. put off chores and use less energy from 4 to 9 pm to help keep our state golden. today, president biden will consult with g7 leaders on the dire situation in afghanistan. will he extend our military deadline of august 31st to get out or defy the taliban? new details surrounding the tragedy in tennessee where flash floodwaters have forever changed a community that's only starting to understand the utter devastation. will the fdaof the pfizer vaccine push nursing homes and other facilities to force employees to get

vaccinated? and have you heard about the new study that looks at which foods can lengthen or shorten your lifespan? a busy tuesday ahead "early today" starts right now >> glad you could join us. i'm phillip mena >> and i'm frances rivera. another pivotal moment is coming in the race to evacuate afghanistan. president biden is under growing pressure at home and from the international community to make a decision about whether u.s. troops will stay in the country beyond the august 31st deadline. we are now joined by nbc's jay gray jay, good morning. the president is about to face his peers in an emergency g7 meeting. >> reporter: yeah, good morning to you, phillip. and during that emergency meeting g7 leaders expected to urge him to extend the deadline in afghanistan the taliban warning that there will be, quote, consequences if u.s. troops stay on the ground past ty adviser jake sullivan was asked about that time line.

>> we are in talks with the taliban on a daily basis through both political and security channels >> has the president decided whether he is going to need more time beyond august 31st? >> he is taking this day by take and will make his determinations as we go we believe we have time between now and the 31st to get out any american who wants -- >> and two u.s. officials tell nbc news the president is expected to make that decision today. he's scheduled to speak on the situation in afghanistan publicly at noon today, phillip. >> yeah, after 20 years, jay, it seems the u.s. is not leaving afghanistan under its own terms. >> you're absolutely right thanks thousands of afghans who were evacuated out of kabul are now at the u.s. air base in ramstein, germany. there are still questions about what comes next. here's nbc's matt bradley. >> reporter: this is one of the

largest u.s. military installations in the world what's thought to be the largest number of americans outside the u.s. and right now so many of those people including family members and active duty soldiers, they are also engaged in what is helping 7,000 evacuees who are being housed here helping to build tents, distribute water and food and even just playing with children and helping keep people's spirits up that's because this is one major obstacle that a lot of these afghan evacuees have to pass on their way to the u.s. so when they arrive here, they're probably already been through some other location like somewhere in tajikistan, possibly an air base in doha and qatar. they've come here as maybe their last step before they're moved on to the united states. many of these people are green card holders or they're passport holders. they're essentially american

citizens once they're here, they're really facing a lack of information. though a lack of nothing else. they are taken care of in terms of food, water, healthcare, clothing and they're put up in essentially pretty good living arrangements but many of them really don't have enough information on when they're going to be allowed to leave, what they need to furnish as proof to get out of here and move onto the united states. and a lot of them are anxious and worried and exhausted as they we wannt from the streets f kabul to another destination the u.s. has hit another grim milestone, surpassing 38 million covid-19 cases, extending the record by a million cases in just six days >> plus, an alarming new trend affecting pregnant women according to a study by the "journal of the american medical association," unvaccinated pregnant women are 15 times more

likely to die, 14 times more likely to be intubated bloomberg reports as of august 14th, 76% of pregnant women were unvaccinated pfizer paves the way for millions of unvaccinated, getting full fda approval for its covid vaccine. our kacatie beck has that story. >> reporter: a quarter of staff members here are unvaccinated. >> there's no way you can social distance with the resident you are changing them, you're feeding them, helping them brush their teeth. >> reporter: covid cases in nursing homes across the u.s. have skyrocketed 142% the national staff vaccination rate is 60%. sanders fears lockdowns are next >> can you go through that again? >> no, i can't go through that again. but more importantly the people

who can't go through it again are the residents. >> reporter: president biden's recent pledge to mandate vaccine for staff in care facilities will impact nearly 15,000 nursing homes, including the one where sissy sanders' mother lives. while that facility's parent company doesn't have a mandate, it says it has made staff vaccination a priority scott, who runs this care facility in new orleans put in a vaccine mandate last fall. >> did you have any hesitations about losing your staff? >> not really. we made that decision because it was the right decision >> reporter: while ten staff members quit over the policy, some have since returned vaccinated the facility hasn't seen a single resident covid case in 17 months >> they deserve to have the best quality of life at the end of life possible. the vaccine is it. >> reporter: some say a vaccine mandate should apply to the whole healthcare industry, not just nursing homes

