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progress in his battle with covid, the white house facing new scrutiny for its handling of the growing monkeypox outbreak. we'll ask secretary becerra if it is time for the u.s. to declare this virus a public health emergency an update on the tragic boat accident that left 17 people dead including an infant off the coast of the bahamas. good to see you on this monday morning. a lot happening. americans struggling to find relief as the heat wave blankets the country from coast to coast. this morning looking out west firefighters working around the clock to contain a wildfire that began on friday near yosemite national park forcing thousands of people to evacuate that area.
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and then over to the east coast. several high temperature records broken on sunday alone. boston hitting triple digits. 96 in hartford, connecticut. joining us is a producer in washington d.c. for us and joining us is correspondent george solos. talking about the containment of the wild fire amidst the blazing temperatures how are they doing? what do they plan to do to move forward to contain them? >> reporter: good morning. 0% containment. 15,000 acres burned. this might be gorgeous if it wasn't so dangerous. steep ter rainy. some fought by air to get it put out and the heat. the relentless temperatures
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making this much harder and the brush out here is so dry that it is making it that much more explosive fires and this is the result. this is the home of rodney maguire. here to show you the damage left behind. the appliances. some of the gym equipment there completely mangled. twisted metal. there was a wall there. we have been here for a little bit. we can't show you the full scope of the damage but some cars on the property mangled by this fire. this is only just again a small sampling of the destructive power of this fire. >> george, how quickly did the fire move on the homes? you have some wildfires that move fairly quickly. with others slow moving.
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how much did they have -- how much warping did they have in order to get out? >> reporter: what is interesting is right now things are calm and firefighters are grateful that the winds calmed down. it made it a powerful fire very quickly. over the weekend as the winds picked up, nearing 16,000 acres have gone up. >> wow. seems as if we've lost george's shot there which happens in these situations. not a great connection. what happens on live television. let's go to gary in washington d.c. looking at the soaring temperatures on the west and east coast, across the country. talk to us about how folks are
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dealing with the temperatures there. felt like over 100 degrees yesterday in washington d.c. >> yeah. it was a hot weekend. it is going to be hot today. a lot of the country a very hot week. didn't get below 98 until 10:00 p.m. in d.c. last night and because of that there are heat advisories up and down the east coast from boston even over to st. louis, 90 million people under a heat advisory or warning. city by city it means something different but pools and splash zones are held open until 8:00 p.m. instead of 6:00 p.m. and the city is making sure the elderly and the homeless population is taken care of and not just d.c. if new york reaches above 90 degrees today it will be the seventh straight day of 90-plus
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weather in history. so everybody is really feeling this heat and it it can get dangerous at times. here's a doctor. >> noon to 4:00 p.m. tends to be the hottest part. try to avoid outdoor activities. use air conditioning or seek plagss where you have access to that. a friend's space or a public space and keep yourself well hydrated. >> i do have good news for those in the northeast sort of. this heat wave is ending today but to end it is the massive thunderstorms starting this afternoon. yasmin? >> already seeing the cloud cover.
