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I’m about ready to grab my apocalypse survival kit and move to the wilderness. It’s been fun, y’all!: |
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© Giphy After pounding through Louisiana and the southeast of the U.S., remnants of Hurricane Ida ripped through the northeast yesterday, bringing massive flooding and tornadoes. |
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| UPDATES THIS MORNING: |
| How many people have died: At least 14 https://bit.ly/3t7zM1T Biden just spoke with the governor of New York: “Following the stunning flooding, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul says she just got off the phone with President Biden and he told he’d approve ‘any declaration’ she needs.” (Via CNN’s Kaitlan Collins) https://bit.ly/3n2aFMZ Amtrak suspended service between Boston and D.C.: “SERVICE ALERT UPDATE: All service between Washington (WAS) and Boston (BOS) has been canceled for the remainder of the day. We apologize for the inconvenience.” https://bit.ly/3mRjoRY |
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| It’s Thursday — and what an insane week it has been so far! I’m Cate Martel with a quick recap of the morning and what’s coming up. Send comments, story ideas and events for our radar to cmartel@thehill.com — and follow along on Twitter @CateMartel and Facebook. Did someone forward this to you? Want your own copy? Sign up here to receive The Hill's 12:30 Report in your inbox daily: http://bit.ly/2kjMNnn |
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| SIGHTS AND SOUNDS: |
| Yikes: “Queens Boulevard in Maspeth/Corona is a literal river at the moment. Bus fully flooded driving through, multiple cars stuck in the water. Absolutely insane.” Video from UNICEF’s Joe English: https://bit.ly/3yFoPW8 I can’t believe this: 
© Twitter Watch: https://bit.ly/3jDs7oL Ugh, this subway literally looks like Splash Mountain: https://bit.ly/3jDlUZV The entire NYC subway system is suspended: https://bit.ly/3yCDxgL Yikes, this is Newark airport: https://bit.ly/2WNkfIt ^ The baggage area is also totally flooded: https://bit.ly/3jANfMi Oh gosh: 
© Twitter Watch: https://bit.ly/3jE1kZC The outfield at Yankee Stadium: https://bit.ly/38zBShl From a passenger on an Amtrak train last night: “I’m on an Amtrak train that left NYC just before it got really bad… but now we’re just sitting still because the tracks ahead are flooded. The conductor is straight up like ‘I don’t know what’s going to happen next.’” Update: The train went back to New York. https://bit.ly/38yREZV Meteorologist Matthew Cappucci posted a video of a tornado in Annapolis: This video makes me nervous. https://bit.ly/3zFtxEV Here are more photos from Annapolis and Frederick, Md.: Via Washingtonian: https://bit.ly/3jBINwX This driving looks very dangerous: Video from Brooklyn: https://bit.ly/38xJEs6 Here’s a video from Staten Island: https://bit.ly/3zEHlQ5 From an Uber leaving JFK: https://bit.ly/3zEziCx And from North Plainfield, N.J.: https://bit.ly/3zGoXGu Omg: 
© Twitter Watch: https://bit.ly/38GRnUF Another angle of the flooding in Brooklyn: https://bit.ly/3jGbSYd If you still want to see more: Here’s a series of photos from The New York Times: https://nyti.ms/3jzqZCx |
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Texas’s abortion ban — It stays.: |
| Just before midnight last night, the Supreme Court refused to block Texas’abortion ban, allowing the state to keep the law intact. The Supreme Court opinion: 5-4. Chief Justice John Roberts sided the with the court’s three liberal justices. The court’s reasoning: “The majority, citing procedural complexities, said abortion providers had failed to make a persuasive case for the court to step in but added that the challengers had raised ‘serious questions’ about the law’s constitutionality.” Full breakdown from The Hill’s John Kruzel and Colin Meyn: https://bit.ly/2WMXKnf |
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| WHAT THIS RULING MEANS FOR ABORTION GOING FORWARD: |
| Via The New York Times’s Adam Liptak, J. David Goodman and Sabrina Tavernise: https://nyti.ms/2WFQQjL Nationally: “[T]he ruling was certain to fuel the hopes of abortion opponents and fears of abortion rights advocates as the court takes up a separate case in its new term this fall to decide whether Roe v. Wade … should be overruled.” And specifically in Texas: “It also left Texas abortion providers turning away patients as they scrambled to comply with the law, which prohibits abortions after roughly six weeks.” https://nyti.ms/2WFQQjL |
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PIVOT! PIVOT!: |
