. >> john involved he had been involved in a dating relationship with stephanie lazarus. >> stephaniehe other name on the short list of suspects. nuttall pressed ruetten for more on their relationship which had started when they were both students at u.c.l.a.. they dated on and off until john got engaged to sherri. but even then... >> even though you're convinced the relationship that john had with stephanie lazarus overlapped with the relationship he had with his wife? >> we know from john that there was at least on one occasion where he was engaged that he was intimate with stephanie lazarus. there was a love triangle and stephanie lazarus had deep feelings for john ruetten, and may have had a motive to harm sherri rasmussen. >> was sherri's killer a scorned lover or a jealous coworker? >> we had two women on the list who, in our opinion, had a motive to harm her. >> debra, the nurse, and stephanie lazarus? >> correct. >> a few weeks later, cops in northern california tracked down debra and secretly scooped up a sample of her trash which contained dna. it was sent to the crime lab i

stephanie: i am stephanie sy with newshour west. return to the rest of the program after these headlines. updating our top story, the death toll has risen in afghanistan. there are now 13 u.s. service members confirmed dead in the suicide bombing at the kabul airport, and 18 u.s. troops wounded. the administration announced this evening that u.s. flags at the white house, all federal buildings, and military installations are being lowered to half-staff until august 30. a top covid-19 model projected nearly 100,000 more dehs in the u.s. by december 1. researchers working on the model at the university of texas also said the number could be cut in half if more people wear masks. also today, illinois became the latest to issue an indoor mask mandate. and democratic governor j.b. pritzker ordered health care workers and educators to get vaccinated or get tested weekly, as hospitals fill up. >> our current vaccination levels are not enough to blunt the ferocity of the delta variant hospitalization surges in some regions. hospital adminis

stephanie ruhle picks up coverage right now. >>> hi there, i am stephanie ruhle. it is tuesday, august 17th. we start this morning with fast moving developments out of afghanistan and the ripple effects across the world. any minute, we expect the secretary general of nato to address the situation from brussels. european union officials will have an emergency meeting in about an hour. all of this coming as crowds are gathering once again at the airport in kabul. these are new pictures from this morning, showing people being held behind barbed wire outside the airport. so far, we are not seeing the chaotic scenes we saw yesterday, people climbing onto planes, flooding the tarmac. the u.s. military has managed to secure its half of the airport and flights are taking off, both military and commercial. according to the pentagon, this is happening but the situation is still tense and very, very desperate. chief foreign correspondent richard engle has the latest from kabul. richard, what are you seeing? >> reporter: the evacuation flights are coming in frequently now. yo

stephanie: jeff bender in denial. living through the angora fire, he knows all too well the fear of losing everything. >> if there's ever a fire, it is going to be bad. sure enough, it is not good. stephanie: the flames even more ferocious, ripping down highway 50. do you expect tonight to be the worst? >> they mentioned tonight would be one of the hardest fights. the winds will increase so we will probably see more in -- more extreme growth. stephanie: whipping winds continue moving the flames northeast. leaving hand crews hard at work in myers where flames ripped alongside highway 50 overnight, charring miles of land along the famous ski resort. the iconic ski resort is still standing. the ski lifts behind me are shrouded in smoke. crews watering down the charred grounds. only a maintenance building burned to the ground. the resort's main ski strip still intact but homes across the street not as lucky. only chimneys left behind. business owners praying that will not be him, bracing to leave his life's work. >> we wi

stephanie: jeff bender in denial. living through the angora fire, he knows all too well the fear of losing everything. >> if there's ever a fire, it is going to be bad. sure enough, it is not good. stephanie: the flames even more ferocious, ripping down highway 50. do you expect tonight to be the worst? >> they mentioned tonight would be one of the hardest fights. the winds will increase so we will probably see more in -- more extreme growth. stephanie: whipping winds continue moving the flames northeast.leaving hand crews hak in myers where flames ripped alongside highway 50 overnight, charring miles of land along the famous ski resort. the iconic ski resort is still standing. the ski lifts behind me are shrouded in smoke. crews watering down the charred grounds. only a maintenance building burned to the ground. the resort's main ski strip still intact but homes across the street not as lucky. only chimneys left behind. business owners praying that will not be him, bracing to leave his life's work. >> we will have to

stephanie do you want to go first?>> yes, sure thing. >> i start because i get a bet with historical characters. i think most historical fiction authors have the same, i don't want to say it's a gene but it is a tendency. by the way we have a guest visitor over there. : : intimidating. : discovered this on the side and this on the side i have to put this in i have to put this in. i would love to talk about your research and methods and also how you get yourself to stop researching? because i feel like that is a problem with historical fiction. you could just do it forever than you'll never have a book. how do you start and how do you stop? stephanie do you want to go first? super extra thing. so i start because i get obsessed with historical characters. i think most historical fiction authors have the same, i do not want to say it's a gene but it is a tendency. by the guest visitor over generation including her own and i wanted to show that so i needed to know which women were involved in this amazing story. the next w

