now to jared krim, he's the mayor of binghamton, new york. we showed you the mars-like images a few minutes ago. mayor, how are things looking right now? >> right now, when you're outside it feels, looks and smells like you're standing next to the campfire in the path of the smoke. my office downtown right now, indoors it smells strongly of smoke. it's the type of dense smoke, dense haze that seems to be blocking out even the sun. it's really something we've never seen before here in up state new york. out west they deal with wild fires all the time and one local meteorologist said it's a generational event. the air quality is simply hazardous and we're encouraging everyone to stay indoors and limit activity. we've also had to take action closing down public pools, little league and swim lessons and the school district took action to make sure kids are not outside and keeping windows closed all though it's a walking district, making sure that the students are bussed. it's absolutely a thing that no one's seen before here in binghamton. the th

if you are in binghamton you are exposed to it. so recirculate air-conditioning, you want the air-conditioner to work to your best behalf. and have the windows closed at home, rely on the air-conditioner. you don't want the air coming in. i talk about asthmatics now over and over, but people can have underlying tendency to have reaction. they can have allergies. you could have an allergy to what's in the smoke, to that particulate matter. you don't want to learn about that by exposure. you want to stay away as much as possible. >> john: doc, we were talking about masks earlier, and you suggested n-95 may have some effect, it's only 2.5 microns, which is teeny tiny teeny, but could it be the case that if you are outside and all you have an got is a cloth mask or maybe one of the procedural masks in your purse or pocket, is something better than nothing? >> i think something is better than nothing, john. i would always encourage that. but you have to understand, and you were very clear, both were very clear on the size of the particl

in binghamton, the sky was turned bright orange. the haze caused by wildfires in eastern canada. it's causing irritation and ris -- respiratory problems. they are warning people to limit outdoor activity. especially elderly, in treatment, others vulnerable. >>> two of former president trump's enablers, now his rivals for 2024. that's next when "andrea mitchell reports," just 60 seconds. stay with us. you are watching msnbc. ♪ shelves. shelves smart enough to see, sense, react, restock. so caramel swirl is always there for the taking. >>> former vice president mike pence has joined the presidential race, taking on his former boss, donald trump, who inspired the january 6 rioters to chant, hang mike pence. pence joins a crowded field, including chris christie, who blasted trump in his campaign launch last night, and north dakota governor doug burgum. joining me is dasha burns and steve patterson. and steve kornacki at the big board as well as former republican congressman from florida david jolly also with us. dasha, to you. in iowa, where pence will focus his campaign starting at

. >> from bay side to brooklyn, from buffalo to binghamton, my home state looked like the scene of a scary movie. >> over 100 million americans are under air quality alerts as ground delays impact travel at new york's laguardia airport and new jersey's newark international while baseball is back at yankee stadium tonight but is canceled in our nation's capital as the smoke from up north continues moving across the country. >> the smoke is expected to clear off the east coast some time saturday morning. but, before then, tomorrow, central and western pennsylvania are expected to get the worst of it. trace? >> nate foy across the river in new jersey. nate, thank you. president biden says he is confident congress will supply the funding to keep funneling weapons and support to ukraine as it battles against the russian invasion. the president met with british prime minister reissy sunak today at the white house. is he denying allegations he was involved in a bribery scheme during his time as vice president. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich has details. good evening. >> good even

senate majority leader chuck schumer blames climate change from bayside to brooklyn, from buffalo to binghamtonook like the scene of a scary movie. over 100 million americans are under air quality alerts as ground delays impact travel at new york's laguardia airport and new jersey's newark international. while baseball is back at yankee stadium tonight but is canceled in our nation's capital as the smoke from up north continues moving across the country, the smoke is expected to clear off the east coast sometime saturday morning. but before then, tomorrow, central and western pennsylvania are expected to get the worst of it. reporting in jersey city. i'm nate foy, fox news. and we are getting the ultimate bird's eye view of one of california's largest reservoirs. and what a difference a big winner makes, right? satellite images reveal the stark changes at shasta. the image on the left from last november, the image on the right taken just about a week ago. and you can see shasta is nearly filled. we have more images on how the rain has affected northern california. you can see all of the before

