the senator from new jersey. mr. menendez: mr. president, thank you. i would just simply say the senator from texas did not hold up any of the nominees of president trump as it relates to this. i ask that it be in order to make the same request with respect to executive calendar 235, maria e. brewer to be ambassador of the united states to the kingdom of lesotho. the presiding officer: is there objection? mr. cruz: mr. president. -- the senator from reserving the right to object because it is a mistake to strengthen russia and undermine international security, i object. the presiding officer: objecti -- objection is heard. mr. menendez: i make the same request for executive calendar 256, christopher john lamora to be ambassador from the united states to cameroon. the presiding officer: is there objection? the senator from texas. mr. cruz: reserving the right to object, because it is a massive strategic error, one that weakens our allies, that endangers our allies and makes russia more dangerous, more aggressive, more willing to at

new jersey pool boy not happy. are other states we can designate as free states are intent on fighting this insanity. in the state of florida governor ron desantis has without a doubt but with courage throughout this pandemic, said not only will we oppose mask mandate in school districts where they are going to try to impose them, we will allow students to take their money and transfer among districts or to private schools, they -- the language inside the regulation is harassing of kids and families based on covid status, the money will follow the kids through school choice and it is one of those moments you realize what a big difference executive leadership makes, you can have federal control but when governors take charge it creates a totally different environment. >> parents should be able to have the right, the health concerns they have other kids and whether they wear a mask, that is the american way of doing things. >> ultimately that's the point they keep making. if you want to send your kids to school in a

these brothers and their dog rescued today in jamesburg, new jersey, and these images from the belt parkway in new york. throughout the region at least 1,000 flight cancellations. we have team coverage beginning with janai norman in springfield, massachusetts. >> reporter: tonight, the first tropical storm to hit new england in 15 years crashing ashore. henri lashing parts of the northeast and new england with heavy rain and storm surge slamming into coastal rhode island. in narragansett, a wcvb camera capturing the wind knocking this man over. >> i tried to take cover behind there just to get some photos. and a gus must have just taken me out. >> reporter: officials urging everyone to stay home. >> if you venture out, you are not only putting your own life at risk, but you're endangering our first responders. >> reporter: we are on the highway headed towards western massachusetts just outside of springfield. that rain is coming down. we can feel the wind as we're driving on the highway, and look at this, we are passing some utility trucks as we're heading towards areas where officials say

that is scotch plains, new jersey. it is a site picked by new jersey's own. this was an office from elizabeth just like all the others i've mentioned. that's aaron ogden. one of the other things that gets overlooked is alexander's membership in the so-called society of cincinnati. this is the diamond eagle. it was presented by the french navy in philadelphia. that was their first meeting every three years. of course it was owned by george washington until his death on december 14 th, 1799 at mt. vernon. it has some 200 diamonds and other jewels that make i want up. of course upon his death sometimes after martha washington, the widow, will send the medal to alexander hamilton. for many decades it has been owned by the society of cincinnati and is housed in a vault at anderson house in d.c. beautiful piece. i end on a very poignant note, which is the last letters between george washington and alexander hamhamilton. obviously george washington doesn't know he's about to die. they involve the creation of a military academy. enclosed is a letter on the subject of

we know that if cases precede that, they are up more than 500% in new jersey. of the most highly vaxxed states in the country in a month. what is your best guess for the fall, doctor >> we don't have to guess. we have protections based on the case rates of transmission and what we are seeing in hospitalizations we are projected to see a steep increase in september with a peak in new jersey that could be october to december depending on how bad delta gets i want to reinforce this this is entirely preventible everybody is on the same page in our hospital we instituted our mandate. we need to make sure as many environments as possible as the norwegian ceo was saying we have the privilege of potentially exposing others. that is what our health care workers are seeing they are exhausted we need to make sure everybody is doing their civic part to not deal with this we have early stage cancer to detect we have patients to see in clinic we need to move on we can't move on unless folks get vaccinated i do support mandates wherever possible >> we have 81% of new jersey a