for now, stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage. >>> hi, there. i'm stephanie ruhle. it's wednesday, august 4th, and this morning we are watching several major stories. new york governor andrew cuomo facing mounting pressure to resign from office, after an investigation by the new york attorney general's office alleges he sexually harassed a total of 11 women. the lawyer for one of those women will be here in this hour. and a new safety net, for millions of americans the biden administration issuing another freeze on evictions after the previous ban expired. and as kids get ready to return to the classroom, the fight playing out over vaccine mandates. we'll ask the head of one of the nation's largest teachers unions about it. we've got to start with several breaking developments on the coronavirus pandemic, including a potential game-changer to increase vaccinations. "the new york times" reporting the fda is accelerating its timetable to fully approve the pfizer vaccine by early next month. the fda responding, saying the application for full authorization is moving fo

>> stephanie doing to go first? with adrienne i had the advantage of a little bit of biographical information paired her daughter had written a biography of her and she had written a little bit of biographical information about herself while trying to document her mother's life. the fact that adrienne wrote her mother's biography with a toothpick and ink while she herself was in prison i think indicated an incredible level of guilt for what had happened during the french revolution. and so you read a little bit between the lines and what someone either sang it when they say it. with adrienne i still think she is kind of perfect. she is far more forgiving woman than i could be. she is infinitely creative just. this is a woman who really was the damsel in distress saving her nights. she saved lafayette life she risked her own life again, and again, and again. but all of her described her as being without jealousy and of this sort of perfect saintly temperament. you see a little bit of less than saintly temperament pea

for the pbs newshour, i'm stephanie sy.anessa: i am vanessa ruiz at newshour west in for stephanie sy. we will return to the full program after the latest headlines. u.s. health officials are expected to recommend covid booster shots for everyone, regardless of age. an announcement could come tomorrow, calling for boosters eight months after the second dose of the pfizer or moderna vaccines. the transportation security administration announced today airline travelers will be required to wear masks until january 18, 2022. the current tsa mask mandate was set to expire in september. and texas governor greg abbott, who has strongly opposed mask mandates, has tested positive. he's been vaccinated and says he has no symptoms. we'll focus on the booster shot issue, after the news summary. the suffering in haiti deepened today as the official death toll in saturday's earthquake rose to well over 1900. to make matters worse, tropical storm grace swept through overnight. harsh winds and up to 15 inches of rain battered the country a

>> stephanie, do you want to go first? >> with adrian, i had the advantage of a little bit of biographical information. her daughter had written a biography of her and she'd written a bit of information about herself while trying to document her mother's life. the fact that adrian wrote her mother's biography with a two pack and ink while she herself was in prison, i think that indicates the incredible level of guilt for what happened during the french revolution so you read a little between the lines and what someone is not saying d and why they are saying and when they are saying it. with adrian, i still think she's kind of perfect. she's far more forgiving woman that i could be a misuse infinitely courageous. this is a woman who really was a damsel in distress who ended up saving her nights. meshe saved lafayette life and risked her own life again and again during the french revolution and raise i can't even imagine being back courageous. all of her contemporaries described her as being without jealousy of this perfect

stephanie, what would you be? >> unemployment, i don't have any marketable skills. >> your you're a great researcher and interviewing. >> you can hire me, i'll help you research for your book. >> historian, historian, you know. >> did you know like this was your calling? did you start really young writing books? >> i did. i started as a child. and i blame it on my grandmother which i affectionately call the junk lady. she loved to go to sales. and she stuffed us in the back of the fairlane and in the summer we'd be locked in there for air. ap as the oldest she'd tell if any of the kid got out of the car i'd be in trouble so i started weaving stories, and i learned to write hook and crook hangers and that's how it began. >> and lack of oxygen to your brain. >> my irish grandma she got me into stories. she would pass me books that i had no business reading. so when i was-- >> oh, she would give me vc andrews, flowers in the attic, and i put it in my catholic school bag and i got in trouble in language arts for readi

stephanie? >> my goodness, matt, thank you. to discuss even further, a man that knows the region, marine veteran that served in afghanistan, jake auchincloss. democrat from massachusetts. this has to be an emotional day for you. you were an infantry commander there. we all looked at that image of the last u.s. soldier leaving the country. how does all this make you feel this morning? >> good to be with you, stephanie. that last u.s. soldier was not a private, wasn't a lieutenant bringing up the rear. that was the commanding general of the 82nd airborne division. did a final police of the compound, ensured all soldiers and equipment was accounted for and then was last boots on the ground for the united states. similarly on a briefing with the white house yesterday, we heard the u.s. ambassador to afghanistan was the last foreign or civil service officer on the airplane, carrying the u.s. flag, properly folded, pressed against his heart. that personal accountability to the mission is what joe biden exemplified as well when he too

stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. >>> hi there. i'm stephanie ruhle. it's wednesday, august 11th, and this morning we are watching several major stories. just a few minutes ago we got the latest look at how bad inflation really is, and it's bad, with prices up 5.4% over this time last year. so is it the right time for lawmakers to work on a massive $3.5 trillion spending package? what matters to voters? on the covid front, the delta variant now tied to 93% of cases across this nation, with multiple states in the south seeing their largest single-day spike in hospitalizations since the start of the pandemic. the ceo of united airlines will be here to talk about his decision to require the vaccine. and as kids return to school in many parts of the country, a new report shows that 1 million kids didn't show up in person or online during the pandemic. we'll be asking former education secretary how we're going to get them back. we've got to start in new york, with andrew cuomo, resigning as governor of new york one week after that stunning report from the s

stephanie link >> best buy.strong, gross margin upside. >> you got any no-brainers, doc? >> sonos they just cut a deal with your favorite football club, the liverpool football club and i think that's a great company to own long term. sono. >> josh brown, what about you? >> just congratulations to shake shack on an excellent comeback quarter. same-store sales up 52%. obviously versus the pandemic. but digital sales doing good stuff. >> thanks, everybody "the exchange" starts now. >>> thank you so much, scott i'm eamon javers in again for kelly evans here on cnbc headquarters and here's what's ahead. the infrastructure bill finally passing in the senate. if a trillion dollars is going to be spent here, which companies are going to get a piece of all that money? we'll get some stock picks and talk to senator angus king about what's going to get built in his state and around the country. >>> plus you don't know what you've got until you lose it a foam shortage is tying up production of furniture. that's foam not lik

stephanie? >> sam, good to see things are getting safer where you are but i have to bring in shaq brewster in mississippi where wind is kick canning up. shaq, there are tornado warnings where you are. what's the situation? >> reporter: something we saw through the night and yesterday is how quickly the situation can change. it can go from at one point yesterday, saw the sauna break through the clouds, 20 minutes later, bands of rain and wind coming through. it is for that reason officials are advising folks to not base judgments on the temporary conditions, to still hunker down until the storm moves out of the area. i just got in contact with the police department. they said yes, they have reports of downed wires, reports of damage in the area. they're asking people to stay back until the storm system can make its way through. something that we noticed was over the course of the night, we saw a hurricane turn into tropical storm ida. here in gulfport, we have been under that tropical storm warni

stephanie: exactly. the first question the cdc says immunocompromised patients should get a third dose of the same mrna vaccine, but agency wanted out a person should not get more than three mr and ra -- mnra vaccine doses. if you got moderna and moderna is not available for your third dose, the cd says in that case, pfizer could be used. as far as side effects go, they are expected to be similar to what we experienced in the first two doses. thankfully, not any worse. larry: that is good news. also interesting you can mix vaccines, which we were not sure about earlier on. stephanie, thank you. julian: vaccine mandates are starting to be the norm for many employers. the city has been in talks with implementing a mandate. >> we want to be thoughtful about medical and religious exemptions. but this is something you are going to see the city of oakland roll out at some point. i would like to see some certainty within the next several days. julian: both san francisco and san jose have their own mandates for

are they worried about that in washington stephanie. they| that in washington stephanie. haven't voiced them publicly but i think— they haven't voiced them publicly but i think it is borisjohnson failed — but i think it is borisjohnson failed to— but i think it is borisjohnson failed to get an agreement at... i think— failed to get an agreement at... i think there — failed to get an agreement at... i think there is problem with sound . the muscle behind cop26 that is needed to get real substantial agreement, you know e... and you know neither has borisjohnson in terms. he is notjohn kerry and in reality the the success of cop26 will come down the us leadership. the real question of course is can china agree for a fastest very duckion and who is better placed to persuade them to do that and and given the tensions over the uk and china over hong kong, i think that will hard. john kerryt us enjoy is... it will be interesting to see if he is sort of able to get them to rethink their climate plan which they are considering it now, but i think there is a real, there is concern

