christi? >> yeah, adrian, i can imagine now almost a week after ida with the sweltering heat, flood conditions and power outages frustration is growing. >> thanks, adrian. >>> we want to zero in on one specific part of louisiana in plakman's parish. the president of the area, curt lepine. bring us up to speed with what conditions are like where you are right now. >> good morning, guys. my parish if you look on the map of louisiana, from the foot of my parish to the end of my parish it's 65 miles line. it goes to the gulf of mexico. the northern end of my parish is actually fairly -- to say this fairly well, we actually received some power in the northern part of my parish, but my parish is cut off between the middle section of myrtle grove and west point lahash. those are flood waters, as you say, we've never seen. it's come over our back levys, launch levys. some of those are city six to eight foot. i only have one highway, ingress to egress from minority to south. that's the challenge we hav

i'm christi paul. >> good morning, christi. i'm boris sanchez. people from the gulf coast to the northeast are cleaning up following the destruction left by hurricane ida. in louisiana hundreds of thousands left without power or water as the heat index soars into the triple digits. >>> how the law and squabble over the president's spending bill is creating new headaches for democrats. >>> plus, a new lease on life. cnn sits down with one afghan family lucky enough to get out of that country just before the taliban took over. we'll tell you how they're adjusting to their new life in the united states. >>> and grounded and under investigation. why the faa is looking into richard branson's much behind flight to the edge of space. >>> good morning and welcome to your "new day." it is saturday, september 4th. the months just flying off the calendar, christi. i have to tell you, it is starting to feel a little bit chilly like autumn here in d.c. >> thank goodness. same here in atlanta. believe me, we're grateful for it. >> for the summer but neverthele

hey, boris. >> christi, great to have you with us. i've got to tell you, christi, d.c.eels a little different this morning. and if you take a look, you see why. there are barriers and fencing surrounding the capitol. there is a large law enforcement presence around town. just hours from now, hundreds of rallygoers are set to descend on the nation's capital for the justice for j6 event. event organizers say they're gathering to support the rioters who are arrested for storming the u.s. capitol on january 6th. >> department of homeland security is warning there is a potential for violence. the mastermind behind the rally, a former donald trump campaign staffer claims the event will feature, quote, a largely peaceful crowd. law enforcement officials are prepared nonetheless. cnn's pete muntean is in d.c. with more. pete, i would be remiss not to point out what he said, that it would largely be peaceful. don't know if that means he anticipates there could be pockets there are not. but talk about what you're seeing there this morning. >> reporter: well, christi, remember, th

right now inside the republican party besides chris christie and maybe pat?zinger, i think that's it right now. clearly we think liz cheney is running for president in 2024. she certainly hasn't ruled it out. based on that speech, clearly christie wants to be part of the conversation, too. but as you point out, this is exactly the problem if they come out and say the name, they end up a target. i mean, look at what cheney is dealing with now. she is continuing to push ahead, saying bring it in response to what the former president is doing here. but again, she is actually going to have to prove it in an election. christie doesn't have that same challenge, but so far no one in a safe republican area has been able to pull this off. and that obviously is what a republican presidential primary is. so, i mean, the republican -- and i actually was looking at what was behind chris christie there in that speech. there was a statement that said a time for choosing. there you go. that's the campaign slogan right there. and it's not, you know -- it makes sense, but it's

here is governor christie from yesterday. [video clip] governor christie: there are three things that concern me, and i have been advocating everyone should get vaccinated, but i think there are shaky ground to appear when you look at the osha statutes, they are on shaky grounds whether they can really force this or not, so it is subject to legal challenge. second, let's river, the politicization of the vaccines started back in the presidential campaign and it was started by vice president harris who said i will not take a vaccine that is approved by trump or trump's regulators. that puts us in a totally different areas -- area. and that politicization is continuing now. third, i think your question to the surgeon general was on point -- this is going to harden opposition. sometimes your leader goes in and uses a sledgehammer. i have been known to do that when i was a governor. sometimes it is appropriate, but this time was not the time to do it. we have to be persuasive. we have to continue to persuade. host: that was govern

