cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm elise preston, cbs news, new york. it's wednesday, september 8th, 2021. this is the "cbs morning news." breaking overnight, deadly earthquake in mexico. at least one person is killed after a 7.0-magnitude quake hits near the beach resort of acapulco. global warming is real, and it's moving at an incredible pace. >> code red. president biden tours storm-ravaged areas in new york and new jersey. his warning about bigger and more destructive weather events here in the u.s. free britney? the pop star could be one closer to controlling her own life for the first time in 13 life for the first time in 13 years.

captioning funded by cbs good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. we begin with breaking news overnight. a powerful earthquake rocked southern mexico. the 7.0-magnitude quake hit near the popular beach resort of acapulco. it also caused buildings to rock and sway in mexico city, about 230 miles away. the earthquake caused some walls to collapse, large boulders were tossed on the road, and at least one man was killed when a post came crashing down. people were spotted running out of buildings in mexico city where the ground shook for about one minute in some areas. [ scream ] >> after the earthquake, at least one explosion lit up the night sky near a local municipal building in the cal tap appearing to knock out power. however, there was no major damage reported in mexico city. and president biden is making a push for infrastructure

spending and the need to address climate change. he toured storm destruction yesterday in new york and new jersey after the remnant ofed s flash flooding and tornadoes. he comforted victims and spoke to local officials in both states. bradley blackburn has the latest from new york. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the president visited areas yesterday where dozens of people died and survivors have had their lives up ended. the president said climate change is everyone's crisis, and it needs to be dealt with now. president biden is sounding the alarm on climate change. >> we've got to listen to the scientists and the economists and the national security experts. they all tell us this is code red. the nation and the world are in peril. >> reporter: after touring m-ravaighborod yesterday, the prent urgedss to infrastructure package t protect against future storms like ida.

>> climate change poses an existential threat to our lives, to our economy, and the threat is here. it's not going to get any better. >> reporter: residents in manville, new jersey, showed president biden the destruction. >> our daughter's nursery is on the second floor. >> it's over there in the other corner. >> reporter: megan, her husband, and 4-month-old evacuated during the storm. when they came back, they found their entire house destroyed by a fire. >> we lost everything that was valuable to us. we literally lost everything. >> reporter: progressive and moderate democrats will need to join together if they want to pass more than $4 trillion in legislation that includes spending on infrastructure and combating climate change. but some, like west virginia senator joe manchin, are concerned with the speed it's moving through congress. >> hit the pause button. let's see what happens. >> reporter: democratic leaders hope to have two infrastructure spending bills passed by the end of this month. the white house is also asking

congress to approve at least $24 billion in federal disaster relief. that is money not just for ida but for several hurricanes and the california wildfires. the toll from a summer that's shown mother nature's wrath again and again. anne-marie? >> all right, bradley blackburn in new york. thank you so much. president biden tomorrow is set to unveil a new six-point plan to fight the coronavirus and increase the rate of vaccinations. his remarks come as data shows the u.s. recorded more than four million new infections in the past 28 days. in total, america cases of the virus since the pandemic broke out. turning to afghanistan now and the u.s. assessing newt afghan government announced by the taliban. the interim government is all male. one of the top officials is on the fbi's most-wanted list with a $5 million bounty on his head.

meantime, secretary of state antony blinken is rejecting claims that americans who want to leave afghanistan are being held hostage in skyler henry reports. >> reporter: taliban soldiers fired into the air to break up a protest in kabul tuesday. there continue to be reports the taliban is blocking u.s. citizens from leaving afghanistan, including holding up these planes shown in satellite images at the mazar-i-sharif airport. >> we've been able to identify a relatively small number of americans who we believe are seeking to depart from mazar-i-sharif with their families. we have been assured again that all american citizens and afghan citizens with valid travel documents will be allowed to leave. >> reporter: secretary of state antony blinken during aston in qatar where afghan evacuees are being processed denied americans are being blocked from leaving. >> we are not aware of anyone being held on an aircraft or any hostage-like situation in mazar-i-sharif. we have to work through the

different quiremen athat exacth >> reporter: the ben 00elyee been evacuated from afghanistan since august 17th and have made it here to the u.s. the president says he plans to visit some of those refugees. eight u.s. military bases are serving as temporary shelters. >> they're all over the country. i'll be see something of them. >> reporter: the biden administration is asking congress for more resettlement money. lawmakers have expressed frustration and anger some americans were left behind when u.s. forces pulled out of afghanistan. skyler henry, cbs news, the white house. a new restrictive voting law -- bill, rather, is law in texas. governor abbott signed the controversial legislation into law yesterday. it overhauls voting rules by imposing new hard else on mail-in ballots and empowering partisan poll watchers. >> it does make it easier for o.

no one who is eligible to vote will be denied the opportunity to vote. it does, however, make it harder for cheaters to cast an illegal ballot. >> the law passed after months of work by democrats who say the rules make it harder for diverse communities to vote. britney spears' father has filed to end his conservatorship. jamie spears filed the paperwork in los angeles yesterday. in it he says that he only wants what's best for his daughter, and if she wants to terminate the conservatorship, he believes that she should get the chance. the judge still needs to approve the move, though. the next hearing is scheduled for the end of the month. coming up now, caught in a lie. video from a tesla vehicle shows a man faking his injuries from an alleged collision. and -- [ sounds ] an unruly airline passenger

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our stop stories, a powerful earthquake rocks southern mexico. hit near the beach resort city of acapulco. it also caused buildings to rock and sway in mexico city about 230 miles away. the quake caused extensive grand jury and knocked down power lines. at least one man was killed. and president biden is making a push for infrastructure spending and the need to address climate change. he toured destruction yesterday in new york and new jersey after the remnants of hurricane ida

triggered flash flooding and tornadoes. he comforted victims and spoke to local officials. it can be terrifying calling 911 in an emergency, especially when you're in a remote location. new technology now pinpoints emergency calls in seconds. dina demetrius explains. >> reporter: the los angeles fire department gets about 1,000 calls a day for help from hoisting hikers to safety to battling wildfires. last april, a pair of los angeles hikers ventured off a trail and got lost. a new technology called what three words led rescuers to their exact location. >> you're going to get a text message, and click on the link, and let me know what words it says. >> heavy, sent, career. >> okay, heavy, sent, career. >> reporter: within seconds l.a. fire pinpointed the site. the new technology divides the entire globe into 57 trillion

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