martha, ian, stephanie, thank you. and our coverage of afghanistan will continue on "nightline" and first thing in the morning on "good morning america." and president biden will sit down with george stephanopoulos this wobd for his first interview since his first withdrawal from afghanistan. >>> in the meantime tonight, we move onto the other news this monday evening. the major tropical storm slamming into florida today. torm hitting haitierngthquake wel you the sne i. ahe i the u strengthening all day before making landfall. mid-atlantic. let's go to rob marciano tracking it all tonight. rob? >> reporter: david, i can tell you, certainly felt like a hurricane coming ashore just a few hours ago. still a formidable storm to our north and east where damaging winds and tornadoes are a possibility over the next couple of hours. the watches remain up until 8:00 and the tropical rains, all of it, will be drifting north. the flood watches now into north carolina. this rain will get all the way up into the northeast. grace ju

i absolutely agree with stephanie the consumer is in excellent shape. and we really can move forward here do we get a mini rotation when the first words of taper come out of jay powell's the mouth? perhaps but sustained? i don't think so and so on that front i like the secular winners we're underscoring positions in quality and growth at a reasonable price. >> jon maybe a few dozen words this time coming back to you on this one what's your take on tapering, the potential impact on the markets? >> well, i have said for a long time, frank, that i do not believe we're going to see that tantrum that michael says we might. and as josh said at the top, you know none of us know for sure. this is all projected based on what the evidence that we have right now. i think that they are unlikely to talk too much about the taper at this meeting because we've just had the delta rolling over. so it's not over yet but we can see that we are indeed following the curve that the uk followed, frank i'm feeling pretty good about that i agree that we shall be tapering here. i

stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. >>> hi there. i am stephanie ruhle. it is tuesday, august 3rd. we've got a ton going on this morning, starting with the big milestone in covid vaccinations, amid a scary spike in infections from the delta variant. right now, 42 separate states are seeing new cases jump more than 100% in the last two weeks. in other words, they've doubled. a third of the cases are coming from two places, florida and texas. it seems like all of this is happening super fast, does it feel that way? because it is. we went from an average of 12,000 cases a day to 90,000 cases a day in less than a month. new mask mandates announced in the last 24 hours go into effect in the san francisco bay area starting today, and state of louisiana tomorrow. good news in all of this, it is not just case rates that are going up, vaccinations are going up too. on monday, the nation as a hole hit president biden's goal of having 70% of eligible adults at least partially vaccinated. but the majority of states are still below the mark. a dozen haven't even hit 6

stephanie: he is the ceo of travel. he was optimistic about the convention calendar in june but then delta pit. >> it has caused cancellations people are nervous about traveling, the orders are not open for travel. travel. travel. stephanie: onstephanie: onstephp they host a lot more events, but they only have eight. of the eight conventions and scheduled for the rest of the year, several mako virtual -- mako virtual but they are waiting for legislation numbers. >> what is safe, what is the right thing to do? stephanie: she is the ceo of a company that helps employers plan events. concerns over delta have resulted in a heightened manned for conventions that are partially virtual with your people. cooks a few months ago it was zoom fatigue and now that we are back in this situation, people are being creative about how to take care of their teams and they are looking for things like hybrid and interesting solutions that keep people engaged. stephanie: this restaurant manager is seeing impacts. >> people have called me and

i'm stephanie ruehl. it's wednesday, august 18th and we start this morning with a frantic round the clock push to get as many people out of afghanistan as fast as possible. this is video just in from dull less international airport, outside washington, d.c., and these are our first pictures of u.s. and afghan evacuees arriving safely in this country and there are plenty more on the way. we saw proof of that earlier this week, when more than 600 people packed on to a c17 military transport plane. so for more than 5,000 americans, families and afghan refugees have been evacuated or relocated. our new reporting finds as many as 15,000 americans are still in afghanistan as we speak and it's not clear how we're going to get them all out. on tuesday, the administration told senate staffers they do not have a plan to evacuate u.s. citizens outside kabul, because of taliban checkpoints. the taliban has said they would give safe passage to americans and afghans that want to leave, but we've already heard reports a

stephanie hate and both feel very welcome to program with talk to you stephanie, i want to talk to you fast. do you understand the anger that we've just seen from prominent critics who see this as, quote indoctrination of children? no, absolutely not. i'm trying to not laugh actually. i mean, i've had some nonsense concern. i received berries about the so called transgender lobby in my time. but this one takes the biscuit. so now apparently it's a comparison with princess gonzales. something from the look at babies to train all the children into trends. girls or trump voice. it's nonsense, it's rubbish. it's a bit of phone. and i think the producer of the most baby said no one really cares bad. i want to ask you, do you think it's a bit of fun to you can no. yes. i mean, anyone who thinks there hasn't been a concerted attempt to push the l g b, t lobby, gender across the media company watching the media because the car clearly has. and i think when you look at the figures in the u. k, for example, where range of the children wishing to change the agenda, wishing to transition our bible

