moment of conception. i don't agree, but i respect that. what i was told and i must tell you, i'm not is your honor, i was told that there is possibilities within the existing law to have the justice department look and see whether or not there are thing that's can be done that can limit the independent ax enforcing a state law. i don't know enough to give you an answer yet. i asked that to be checked. thank you very much. >> mr. president what about booster shots. >> good morning, everybody. we have been listening to plt biden on today's underwhelming jobs in your opinions. we gained 235,000 jobs. half a million fewer than experts hoped. the president admitted they were not as high as he would like but he insists that it is working

and he would like to see the results. any minute he will board air force one and go to louisiana to visit communities ravages by hurricane ida. we're live across the state ahead of his arrival. also we're in hard hit new jersey where in some communities the flood threat is not over yet. in just momentsly talk to the major where governor phil murphy is scheduled to visit next hour. this hour we're also dedicating time to answering your questions about back to school during covid. it is all part of nbc's week of kids under pressure. we have doctors standing by ready to answer your questions about what steps should your kid take in dorms or a cafeteria, or what good is wearing a mask if others aren't. the u.s., as we mentioned, added 235,000 jobs last month showing a drastic drop from the previous two months. a sign that the delta variant and rising covid cases are

impacting hiring across the country. joining me right now is monica alba who is at the white house. monica, how is the white house reacting to the job's report this morning? >> the president was quite frank and said and conceded that he wished the number had been higher, that more jobs had been added to the economy in august. he said overall the trend is one that is durable and strong. and he made the case that about 750,000 jobs have been added per month. the white house taking a view of the bigger picture and the longer term approach here. what was note able and new is that he said next week he will be unavailabling new strategies and when it comes to the delta

variant in particular and the surge especially as so many kids return to the classroom. so that is something new. if there is something they feel they are going to lay out next week. they want vaccinations to increase, and they believe that will help them get back to work sooner, the other huge component, and it is a build back better agenda. he framed the glout of his time in office so far, take a listen. >> total job creation in the first seven months is nearly double any prior first year president. while i know some wanted to see a larger number today, so did i.

but what we have seen this year is continued growth month after month in job creation. it's not just that i added more jobs, it is that we added jobs in every single one of my first seven job reports and wages are going up. >> the disasters that we have seen they combat the climate changes that we're seeing as well. all of these different crisis confronting the administration right now. overall, it was disappointing, smaller than they anticipated, and this will be a long road to recovery in his words. >> what i found interesting about this report and everybody

can read it, private sector job growth way under shot projections and that is according to payroll data. >> $five million jobs created this issues. however, any way you slice it there is millions of open jobs in this country and the fact that only 250,000 were filled is big news. here is what he had to say. >> we expected over 700,000. >> last month, i think the forecast was 600,000 jobs. we had over a million now with the adjustment up. but we have work to do. . i look at the positive side, the

number is 235,000 jobs. the unemployment rate fell to 2.5%. but they clearly have more work to do. >> we saw the biggest hiring surge and that ground virtually to a halt, no hiring. are they not applying for those jobs, but is that a surge in delta variants and we don't need to hire as many people. and steph this is coming at a time when forecast unemployment started at the start of the pandemic, so how will that impact the economy.

>> not getting that extra 300, it will impact in terms of consumer spending. this could get people back to work. losing those expanded benefits, they're getting rid of the rent por tor moratorium. in addition to wages going up. you're seeing wages at $15, $16, and $20 an hour. that could put more people back in the workforce. what is holding this back? it is an economic crisis recovery directly linked to covid. until covid is behind us, we're not completely through this. >> stephanie ruhle and monica

alba, thank you so much. >> communities are in clean up mode this morning one day after the storm ravaged huge parts of the region. 40 people have died across new york, pennsylvania, kentucky, and maryland. we know a lot of them were unreachable under water. what is it like now? >> it is still pretty bad. the water in this area is still reseeding. we have not been able to get to those areas as of yet. but as of now the area that i am standing in now we have seen a lot of images in the last 24 hours. the firemen are pointing out you

