could be turning >>> our ann thompson goes in depth on the unique self-treatment being taken on by joe rogen. >>> we speak to a family who made it out alive of the 12th floor of the southside, florida, building collapse. >>> we'll get a preview of america's employment picture from cnbc. >>> a busy friday ahead. and "early today" starts right now. glad you're ending your week with us. i'm frances rivera the northeast is still assessing the damage and loss after historic flooding. from maryland to connecticut, ida claimed at least 44 lives. president biden has approved emergency declarations for new york and new jersey. the record-shattering rainfall was a shock to the region. nbc's stephanie gosk joins us with a closer look at the damage >> reporter: hey there, frances. we can see four cars in this water behind me. there could be even more of them it gives you an idea of how quickly people rose. people had to abandon their cars to save their lives. >> half the tournament is currently underwater >> reporter: in the light of day, the storm damage on display. the danger far from over water kept

i feel bad for rogen's audience. listened to this bull crap, these lies about the vaccines. think of how many of joe rogen's listeners over the last few months have gotten sick and died because of the disinformation he's been spreading. i'm a former talk radio host. this is personal to me. i told my audience the truth about the vaccines and covid. most of these guys don't. >> and that's the issue. the issue is what happens to the people who listen to this and just believe everything they hear, are there people who just blindly follow and end up sick because of it and that really is a tragedy. >> yes. >> joe, a sign of the polarized times that we're in, a diner owner in florida says she is banning biden supporters over his decision to leave afghanistan the way that the united states did and after the death of 13 u.s. service members, she says many of her customers are veterans. still the idea of putting up a sign basically saying biden supporters not welcome. what does that tell you? >> john, you and i have talked abo

josh rogen joins us now. can i back up for a second.say milley wasn't freelancing here. this was a coordinated effort. what do you mean? >> right. well, every washington story has three versions the leak, the rebuttal and then the truth, right? we're now with a lot of reporting from a lot of different outlets finding out what was really going on with these phone calls between mark milley and his chinese counterpart. it wasn't his idea in the first place. it was a decision by his boss defense secretary mark esper who saw u.s./china relations getting really tense and decided he needed to send a signal to the chinese to cool down tensions. milley was following his lead. this spoke to what milley said whether we warned the chinese we were going to attack. milley will have to address. this was not mark milley. what happened was the pentagon and the white house weren't talking to each other. and that the head of the pentagon mark esper decided to do something on china by himself and mark milley was following that. that's a less sexy story but

the covid hypocrisy was the biggest blunder of the night which seth rogen called out. >> there is wayttle room. where we doing? they said this was outdoors. it is not. they abide to us. we are have medically sealed pen right now. i would not have come to this. >> there is a mask mandate for indoor spaces in la county, there are little children within your shot of the tent where they were holding this event in schools, they have to wear a mask but none of these people do. a huge snafu on the part of the organizers and there was no social distancing or covid fears in that room. >> you are the only one i know who watched this. >> the 16% run. ibly19 do you think an evangelical preacher at some mega church in la if he laughs it off with a grant him that luxury of having a packed house and not trash them for it? seth rogen thinks he will laugh often this will be fun. >> la county is granting them away for because they are performers. the other big event, the met gala where no one wore masks except the servants. aoc made headlines with the frock she wore has been hit with two house ethics c

seth rogen, laugh it off and it will be fine. >> l.a.said they were granting them a waiver because they are performance. the other big event, the medi-cal at where no one wore masks except the service. aoc had made headlines without political proxy war has been hit with two house ethics charges for receiving guests from corporate interests as well as other perks. this new video shows the democratic cover girl in action. she has just serving her constituents. >> i really see this and see you on the carpet, see -- i have been dreaming about it. >> this little owl. make them wait for it. boom. >> she really thinks she is j. lo or something. and after that dress, marshall mcluhan used to say the media is the message. if that is true, her slogan -- anyone who puts their message on their took us has probably not worth considering. and now we learn that the designer of the dress is in trouble. >> laura: aurora james is a tax cheat herself? is that right? >> that is correct. she has had 15 tax warrants against her since 2015. totaling $103,000 a