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preparing for the thunderstorms coming. let's stick with washington for a moment. lawmakers on capitol hill have the work cut out for them before the august recess. among the key items on the agenda, a bill to codify protections for same sex and interracial marriage. justice thomas seemed to question the supreme court ruling that allowed same-sex marriage across the country and slimmed down bill on prescription pricing but no climate action. senator manchin dealt a blow to the legislative agenda. with me now correspondent ali vitale hopefully staying cool inside and hans nichol for axios. ali, the breaking news over the emails. senator joe manchin testing positive. not the first or the last to
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test positive with covid amidst the march towards the summer recess and the senate so much stuff to get done legislatively. is this going to put a wrench in efforts to get the work done that they need considering the folks continuing to test positive. >> reporter: maybe. this is a numbers game especially in a 50/50 senate with two potentially three on how tina smith is feeling and could roil the plans to cram before the august recess to get so many of the agenda items in. not just on the reconciliation package that you mentioned that senator joe manchin brokered with subsidies and prescription drug pricing but that could potentially be in jeopardy and things to do on microchip
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funding and other pieces of the agenda. one of the things that i think of is this push that we saw over the last week on codifying same-sex marriage. someone like justice thomas said it should be revisited but the senators saying that, too. ted cruz said that decisions on gay marriage clearly wrongly decided because of the logic used to overturn roe v wade and now a push coming in bigger bipartisan fashion to codify that into law in a presumption of the court. i can count to four republicans supporting that push. it is not clear they have that magic 60 to do that right now but the conversations continued
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over the weekend, too. >> it seems like republican snos are iffy where they stand. some saying i haven't thought about it. it is not a ibs. making it an issue when it is an issue. talk to me about the reporting. baldwin is trying to spin up support. where are the efforts at at this moment? >> she's looking for votes. everyone is whipping this from reporters on the hill to leadership to key democratic senators like senator baldwin. seems on marriage equality and i stress on seems because you don't want to make a prediction in july but it seems as though momentum is building and that will get to ten and there will be ten republican votes for marriage equality with confidence brackets around that prediction. like ali having the off the
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record conversations. unofficially seems headed in that direction. the big question with manchin is how long will he be out of pocket? they need him for reconciliation. on the chips act they're more than 60 votes. there's a lot of positive momentum moving there. how long will he be out and is he going to make it back in time for that reconciliation vote. yasmin? >> let's stick for a moment there with senator manchin dropping the ax when it came to any kind of legislation with climate change but it seems as if there might be some light with it once again. where are we with this, hans? >> basically down to math and economic data. if we make predictions on how -- the rest of the two weeks will
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look like who's out and what happened with senator leahy. it comes down to the math and what inflation is like. if there's daylight and a possibility to rescue the climate and green energy spending they talk about that august 10 inflation cpi report has to be lower and significantly lower. we get a preview. we have economic data this week. we get a preview i believe on this friday when we get the fed's inflation measure coming out. the prospects of getting manchin on board. i don't want to make predictions but pretty small. manchin indicated that. there's a possibility but a lot this time of year and you have to look at probabilities and the math to get you to the probabilities and the math is tough. >> lei, we can't wrap this up without talking january 6.
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committee members talking january 6 yesterday. what's ahead? who could be subpoenaed? ginny thomas, that name was dropped a couple times. >> reporter: look. this is under discussion for several weeks and been in conversation with the legal team hoping that she will come forward voluntarily but you mentioned on sunday multiple committee members underscoring not only an active discussion but could subpoena her making sure they need the information that she has. here's adam kinsinger on that. >> we need this information as soon as we can. we have been at this investigation for about a year now and getting more and more information. whether the time is right we'll do it. we hope it's voluntary. we want to talk to her and she made it clear through the media
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she was eager to do that. >> reporter: it underscores the point we have talked about dozens of times that they are actively getting information and we'll see more hearings when they come back from the august recess. >> lei, hans, thank you both. try to stay cool. thank you. good to talk to you on this monday morning. it is way too hot. the president continuing to isolate today after being diagnosed with covid. what is white house is saying about the condition. plus the world health ourgs declaring monkeypox a global health emergency. next health and human services secretary xavier becerra. we'll be right back. becerra becerra we'll be right back.