the only one we're aware of that we're aware of is scotch plains, new jersey and a site picked by new jersey's own. this was an officer from elizabeth just like all the other ones i've mentioned like elias boudenou and elias dayton hand that's colonel ogden who served in the revolution and he picked this site probably because of its strategic heights on the plains with the mountains. about 2,000 soldiers wren camped there, and hamilton does review the troops sometime in the fall of 1799. as we begin to wrap it up, one of the other things that gets overlooked is alexander hamilton's membership in the society of cincinnati. the this is the so-called diamond eagle that was a gift to general washington. it was presented to officers of the french navy in march of 1784 at that beautiful city tavern in philadelphia that was there first tre enial. the first meeting every three years, and, of course, it was owned by york washington until his death on december 14th. 1799 at mt. verne op. it has some 200 diamonds and other jewels that make it up and, of course, upon his death sometime after bets

especially to repair conductivity between new york and new jersey. this has been a priority of the biden white house. some of those democratic leadership who were present new york, new jersey, and connecticut, -- that represent new york, new jersey, and connecticut, two points worth mentioning. transportation projects are at the local and state level. in order for them to proceed, they have to qualify for federal assistance via a federal loan. that process could take several years. if there was a -- if a state had a dedicated money for an improvement project, the environmental review process could take several years. perhaps a decade to be finalized. the money has been dedicated for a specific project, often, the maturation of that investment takes several years to realize. host: melanie in ventura, california. you are on with your guest -- our guest. caller: they are saying they're not going to take -- i have not received my checks. there are people who still need their unemployment. where are you taking money from their -- there? we are not receivin

lydia in clifton, new jersey. to restrictions and to at least try to deal with the covid case risk that's increasing in places like california and new york, both places where they're requiring now increasingly restaurant, shop owners to make sure their customers are vaccinated. for at least one restaurant other than, easier said than done. pineapple hill saloon owner out of los angeles facing a requirement that he's got to check patrons that come into her establishment have been vaccinated. i'm sure she has plenty of time for that. one more headache for you. >> on a financial level as a small business owner, number one, we have an employee shortage. i can't find enough staff to keep service going here. they want us to be the sheriff, and i'm supposed to, what, put a vaccine checker at the door and if somebody gets mad and punch z my employee in the face, what do i do? neil: you think about restaurant owners, store owners, what they've had to deal with, now effectively being a glorified vaccine bouncer. gary kaltba

i don't want to startle anybody. >> the deceased's ex-husband lloyd, resettled in new jersey, had rushedupstate new york after michele's body was found. now sitting in a police car he seemed eager to talk. >> how long's michele lived there at the residence over on deloitte? do you know? >> it's about five years. >> okay. >> she bought that after we divorced. >> he told them about his early relationship with michele. >> we went away to school together. we did everything together. so i never thought like that, like oh, under some circumstance i'll just walk away. >> when did you guys divorce? >> we divorced in august 2012. >> he explained that while the divorce had been finalized years earlier, their custody issues were far from settled. they were still fighting over their youngest daughter. >> she wanted to live with me. her mom threw a tantrum. >> lloyd suggested his ex-wife was unstable and an emotional wreck. >> michele was screaming and furious. i know of that from past behaviors. that there was an occasion where michele was having a tantrum that she would open the door and scream thi

>> that was nina in new jersey. again, if you are on hold if you wouldn't mind using your television so you can keep the conversation going between us and not be distracted or the television we would appreciate it. the wall street journal is taking a look at issues of unfulfilled job openings. some saying that the openings roast by -- rose. the highest level since record keeping began in 2000 according to the labor department. the increase was driven by professional and business services, retail and commendation food services. as pandemic restrictions continued to ease and more people were willing to dine out and travel. they also said the number of job openings exceeded nine point 5 million people unemployed last month. to be counted as unemployed, a person must be available and looking for work. again, that was on the pages of the wall street journal and online as well. our next caller from texas. >> my opinion on trump is he has done more for america than the rest of these politicians have done over the last 50 y

but that is the news in new jersey, if your kids are going to public school k-12, they have to wear a to other states going in that direction as well. as dr. nicole saphier, some good news and some not so good news they are. the good news is the governor says that the schools will reopen in the fall, that this is not permanent. he wants to prevent an outbreak, but one thing that i wanted you to drill down on, doctor, he said anyone who tells you you can safely open schools without masks is lying to you, what do you think about that statement? >> the one thing he did not mention is a new jersey mom of three which is why i have a massive opinion on what we just listen to. >> john: we omitted that. give us the opinion. >> i think that he is blessed with the gift of >> anita: a lot of rhetoric. i think that they are missing the mark when it comes to school reopening, yes. first and foremost, getting children back in person learning full-time is the most important thing. absolutely, but i don't think that it is as black-and-white as people want to see. new jersey is not where arkansas, flo