martha, ian, stephanie, our thanks to you all. and our coverage of afghanistan will continue later tonight on "nightline" and first thing in the morning on "good morning america." and president biden will sit down with george stephanopoulos one-on-one at the white house this wednesday for his first interview since the withdrawal from afghanistan. it's an abc news exclusive. it will air here on "world news tonight," on "gma" and across all of our platforms. >>> in the meantime tonight, we move onto the other news this monday evening. the major tropical storm slamming into the u.s., into florida today. and then right behind it, the tropical depression. that storm hitting haiti at this hour, after the devastating earthquake there. we'll take you to the scene in just a moment. here in the u.s., fred strengthening all day before making landfall on the florida panhandle with 65-mile-an-hour winds and a dangerous storm surge. threatening flash flooding and possible tornadoes now up through atlanta and then moving into the mid-atlantic. l

stephanie? >>> this delta variant isn't stopping that rally, but it is threatening events across the nation. it's putting a damper on festivals and converts after we've seen major ut breaks tied to shows. that's especially true in the live music capital of the world with austin, texas, sounding the alarm about covid over the weekend after the number of icu beds dropped to single digits. my next guest is there now and asking his fans to wear masks and show proof of vaccination or a negative covid test if they want to see him live. joining me, four-time grammy award-winning musician jason isbell. first, i want to thank you for what you're doing for your leadership. i know you got pushback from some fans and other artists, including one who i didn't even get this who said you were being elitist for taking these safety measures. i don't know how you can be elitist about a vaccine that's free and readily available to all adults across the country, but what are you saying to the critics? >> well, you

let's bring in stephanie ramos. stephanie, any response tonight? >> reporter: well, david, clearly there is a disconnect. we pressed the white house about this, and an official did get back to me telling me on background, quote, it is a volatile situation on the ground. we are working to facilitate safe passage for americans and siv applicants and their families to the airport and on to other places. there are going to be reports of challenge and chaos at the airport. secretary austin referred to that in the hill briefing today, but we are going to get americans into the kabul airport and on planes. not necessarily a direct answer, but bottom line, what congress heard today from the secretary of defense speaks for itself. david. >> stephanie ramos at the white house. stephanie, thank you. our coverage of afghanistan for tonight. >>> but we move on now to this tropical storm henri set to become a hurricane in just hours. hurricane warnings and watches already up across much of the northeast at this hour from new jersey, new york right up into massac

stephanie sierra has a look at the timeline. stephanie: covid-19 booster shots will be here in less than a month. for those of you who received the single dose johnson & johnson vaccine, should you rush to get one? >> if i was a healthy 30-year-old, i'm sure i would run out to get a booster. if i was 70 and got j&j, i probably would. >> there covid-19 booster vaccine increased antibodies nine fold, 28 days after the first shot. but it's important to note this study is based off the results of 17 people. the bigger question is if you got your j&j shot eight months ago, should you get one or two additional doses? >> two is better than one. it does look like one additional dose of one of the mrnas, whether it does bump your immunity from your j&j up considerably. stephanie: any delay in the timeline of rolling out boosters could impact the severity of future covid surges. >> you are going to create a longer window of potentially waning immunity. people could get infected. stephanie: health care workers in nursing home residents wil

david. >> stephanie ramos at the white house. stephanie, thank you. our coverage of afghanistan for tonight. >>> we move on to the tropical storm henri, set to become a hurricane in just hours. hurricane warnings and watches already up across much of the northeast at this hour from new jersey, new york, right up into massachusetts. the storm circulating in the atlantic, wind gusts would hit 75 miles per hour. the track shifting west at this hour. further inland, caught our eye. let's get to senior meteorologist rob marciano with this track tonight. rob is live in connecticut. hey, rob. >> reporter: hi, david. it's been ten years since southern new england had a hurricane watch. hurricane conditions likely in the next 36 hours. let's take you to the maps. long island, most of that hurricane watch is all the way in through new england. tropical storm watches for new york. expected to strengthen as it gets past the gulf stream and then rapidly head towards long island, connecticuts the a category one storm. landfall sunday afternoon and drifting into new

stephanie ruhle picks up coverage right now. ♪♪ >>> good morning. i'm stephanie ruhle.orting live from philadelphia's reading terminal market. it is friday, august 6th. we start with breaking news. the july jobs report is out. it is above expectations. above the massive number we saw in the month of june. the united states adding 943,000 jobs in july. the unemployment rate falling half a percentage point to 5.4%. today, i am at the reading terminal market. it is here in downtown philly for more than 120 years. making it one of the oldest markets in the country. it is also one of the biggest. 80 small businesses in this one spot. just like people across the country, the business owners here are worried. worried the covid surge will keep customers home and mask mandates or vaccination mandates will hurt their bottom line. that is on top of supply chain issues and inflation. today's numbers are good. it follows gains with 4 million jobs added so far this year alone. it doesn't account for something important. the surge in cases we are seeing right now and the threat of the