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all right. 18 past the hour. just a couple hours the president will deliver a virtual address and then meet virtually with labor leaders as he continues to isolate after testing positive for covid last week. white house officials confirm he caught ba.5. nbc's mike memoli is following this story from the white house. bring us up to date on the president's condition this monday morning. >> reporter: we haven't heard from the white house doctor this morning yet with what's been a daily update on the president's condition. yesterday the update indicated that the symptoms improving significantly. the president continues the treatment of paxlovid and tylenol and at times an inhaler to aid with an existing lung condition. he had asthma as a child and occasionally has issues with
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that. we haven't seen the president over the weekend. we had been getting regular photos and updates from the white house. none over the weekend and seeing him twice today. first a recorded address for the president to deliver to black law enforcement executives and then live this afternoon when he has the event with labor leaders and ceos on the c.h.i.p.s act. the president wants to see that move over the finish line and try to do the bit today. it is worth noting as we talk about the white house messaging operation communications director was expected to leave the administration and she has extended the tenure in that key position. white house official saying not over concern of the president but this is certainly a sensitive moment to have a key
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departure like that in the administration. >> all right. thank you. there are growing concerns about how the united states is responding to the monkeypox outbreak as we continue to deal with covid. the w.h.o. declaring a global health emergency over monkeypox saying that a coordinated international response is required to stop the virus from spreading further. more than 16,000 cases reported in 70 countries and in the united states alone nearly 3,000 cases in 45 states. roughly a third of the cases are in new york. reported in men who have sex with men anybody can get monkeypox. there's two cases of chin and eight cases with women in the united states. the demand for vaccines is far
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greater than the supply we have. with us is health and human services secretary becerra. thank you for joining us on this. you talk about accelerating the response in the coming days when it comes to monkeypox. what does that mean? what does that look like? >> let's try to put that in perspective. we are now at around 3,000 cases as you mentioned. we have now acquired and begun to allocate almost completely more than 300,000 vaccines and trying to make sure to targeting communities where we see the cases and where we see most people at risk and continuing to ramp up in vaccines because it is spreading and doing everything we can with the partners and the communities most at risk to try to prevent
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it and treat it. >> so let's talk about a couple things there you laid out. first is communication. folks whether or not they should be worried. what efforts is the administration making to communicate about monkeypox and the risks involved to the country? >> since we found out about the very first case in mid-may we have been in contact with state and local health officials. we have been in touch with the communities most at risk to try to give them a clear idea of what monkeypox is. most americans aren't familiar with monkeypox and there are a lot of clinicians not familiar with it. we have been in touch with those who need to know and be protected. we need to have that ramp up. we're finding the public isn't getting the information and people aren't familiar with monkeypox so it's a matter of
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education. this is a virus we can protect ourselves against prevent from getting because unlike covid that spreads through contact a few feet away this is different. it seems that it requires a close contact in order to acquire mop. >> you say focus on communities at risk. which communities are most at risk right now? >> we know that most of the cases involve men who are having sex with men. but there are others. based on contact it can be anyone in the population. every american should be aware and take precautions and trying to make sure that populations that would suffer most have the most risk of an adverse consequence are those that we're
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targeting for help. if you are in the lgbtq plus community and have hiv we want to get to you quickly with a vaccine to make sure that your level of vulnerability doesn't impact what you can do in the future. >> secretary becerra, i want to talk about the 988 help line, suicide help line that the administration set up. talk to us about this and how you communicate about it to the public. >> this one's a really important one. thank you for asking because we know that there are more americans that are suffering real stress and some cases distress. much brought on by covid and seen the number of suicides and mental health services go up and trying to get ahead of it
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as much as we can. 988 is mental stress, mental distress. it's a quick number that you can remember and call and get support and services. we have of seen its launch last week about a 45% increase week over week from didn't have 988 to having 988 of the calls, texts and chats that are now being received. >> that's tremendous. having a mental health crisis pick up the phone like 911 in an emergency and dial 988 to speak to someone on the line when dealing with a mental health crisis. i wonder what the administration plan to do to erase a taboo of mental health issues in general
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and it's okay to suffer sometimes. >> the president talked about the investments to make and in the budget he makes historic budget items and to treat mental health like physical health and 988 is an example. the year before president biden came in $24 million spent by the federal government to stand up 988 as a nationwide call number. in the president's year and a half he invested more than $430 million to get it going and seeing the success in the country is with the investment made by states and the biden administration. >> i just want to remind folks once again. if you are suffering from mental health issues, having a crisis, pick up the phone and dial 988 and what i'm told someone will pick up on the other line why
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not getting an answering machine. someone will pick up and someone will help you. secretary becerra, thank you. the state of missouri bans most abortions. what the mayor of st. louis has a plan to protect abortion access in the city. a major weekend in new york where there were massive cheers on sunday for the induction of former red sox slugger david ortiz. the champ big papi inducted. the first year on the balgt. something that he reminded the fans of in his acceptance speech. >> i want to thank the baseball writer for making me the first here in the history of cooperstown to be selected in the first ballot. you guys got it going on.