see the wreckage and the fire is just smoldering. if i can talk to you about how high the water got, i'm about 5'10", if i put my arm up here, it got to the speed limit of 25 sign. so i mean you had to bring boats in this area to travel from house to travel. anecdotally i spoke to a man around the corner from here. one man was woke up by the water, realizing that he had to evacuate. he had to walk out with his kid over his head and his wife didn't know how to swim. just imagine that reality for a

moment. i want to speak to the superintendent that is surveying the scene. considering what took place, how is it that this house in particular from your vantage point actually lit up? >> like i was explaining, most of this is the gas and the electric. it wasn't turned off, and when the water is coming up quick, and it just, this one splus had somewhat had this one. >> so folks that believe they're in a flooding mode, should they be shutting off their electric? >> everybody's normal thing to do is run, but when we're coming

to get you out, that's the last thing we're worried about. as of the reports of yesterday, it was over 500 water rescuresc. the guys are worn out, a town becomes like an island. >> why is it an island? >> there is water, creeks, the waterway, there is another they have all been hit hard. >> i have been here 15 years in the town and i was told not for floyd, floyd was the worse here. in stwien and what we are doing

so far, this crested way past. >> does this make you think you have to rethink the resources with the fire department? >> luckily like a year ago we got a truck from the wildland services in new jersey, a heavy army vehicle, and we put that to work this year and it saved us a lot of work. that worked tremendous for us this year. but that was something we needed to get. but again it is a shock. it is a small community. this is just starting to make headline. but this is going to put us here. >> they are going around, this

is 48 to 72 hours now. we depend on these guys a lot. thank you. >> there is a sense of what is happening in this town here. it is not over for a lot of these individuals. they are still filled to the brim, right? they are figuring out what is next for them. >> as you mentioned one in 500 year floods are becoming more and more common. luckily they lucked out with getting that army truck. man those volunteers, 48 and 72 hour shifts, amazing. thank you so much. >> i want to show you a video of a tornado. this is in new jersey not far from the delaware date shrine. they say it is the strongest to

hit the state in more than 30 years. this was an ef 3 with winds of 150 miles per hour. in the next hour governor phil murphy is set to visit cranford, new jersey. you can see the line on the cars there. that flood warning is still in place until at least noon today. i want to bring in the mayor now of cranford. thank you for taking busy time out of your schedule. why is that flood warning still in effect? >> it is in effect until there is enough of the recession.

they had hundreds of vehicles that are disabled, they moved to the side of the road and they're still sitting there. there is still a great amount of work to be done. they are continuing their revaluation of properties and we have a number of home that's have been deemed unsafe. there will like i will be more. we are still very much in assessment stage. >> the governor is going to be continuing. >> i'm certain that we'll talk about our most immediate assistance and you can be sure that i will be speaking with the mayor and the congressman that will be joining him about long-term solutions. we were are just days away from

the ten-year anniversary of hurricane irene that devastated kranford. there is a flood control plan. we cannot afford another one of these traumatic significant rain events. something has to be done. so i will be asking the governor and the congressman to be more aggressive in advocating for us and the federal government, with the federal government, and the army corps of engineers. we need a solution, an ongoing 100 million in damages and people's homes being devastated,

it's unacceptable. maybe the news was forecasting rain. and it caught them by surprise. what needs to be done to better communicate with residents? >> cranford was dealing with two flood emergencies. one the flash flood, that was unprecedented, and the second flooding from the river. so we were prepared, our police department was prepared putting out notices, regularly, about every half an hour. in anticipation of what we expected to get. so there was obviously much more. there was the amount of rain that fell in such a short period of time, six hours, was impossible to deal with. so we have been very assertive

out there with the community. >> thank you. >> much more ahead on the devastation from ida. in louisiana more than 800,000 homes and businesses still without power. we're going to check in with our reporters and what they're seeing ahead of his visit. plus, another crisis to juggle. this pandemic. according to the american academy of pediatrics, cases for children have increased five fold in the last month. keeping them safe because right now college students have concerns of their own. >> it's a very big school, if one person gets it, i know it is easy for 6 thouvgs people in my 6,000 people in my class to get