tropical storm and hurricane warnings are up from new jersey to cape cod, massachusetts. authorities warning of inland flooding as the storm moves straight up through new england. >> transportation already affected as amtrak cancels all trains between new york and boston. power outages also a concern. connecticut's biggest utility warning that more than half of its 1.25 million customers could lose power for more than a week. let's get the latest from rob marciano. he's in westbrook, connecticut. we can see the early bands coming through, rob. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, whit. the bands have been coming through the last couple of hours. connecticut power has deployed 4,000 crews in anticipation of this storm. that's the largest deployment they seen in decades, and this is going to be the biggest storm since 1991 when hurricane bob came through the area. this is long island sound. it's typically calm. that's what we're seeing now with an offshore wind, but with rain bands coming in and when the tide comes up, we'll see higher water for sure. we've seen a lot of

from new jersey, new york, up into massachusetts, and the major headline tonight on afghanistan. president biden before the american people today promising americans in afghanistan, we will get you home. tonight, the evacuation efforts in kabul unfolding in front of the world. late today, the associated press now reporting u.s. military helicopters have begun flying into taliban held kabul to air lift evacuees to the airport. if so, that would be another major step forward in what the president described today as a dangerous mission already. millions seeing that image of an american marine lifting a baby over the airport wall. the president saying tonight nearly 6,000 u.s. troops on the ground helping in the evacuation. the president saying i cannot promise what the final outcome will be or that it will be without risk of loss. the president saying he had no indication americans haven't been able to get through to the airport. then what the defense secretary said today in a briefing with lawmakers. and what the pentagon acknowledged today. ian pannell tonight live from kabul. mar

we have a lot of moisture moving across pennsylvania and new jersey. flooding will be a problem as we begin the work week. this system, finally getting out of the region as we transition into the tuesday future radar showing us the stormy conditions we are anticipating for monday with areas receiving between 8 to 12 inches of rain. >> coming up, a horse escapes from a racetrack and takes off down the highway. >> and a third covid-19 shot and how much protection it provides. >> and >>> back now with a wild escape for a two-year-old filly. the horse made a detour at a racetrack in kentucky and galloped across state lines with trainers and police in pursuit. they were able to wrangle her back home and she was not hurt. >> a major update today coming as a new study from israel finds a third shot of the pfizer vaccine can significantly reduce the risk in people over 60. a pivotal moment in the pandemic, possibly hours away and the fda could give full approval to the pfizer vaccine as early as today. >> for businesses and universities that were thinking of p

damien cregeau is a longtime resident of summit, new jersey. he and his wife was here today in the front or long time reenactor's and they own two houses in connecticut dating from 1865. one belong to a private in the war, the other belong to three brothers, each of whom became generals as well as owners of the houses. so, without further ado, damien cregeau, thank you. >> wonderful to have all of you here today. i was joking earlier, we have our flanking maneuvers left and right flank, in our adjoining rooms looking like the battle of -- so, wonderful to have everyone packed into our room that meets the 18th century converging with the 21st century. we could be high tech about this. and i feel much the same as does my wife because i've been both a long time reenactor, you can see me dressed as an officer, captain in the u.s. army with the epileptic there on my shoulder. i have reenacted the battle -- in sweltering heat, like today. and there i am speaking twice for the alexander hamilton awareness society of which i am a member. i have spoken

la banda el recodo se presentÓ en new jersey. nos gustarÍa que se mejorara al 100%, porque lo admiramos mucho. hicimos un homenaje en un disco para vicente fernÁndez,nuestro menaje para que estÉ bien y la banda el recodo lo quiere y lo aprecia. brian: quÉ hacen ustedes para no tener problemas legales con el fisco, laura bozo estÁ atravesando momentos penoso con el fisco. >> nombre, no meterse en problemas, es por eso que nos hemos mantenido, no nos gustan los problemas, cifre tratamos de hacer las cosas bien, todos los protocolos que se te bennacer, hay que portarse bien. >> le mandamos un gran abrazo a la gente de "despierta amÉrica". ♪mejor pedir perdÓn que pedir permiso♪ ♪ carlos:ellos fueron de los primeros que le declararon la guerra al covid, los primeros en dar conciertos en una caseta y tocaba toda la banda. maity: los responsables cuando se debiÓ hacer una pausa la hicieron, y que bueno que a nueva york porque fue una ciudad que se vio tan afectada, pero estÁn agradecida que siempre recibe con los brazos abiertos. carlos