rogen is now understanding that this is no joke, and i think sadly, mr.accinated, you know, they were sadly misplaced then and his comments -- >> doctor, can we play it? can we play it, and then i want you to respond to it. >> yeah, yeah. >> here it is. >> are you healthy? are you a healthy person? look, don't do anything stupid, but you should take care of yourself. if you're a healthy person and you're exercising all the time and you're young and you're eating well, like i don't think you need to worry about this. >> is that the one you're talking about, and then he walked back or? >> yeah, he walked it back, and he said i'm not a doctor. i'm an f'g moron a few days later. i don't want to quibble with that. what i would say is he's, again, causing a great deal of public disservice when he describes a completely jumbled sort of self-created medical regimen that he's on right now. so he says he's taking ivermectin. it doesn't work. i wish it worked. it would be great if it worked. it's an old drug. it's a cheap drug. it would be fantastic if it worked. it

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. >>> and then joe rogen is revealing that he tested positive for covid-19. his diagnosis comes after he dismissed to some extent the usefulness of the vaccine on his podcast. >>> then look at those flames. i want you to take a look at this as well. the mountains across the lake, not even visible because of the smoke. our photo journalists took these photos, and the top one, this is from mid june, and the one at the bottom from this week. you can see all the smoke just hanging over the lake right there. as we continue to monitor this, we have crews there, and meteorologist, kari hall, monitoring those conditions as well. >>> yeah, we have a lot we are tracking from one coast to the other. it's because we have a lot of dry conditions here with the fires, and then look at all the rain happening across the northeast. this is live sky ranger video coming from pennsylvania as we can see just large areas underwater, after eight inches of rain and numerous reports of deaths in that area as the remanence of ida tracked all the way up the coast and dumped lots of rain

. >> the podcast host joe rogen came down with covid. he says he's been taking the livestock dewormer as well as other treatments that people talk about on the internet. did you expect you would have to compete with the likes of tucker carlson and joe rogan and are their voices more powerful and more widespread than people like yourself, other public health experts out there. isn't that part of the problem? >> disinformation and misinformation is a serious issue when it comes to pa publi health issue like covid-19. it's essential to get correct information out. the best way to counter disinformation and misinformation is to try as best as we all can to get the proper and correct information out. one of the enemies of public health is disinformation and we do see that in some corners. >>> donald trump weighing in on the supreme court refusal to block texas controversy six week abortion ban. all three of his appointees votes allowed it to stay in place. this is how you become the best! ♪“you're the best” by joe esposito♪ ♪ [triumphantly ye

you ever expect that you would have, i guess to compete, with the likes of tucker carlson and joe rogen, dr. fauci, and are their voices more power, more widespread than people like yourself? other public health expert who is are out there and isn't that part of the problem? >> well, jim, disinformation and misinformation is really a very serious issue when it comes to a public health issue like covid-19 in which it's essential to get correct information out both for people who are infected and who do need proper medication and proper care to foster things that are unproven right from the beginning as always been a problem. the pesbest way to counter disinformation and misinformation is to try as best as we all can to get the proper and correct information out but one of the enemies of public health is disinformation and unfortunately, we do see that in some corners. >> let me ask you, let's talk about the covid end game in the u.s. is the goal zero spread or is it to minimize severe disease? those are two different goals. what do you think? >> first thing is to get out of the pandemic

the emmy awards, seth rogen calling out the shortcomings. >> let me start by saying, there is way too many of us in this little room. what are we doing? they said this was outdoors. it's not. they lied to us. we're in a sealed tent right now. i would not have come to this. jillian: the actor taking the stage to present the first award of the night. the host pushing back, saying all guests were required to be vaccinated but online social media users blasting the lack of masks and social distancing. by the way, that was a look, that a was a whole look. todd: seth rogan. jillian: yeah, the matching bow tie. todd: he could not have done more of a seth rogan impression if he. jillian: it's like the orange suit from dumb and dumber but updated and really stylish. todd: no ruffles. jillian: a bad weekend getting worse for president biden as some of his most loyal defenders hit the sunday shows to demand accountability. >> i think he's got a pretty big credibility crisis on his hands because all of these problems in some ways showed up after he said something basically the exact opposite. .to