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welcome back, we want to take a look at phil murphy who is touring some areas, we just spoke with the mayor in our last segment, but not only caught by surprise by this storm some

areas are still we know that president biden is going to that plane right now set to take off to louisiana. nearly a million homes and businesses in the state still don't have power, at least 15 people were killed in that region. alison barrer with is in new orleans where the president will be this afternoon. vaughn hilliard is about 60 miles southwest. good to see you again. we know the president will be meeting with officials in new orleans. he will also visit other hardhit areas. >> the president is running about an hour behind schedule,

but i did just hear marine one take off from the south lawn from here. once he does arrive he will be spending four to five hours on the ground meeting with local officials and he will be going to some of these neighborhoods that were hardest hit by ida. then he will receive a briefing on what is being done, the emergency respond, before taking an ariel tour. that's why he has to see them from above. meeting with people, directly impacted, and he will also be trying to highlight what fema has been able to do so far with the department of housing and urban development and talk about this collision of climate

crisis. affect what we also saw in the wildfires out west. he will be highlighting all of that, and he will urge congress to do that while he is there standing in front of all of this destruction and devastation that we saw from this hurricane. >> yeah, we got a glimpse of that. that is where hurricane ida initially made landfall. the president's first stop is in new orleans. you have been out there talking to people that still don't have power, still don't have basic necessities. standing in line for a very long time, paying top dollar just for ice. >> yeah, we're at a fema distribution site. they have been unloading pallets out of tractor trailers like this. you can see where they're taking

these and the line of people, they have two stations of people that have been waiting. some of them a good 30 minutes or 45. before it opened up the first person in line had been waiting for an hour or hour and a half. people here have been without power for days. less than 20% of new orleans has power right now. and they say as of this morning they expect this area to be without power until next week, wednesday, september 8th. that is when they think they get the majority of the power back here in new orleans. people there are exhausted, they are frustrated, they're hot and worried about keeping their medicine cool, and taking care of family members. and they have questions for president biden when he makes it here. >> nobody can work. will there be companiation for being out of work for so long?

>> i didn't want to -- i have kids and it's very hot. i went to bought some fans hoping they help. >> it has gone on long enough. i just wish that we get our e electricity soon. >> the national guard is out here working distributing boxes and boxes of supplies for people that need it. we met a lot of people that talk about why they did not leave. one woman who said the heat has become too much so she was able to get out of town, but for a lot of people that has not been an option. gas costs money, people need cash, and with the power out people don't have access to catch. people have been stuck here dealing with these conditions and they hope that president bide listen physically visit a space like this, not just look at things overhead head. in new orleans you can't see and understand the gravity of what they're experiencing here from a

helicopter. it's on the ground and in people's faces. they have cooling centers now, but they say they're going to open a temporary shelter for people with special needs, people with medical needs, and that is not opiate. initially they said thursday, and then that changed to friday, and yesterday the mayor said saturday. for a lot of people that is way, way too late. >> of course the storm hit on sunday. what i appreciate about your reporting is yes, know electricity, but it affects their ability to work, there is a heat wave, b the water fly, everything. vaughn, we know that holma was right in ida's path. they felt the wrath, what are you seeing there today? >> if anyone suggests that the necessary supplies are here, that is wrong.

we're at a national guard site here as well. this is the main distribution for the wider rezlon this parish. a community of more than 30,000 people, these are the supply that's are left here right now. just water. i want to be clear this is not the national guard's fault. they are out here working hard across louisiana and they're very much in the assistance distribution capacity here. the hardest part for them is having to go up to these cars and saying we have nothing but water. we don't have any mre, no tarps, no ice, they're saying you can come back and try again. there is no home depot near by. one man said he has 1750 square feet that the home was ripped off. he needs tarps to try to cover and preserve what is left of his home. we're 60 miles away. president biden is flying into town this afternoon. at the same time on day 6 it's

an utter fact that there is not the necessary resources and supplies here for community members. >> vaughn that is heartbreaking, president biden is talking to people about a number of issues, let's listen. >> i'll talk to you later. >> all right, we just caught the tail end of that, that was right before he boarded marine one. but the president talked about the storm, of course, as he is able to go tour louisiana and he talked about the texas abortion law and more. we're going to find out more of what he said and our thanks to alison barber and more. we have more about the ongoing pandemic. florida once again set their own record set last week for the largest single day increase in deaths there. as kids go back to school,