bands of that storm sent cars reeling off the new jersey turnpike. we witnessed that overnight as we drove through there. and then up here, there have been just hours and hours and hours of rains and that can cause flooding . there was concern, there would be flooding in new york city that seems to have largely been averted. the east river did not overflow its banks there. so for new york, although president biden did declare a state of emergency for this entire state, the worst seems to have been averted. but there's still the concern about the heavy waters, not just here, not just in new jersey that are still building up from all of those range, but also once it hits rhode island, connecticut around it. the concern is that the storm will slow down as it goes inland and when it slows down, that means more and more water continues to poor. and that causes flooding, which causes a lot of the damage that happens in these tropical storms. and there's also the risk of those high when they're not as high as the hurricane level, but they are still causing

the storm caused severe flooding in hoboken, new jersey, and other areas. more is expected. here's abc's reena roy. >> reporter: for the first time in 15 years, a tropical storm making landfall in new england. >> if you venture out, you are not only putting your own life at risk, but you're endangering our first responders. >> reporter: henri touching down on the coast of rhode island. a wcbb camera capturing the wind knocking down this man. >> i took cover to take some photos. a gust must have taken me out. >> reporter: and much of the region saw similar conditions. in massachusetts, high winds and rough surf. in connecticut, 250 nursing home residents were evacuated across 4 facilities, with the state pummeled by heavy rain. >> the rains are with us and there's a real risk of flash flooding. the ground so saturated it can flood with another inch of rain. >> reporter: millions under flash flood watches. >> the flooding risk and the rivers, will be the topic here. >> reporter: these brothers and their dog rescued in jamesburg, new jersey. first responders using boats to bring

we have some rivers in new jersey that are in minor and moderate flood stage and we'll get rapid runoff nowhere else for the rain to go. it is so soggy, the ground can't take anymore new york city had over 7 inches of rain with this storm. the additional rainfall today, central park, another inch hartford, another inch of rain, areas of massachusetts could pick up an additional two inches of rain. this is on top of all the rain you already have seen. so the forecast from the national hurricane center does have the storm slowly drifting back through connecticut into massachusetts today. it should be near boston later on tonight and finally exiting stage right as we go throughout the day tomorrow so, once again, have that umbrella handy in areas of the northeast by noon today, very heavy rain headed through connecticut and by the evening rush hour, that heavy rain will be from hartford. we're not done with henri yet. by tomorrow morning, it will be gone. >> that's an important point you're making about the ground being saturated because looking at historical data, i was looking for new je

rescues in new jersey, trees down in massachusetts and record rainfall cuts new york city's comeback concert short. chaos in afghanistan: a firefight erupts at the airport as the taliban warn of consequences if the u.s. stays after august 31 deadline. plus some military rescue mission to help americans stranded in kabul. in our back to school series: mask confusion. what parents are telling cbs news about mask mandates as tens of thousands of students and staff are forced to quarantine. and a heartfelt reunion. 77 years after a soldier saved three children's lives during world war ii. this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us, we'll begin with the news that many hope will convince the vaccine hesitant to get their shot: the f.d.a. has given full approval to the pfizer covid vaccine in record time, actually just eight months after it gave emergency authorization and it has already lead numerous employers, universities and the military to imposeci as we co

you see the rain in new jersey. that comes in tonight. rain bands come into long island, connecticut, and newport, where winds could gust easily over 75 miles per hour. heavy rain to our west. storm surge five feet as well, damaging winds. flash flooding across seven states. could see four to eight inches o rainfall. with saturated ground and wind, trees will come down. and i think we'll see widespread power outages with this storm. whit? >> rob, thank you. we'll check back and get another update later in this broadcast. thanks. >>> we move on to afghanistan and the new warning for americans to avoid the airport unless they receive specific instruction to make their way there. this as we're seeing disturbing images from outside the airport gates. several people killed in the chaos. american and british troops amid the crush of people offering water and assistance. our own martha raddatz pressing defense secretary lloyd austin on american operations there. tens of thousands still desperate to get out of the country. flights resuming today