so, christy, general sherman is still standing. christy: thank goodness.at: his massive 36-foot base is also wrapped in the foil. man: it's not just aluminum foil. it's got that fiberglass backing. cat: whileeneral sherman remains safefires have been burning ineveral other sequoia groves in the park, and staff haven't been able to reach those areas yet. christy: the wrapping that we saw today and the raking, those are all things we never had to do because we did not have high-severity fire. cat: it's an alarming trend. christy: we really are seeing impacts of climate change that these parks and models did not predict until 2050 or 2080 at the earliest. and they are happening now. the drought that california had 2012 through 2016, it was incredibly severe in the southern sierra, where we are right now, killed 5.8 million trees. that many dead trees really changes fire behavior. and that's what we're seeing. cat: those impacts are coming at an unnaturally fast pace. christy: we cannot have huge swathes of land converting from forests to shrubs overnight. the

christi, good morning to you.go on tv and admit to all of the material elements of the offense. remember, this attorney whose defense attorney admitted to the fact that he engaged in this conspiracy. what does that mean? an agreement with one other, mr. smith, to take his life. he agreed that the motivation that underlied that undertaking, right, was because of this $10 million that was to go to his elder son. he agreed essentially that it was a ruse. he said on september 4th he had no clue what that roadside shooting was all about. later he said, never mind, i do know what it's about. it's about me engaging in this insurance fraud scheme. so all of that makes little sense. i want to make clear, christi, while an opioid addiction which his attorney is out there indicating, all of this goes to mitigation. what does that mean? it means that if you're proven guilty, you could tell that to the court, attempt not to justify what you did but to explain, to make it more sympathetic when the attorney talks about in june h

. >> i'm christi paul. it's saturday, september 11th. we are so grateful to have you with us this morning as always because today we're all pausing to mark this grim day. 20 years since the september 11th attacks. >> it's hard to believe that it's been two decades and it's hard to really over state just how impactful this day has been in american history. last night the tower of light lit up the sky from lower manhattan where nearly 3,000 people lost their lives. this morning there's a similar tribute over the pentagon. we watched just moments ago as the pentagon unfurled the american flag over the west side of the pentagon, a tribute to those lives that were taken there. 20 years have passed since terrorists hijacked planes crashing two of them into the twin towers of the world trade center and one of them into the pentagon. >> passengers on a fourth flight fought back forcing them to crash into a field in pennsylvania. it was only a 20 minute flight to get to d.c. president biden will pay his respects at those three sites. yesterday he

governor christie, if you don't mind, i'll quote governor christie's response. once you do, you said, everything that happens in this country you see through the prism of what would i do if it were up to me? i am sure since you ran in 2016, there have been plenty of times that you've asked yourself that question. now this speaker series is not about any one leader or any one potential presidential candidate. personally, stealing a line from governor christie's favorite singer and song writer, i think he was born to run. but he has plenty of time to decide on that. in the meantime, his timing could not be better. his next book is called "republican rescue." hitting the shelves in november, his publisher, simon & shuster, calls it a timely and important guide to moving the country further. so how should this party do for the choosing? i think you'll get an idea of what's on governor christie's mind. ladies and gentlemen, i have the privilege of asking you to please join me in welcoming former governor chris christie. [ applause ] >> thank you very much. you guys f

here is nbc bay area's christie smith. >> san mateo county voters are highly engaged. >> reporter: jim irizarry is chief elections officer for san mateo county where more vote centers are opening ahead of the recall election. >> vote centers are very important because they provide services and people may lose their ballot. >> reporter: he says they'll see 90% of ballots coming in by mail or being dropped off at ballot drop-off locations. 440,000 ballots were sent to registered voters here. >> we have 167,000 that have been returned. that's approximately 38% of the ballots that we sent out have been returned. >> reporter: but a few decided to come in person. >> i had my ballot. but i decided to do it on the machine, because when i voted in the machine, it had a printout that showed who i voted for. and i dropped it, so at least i know that's official. >> reporter: governor newsom came to san francisco this week and stumped to stop the recall. he's facing a wide field of potential placements including opposition frontrunner larry elder, former san diego mayor kevin faulconer was in the c

