MANY PEOPLE ARE STILL MISSING AFTER RECORD RAINFALL TRIGGERED SEVERE FLOODING ACROSS WESTERN EUROPE. WHILE RESIDENTS START TO CLEAN UP, RESCUE CREWS CONTINUE SEARCHING FOR SURVIVORS. THE DEATH TOLL HAS TOPPED 160 AND OFFICIALS SAY THEY EXPECT THE NUMBER TO RISE. EUROPEAN LEADERS BLAME THE WEATHER EVENT ON CLIMATE CHANGE. EXPERTS SAY GLOBAL WARMING MAKES TORRENTIAL RAINFALL MORE LIKELY. SOT Science tells us that the extreme weather phenomenons uh will be more often and longer with climate change. And therefore we all know that we have to move forward to fight climate change to move towards cleaner, healthier and therefore more sustainable economy. That is the generational task we have right now."
PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS VOWED TO APPEAL A FEDERAL JUDGE'S RULING ON DACA FOR UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS. THE PROGRAM PROVIDES DEPORTATION PROTECTION FOR SOME PEOPLE BROUGHT TO THE U-S ILLEGALLY AS CHILDREN. THE NEW RULING WOULD BAR FUTURE APPLICATIONS UNDER DACA BUT DOES NOT IMMEDIATELY CANCEL PERMITS FOR HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ALREADY HERE. NINE STATES, INCLUDING TEXAS, ARGUED PRESIDENT OBAMA DID NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO CREATE DACA, WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF CONGRESS.
THE NUMBER OF TRAVELERS PASSING THROUGH AIRPORT SECURITY REACHED A NEW PANDEMIC-ERA RECORD. THE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION SAYS IT SCREENED NEARLY TWO-POINT-TWO MILLION PEOPLE AT AIRPORTS ACROSS THE U-S. THIS NEW RECORD COMES AS THE COUNTRY IS SEEING A SPIKE IN COVID-19 CASES. THE U-S SURGEON GENERAL SAYS ONE REASON WHY MILLIONS OF AMERICANS AREN'T GETTING THE VACCINE -- MISINFORMATION BEING SPREAD ONLINE.
