investigate. new audio from a 911 call reveals a violent altercation days before the disappearance of gabby petito. ♪ good to have you with us. world leaders are converging on new york for the u.n. general assembly which kicks off today. president biden is one of the first speakers. he's set to lay out his policy vision. the president's growing political crisis may complicate and even over shadow his general assembly speech. president biden delivering his debut address today before the united nation general assembly facing a skeptical audience suddenly with criticism with the united states. >> america is back. >> reporter: a familiar pledge is ringing hallow with some allies. even with long time american partners, partners are taking a mixed view of biden's foreign doctrine. >> we'll have a lot of pledges and positive noises. let's see where we get to. i am not counting on chickens. >> reporter: boris johnson raising questions of climate change and covid-19 and a rising china. the challenges are mounting for biden as the biggest test of his young presidency. arriving with the u.n. secretary general, biden was upbeat. the honeymoon phase for biden is over. >> the president is going to lay out why the next decades will determine our future and not just the united states but the global community. >> reporter: the biden is set to give more vaccines to other countries even if his administration pushes for a third dose for all americans remain controversial. urging questions also remained of the global refugee crisis and the formation of a taliban government. >> i was not going to extend this familiar war. >> reporter: opening a chapter of intensive diplomacy, around the challenges of our times. the president dealing with dust up with france over new strategic alliance with austria and great britain. this week marks the 76th session of the u.n. general assembly. the first in-person meeting since covid. leaders were asked to participate virtually, 100 are expected to travel to new york. >> we need to take all measures to ensure it does not become a super spreader event. >> president biden is hoping to speak with the french president soon and trying to smooth over these submarine debacle. there is no sign france is going to give and forget. the spat is raising questions whether the u.s. can be trusted. let's go to cyril vania, how badly is biden's relationship with europe and how can he put this right? >> reporter: here is a measure of that. the last few days the french have been saying theiden foreign policy is similar to the trump policy minus the tweets. listen to the french foreign minister just yesterday. >> the unilateralism and the lack of consultations between allies that we have seen displayed taken by austria and the united states is a persist tent reflectxes of an era that hope is over. >> reporter: the white house will not hesitate to ride rush over strategic interest over allies. more widely france is making the case of european ally that the u.s. can do the same to them. the european union needs to backup its soft power, economic power and values with hard power. that's to say develop a joint defense force, further integration and military. we are a long way away from that. france has been telling its allies there is a pattern here. you need to wake up and look at the pattern, just a few weeks ago. the u.s. decided on a unilateral pull out of afghanistan that caused untold trouble for many of us. we are pulling to afghans out and resources out of the country, we fell victim to this accelerated u.s. timeline of afghanistan. now the u.s. is doing this, lying to us because that's what the french is saying the u.s. did. lying to us of the surprise deal they put in with the u.k. and austria so wake up, you need to put some military clouds behind your pediplomacy. that's the message france have been putting forward. many thanks cyril vania. nancy pelosi says the next 48 hours will be crucial with decisions coming on taxes and healthcare as part of a $3.5 trillion plan. then there is the trillion dollars bipartisan infrastructure pill. ocasio-cortez says she will vote no on infrastructure if the house and senate don't pass the larger bill. joe manchin constinues to push for a pause. >> sheptember 27th is coming up next week. >> if there is not clarity, you want clarity. >> you want to delay until next year, right? >> let's wait and see. >> manchin says he supports a smaller spending deal between 1 and $1.5 trillion. the crisis at chinese real estate giant is rattling the u.s. financial market. the company is struggling to manage here $300 billion in debt. beijing may have to step into help evergrande, tokyo lost more than 2% today. hong kong has been in and out of positive territory. in the u.s., the dow finished more than 600 points lower on monday since july. european market which opens last hour are trading higher. cnn's christie lou is joining us live in hong kong. what's evergrande is saying? >> the chairman of evergrande is saying we'll walk out of the darkness. that was evident on monday when we saw global markets. a performance by the s&p and the nasdaq logging the worst performance since may. the dow logging its worst