. >> let's bring in josh rogen.ht, the united states may have withdrawn from the battlefield in afghanistan, but the struggle for power and influence there is ongoing. and the void is being filled by a number of actors including terrorist groups such as al qaeda and that haqqani group, including iran an turkey, and all has implications not just for what happens inside of afghanistan but for what happens in the region and around the world as well. we know from past history that for the jihadists victory equals recruitment. we know when they have a country, that country can become a safe haven for attacks in other places in the world. and we know that afghanistan is still a place where empires go to secure minerals and strategic advantage. so the game in afghanistan is afoot. the u.s. won't be as much of a part of it, but pretty much every other country in the world is still playing. >> the president obviously wants to project this evacuation as a tremendous success. you see that in the messaging here. but you've note

. >> joe rogen, podcaster who downplayed the vaccines says he's tested positive and taking a litany ofing ivermectin, the horse dewormer. >> start by saying, fda has no approval for using ivermectin and there's no evidence it works, no clinical trials show that it works. it is used for parasitic infections in humans as well but nowhere near evidence to use in practice. having said that, there's a need for oral medications, antivirals, that's why invested $3 billion in developing them to be used. but in the interim, we've seen statement from the fda, american medical association came out and said same thing today as guidance to physicians who might be prescribing this, very small number who may be succumbing to pressure or misinformation, but there's no evidence. we've seen cases of toxicity and hospitalizations from people taking veterinarian medications. what is easier and proven effective -- the vaccine. protects you, reduces infection and it's cheapest available -- free. >> and not experimental, it's approved, tested and continues to be tested daily. nahid, thank you for being with

awarded the prestigious rome prize, and he's collaborated with celebrities and fans like actor seth rogen is most mindful of his roots. he can often be found working with his and other communities, giving away work, teaching kids and working with veterans. and he has a name for it. robert: it's sort of this idea that i'm the village potter. jared: because lugo wants to be a connector of people and art. he asked the currier museum to place his work atop or alongside its own historic pieces. his urn featuring bob marley rests on an 18th century table. robert: people can see that all these thgs can coincide and be beautiful. and that's really the hope, is that when people see themselves reflected in the narrative of a person of color, then they grow closer to that. jared: much the same way lugo found himself connected to this painting in the currier's collection. it's by white folk artist grandma moses, and reminds him of his parents' upbringing in puerto rico. robert: i think there is this, like, sense of displacement i have always felt as a puerto rican growing up and always hearing about

just a note to seth rogen, it's september. it's too early for his pumpkin spice tuxedo.ekis who won for ted lass on his velvet blue techsy dough jacket. also cedric the entertainer. just humor that united the crowd and was nonpartisan. love that. don't understand jillian anderson winning for the crown and her portrayal of margaret thatcher which was dehydrated to say the least. maria: good point. joe. joe: queen's gambit tremendous short series. everybody should make a point to watch that. by the way, with seth had row again, by the way -- seth rogen, he wasn't relevant for a long time. was he being held at gunpoint when complaining about lack of masks and social distancing. he could have left. whether it's aoc who swore she would always wear a mask in public settings despite being vaccinated going maskless to the tax the rich dress party at the met gal la last week or hollywood doing an imitation of gavin newsom having dinner at the french laundry, it shows most americans want to move on with their lives and take responsibility for themselves. maria: unbelievable. and t