we have a lot of moisture moving across pennsylvania and new jersey. flooding will be a problem as we begin the work week. this system, finally getting out of the region as we transition into the tuesday future radar showing us the stormy conditions we are anticipating for monday with areas receiving between 8 to 12 inches of rain. >> coming up, a horse escapes from a racetrack and takes off down the highway. >> and a third covid-19 shot and how much protection it provides. >> and a wild [♪] cooking and eating at home more often means food odors get trapped in your home's fabrics and released back into the air so you smell last night's dinner the next morning. for an easy way to keep your whole home smelling fresh try febreze fabric refresher. febreze's water-based formula deeply penetrates fabrics to eliminate trapped food odors as it dries. spray febreze fabric refresher when you clean up after meals to ensure your entire home smells fresh and clean. try febreze fabric refresher. brand power. helping you buy better. your mission: stand up to moderate

when he had been the governor of new jersey. so he was well aware of kind of organizational things in the house. clay was definitely a different guy. special guy. [ inaudible question ] >> it seems we talk about centralized power. speaker, power centralized in the office. a top-down structure. that wasn't necessarily always the case. committees have been incredibly important throughout the history of the speakers of the house has speakers have delegated powers to the chairmen. in the 19th century, in particular, how powerful in your. was the office of the speaker, especially kind of in this, well, up to when clay becomes speaker and then especially after clay becomes speaker? >> yeah. i mean, that's -- i mean, that's a whole other book. in fact, we address some of that in our book. i'll say a couple of things. first of all, i think you've described well what kind of is conventionally believed by the house, and i think there's lot of truth to it. having said that, one of the things that's striking looking in the history is that t

will: wait, wait, is this todd piro hometown, is long branch, new jersey is your hometown or close therebyranch is not my hometown. i grew up in northern central jersey, we're about 20 minutes away. this is my mom, hi to the nation for the third time. >> hi, everybody. reporter: she is on tv nine times. more on than our contributors. >> tv's mom piro. pete: like it, it fits. always great to see you, todd and her. will: laughed so hard i unplugged my ifb. i have to trust you guys this segment is about to go. pete: it will be great. todd is talking to the people all morning longs. coming up an alabama school is charging everybody $500 to offset weekly covid testing. only vaccinated get the money back. a student joins me next. it is the spider dress, designed in the covid area to keep people. pete: what? dive into the fashion trend. no. no. ♪. i'm so glad you're ok, sgt. houston. this is sam with usaa. do you see the tow truck? yes, thank you, that was fast. sgt. houston never expected this to happen. or that her grandpa's dog tags would be left behind. but that one call got her a tow and ren

it hit new jersey as a hurricane. it bounced into new york. that isn't happening this time. that's why the storm surge was so much more impressive and devastating with that storm than what's expected here. again, we're coming towards low tide. it was a little spooky, because as it was with super storm sandy, it was a moon tide, full moon, bigger tides. we're dealing with that again. it was full moon last night. this will be low tide, in about an hour. we'll be monitoring more of new england for the worst impact, not new york. we'll be here for you, fred, for the durations. >> i love the comparisons of the hallmarks. as we know, all of these storms so unpredictable. we have tom sater tracking this storm right now. what does it look like it has the potential to do? >> if you look at the infrared satellite imagery, it doesn't look very impressive. even though we look at the darker colors, the higher, colder cloud tops, there's still a lot of convective activity. you don't see the energy it's carrying with it. at 7:00 a.m. this morning, the national hurricane center weakened the

slower pace, that means that there's actually more water pouring down and that's what's happened in new jersey and new york. and so the fear is continued flooding. we've had very severe flooding in new jersey as we drove up over night. we watch cars scatter off of the road and there were big pedals within the new jersey turnpike. and the concern here is that that will happen all the way up the coast is often happens with these tropical storms. we also have because of those relatively high winds trees snapping off in rhode island, we've seen video of boats rolling up on shore. so there is already significant damage being done. there are some power outages due to trees falling on power lines . and because of that, over 100000 people have already lost power and it could be hundreds of thousands more before this is over. so this is still a powerful storm so far, much of the coast, his averted damage. but right now it is battering, rhode island and it is there and north of there that the fear is severe damage could occur. thank you very much. from long island, john had been reporting to us watching