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welcome back. 32 past the hour. now to another look at the huge divide created by the u.s. supreme court's decision overturning the constitutional right to an abortion. so missouri is one of eight states banned nearly all abortions. last week st. louis mayor signed a bill to give federal pandemic relief to organizations that offer transportation, child care and other help to women seeking abortion. it does not provide abortions. missouri attorney general schmidt said the act violates the state law. let's get to it with the mayor. talk to us about how exactly this would work, using the
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federal money, for instance to help with child care, trams for women seeking abortion services elsewhere. >> so thank you for having me today. so the first off this helps with logistical access to abortion. so -- and the first thing it will do is $500,000 for -- which is the reproductive equity fund which helps with mental health resources, lackation support and the million dollar fund for access to abortion through logistical support, that's child care, trams, hotel rooms. working families have problems getting access to all these things, you know, getting time off when they need to access health care. >> let's talk about communities
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of color in st. louis making up roughly half of the city. after you signed the bill you said the fund will help with inequities exacerbated by the pandemic. how do you see that playing out? >> we all know that covid-19 exacerbated disparities in health care already there and made them worse. and so, this fund will help with those disparities that it was intended to do. >> missouri attorney general saying in a statement in response to this bill as attorney general i have tirelessly fought to uphold the sanctity of life in missouri. the move by the city of st. louis to use taxpayer dollars to help push out of state abortions
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violations missouri law. >> he is more concerned with chasing clout and running for u.s. senate in the state of missouri so i -- the same thing i said in the press conference. bring it. >> and what other efforts do you have in your back pocket if in fact the attorney general's lawsuit prevails? >> then we will raise money privately. i told my citizens that i would fight like hell to make sure that protect reproductive access in the city and st. louis is the city with the last abortion clinic in the state and so i'm going to fight to protect my citizens' access to reproductive health care. >> the request is whether or not other cities will follow suit as you have done here. thank you for joining us on
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this. >> thank you for having me. a trial to determine how much alex jones to pay for falsely claiming the sandy hook shooting was a hoax. jury selection began this morning. back in 2019 jones admitted the school shooting did occur but that the previous comments protected by free speech rights. how a russian attack in ukraine could derail a plan to ease global food shortages. we'll talk with representative adam smith. you are watching "jose diaz-balart reports." "jose diaz-balart reports.
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grain export deal despite attack on the port over the weekend. joining us with more is morgan chesky with more from odesa, ukraine. what are officials saying about this attack? >> reporter: yeah, yasmin. i had a chance to speak to the deputy secretary of ukraine. no deal with russia means anything. the strike on the city of odesa is fueling new fears that the grain that needs to going to countries that need food won't make it out of the port. all happening in a war that continues to drag on and now leaves two american families facing heartbreaking loss.
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>> morgan, talk to me about how these families are feeling from what you have been hearing, of course. anything we know about the americans who lost the lives fighting on behalf of the ukrainians. >> reporter: yeah. we did hear from the family of luke la season over the weekend. had a chance to hear from his mother and father. they said that they discouraged him, not to volunteer. they were on vacation when he made the decision to come here and volunteer in ukraine. his father is 100% ukrainian. they said that luke felt a calling to come help here and according to to them he became a medic and as a result of that they say that they believe as of what they were told that he was on the battleground in the donbas region whenever he was knocked unconscious by artillery
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fire and that whenever other foreign fighters rushed to help a russian tank opened fire and killing several of them. a canadian and a swedish fighter killed in that same battle. luke just 1 of 2 americans confirmed killed. we are working to identify the second. there is no word from the ukrainian government on the circumstances of the death and only reporting what the parents heard so far. we do know that the ukrainian government offered to pay for the funeral expenses and the family says that is -- feels a shred of comfort in an incredibly painful time. yasmin? >> yeah. incredibly difficult time for that family. morgan, thank you. please stay safe there. want to bring in representative adam smith. he recently led a delegation to meet with ukraine's president