christi and boris? >> thanks very much, kristen fisher for that report. >>> the next hour of "new day" starts right now. >>> good morning and welcome to your "new day." i'm boris sanchez. >> good morning. i'm christi paul. listen, there is a humanitarian crisis unfolding along the u.s./southern border this morning. thousands of migrants are overwhelming border agents and now the u.s. is ramping up deportation flights. >> as covid cases are surging, icu beds are running out and hospital workers are overwhelmed by unvaccinated patients. you will hear from a respiratory therapist who says her staff is now stretched beyond the limit. >> his urgent warning moments before the u.s. strike in kabul that killed ten people, the cia actually had warned there were civilians in that area. >>> a history-making mission, an all-civilian crew splashing down to earth, the details on their return after three days in orbit. >> welcome to your sunday, seps 19th. we are always so grateful to have your company. hi, boris. >>

i'm christi paul. >> good morning, christi. i'm boris sanchez. the fbi releasing the first newly declassified document on its investigation into the september 11th terror attacks. who may have been involved and who may have helped two of the hijackers. >> the u.s. capitol police is recommending disciplinary action in six cases against its officers. following the january 6th attack on the capitol. what we know about those cases today. >>> and we have seen growing evidence that the dangers to our country can come not only across borders, but from violence that gathers within. >> plus, in a speech commemorating the september 11th attacks former president george w. bush calling on americans to confront violent extremistst at home. this amid concerns surrounding another rally in washington planned for this week. >>> also, in california voters heading to the polls in just two days, on tuesday, to decide whether to recall governor gavin newsom. the issue at the top of voters' minds as they head to the polls. ♪ >>> thanks so much for waking up with us th

christy, let's start with you here. so crypto currencies have skyrocketed in popularity over the last year. and lawmakers have spent the entire time talking about how they want regulation. so why do you think we keep hearing the same general statements from scc? isn't just a lack of direction here. it is a lack of direction because of greed. they're greedy for american innovation and continue dominance and tech and what is clearly going to be the next frontier and then tech and payment. but then on the other hand, also greedy for power and control to control this new technology that threatens the existence of their current infrastructure. but if they control it, then they'll be know innovation. if there is just free wild wild was innovation, then it threatened to stabilize the current monetary system. so that's the real reason, not the facade of, oh, we're just trying to protect investors through better regulation and more oversight and more k y c. no, america was founded on speculation and capitalism. and now you want

>> good morning, christi.nt has the kind of problem presidents often have which is the near term political requirements to stay in office, frankly. to keep his party in power are at odds with the long-term vision that he ran on and that he has promised and in fact sworn to deliver as president of the united states. so the strong measures that you mentioned, requiring that the federal government can touch, either getting tested or vaccinated and he really means it and going to battle with the republican governors like in a state of idaho. this is what he has to do. it does, in fact, stir some anger. it stirs anger among independents, people who don't really think of themselves as republican or democrat. that's a big part of the biden base. he's dealing with what leaders deal with. you are going to make some people unhappy. you'll break some eggs to make the omelet. the only silver lining is it's happening before the mid-term election year. if you are going to have a problem with the electorate, now is the time

christie's bogus blunt talk, you talk about christie spoke last week.republicans need to do to move forward -- the party forward in a positive direction. you say -- that's the question. where's the quote? >> if there, got it. >> if there is any positive to take from christie's regan liner speech, if you squint the right way while the sun glints off feces. trump is making the calculation at least for now, at least in the abstract there is political advantage in appearing to distance the republican party from trump and trumpism. >> hope you didn't have breakfast. >> that did catch me. i will tell you, oh, did not see that coming. >> you know, maybe let's give him a chance. he was so close to trump. he is a calculated political player. i watched the speech. he had this long list of things republicans need to do, namely, confrontsing this conspiratorial thinking that has infected the party. but he couldn't name trump. meanwhile, that same weekend donald trump is pushing the rigged election conspiracy claims. christie, if he wants to sit in the abc news stud