stephanie sierra has a look at the timeline. stephanie: covid-19 booster shots will be here in less than a month. for those of you who received the single dose johnson & johnson vaccine, should you rush to get one? >> if i was a healthy 30-year-old, i'm sure i would run out to get a booster. if i was 70 and got j&j, i probably would. >> there covid-19 booster vaccine increased antibodies nine fold, 28 days after the first shot. but it's important to note this study is based off the results of 17 people. the bigger question is if you got your j&j shot eight months ago, should you get one or two additional doses? >> two is better than one. it does look like one additional dose of one of the mrnas, whether it does bump your immunity from your j&j up considerably. stephanie: any delay in the timeline of rolling out boosters could impact the severity of future covid surges. >> you are going to create a longer window of potentially waning immunity. people could get infected. stephanie: health care workers in nursing home residents wil

stephanie, how more do you? i know it's something that you did mention earlier about impostors pretending to be trans to get into, for example, women's competition. well, it seems to me that that particular argument is absolutely and utterly bonkers. it's almost the argument that men are going to say the women's return to the women's toilets to do home to women. there's just no evidence of that. and be the whole premise to see even stand scrutiny, you know, to change the hormonal makeup of your party is not from the one can do overnight to take actually quite a few years. and i would also, and when you're on east region, it still took a profound effect on your muscle mass on your wrench. and to think that e mail is going to suddenly say, you know what, i'm going to change my hormonal maple, my identity, and even legal, i fancy. and as you pointed out, the beginning of this t bay in the ice games for they require at least a 4 year commitment to the acquired gender. if you think it was really good just to potentia

stephanie ruhle picks up coverage right now. >>> hi there. i am stephanie ruhle. it is thursday, august 5th. this morning, we're following several big stories. new york governor andrew cuomo running out of time and options, facing new calls to resign as state lawmakers say the other option is impeachment. >>> major push to vaccinate the nation continues. 30 health officials from the last four administrations writing a letter to corporate america, urging companies to mandate the vaccine. we talk to one of the officials behind that letter. >>> and new legal fight, less than 24 hours after the biden administration issued a new ban on evictions, a group of landlords, realtors filed a lawsuit challenging the move. we have got to start with a dramatic new weapon in the fight against delta variants. a white house official telling nbc news the biden administration is developing a plan to require foreign visitors to the united states be fully vaccinated against covid-19 when travel restrictions are lifted. current restrictions are in place for several countries because of

and now i've got, stephanie, abc.— decision. and now i've got, stephanie, abc.ident. two _ stephanie, abc. thank you, mr president. two questions - stephanie, abc. thank you, mr president. two questions for i stephanie, abc. thank you, mr i president. two questions for you. stephanie, abc. thank you, mr - president. two questions for you. as you mentioned, will you sign off on sending _ you mentioned, will you sign off on sending us — you mentioned, will you sign off on sending us troops into kabul to evacuate — sending us troops into kabul to evacuate americans who have not been able to _ evacuate americans who have not been able to get _ evacuate americans who have not been able to get to the airport safely? we have — able to get to the airport safely? we have no indication that we haven't been able to get in kabul and we've made an agreement with the taliban thus far and they've allowed us to go through and it's the interest will go through. so we know of no circumstance were american citizens are carrying an american passport and trying to get through to the

stephanie ruhle has that story. >> reporter: a violent altercation at a mcdonald's in indiana.jose, even a brazen dine and dash attempt in new jersey. we're seeing it across the country, unruly customers acting out, and restaurant workers say they are fed up. >> this is the worst coffee ever. >> it's a verbal smack-down. >> took the food and dumped it out of the to go bag. >> reporter: at the cleat and anchor restaurant in cape cod drunk guests turned abusive when the owner asked them to leave on the fourth of july. >> lots of really terrible words that you shouldn't say to a female. >> reporter: they later snuck through the kitchen door past security. >> by the time he got here, they were already ripping this entire pantry down here, throwing mustard on the ground. >> the run-in rattled her. >> we've definitely had circumstances where people are very unhappy. i've never had someone try and break into my restaurant like that before and actually do some damage. >> reporter: her server dana olette said people just don't understand the situation. >> we're understaffed and we're tr

stephanie, we learned today inflation continues to surge. >> that's right, lester prices continue to surge from used cars to airfare to bacon. prices are up largely due to supply shortages that still persist. until that improves, they're likely to keep climbing lester >> stephanie ruhle tonight, thank you >>> they are descendants of those victimized by one of the most disturbing medical experiments in american history but they're raising their voices to combat vaccine distrust here is meagan fitzgerald >> reporter: the nation racing to win over the unvaccinated as covid cases surge are you vaccinated >> not at the moment. >> reporter: but among some african americans, fear. what's the hesitancy >> we've been told so many lies so many years. >> reporter: mistrust in the medical system rooted in history, like the tuskegee study in 1932, a 40-year experiment where nearly 400 black men living with syphilis were denied treatment. public health officials wanting to see the effects of the disease untreated. as a result, more than 100 men died from syphilis or related complications. >> knowi