performance since july, prompted the white house issuing a statement they were monitoring the market and insisting evergrande business were overwhelmingly based in china. >> the company has encountered unprecedent ds difficulties. really that has done little to pass investors. evergrande is saddled with $300 billion in debt that have been struggling to pay off. analysts we have been talking here do believe and they believe beijing will step in and will intervene and not to bail out evergrande but work out a way to soften the blow. take a listen to this. >> i anticipate beijing to step in even though without a bail out but they'll engineer some sort of restruction so it will look like a soft landing. >> that continues to stoke investors. >> christie lu stout, many thanks. the u.s. have hit another staggering milestone in the coronavirus. more than 675,000 people have now died from covid-19 since the pandemic began. for some perspective on that, that's greater than the entire population of las vegas. and it surpasses the country's estimated death toll from the 1918 flu pandemic. some encouraging news from pfizer which says trial data shows its vaccine is safe and effective for kids as young as five. it plans to ask the u.s. and european officials for authorization as soon as possible. dr. anthony fauci tells cnn is welcome news for millions of anxious parents. >> parents are very concerned of children of that age group, particularly those who are going into elementary age range. we want to make sure we thoroughly protecting them. now they themselves if the fda gives the approval can be protected by their own vaccinations. >> u.s. officials are on edge after possible case of the mysterious illness known as havana syndrome. sources familiar with the matter tells us a member of the cia team reported symptoms on a trip to india. cnn has the details from new york. >> reporter: when cia director bill brynes trafrveled to india this month, a member of his team reported symptoms of savannah syndrome. the director said to be fuming with anger. a cia spokesperson says they don't comment on specific incident or on specific officers but did say there are protocols in place for when this incident are reported and including medical attention. i am told in this case, this person did receive medical attention. there are some very severe implications potentially at play here. that's because the cia director's schedule is never widely shared. it's held closely among only a few u.s. government officials so there are questions within the u.s. government about how people would have known the cia director was traveling to india and how the perpetrator can plan this aggression. the u.s. government have not yet said what they believe behind these mysterious incidents or illnesses or how it's being carried out but both of those things are investigated by officials and led by the biden administration at this time. >> cnn, new york. >> and just into cnn, a coup attempt in sudan has been foiled according to several sources from the sunni government. 40 officers were arrested after they tried to take over the state broadcaster tv building. we'll keep you updated with any new developments that come to us. up next, here on cnn newsroom. new 911 audio from the investigation into the death of 22-year-old gabby petito as police continue this search for her fiance. the u.s. is sending hundred asylum seekers home. they are still waiting to be processed in texas. details on the crisis of the u.s./mexico border. that's ahead. at usaa, we've been called too exclusive. because we were created for officers. but as we've evolved with the military, we've grown to serve all who've honorably served. no matter their rank, or when they were in. a marine just out of basic, or a petty officer from '73. and even his kids. and their kids. usaa is made for all who've honorably served and their families. are we still exclusive? absolutely. and that's exactly why you should join. justin trudeau will remain in power following monday's snap election. his liberal party will form the next government. mr. trudeau failed to win a majority in parliament. he called the early vote last month hoping to capitalize on his handling of the covid-19 pandemic. he insists he won a clear mandate to get one. >> the moment we face demands real imported change. and you have given this parliament and this government clear direction. >> >>. we are learning new details in the investigation of the death of the gabby petito and the search for her fiance. new 911 audio shed some light of what may have led up to this moment of what you see here. the couple was on a road trip through utah when they were stopped by police. in the 911 recording prior to this moment, a call that tells the operator witnessed a troubling incident between the young couple. >> i am right on the corner of main street by moon flower and we are driving by and i would like to report a domestic dispute of a white man and a girl. >> what were they doing? >> the gentleman slapped her. >> she was lapping her? >> yes, and they drove off. >> police let the couple go without charges and now investigators are coming over new potential clues and tips as they