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covid. nationwide more than 50,000 americans have died from the virus since june 1st of this year. florida added the most covid deaths in a single report ever. for the last week florida averaged a record high number of deaths per day. at least 800 schools are requiring vaccines this year including the university of minnesota. we spoke with some students there yesterday, and she asked about the new mandates and what it's like to be back on campus. >> how do you feel about the restrictions and the requirements? >> i'm okay with it. as long as i get to be back on campus. >> i'm really excited to be back. i think the constraints are necessary to be safe for everyone. i don't mind having those in place. >> i'm a little nervous. a lot of people in my class are not happy about the mask mandate

or the vaccine mandate, so it makes me nervous about how serious they will take covid down the line. online school is not my thing. >> there is a ton of questions about heading back to school, so i want to turn now to some experts. dr. natalie azar, and dr. shasanna. thank you for bying here. we have a question, are vaccinated child is moving into his college dorm soon, what protocols should he use in his dorm and cafeteria? >> kudos to you have very ving a vaccinated child nap offers them the best protection. the second part of the answer is really that whatever rules and

regulations are being required in your child's school is really the protocols that you need to follow. i know that seems like a cop out answer, but they're trying to keep the children and the kids safe. if that means masking indoors, if the school is in an area of substantial or high transmission, we talk about trying to approximate outdoors as much as possible with grade school aged kids, but i'm sure a lot of classes might also be held outside and that is great, there should be a lot of ventilation. even rapid testing, if done serially, can pick up even asymptomatic cases. there needs to be transparency so you understand what is required of your child and the expectations for the stay tuned body as a whole.

>> what is the benefit of wearing a mask if you're in the minority. it only prevents it from sprending it to someone, not preventing you have contracting it. >> you're right that the main function of the mass is source control. they prevent infected people have expelling large doses of the virus but that have some effect in protecting you from other people. the answer here is simple. if everyone masks we can have much better control the spread of covid-19. we know from studies that masking of any kind is helpful, and surgical masks outperform cloth masks, and kn 95 are best. the most important thing is the fit and you to be comfortable

enough to wear them for a long time. consider practicing until you get used to it. and for younger children a great way to encourage keeping masks on is for parents and the other adults around them to role model this behavior. >> up next is michael on kids eating school and lunch. this is a great question, how protected are they when they take their mask off for lunch. >> it is a great question. my kids will be back in school this year full-time. and what i say here is when the concept of podding becomes so important. a lot of schools are not somewhering lunchtime the ways we think about it.

i think you will see a lot of classrooms sticking together. that is like source control in a sense, that we are not letting the potentially contagious folks roaming around. >>. >> that leads to our next question. colleen says i understand that things are changing fast, if six feet was good for the first covid, why is 3 feet being said as what is good? >> this is e an important question to raise. three feet may not be enough, which is what is being

recommended. greater separation allows the aresols can be decreased. most importantly anyone that is old enough to be vaccinated should be and this including our teachers and other school staff, keeping our kids safe is critical and it is about layering our preindications for them. >> thank you so much for your time, i always learn from these segments, i appreciate you. >> sticker shot, wait lists, and stacks of paper work. how covid up ended childcare.

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anyone that had a fwhaeb -- baby in this country knows that finding childcare and more can be very frustrating. a recent study for the national association of education for younger children, right now childcare options are in short supply. four in five childcare centers are currently under staffed. i want to turn to a new piece that was titled "finding day care was already a confusing and frustrating maze." >> we think about the childcare crisis and the cost. it is really just one hurdle, perhaps one of the last hurdles, in what can seem like the

relent less feat that is finding childcare. parent vs. to jump through so many hoops to find a spot. many people live in areas without sufficient childcare. you can go on yelp. many times it's word of mouth. second is what i like to think of is speed dating. call the programs, get the application info, figure out where there are vacancies. and the third is the actual application process. there are lots of forms, so much documentation, much of which is intimidating, intrusive, really inflexible. i spoke to a lot of mothers that had to take time off work and they need to feel out the forms. these waitlists can be as long as 18 months. and like you mentioned there is