i think that lit a fire, stephanie. the producer price index came in strong that spoke to price pressure down the road. the two strong jobs report we are on the way. if we get another one in august, another strong jobs report will clear the landing field for the fed to take off. >> stephanie, you are surprised by the timing on this. you won't guess that based on the action we are watching in the futures. we should look at treasuries dow hasn't budged. >> it is benign. rates are 127 and 136 last week. let's see. this isn't in the marketplace. steve just cut this story out there. i think i was not expecting them to change their tune powell was really steadfast in saying inflation is transitory we're going it take our time kind of thing. for them to comment next week is going to be interesting. maybe that's when the markets starts to react. >> kelly >> stephanie >> yeah. >> go ahead, steve >> i'm sorry i would make one more quick comment. the progression of this has been, you know, an evenly rising slope. they started tell

stephanie, i feel this has a hamilton connection? >> people who know my work know that i have written america's first daughter with my dear friend and co-author and these are about founding mothers so i was eager to tell the story of adrienne lafayette the french founding mother and that is the genesis of that story. but you will notice of the women because along the way i discovered a memoir by this delightful author who was hidden in the castle during the holocaust and saved from the nazis and was called safe from the spirit of lafayette and i wondered is there and how does that carryforward then i discovered it was when and generation after generation who carried on the spirit of lafayette is amazing wife to bring that story to the page in its fullness and to tell the tale of this extraordinary castle in this part of france that served as a beacon of hope and in history's darkest hours. >> that is incredible. already going down to the research that you did. erica, tell me about how you discover the story you have written about wom

stephanie sierra, abc7 news. liz: the smoke is impacting us here. this time lapse video shows it is getting progressively hazier along highway 24, moving east toward walnut creek. joining us with a look at the conditions is meteorologist sandy a patel. sandhya: -- the bad air quality is coming back. sandhya: let me show you the vantage point. oakland is at 117. it is poor for sensitive groups. san jose, also over 100. san francisco is moderate at 61. the visible satellite picture smoke, the sierra nevada just pouring into our region. that is why we are having a harder time breathing. we have red for livermore. that is unhealthy air quality. air quality is deteriorating. we will see some improvement today and tomorrow into early next week. it is even worse in the tahoe area. visibility down to a quarter of a mile right now. we will be back with the smoke forecast, coming up. larry: a cdc station into a covid outbreak that sickened a dozen students in a marin county classroom likely originated from a teacher who declined to be vaccinated. eight of the

i know stephanie will have something to say about this. we have seen a rerating of the dwrug stocks a lot of people thought that was slowdown i'm beginning to feel it's democrats not having any strength to rein in price increases. we're seeing the drug stocks break out and it is not, stephanie, pricing in a slowdown it's a group that's lagged the stock market for a long time. >> steph >> definitely lagged for a long, long time. i also think the pharmaceutical companies -- rates are so low. some of these drug companies, three, four, 5%. those dividends, most of them are very safe because there's so much free cash flow with these companies. i totally agree with you in fact, i recently added to j&j. i know it's at its highs but it's at 18 times forward estimate and i get a 2.3% dividend yield houchgts has he beaten and raised in the last year alone? i think that's going to continue. >> don't mean to interrupt but when you have a vaccine that's been pulled out of a major drugstore and the stock keeps going higher, what does it say about that o

stephanie: that is a great example. it is that bad. driving an hour out, we started to put our masks in the car because it was so poignant. as we are seeing with the levels with aqi, increasing not much in an hour's time, fire crews know it will only get worse. the next three days, they know it will be low humidity levels, excessive heat. even withtonight, there will bee struggle ahead. lay: please stay safe. we will check back with you if conditions allow. thank you, steph. >> state officials say it is time for californians to regularly start thinking about how to prepare for days when wildfire smoke becomes unhealthy or downright hazardous. they are urging people to pay attention to air quality forecasts and note when smoke might blow into your neighborhood. forecasters say with more frequent wildfires in the state, they are seeing dangerous smoke conditions last for days at a time. >> one of the challenges with meteorology is extended periods of smoke where you don't get that opportunity with clearing. last year we saw that heavily

