporter: a democrat running for lieutenant governor says republicans in texas are feeling the political tides turning against them especially in the biggest cities, which now vote overwhelmingly democratic. >> they don't want to lose their grip on power and they will assault the democracy in order to retain power and i think that's very, very dangerous. >> reporter: governor abbott signed the election law as a new texas politics project poll shows governor abbott's job approval rating at 4 1% with 50% disapproving of the job he's done. the same poll also finds that 52% of texans say the state is headed in the wrong direction. in recent weeks, glovernor abbot continued to a push to the approach to the covid-19 pandemic as cases and hospitalizations skyrocketed. the election bill is just one of several controversial laws supported by the governor and

texas republicans. the governor signed a bill that allows texans to carry firearms without a permit as well as limiting the way issues of race are discussed in texas classrooms and the bill that went into effect last week that outlaws abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. the governor was asked why the bill didn't make exceptions for victims of rape and insist. >> why should a rape or incest victim carry a baby to term? >> it provides at least six weeks for a person to be able to get an abortion, so for one, it doesn't provide that. rape is a crime and texas will work tirelessly to make sure that we eliminate all rapests from the streets of texas. >> reporter: critics quickly pointed out that most women don't find out they're pregnant until after six weeks. and erin, there is a great deal

of outrage this afternoon at the governor's comments there following the question on abortion and why women who are victims of rape and insist weren't excluded in this abortion bill. so the governor dealing with the fallout of that this afternoon and the governor is also announcing that he will bring back state lawmakers on september 20th where they will hammer out the redistricting plan here in the state and all of this needs to be done as this state heads into a primary season this spring. >> i want to go to matthew dowd, long-time texan that served in the bush, cheney ecampaign. you've been critical of governor ab abbott. your point of view i understand. abbott is offering a lot of red meat to his base. redist redistricting, that anti abortion law, taking on critical race theory. what does this mean for his political standing in the state?

>> well, he -- what is fascinating is how consistent he's been in the last year, which is either not dealing with a huge problem, the grid and other problems in texas and then ferment other culture war problems in order to sort of not deal with those problems of things texans don't want to deal with or there is a highly unpopular or spreads a lie about the election, which is and then creates a solution to solve a non-exist tabletent problem. his numbers are lower than ever since he's opinion governor so they're at the lowest point. he's at 51%, 41% approval, 51% disapproval. he's in trouble. it's going to take the right candidate with the right message and the right campaign to beat him. he's vulnerable because he's gone against the interest of the majority of texans. >> let's talk about the anti abortion law because this is at the core of that point. he was talking how abbott was

asked to explain why his law would ban abortions at six weeks and to be clear, many women don't know they're pregnant at that time and of course, this would force rape or incest victims that don't know at six weeks to carry their pregnancy to term. that's the law now in your state. you said no, you got the six weeks and proceeded to say this. here it is, matthew. >> let's make something very clear. rape is a crime. and texas will work tirelessly to make sure that we eliminate all rapists from the streets of texas by aggressively going out and arresting them and prosecuting them and getting them off the streets. >> does the answer that he was going to get rid of all rapists as opposed to giving women the opportunity to not bear a rapist child carry weight with anyone? >> no, i mean, it's absolutely ludicrous. a couple fundamental things that are completely wrong in what he said. first of all, they don't have

six weeks as you pointed out. matter of fact, they have probably two weeks at most because of the gestation cycles and menstrual cycles that women don't have an understanding where they are on that. he gets that part wrong first of all. gets that wrong. secondly, what is he going to do like tom cruise minority report? is he going to find out who is a rapist before they rape? because he's talking about rapists after they rape. so how does it solve a problem to arrest a rapist after he's already raped somebody, a woman that could get pregnant by a rapist. that's what is so ludicrous and outrageous about what he's saying. it's in some crazy weird land that he lives that he says these things but i think he is the only thing he can say because he's trying to defense the indefensible, which is rowing over roe versus wade and taking away a woman's right to choice ch -- choose. >> you have them saying trump is

all but certain to announce soon he's running for president in 2024. that would kick this off. maggie haberman said trump could always not pull the trigger but this is what he's told several people, sooner rather than later. so is it possible that we end up with biden and trump again? >> it's possible and it's possible we end up without biden and trump. he seeds it to the democrat take primary and donald trump makes statements. this is about donald trump and people around then that make money off people that are diluted enough to contribute to him and then allow that money to be spent on who knows what the millions of they raise. it much more of a scram and the artist he is raising money and spending on stuff. i don't think he'll run but it's up to him. you never know. >> you never know. perhaps he himself does not know.

very possible. all right. thank you very much. appreciate your time, matthew, as always. "outfront" next a former pa pastor shutting down fellow kristins that believes god gives them exceptions from covid vaccines. >> claiming he was shot three months after his wife and son were gunned down and murdered. 3w4r5 if you're 55 and up, t-mobile has plans built just for you whether you need a single line or lines for family members, you'll get great value on america's most reliable 5g network. like 2 lines of unlimited for just $27.50 a line. that's our everyday price. plus, our plans always come with unlimited talk, text and data included. so, switch to t-mobile and get 2 lines of unlimited for only $27.50 a line.