host: that was dominic in new jersey giving us his thoughts.rom some of you on social media, one week into evacuation and with no americans killed. that is a success. jean saying, i support president biden. i think withdrawing would have always resulted in chaos. margaret from maryland texting saying, this quarterback discussion is wasted nonsense. we are evacuating all we should and can. let's focused on with the afghan people have done for their country this past decade and support these efforts. one of the topics that has been part of this discussion as far as what happens to refugees. yesterday we heard from the policy director of the international refugee project talking about the situation facing those afghans with special immigrant visas and what happens to them during this process. here is part of that program. [video clip] >> logically one would think that the u.s. government would know who worked for the u.s. government. but a large part of this process required the applicants to prove that they were for the u.s. government and that p

but newark, new jersey, has set a model. years after its own crisis with lead-tated drinking water, nearly all of its 23,000 lead pipes have been replaced with copper ones. i recently spoke with newark mayor ras baraka about the progress his city has made. mr. mayor, thank you for joining us. how is it possible that within two years or so, newark is able to replace some 18,000+ lead service lines, lines that the city doesn't even own? >> besides god's grace, brother, a lot of work, i think, that's been put in by the water department, the kind of collaborativeffort that was engaged in by the city, the county, the state, working together to find a solution to this, and us obviously finding the money up front that i know a lot of municipalities have not been able to do, and that's really the crux of t issue, like, being able to find a capital to do this work. >> hill: you're providing a service at amounts to what is free to the homeowners who actually own the lead service lines. why do the free option, why not have homeowners p

when he'd been the governor of new jersey. so he was well aware of organizational things in the house and clay was definitely a different guy. a special guy. [ inaudible question ] >> it seems a lot of what we were talking about today is the centralized power. there's a lot of power centralized in the office. you have a top-down structure. that necessarily wasn't always the case. committees have been incredibly powerful throughout the course of the history of the house as the speakers have delegated powers to the 19th century, how was the office of the speaker especially in this -- well, when clay becomes speaker and especially after clay becomes speaker. what's a whole other book and we address that in our book. you described well what was believed by the house, and i think there is a lot of truth to it. one of the things that is striking looking at the history is the members act as if even during the period where we know observationally that the committee will do wildly unpredictable things that the speaker will proceed as i

several inches of rain in new jersey, new york and pennsylvania, up close to 9 inches of rainfall. we're not done yet. we have flood advisories in effect from pennsylvania, all the way up towards new england. so flash flooding is going to be certainly imminent over the next couple of hours as this area of low pressure slowly, slowly crawls north and eastward. here is the additional rainfall, again, 1, 2, even 3 inches depending on where you live and where the low sets up. we're not done with it yet. it's just an area of low pressure, not even named at this point. doesn't take much to bring a bad situation when it comes to these tropical systems. still very hot and humid across the gulf coast and florida. we're going to deal with showers and thunderstorms, some of those could be heavy rainfall. but you know what? the other big story we're not focused on but we're going to he focus on is the heat across the central u.s. parts of the gulf coast, in towards the mississippi river valley where temperatures are going to soar over 100 degrees and of course people who are displaced because

here in new jersey, i'm located in new jersey. i was on the governor's commission. what we're seeing is a dramatic rise in the number of cases throughout the state. so every county now is seeing a substantial level of transmission. the cause of that -- this is something that could help prevent the illness in children and among staff that either haven't been able to get vaccinated or vaccinated and may have immune problems so that they're not fully protected. >> lastly, the cdc booster shots, have they lost control of the narrative? people are unclear. they're saying we don't know if we're supposed to get them. some are lying to get them right now. in three weeks they might be mandated. your final thoughts on boosters. >> this is a situation if they see an increase among those vaccinated first, so nursing homes, people at great risk, if the numbers go up there, i expect that we will see recommendations for boosters. right now the data is that these vaccines are remaining 93% effective against severe, hospitalization and death. i encourage meme to get their first roun

he wants to see tax changes that could affect new jersey.ltimately, this is more about the strategy, not necessarily that the centrists want to block the budget from passing, although i think we expected couple of them to probably ultimately block it. host: holding hostage is the term they used in the washington post today chimeric and solution can wait, let's pass infrastructure now, saying we are opposed to holding the president's legislation hostage, risking the passage and the bipartisan support behind it. we will hear from teresa now in tennessee, good morning. caller: hi, good morning. i was going to call about something else, but you just said that nancy pelosi was so worried about the mask mandate and was really going to enforce it on capitol hill, and going to do the proxy voting because she is very concerned about the coronavirus. did you happen to see the pictures of her in napa this weekend with about 75 of her biggest millionaire donors having a breakfast with no masks whatsoever on anyone of them? except for the servants, they