now to discuss our boom bus, co host, christy i and ben swan, christy, i want to start with you and let's pick on the story of ever grant thursday. there were protests you actually showed up outside the company's headquarters, demanding their investments back. help us to understand why ever grant is crashing . well, every brand is essentially drowning in debt. totally more than $300000000000.00 us after years and years of borrowing to fund their rapid growth except up acquisitions and recent years in order to take advantage of the really hot real estate market in china. but now that market is cooling down due to beijing, introducing new measures in august of 2020 in order to control the total debt levels of major property developers. so previously ever ran preschool properties and projects to finance itself and keep activities afloat. but now this crackdown has forced the group to kind of offload properties and increasingly steeper discount and better than our protesting and growing increasingly nervous that if ever grand work to collapse, this could spread to other property developers an

next, former new jersey republican governor chris christie speaks about his vision for the republican party an event hosted by the ronald reagan presidential foundation. simi valley, california. the 2016 presidential candidate says his party needs to embrace truths, even when it is painful, and fight against the biden administration's dangerous policies that only make the government bigger. this speech is 50 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen please welcome former governor chris christie. [applause] good evening. my name is john clive much. [applause] i have the honor of being executive director of the ronald reagan presidential foundation and institute and i just want to thank all of you for joining us this evening. please join us for the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america. to the republic, for which it stands. one nation under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all. please be seated there are a few persons i would like to make sure we recognize this evening and i would like to start with governor christie's wife, mary pat th

>> ladies and gentlemen please welcome former governor chris christie. [applause] good evening. my name is john clive much. [applause] i have the honor of being executive director of the ronald reagan presidential foundation and institute and i just want to thank all of you for joining us this evening. please join us for the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america. to the republic, for which it stands. one nation under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all. please be seated there are a few persons i would like to make sure we recognize this evening and i would like to start with governor christie's wife, mary pat thank you. [applause] the man known well in the's parts. [applause] and one of my bosses the reagan foundation trustee and his wife karen and son james. thank you. [applause] we are honored to have all of you with us as the reagan library continues the time for choosing speakers series. the 57th anniversary next month of the speech in which present reagan not yet a candidate for any office made that phrase famous

. >> i'm christi paul. the fbi releases the new classified document on its investigation into the september 11th terror attacks. what we're learning about who may have helped at least two of the hijackers. >>> plus, the u.s. capitol police is recommending disciplinary action in six cases against its own officers following the january 6th attack on the capitol. what we know about those cases and the concerns surrounding another rally planned for this week. >> we got double, at least double the requests for assistance since sb 8 has passed. >> abortion rights advocates in texas are going door-to-door to help women afraid to seek out their help following a restrictive new law banning abortions after six weeks. why they say the new law endangers women. >> this is, like, my first game. i get it to go on campus. i am so excited. >>> plus, fans are back in the stands. how colleges and the nfl are handling the kickoff of a new season amid the pandemic . >>> welcome to sunday. it is the 12th of september. we are so

christy is right. that makes no sense at all. the chinese have been working at this for a long time. the chinese are the major player in the world economy right now. and so most of the countries in the world want to make sure that they are have access to are connected to china. they're not going to sacrifice that for a big if the relationship with europe, especially because europe can get its own act together. britain won't go with the rest of europe. spain doesn't go with france and germany on half a dozen issues. i mean, you're not, you're not making any logical sense. she's spinning the woman in the leadership role. she's spending an image and i hope, but there's not much substance for us to hold on to here. okay, so she got some big dreams and were just waiting to see if they actually play out. now. christy another part here is the fact that the commission president also proposed a ban on sales of products made using force and labor taking a direct shot at china over allegations. the chinese government has repeatedly denied.