the chief medical officer for the american association. >> do you worry if vaccinated that they'll leave nursing homes and just go to a different type of facility? >> there's a lot of hesitancy. and if we can't get enough workers, it'll be very hard to care for residents >> reporter: sanders fears the return of dark days when families were forced to say good-bye to isolated loved ones. >> i'm not going to be that person i'm another going to let that happen to my mom >> reporter: catie beck, nbc news, austin, texas. residents of waverly county, tennessee, are reeling after 17 inches of rain fell in less than 24 hours, causing devastating flooding at least 22 are dead in humphries county and rescuers are still searching for missing people sam brock is there with more >> reporter: the city of waverly is in a state of shock >> there's people, their whole lives are gone >> reporter: floodwaters carried away homes, upended businesses,

and stole precious human life, including infant twins riley and ryan >> we're going to be overwhelmed for the next probably 30 days at least. >> reporter: caleb chased after his family in a boat but couldn't reach his 2-year-old step son who was clinging to his mom. >> she had him in her arms, and he got squept away i couldn't get back to him, but she managed to save our other four children. and if it wasn't for her, i wouldn't have any children right now. >> reporter: some survivors shaken to their core >> he was stuck up there, and i've never seen anything like it >> reporter: others seeking refuge on top of janet rice's rooftop, rescued by helicopter as conditions deteriorated you hear the term buckled roads all the time but what does that actually look like in practice

asphalt ripped up, concave holes here near this bridge, indescribable physical damage to match the emotional toll even with the broken hearts, a gift from seemingly out of nowhere. >> thank you >> reporter: family pictures recovered miles away, a reminder of love in the middle of disaster >> just so heartbreaking thanks to sam brock for that report according to air quality officials, the caldor fire in california is creating the most hazardous air in north america right now. it's impacting residents of the reno, tahoe, and sierra nevada regions. that fire is now more than 114,000 acres in size and is only 9% contained. more than 440 structures so far have been destroyed. >> let's bring in nbc meteorologist janessa webb on the latest for the day ahead hi, janessa, good morning. >> hi, good morning. that fire danger will continue as red flag warnings are in place across the central plains

into parts of northern california and it's all due to the heat that's going to continue to build across the plains this afternoon. right now we have about 40 million people that will be impacted with this heat. and it will continue to spread across the east coast with heat warnings in place for the deep south. now, we do see a transition in the jet stream so if you're across the pacific northwest, the coastal areas, things will start to really cool off this afternoon really not the case for chicago. look at daytime highs 92 degrees. and most sections of this part of the country the heat index will be above 100 degrees. the heat will continue to build across the tennessee valley into the ohio valley, pittsburgh tomorrow afternoon 93. but this will be csistonencal w.

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speaker nancy pelosi led late-night negotiations trying to rally democrats around a vote on the $3.5 trillion budget proposal narrowly passed by the senate two weeks ago the leader of the far-right group the proud boys is headed to jail. on monday a judge sentenced 37-year-old henry tarrio to more than five months in a d.c. detention center he admitted to burning a black lives matter banner during a pro-trump demonstration back in december also pleaded guilty to gun possession charges he must surrender to the washington d.c. jail on september 6th in court he told the judge that burning the banner was, quote, a grave mistake. we've allive a long and hea life you have to watch what you

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a bear snatched the package up the parcel was later found in the neighbor's yard after, i guess, the bear lost interest in the contents turned out to be toilet paper. must not have been charmin >> and n.

i wake up the next day, see her laying down on the ground. >> right now at 4:30, shock and sadness as we start the new school year. a 14-year-old girl found dead at a contra costa county home. what we know about the investigation now under way. plus you may soon have to prove you're vaccinated to go indoors to events in san jose. that move today that could make the new norm. when will the trains run along city street in the south bay. the announcement expected that could give us a new timeline.