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but it will help you and your family stay safe during an emergency. tonight a former evangelical pastor calling to end religious exceptions. he wrote my plea to my fell he christians, if you insist on refusing the vac scine that is your right. please don't bring god into it. it is violating the third comma commandment. the former pastor and co-founder of christians and the vaccine campaign working to persuade evangelicals to get vaccinated. curtis, in your op ed you talk about this and you say religious exceptions for the covid vaccine make a mockery of christianity and religious liberty.

these are your words. tell me why. >> because religious exceptions require a religious belief to be sincerely held to justify that exception and there is in christianity there is no belief that justifies not taking the vaccine. there is no stcripture, there i no tradition. it only in the minds of some pastors and many christians that listened to misinformation and frankly, are taking their queues from the cultural wars and politics and not the bible. >> there is issues on vaccine skepticism among evangelical christians and you mentioned pastors. i wanted to play what she heard from those pastors fueling the skepticism. here they are. >> i would rather die free than live on my knees. >> how is it living on your knees to take the vaccine? >> you're vowing against your

conviction. >> members of my congregation can do what they want to but they can watch my video and know i'm not getting it. >> so you expect them to model your behavior. >> i want them to use their bible and use their brain. >> those are two pastors and you heard the second pastor there, greg lock saying people should use their bible, and they would come to the conclusion that it's against getting vaccinated. what do you say to those pastors? >> well, notice he never actually cited any biblical verse to justify that. there isn't. the weight of scripture would compel you to take the vaccine even if you don't need it yourself. for somebody who is trying to actually care for the vulnerable, students who can't get vaccinated, an immune compromised patient, a customer who is elderly maybe more at risk. the love of neighbors should

compel you from scripture to take the vaccine. there is no biblical warrant for resisting the vaccine and in fact, our project, christians in the vaccine produced video after video debunking and refuting attempts by conservatives to hijack biblical values to justify anti vaccination and that's really what is going on. it is a hijacking of god and belief in god to justify a position that actually stems from the culture wars of our day. it does not stem from the bible or from scripture tradition and it really bring god into a place to justify one's own personal believes. >> you mentioned the poll litization, the hijacking and you talk in your op ed how some republicans have been calling covid vaccines, quote the mark of the beast which of course is a symbol from the book of revelations that shows allegiance to satan. so how do you breakthrough to people who have such deeply held

believes? i mean, even those pastors you heard there, how would you breakthrough to somebody that believes that? >> well, we're inviting them to actually look at script tour. so we invite folks to come to our site, christians and the vaccine.com where we have a video how to read script ture a mark of the beast. it completely unjustified and distorting and twisting biblical passages to justify believes that stem from somewhere else. one way you can tell that this is not coming from scripture or coming from christian tradition is by looking at the very simple fact that historically evangelicals including white evangelicals that form the core have been immunized from a host of diseases so it's insincere to say there say religious conviction when throughout history christians and evangelicals have taken the

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tonight the united states warning the foreign terrorist organizations will try to exploit the anniversary of 9/11. this as khalid sheik mohamed were in court today. the u.s. still seeking justice 20 years later. we're out front. >> days before this somber 20th anniversary of 9/11, five of the alleged planners of the attack appeared in court for the first time in 18 months. the most famous, khalid sheik mohamed, often called ksm. it left nearly 3,000 dead. the court appearance underscoring 20 years after the attacks this trial is still not

over. it's just one more example of how having this case at guantanamo means a whole lot of issues that would not be in play if it were taking place anywhere else. >> reporter: today's proceedings were a pretrial hearing for the men one of whom is ksm's nephew. family members of those killed on 9/11 were there. journalists watched from behind thick glass in a gallery. on a 40 second delay to make sure classified information was not revealed publicly. the charges date back to 2012, 11 years after 9/11. they include terrorism. hijacking, conspiracy and murder. interrogations tainted by torture should not be allowed as evidence. in the past, some victims' families have called for the death penalty. >> it has to be the death

penalty. it doesn't have to be an ugly death. >> reporter: the proceedings have been delayed by all kinds of bureaucratic issues. the covid-19 epidemic. ksm was charged in 2008 but barack obama stopped the case hoping they would be tried in civil court in the u.s. instead and guantanamo would be closed. >> i'm absolutely convinced that khalid sheik mohamed will be subject to the most exacting demands of justice. the american people insist on it. my administration will insist on it. >> fierce political backlash reversed those plans. president joe biden hopes to succeed where president obama

failed. with the 20th anniversary coming up this weekend, a joint bulletin saying foreign terrorist groups, erin, are expected to exploit this anniversary for propaganda purposes. groups like al qaeda and isis could use this in their media to recruit and radicalize. >> thank you very much. anderson starts now. good evening. two major events we are following at this moment both involving president biden and may influence american livelihoods and prosperity. one later this week involves an address to the nation about the administration's fight against the coronavirus. we'll have more on that. we'll start with the other major event, a tour of the northeast. stops in new york and new jersey where most of the at least 52 people who died from the remnants of hurricane ida. there was a chance t