you see that eerie orange glow also in the town of binghamton, and it's not just new york, look at the map, they show you where the air quality is the worst and you can see it extends as far west as chicago where we do have new video today, take a look, we made a quad box where you can see chicago, philadelphia, and detroit as well as canada were over 400 wild fires are burning including 100 near quebec, air quality alerts are in effect as far south as north carolina. and right now, martha, i will bring in three women that i just met, come on in, guys. to mirror, you and your friends are visiting from mexico. you guys flew in thankfully yesterday you could get in. we were having a lot of travel delays today. this is your first time in new york city. tell me what is going through your head as you get to new york city and you see this? >> i feel like it's just like we did not expect it to look like this. and also like the smoke, we came out without the face masks at first, but as we kept on walking, we had to put it on, because it was very smoky outside. >> because it was so smoky, were

yesterday from syracuse all the way through the central portion of new york, finger lakes region, to binghamtonk city. but the worst of it has shifted south. the air quality is in the horrendous category. that's like the top of the level of the list. it is horrendous for everyone, not just people with respiratory issues or children or elderly, around harrisburg. the worst gauge yesterday was in bethlehem, pennsylvania, the first time in recorded history where we're monitoring the stuff that goes back to the late '90s that we had one site for 24-hour average in the horrendous category. never happened in the mid-atlantic or northeast previously before yesterday. all of that air is still stagnant and sitting here from washington, d.c. to philadelphia. here is our latest readings. allentown, still very unhealthy. philadelphia, 227, very unhealthy. washington, d.c., as high as you've been so far, up to 253, very unhealthy air. that's for everyone. not just people with issues. in the new york city, yesterday, at one point we were in the low 300s. it has come down. the visibility is a little better. s

what i'm josh cleaver binghamton university tricia really liked your democratic citizenship idea, and i guess it's a question for the panel is how this idea of creatism and democracy kind of has changed or warped by either the cold barons or the workers in the 21st century over time from how you kind of pose it in the 1940. so, how does it change over your guys's projects? i mean, i guess i would actually pose it as a kind of continuity. i think in some ways the thing that really changes the most is who miners actually are right because i think this is really key to your argument, right is that in creating a minor? who's white who's masculine? who's heterosexual right you that's actually the moment where you see a really first it definitely a growing gender diversity among miners. and also it's there's another story underlying here, which is about the whitening of that balacha. right? and so that's a both of those processes both the transformation of the mining workplace and the transformation of the region are things that are ongoing throughout this process, but the idea of the minor

and so data done by a scholar who was, i think at binghamton, i forget dave hacker. dave hacker went through census records and other empirical records and that the mortality rate of civil war soldiers went from something like 600000 to 750000. so it was a shocking find. it was on the eve of of what? of the publication of my book from freedom. and the question i had was who actually counts, who gets counted as a civil war casualty? so if we just to imagine for a second, what does a civil war battlefield like in a place like camp kentucky, you have place where lots of soldiers both black and white are suffering and dying from infectious. you're also have adjacent to that camp a camp for refugees for black refugees. so basically men who've decided to enlist in the army and they would be promised rations for their family and shelter and clothing for their family would happens years many of their family members in camp nelson in november 1864 were expelled from that place. the union army said, we can't provide for them any longer. we can't provide them with rations we ca

we will go to binghamton new york and hear from rob on the independent line. caller: good morning.hey definitely should have term limits for all of the reasons dennis said a few minutes ago. c-span, you share a lot of the blame for what is going on in this country. there is a much going on with the bidens and their criminality and you refused to talk about it except in the open forums. i am disgusted. he should be impeached in prison and you guys keep holding his water. why is that? host: we try to cover events and issues in every segment on this program. we certainly have covered the biden family, hunter biden, the congressional coverage, the impeachment resolutions being brought forth by members of the republican -- by republican members of the u.s. house. thanks for your call. on the weekend rebellion in russia, the big winners are the wagoner clash. they write that vladimir putin is known for his tight control over the media. his one-time ally, the founder is the owner of a conservative media outlet in a flamboyant showman on social media. he is an unlikely figure who emerged w

quality, the pollution was even worse for upstate new york from bayside to brooklyn, from buffalo to binghamton my home state looked like the scene of a scary movie. across the northeast schools canceled outdoor activities and afterschool programs. the yankees, the phillies, the new york liberty all postponed their games. people as far west as indianapolis and the far south as south carolina have been impacted. i urge all people here in washington and across the united states to listen to local health officials and take every precaution to stay safe. mr. president, the climate crisis is real and it is here to stay. we must take action against the climate crisis, both short-term and long-term. short-term, this morning i am calling on secretary tom vilsack to double the number of forest service personnel deployed to fight these fires in canada. i am calling on the secretary of agriculture to double the number of personnel to mitigate the risk in the senate is not. mr. thune: mr. president, summer is almost here, and with it summer driving season, and with gas prices up 48% since president biden t