it's a 160 kilometers, almost 2 hours each way from his home in east brunswick, new jersey to his job in atlantic city. he doesn't do it by choice, but out of necessity. it's the only job he can find where he makes enough income to survive each month, but barely. people, i don't always think realize what it's like to have to live on half a penny. you know? i call it sometimes splitting penny. brian is one of an estimated 125000000 americans who live paycheck to paycheck. it's now even made harder by writing inflation for many years. the inflation rate and the u. s. hovered around 2 percent, but it's been steadily increasing this year to where it's now about 5 and a half percent. the highest. it's been since $990.00 food, rent, energy, new cars. those are the sectors that have seen the biggest price jump. and economists say, it only takes a slight increase in inflation to cause a huge impact. the perception that inflation is a problem could lead us to make some very bad choices in terms of economy. if we god forbid, raise interest rates right now, while unemployment is still elevated,

by the time it hit new jersey to downgraded to a category one, but it did major damage. and that's what people are worried about happening here. even if you don't have those huge, powerful winds, they qualify it as a hurricane when it goes inland. you can still have major water damage on the way here this morning we just hours ago, we had to get off of the highway because they were apparently some down trees, police and close down the roads. and that is likely to occur more and more as this storm goes on and wins like this. pick up. all right, john will let you get a get out from under that rough weather for now for the moment. john henry life was there in montague. how increasing number of people are being killed by land mines in northern columbia. the government signed a piece deal with fog rebels in 2016, but the violence is continuing in some parts and groups are using mines to control areas. katia lopez, whole diane reports this is the root is jane takes to get home. he lives in columbia, scott the 2 more region near venezuela border. the land is beautiful, but land

i was at a bridge the other -- in new jersey, it has been crumbling for years.'s dangerous, and on top of that, we live in the greatest country in the world there's no reason why our infrastructure should be like this, from a competitiveness standpoint china last year spent $3.5 trillion on infrastructure outside of china here we are fighting to get something to move forward. now we have to get this done. >> for reasons our viewers know, they don't have to worry about bipartisanship or intraparty wrangling, but we like democracy and capitalism congressm man gottheimer, thank you. >> i'm for all of it >>> that will do it for "the exchange." "power lunch" starts right now with tyler mathisen and courtney reagan. >> if congressman gottheimer can fix that -- we're an hour away from president biden's big meeting with auto executives on the agenda, new ev targets s we have a top analyst to join us. >> and doubling down on denim. jean and apparel maker

new jersey and new york city in massachusetts, by the way. jersey and new york city led by yes, democrats. he focused on ron desantis and greg abbott. the burden of carrying these lies all the time. the good news is, ron desantis wasn't having it. >> joe biden suggests that if you don't do lockdown policy and you should quote get out of the way but let me tell you this, if you're coming after the rights of parents in florida, i am standing in your way. we are trying to restrict people impose mandate, trying to ruin their jobs and livelihoods small businesses, if you're trying to walk people down, i am standing in your way, i'm standing for the people in florida so why don't you do your job, why don't you get the border secure and until you do that, i don't want to hear a blimp about covid from you. [applause] [cheering] dan: the endless lies, deception. as an opportunity, it's preventing us from focusing on what really matters. treatment, therapeutics, public education, they are not doing any of that. they are too busy line. imagine carry the

host: mitchell in new jersey. more voices from the former trump administration. the vice president said in today's wall street journal -- by the time we left office, the taliban controlled their territory. america had only 2500 troops in the company. with the smallest military presence is the war began. america said the war was coming to a dignified end, and ensured we could conduct counterterrorism missions. the regional resettlement of the thousands of afghan refugees that will seek asylum in the u.s. with no vetting. it seems the president did not want to be seen abiding by the deal negotiated by his predecessor. if you would like to read more by mike pence, wall street journal. harry, republican. caller: the two people i blame, and i have seen them on tv, general milley. he is talking about white supremacy and secretary austin wants to investigate the same thing. these people kept us in there for 20 years. as far as trump goes, he had a deal made. we did not get attacked by the taliban the last six months in office. the whole world is laughing at biden. our s