stephanie link will tell you go with coke. a terrific ceo they sold the tropicana business, not an awful business but below their margins. i love that snack food business as a driver of growth. >> steph, you have the other side of that why coca-cola over pepsi >> it's lagged and 50% is on premises we haven't seen the reopen 100% and now we're seeing closures so i like what they're doing in terms of new product innovation, i like the ceo and i like the margins. i think pepsi outperforms long term >> pete, jay wants to know about under armour what do you think about it >> when you look at those earnings, you had to have an unbelievable reaction. those numbers are unreal when you look at the revenue growth and apparel growth, that was awesome. triple digits across the board i did have calls i sold them out because those are short term if uyou want to be a long-term holder, it makes sense. >> patrick fricsk, the ceo, wil be on "the closing bell" at 3:00 p.m. don't miss it. final trades are next. the financial watch out that gives

tom: stephanie murphy is down in orlando, and those kind of stories matter. i think this actually goes to the heart of why president biden was talking about gas prices, why he was talking about inflation. because right now he is trying to cater to the population of the united states to get them behind some of these politicians that might otherwise face some opposition to engaging with a 3.5 trillion dollar plan. this is a pr move that is being centered by president biden, but has to come with each constituency. jonathan: it is quite a line for a pr move. if your primary concern is the cost of living, you should support this plan, not oppose it. you just wonder if that resonates. lisa: how much can you convince people that their wages will go up more than the prices they feel at the gas station in the grocery store? jonathan: we will catch up with robin hayes, the jetblue ceo, and my good friend and colleague guy johnson is going to be sitting down with him at london heathrow, as jetblue begins to travel from new york to london. if you are british, you can fly

stephanie, thank you. >>> to the other news this friday evening. authorities on the horrific scene in albuquerque, a deadly school shooting at a middle school on just the third day. here's what authorities have revealed. here's zohreen shah tonight. >> reporter: tonight, tragedy as gunshots ring out at an albuquerque middle school killing one student. >> there's an active shooter, washington middle school. >> reporter: just before 12:30 albuquerque police responding to shots fired as students were on their lunch break outside the school building. that's when the suspect pulled out a gun and began firing several shots. >> we have one juvenile, two gunshot wounds. >> the student who has been shot has unfortunately passed away at this time. >> reporter: this was just the third day of school for students at washington middle school. as shots rang out, students running for their lives, sheltering in place for hours. police quickly arriving on the scene and arresting the suspect. >> an a.p.s. officer who was on scene and outside when the shooting occurre

stephanie, we are only weeks from the 20th anniversary of 9/11, how will this look in the us on that always such an important day, but obviously the passage of two decades makes it even more significant. if the taliban is back in control, the people who were responsible and seen in the us as having given 0sama bin laden the environment to plot an organise those terrible attacks? i think the withdrawal will be regarded there as a huge mistake. biden appears to be proceeding and not wavering because that is an assumption it will not cost the us anything, and the real damage will not be clear until the reports of refugees flooding across borders, young girls being sold to taliban fighters and the real scale of the humanitarian disaster hits our screen regularly. already the republicans are piling in and cut sizing —— criticising the decision, senate republican leader mitch mcconnell saying today the biden administration had been reduced to pleading with the taliban to protect the us embassy, and said the us risked a humiliating sequel to the fall of saigon in 1975. i think this is a sta

stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. >>> hi, there. i'm stephanie ruhle. it's monday, august 2nd and this morning we are covering several major stories. in washington, the bill is in. late yesterday, a group of senators unveiling the details of the nearly $1 trillion infrastructure package that they could vote on as early as this week. we'll be diving into exactly what made it into the more than 2700-page bill and if it's going to make its way to the president's desk. >> and very good news for team usa in tokyo. usa gymnastics announcing that simone biles will participate in an individual event today. we're going to go to tokyo for the latest. >>> but we must begin this morning with, of course, the coronavirus. the very disturbing trend that keeps heading, unfortunately, in the very wrong direction. overnight, the u.s. hit more than 35 million cases overall, but it is the rate of new cases that have officials on edge. they're up nearly 150% in the last two weeks, according to "the new york times." hospitalizations, they're up too. overwhelming some places

>> all right, stephanie ramos, thank you. >>> and as you heard stephanie report there, the cdc pointed to three new studies today in making the case for this third shot, a booster, to now be made available september 20th for all americans. so, what did they see in those studies that concerned them? let's get right to dr. richard besser back with us again tonight, the president of the robert wood johnson foundation, former acting director of the cdc and of course, someone we know well here after his years at abc. dr. besser, the cdc released three studies today, that showed the vaccine efficacy waning over time, but scientists still don't know for sure if that's just the vaccines waning over time or if it's that, plus the power of the delta variant we're seeing. >> that ice right, david. you can't tell from these studies because two things were happening at once. the time from the period people received their second dose w was -- was increasing and a new variant was arriving. and what they saw over that time is that the vaccines were less effective against overall disease transmission.