>> that's right, boris and christi. as you mentioned, those updates -- those recoveries are still underway in passaic, new jersey, where two young people believed to have been sucked into a storm drain. authority don't know. they're still actively looking for them. a very sad story, an ongoing story. and as christi mentioned, the fact that we're talking about the aftermath of this storm down in new orleans and up here in new jersey, where i am, just shows how big and historic this storm truly was. this is paterson, new jersey, where the pa sake river is the lifeblood of the town. this is the river, it's three days after the storm. and as you can see, the water level is still so high. this bridge being hit by wood and debris as it comes down, the bridge farther down, you can see, is also at the really, really high water level. this water is really important to the town of paterson, new jersey. their logo is the falls that this water causes, but right now, this water is causing a lot of damage. first, it came through and

christi and boris?isher for that report. >>> the next hour of "new day" starts right now. >>> good morning and welcome to your "new day." i'm boris sanchez. >> good morning. i'm christi paul. listen, there is a humanitarian crisis unfolding along the u.s./southern border this morning. thousands of migrants are overwhelming border agents and now the u.s. is ramping up deportation flights. >> as covid cases are surging, icu beds are running out and hospital workers are overwhelmed by unvaccinated patients. you will hear from a respiratory therapist who says her staff is

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border and christi. >> thank you so much. know it's hard to be out there and see what the folks are going through and those temperatures are so difficult to handle right now. and health officials also saying they have confirmed the deaths of seven nursing home patients evacuate today a temporary shelter ahead of hurricane ida. five of the deaths are said to be storm related. >> yeah, so the warehouse where they were taken was overwhelmed with hundreds of nursing home evacuees and apparently sanitary conditions inside the facility have been described as appalling. as you can imagine, their relatives are outraged. cnn's brian todd has more. >> this was a nightmare. >> reporter: local leaders looking for answers for what went wrong. >> that nursing home owner a should be health accountable. as far as the investigation we understand there is one. >> reporter: the warehouse in independence, louisiana, served as a temporary evacuation facility for 800 patients from seven area nursing homes. the conditions inside were appalling. >>

number one, this, i agree with christie. completely. this announcement by china wasn't even an announcement. it was an answer to a question during a q and a session, which essentially means it's not like, you know, china stood up and said, we're going to make a declaration that's going to shock waves through the world, reiterating their stance that's already been in. but the chinese miners have already sold their equipment and moved on and found new places to begin mining. so it's not going to affect that part of the business. and in china, you know, those who are buying crypto in the underground will continue to do that. and those who are not buying it through those mainstream exchanges will continue not to so it doesn't really change a whole lot. but what does change, i think here in the u. s. is there is a growing sense that federal authorities are going to bring in a major crack down against crypto. well, what does that actually look like? i think part of it hinges on what we talked about earlier this week. going back to the federal

well, joining us now discuss our boom boom co host bend swan and christy christy. i want to start with you. why do you think president biden felt it was necessary to make this phone call? while he had to make a phone call due to the growing pressures and frustrations of his own administration? apparently what they say is there was a serious lack of staging engagement with american officials. and it became very clear that china was not willing to engage with lower level staff members. when biden's climate envoy, john kerry, held talks with chinese foreign minister last week, while the u. s. wanted to tackle every issue separately and individually. china wanted to use it as leverage in order to gain favorable terms on their end. so they want to bundle all the terms together, which makes perfect sense because why would you give something without getting something you want in return? so according to the chinese foreign minister, china, us climate change, corporate cooperation cannot be separated from the general environment of relations . and then also again, back in m

boris and christi? >> evan mcmorris-santoro from new jersey, thank you. >> yeah, the amount of water he is standing by, this far after the storm, i think, is just so striking. evan, thaft was great. thank you for bringing us up to speed there. >>> we need to get to the conditions in louisiana, as well. adrienne is with us. ray of hope, the mandatory evacuation order issue add week ago was rescinded, meaning people can start coming home, yes? >> reporter: yeah, if they choose to come home, they can. i can tell you for some people, waiting in the long lines has led to frustration. here at this gas station, one of the employees told us that he needs to be protected. so he carries a gun with him. it's visible. that's just another added layer of stress. i want to show you yesterday's paper. it reads, four nursing home evacuees die. that number is now five. the state's attorney general has pledged a full investigation. now, the papers are delayed a little bit because of covid, so you've got covid and dealing