that was a hurricane that bounced off new jersey and then came here. new york will not be directly impacted by this. there will be flooding. we do have some power outages. now it's about time, this storm. as fred was laying out to you, there is a stall. why? because when storms go over land, they slow down and can change direction. henri has been the storm, if you're going to characterize it, as the storm that couldn't make up its mind. it's been changing paths. it hitting rhode island and newport is very different from where it originally made landfall which is the tiny island of block island. a thousand san, maybe 2,500 people in season, a beautiful place. it's hard to get to. we'll be hearing stories about what happened there. you'll want to listen for that. for the rest of us, it's going to be about duration. you're going to hear about this storm and where it is, pockets of flooding and what that means for people afterwards, the vulnerable, the elderly, the heat and humidity that could last days afterwards. if there are power outages, that becomes a

again, very heavy rain has been coming in for areas like philadelphia, portions of new jersey, new york as well starting to see the bands begin to push farther north. look at this heavy rain. really for areas of new jersey and eastern pennsylvania, some other rain bands starting to push in across massachusetts, rhode island, connecticut, long island. this is going to be the case the rest of the day. several inches of have fallen in new jersey. the bands are not moving. this is the stuff we talked about where the areas are going to get inundated with very heavy rain band after rain band after rain band. some of the lighter bands are off to the north. this is newport, the hamptons and eventually towards providence as well as hartford. that's why you have flash flood watches in green and the flash flood warning across areas of new jersey in anticipation of additional rainfall coming in. now, some of these areas, they have already seen plenty of rain. even if it stops new, it isn't. brooklyn, new york, picked up 6 inches of rain, prospect park, new york, central park just about 4.5 inches o

apd also noting governor phil murphy from new jersey will announce masks ill be required in new jersey schools for k-12 students this fall. that news out yesterday and that announcement yesterday. this is norman in richmond, virginia. democrat caller:. good morning. caller:good morning. -- democrat, good morning. caller: good morning. i think the most import and item this week was the news that several republican-controlled legislatures in various states are enacting laws that will enable the legislature or the government -- [camera shutter] pres. biden: good morning. what a good morning. yesterday, the united states senate took the step toward passing the bipartisan infrastructure bill. it is a bill that would end years of gridlock in washington and create millions of good paying jobs. it would put america on a new path to win the race for the economy in the 21st century. historic investment in roads and rail and transit and bridges and clean energy and clean water will enable us not only to build back but to build back better than before the economic crisis hit. i want to thank the b

new jersey's governor this week blasting anti-vaccine protesters. >> you've lost your minds. are the ultimate knuckleheads, and because of what you are saying and standing for, people are losing their life. >> reporter: with rising cases, the governor of new jersey once again requiring masks in all schools. but in florida, the governor has banned mask mandates in schools, despite the protests of worried parents. >> the mask, unless everybody is wearing it, it doesn't protect him. our children are not science experiments. it's better than being on a ventilator or in the icu. > reporter: but the state board of education today taking steps on behalf of parents who don't want masks, approving vouchers that can be used at private schools for children who feel bullied in districts trying to require masks. >> i'm the governor who protects parents and their ability to make the right choices for their kids' education. >> marcus moore joins us now. marcus, there's new research out about vaccines for people who already had covid. what does it suggest are the benefits? >> reporter: well,

. >> dana: this would be so happy if it happened in new york and new jersey.o that. >> greg: they have the autobahn there, german for fast. [laughter] >> jesse: how many false things can you say in one sentence? >> greg: i was trying to go for the record. the one you didn't even think about arkansas the whole year. nobody has thought about arkansas, no offense, we love you, or consult. he came out with the best law all year because either going 85 or you are coming ahead of somebody. so get out of there if you're not doing either of those things. dana, governor new jersey, at the on sunday. >> greg: of the parkway on sunday, richard. >> richard: i agree, low on the right. >> jesse: we are agreeing a lot today. >> richard: i like to go 85 and you are going 50 in the left lane commit makes my blood boil. >> greg: check out the rest stops. "one more thing" is up next. ♪ ♪ see disney's jungle cruise. it's time to rock the boat, america. get ready - our most popular battery is even more powerful. the stronger, lasts-longer energizer max. . . at usaa, we've been cal