a lot of equity implications here. what if you don't speak english. what if you're just new to town and you don't have established community connections. all of these can be harder to jump through. and you know another barrier for lower income and often middle income parents is they have to go through that third hoop, the paper work hoop, yet another time if not more than another time because they have to apply for financial aide. covid made all of these things worse. >> one quote that stood out to me is from wendy simmons. she said ultimately the patchwork system exists because there seems to be a fundamental belief that women should be home with their children. and we know that is not the reality. is that something that you also found in your reporting? >> yeah, absolutely. it is seen as a public good, childcare and precool, any early

learning program is not seen as just a luxury good. so they are stuck navigating the system to land a spot. and i spoke with many moms that shoulder the majority of the childcare. even if they're working full-time. all of them said i had no idea this would be so stressful when i got pregnant. a lot of them have joked i should have started thinking about it before i was even pregnant. that's not that extreme nap is something you have to think about before you have your child. >> they joke in some of the rom-coms i have seen.

>> what did you find that can help alleviate this issue for so many moms? >> there are very simple fixes that can make the process easier. one is just outreach. making parents aware of the options out there. making it more like a public good and less like a marketplace. less like a landscape where each childcare provider operates as their own business. >> thank you, for more back to school coverage from her and her colleagues, visit usatoday.com. one popular vacation destination is in the line of fire, literally. firefighters have been working to protect lake tahoe from a fire. it's a holiday weekend and businesses there are not anticipating this this year. >> they have probably about 250 booms of first responder groups. .

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take a look at this satellite image showing the caldor fire still raging in northern california. just incredible. so far it scorched more than 212,000 acres. that's more than twice the side of denver and it's only 29% contained. now it's shut down one of the country's most popular vacation

destinations just in time for labor day weekend. nbc's jake ward is in south lake tahoe for us with the latest. that area normally sees more than 100,000 visitors over labor day weekend. what progress are firefighters making and what impact is this having on the area? >> linsey, today, friday, right on the eve of labor day is when you would come up with your family and pick up a rental canoe or a bike in downtown south lake tahoe, but instead you will be turned away because the area is still evacuated. as you mentioned, the fire is at this .29% contained, but it is far from over with over 200,000 acres burning it still poses a threat to the regional though this particular place has been spared. south lake tahoe which was under threat just 24 hours ago. when you walk around the town it's incredible to see the adan take, heavenly, the resort ski area just off to my right here has been running its snow makers

for they say on an ongoing basis, filling the air with the mist that would typically cause snow in order to keep down any possibility of flames and when we spoke to the general manager of the hotel over there to just ask what is it like to see a place where so many families have made memories for so long shut down on labor day weekend, here's what he said -- >> it hurts. you know, everybody i meet they all have some root back to lake tahoe in the early days wherever they were. to see this town empty, looking across the street, there's just checkpoints going through town. that's it. there's no tourist. no locals and no supply trucks going back and forth and no contractors, locals, nothing. the hotels around me are filled only with emergency workers. everything else here is pretty much shut down. when you think about the places that forms generation was hundreds of californians, it is

not clear when it can re-open and we are looking at one more, maybe two more, maybe three more months of extreme fire danger. this whole place could be changed forever, linsey. >> snow machines fired up in september to keep the fire at bay, just incredible. jake ward, thanks for your reporting. just now the person known as the most recognizable faces in the capitol riot has pleaded guilty for his involvement on january 6th. jacob chancely, also known as the qanon shaman. chancely faces civil disorder and violent entry of the capitol, the specifics he pled guilty to haven't been made public yet. he left a note in the senate chamber says it's only a matter of time. justice is coming. he's among the 600 people charged for his participation in the capitol riot. you can catch me on weekends

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people dead with dozens more still missing. the highest death toll in the northeast where torrential downpour, unprecedented flash floods and powerful tornadoes caught millions off guard. this morning new jersey governor phil murphy touring the damage as he announced millions in aid and stressed the need for more investment and infrastructure because of the effects of climate change. >> it is quite clear our state and our nation does not have the infrastructure to meet this moment and to meet the future as it relates to these storms which are more frequent and more intense and rain and heavy rain above expectation even for the experts is a consistent theme. >> in philadelphia, portions of a critical artery way, the vine street expressway that cuts through the center city are still under water, and louisiana, people are getting desperate as hundreds of thousands are still without power amid soaring temperatures just ahead of the president's visit.