we will get a sense of what is on governor christie's mind. ladies and gentlemen, please join me -- [inaudible] [applause] >> thank you very much. [inaudible] i want to thank john for his stewardship of this foundation. i want to thank the members of the board who invited me tonight. thank you for being here. and for all those who unfortunately in this covid world we've been living in since march of 2020, are watching this virtually, this top as well. it's an honor for me to be here again at the reagan library to speak with all of you. it's an opportunity to participate in a time for choosing -- as john mentioned, i've been asked tonight by the board to speak on why i am a republican and when we should stand for as a party. to discuss our successes, our failures. the important issues for our future and how we can come together, both as a party and as a nation. thanks so much for the small assignment to the board that you've given me tonight. i suggest it's just important for us as we begin this discussion to remind ourselves of who we are as a

christie may tap into that. and there may be a little more support for that than i think he deserves. >> what do you think? >> courage is contagious. liz cheney's been the most courageous. but you're seeing more and more. it's just one special election with the 6th district of texas, former president trump endorsed his widow. just one election, one place. but the more that people like christie stand up, the more other people will as well. and i do think you'll see more of this. >> all right. well, thanks one and all for joining. hope you have a very reflective weekend on this 9/11 weekend. coming up one of the top generals in afghanistan shares his rather shocking take on america's longest war. that's next. if you have this... consider adding this. an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan from unitedhealthcare. medicare supplement plans help by paying some of what medicare doesn't... and let you see any doctor. any specialist. anywhere in the u.s. who accepts medicare patients. so if you have this... consider

christy. i want to start with you here as el salvador is making this move, it requires adoption by the business community. how is the country building support for that? while they're building support by incentivizing citizens the same way that the crypto world incentivizes adoption during an idea, you create an aragon, which is free money. so in one week, on september 7th, every citizen and el salvador will have access to $30.00 in big point from the government to their chiva wallet. exchange points for dollars or more bit points to the new atm or the apple. the commission free and citizens can begin to legally receive big point payment without having to pay additional changing fees. now the government will spend up to $75000000.00 to air drop, $30000000.00 worth of bit point in to be cheaper wallet. and that would cover the costs of feeding the $2500000.00 users. and then they're also building out the atm infrastructure and they're supporting structures to be built all around the country . an

so joining us now to break this all down our boom bus, co host, ben swan and christy i. christy, let's start with you here. so all we pay is an incredibly successful platform. how does this move stand to impact the company overall? well, it's going to impact alibaba in a huge way, obviously thing as all the pay and loan business is one of the most lucrative arm of this conglomerate. and goes kind of hand in hand with its retail shopping because they always want to extend credit to buyers so that they can shop more on your platform. so it was a perfect synergy and for that they're being punished now for being too successful . so now the chinese government and tend to force are paid to turn over its user data to a new credit scoring. entity. regulators have also asked for and financial to put it to micro loan businesses, ga, and was a into new consumer finance unit. so in this new scoring entity and, and john tourism investment group, each on 35 percent of the company with date own entities sharing the rest of 30 percent. and on top of this alley pay won't be the only enti

the everyday nice bullet, christie, that was made over the last 13 years. but it is worth it myself and literally tens of thousands did not hundreds of thousands of the artists had to making over this time. and there was no way to really sort of so that's what you did for what i did, but, and i are broader than that. it's really just proof of ownership. so it can be a by, you know, will be a bunch of things from concert tickets to. ready property to your car, like there's a bunch of different things that eventually ask news well, like we used to sort of like transact, right, right. so if this is some sort of like a digital code from what i understand that is unique and, and horrible. this major piece of digital art to which this code is designed practically affordable or, and for you and really read exactly. you have to sort of, right, it's the strongest of watching. but right now nobody's been able to sort of walk jane. there's not, you're not seeing people sort of, you know, being able to create that point. and so it's really the same sort of like, underl