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zelenskyy. thank you for joining us. talk to me about what it is you heard from the ukrainian president on the visit. >> they're appreciative of the support from the united states. and also from the allies. we were in kyiv for pretty much all of saturday and got to see the sites where the russians attacked and the ukrainians repelled them and maintain control of the government and the city of kyiv. they are very thankful for our help and want us to continue to provide the protection to protect their country. the ukrainians pushed back effectively. we need to help them so the putin war does not succeed. >> what else do d the president say specifically they need and that you assessed really that the ukrainian military needed to
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continue this fight? >> it is really a matter of more of what we have been giving them. what made a huge difference in the last month is the artillery systems that allow them to do a long range firing and targeting with that. what we have been given them is great but they want more of the ammunition and the long range fire systems and retake some of their territory. they blunted the russian advance but the russian occupy a huge chuck of ukrainian territory. they have done an incredible job of date to stop the russian attack. we need to help them go further. >> we are about seven months into this war. the ukrainians have been
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fighting throughout. did he talk at all about the morale of the ukrainian troops and their ability to continue on? >> yeah. absolutely. that was one of the incredible things. they took us out into the towns and villages surrounding kyiv to to the sites of the battles and at bucha grave behind the church and the civilians killed by the russians. in talking with the mayor and officials from the towns there's an incredible amount of morale and passion to defend and protect the country. when the russians take over they kill civilians and commit genocide in the towns. the ukrainians know what they are facing and have to repel the russian invaders to protect their lives and the country. we met with the people running
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the train system and showed us a moving not memorial but a place showing how they got a million ukrainian children out of harm's way through the use of the transportation system. they are organized and the morale is high. >> are they worried the world will lose interest? we have given so much aid and sometimes interest dissipates. are they worried about that? >> absolutely. they know the impact of rising inflation on fuel prices and things caused by the conflict and the pressure that's putting on them and a reason that the delegation was there to reassure them that the world is still watching and still concerned and president zelenskyy emphasized the fact this is not just about ukraine.
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and haiti gangs have injured or killed at least 25 people. what more do we know about this devastating situation, kerry? >> we know that the boat was severely overloaded and possibly another 15 and the boat was only 30 feet long, two engines. it was severely overloaded. so hopefully the u.s. coast guard with bahamian officials will be able to find some more survivors. as each hour goes by, that is less likely. it capsized just off the coast of new providence. the suspicion is among the survivors are two bahamians that authorities are investigating for human smuggling. the problem is in intense in
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haiti. it is what the bahamian prime minister called a failed state and i believe that's pretty much recognized by just with everybody. right now haiti does not have a functioning government and without that there's no sense of safety to sort of put things in perspective, which is a suburb, a ghetto of port-au-prince. in the last month, 200 have been wounded or killed by gang violence. there's a growing sense in haiti without a functioning government, without protection and with the growing power of the gangs, which goes unchecked, that they have a choice, stay behind and potentially die or risk their lives and risk the lives of their families to leave. often the route is direct as we saw last thursday when a boat with about 150 people on board sailed out of haiti and were
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intercepted by the u.s. coast guard off the coast of florida. but sometimes they take the route where they go from haiti to the bahamas and then from the bahamas on to the united states. at this point they have not identified the nationalities of all those on board. they believe they are haitians but they do have the two suspected smugglers, bahamians, in custody and it's expected they'll get more information from them. just to tell you how desperate people are, haiti, the poorest nation in the western hemisphere, these folks are suspected of paying somewhere between 3,000 to $8,000 a person to be snuggled into the united states, money that is very difficult to come by if you're from haiti. >> right. how it is they even came upon that money comes into question there as well. just devastating to see some of those images coming out of haiti and of course this tragedy as they try to make their way to
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safety in florida. kerry sanders for us, thank you. that does it for me this hour. i'm going to be back after a very quick break with more news. i'll talk to texas state senator about a meeting under way right now in the uvalde, texas to discuss the sheriff office's response to the school shooting. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports." you're watching "jose you're watching "jose diaz-balar yeah great decision! ♪ wayfair you've got just what i need ♪ with a jitterbug? or returned from war, dreaming of the possibilities ahead. ♪♪
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