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© Giphy Via The Hill’s Alex Gangitano and Morgan Chalfant, “The White House is trying to move past the chaotic and deadly U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan by turning its attention to domestic priorities like President Biden’s economic agenda.” https://bit.ly/38CuxgZ If you would please direct your attention to Congress: “Biden is gearing up for what promises to be a bruising intraparty battle to pass a $3.5 trillion spending bill that’s packed with some of his biggest policy goals. But he’s also poised to score a major bipartisan victory if the House passes a $1.2 trillion infrastructure package later this month.” An immediate pivot: Biden’s late-morning remarks today are focused on the response to Hurricane Ida. |
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My heart aches for these people: |
| Via The Hill’s Laura Kelly and Rebecca Beitsch, “American and Afghan allies left behind in Afghanistan have entered a fraught and uncertain period of limbo following the definitive conclusion of U.S. military evacuations out of the country.” https://bit.ly/3jBW5t7 How many vulnerable Afghans are still in the country? — it could be around 250k: “Advocates estimate roughly 150,000 vulnerable Afghans remain in the country after a U.S. evacuation effort ended early Tuesday, while those who assisted the U.S. military who may now wish to leave with their families could add another 100,000.” What many of those people are doing: They are hiding, in fear of retribution from the Taliban. What we know: https://bit.ly/3jBW5t7 |
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To quote Katy Perry, ‘And I will not negotiate, I'll fight it, I'll fight it’: |
| GOP Rep. Liz Cheney (Wyo.), who was ousted from House Republican leadership over her opposition to former President Trump, has been elevated to vice chair of the Jan. 6 special committee. https://bit.ly/3jDVZ4h Some context to her new role: “[The] move designed to blunt criticism from former President Trump and his GOP loyalists on Capitol Hill that the panel's probe is a purely partisan exercise.” How many Republicans are on the committee?: Just two — Cheney and Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) |
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| LATEST WITH THE CORONAVIRUS | |
Yet another reason to get vaccinated: |
| Via The New York Times’s Emily Anthes, “People who experience breakthrough infections of the coronavirus after being fully vaccinated are about 50 percent less likely to experience long Covid than are unvaccinated people who catch the virus, researchers said in a large new report on British adults.” The full story: https://nyti.ms/3jDT9fVn |
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| CASE NUMBERS: |
| Coronavirus cases in the U.S.: 39,407,708 U.S. death toll: 642,195 Breakdown of the numbers: https://cnn.it/2UAgW3y |
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| VACCINATION NUMBERS: |
| Total number of vaccinations administered in the U.S.: 371 million shots have been given. Seven-day average of doses administered: An average of 919,633 doses For context: The U.S. population is roughly 331 million. Breakdown of the numbers: https://bloom.bg/3iVTPLH |
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I interrupt this chaotic content to bring you landscaping at the White House this morning: |
| Tbh, it’s pretty mesmerizing. 
© Twitter Watch: https://bit.ly/3t8gUjb |
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| The House and Senate are out. President Biden and Vice President Harris are in Washington, D.C. 9:30 a.m. EDT: President Biden received the President’s Daily Brief. 3 p.m. EDT: Vice President Harris swears in Ken Salazar Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United Mexican States. 4:25 p.m. EDT: Vice President Harris and Labor Secretary Marty Walsh meet with staff to discuss the White House Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment. |
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| 11:30 a.m. EDT: President Biden delivered remarks on Hurricane Ida. Livestream: https://bit.ly/3kGsiis 1 p.m. EDT: White House press secretary Jen Psaki holds a press briefing. Livestream: https://bit.ly/3kMAQo7 1:45 p.m. EDT: President Biden participates in a virtual event with rabbis from around the country to commemorate the Jewish High Holidays. Livestream: https://bit.ly/3DyW8Oq 3 p.m. EDT: The White House COVID Response Team holds a press briefing. Livestream: https://bit.ly/3naCWB5 |
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| Today is International Bacon Day! |
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| And because the news is so heavy these days, here’s a puppy racing ducklings. I’m so conflicted, I want everyone to win!: https://bit.ly/3zJaA47 |
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