keep searching for petito's fiance, brian laundry whose whereabouts are unknown. athena jones has the latest. >> reporter: >> reporter: a massive search fof for the fiance of gabby petito. fbi carrying out a search warrant and questioning laundry's parents who have said they have not seen him since tuesday when he left with a backpack saying he's going to a near by carleton nature reserve. authorities are planning to conduct of the autopsy of the body found over the weekend believed to be petito. she went misising ago while on across country trip with laundry. >> human remains were discovered. full identification have not been completed 100% that we found gabby but her family has been notified of this discovery. >> reporter: petito's father tweeted this picture of his daughter with the message "she touched the world." >> we came across a white van that had florida plates. >> reporter: youtube blogger posted a new video of the van that petito and laundry was traveling in. the same area where the body was found. the van was completely dark and there was nobody there. >> the van looked like it was pretty much kind of abandoned. >> reporter: laundry returned alone on september 1st in the white van. petito's family reported her missing ten days later. >> reporter: laundry had not talk to investigators. >> there is an enormous amount of pressure i am sure on him to provide apps and what's going on here. >> reporter: with the likely discovery of petito's body, more questions questioning around laundry. >> we are driving by and i would like to report a domestic dispute with a white van, florida license plate. >> reporter: the pair engaged in an altercation. >> we are just driving and he would not let me go into the car. >>. >> reporter: law enforcement are not saying if anything had todd do with petito's ultimate fate. athena jones reporting there. a texas doctor claims to violated the state's six week abortion ban is facing two lawsuits. the man who filed the lawsuit say they opposed the new law with one saying he wants the judge to rule on its constitutionalty. the attorney for dr. braid says her clients feel he had been called to challenge the law which went into effect this month. >> reporter: with the texas law in place, he's having to turn most of his patients away. the options he has are unattendable. you are needing to travel out of state which many can't do even if for them to leave the state financially. he feels as a doctor who's been providing care for years that it's important to challenge this unconstitutional law that's creating havoc healthcare in texas. the u.s. homeland security department is working to process my dpig migrants. officials say around 3,000 migrants were moved from del rio, texas, to other processing locations on monday. there are still more than 10,000 migrants under the del rio international bridge. u.s. border agents on horse back aggressively confronting some of those migmigrants. the chief calls the footage troubling and says the issues will be investigated. rosa flores has the details. >> reporter: >> questions about this video appears to show border patrol agents confronting refugees aggressively on the rio grande. >> i don't think anyone seeing that footage would think it's acceptable. >> reporter: 150 miles west of s san antonio is also raising eye brows. >> have you seen anything like this before? >> reporter: thousands of migrants living in make-shift huts and sleeping in the dirt and waiting for their turn. >> reporter: a site mayorkas witnessed today. >> if you come to the united states illegally, you will be returned. your journey will not be succeed and you will be endangering your life and your family's life. >> reporter: cnn rode along with the texas department of public safety. >> we are here at one of the, this is the main area they were crossing. >> reporter: our first stop, cnn's camera capturing migrants crossing freely days earlier. >> reporter: they were crossing from this dam. that's mexico and you can see the flag flying. >> reporter: know the flow has stopped. the sea of texas state troopers help secure the river. moments later we see the shocking scene under the del rio international bridge. thousands of migrants mostly haitians living in squallers like james tillis says he left his home country in chile in 2015. >> reporter: he said someone assaulted him in haiti and shot at his aunt. two months ago they started the track to the united states. >> reporter: are you saying the route is open to enter the united states, what does it mean? family and friends he says. the border is open? >> yes. >> reporter: tillis' voice breaks as he talks about his family. because you are suffering. food is hard to come by and the weather is tough to bare. >> reporter: if you look closely, you will see these are men and women and children and i see pregnant women and infants. >> reporter: a surge of 600 agents and officer and other personnel. why del rio and why now? what does your intelligence tell you? >> reporter: certainly what happens this time is that number double and triple relatively quickly. >> reporter: and to expedite processing and removal flights of haiti increase. word about this is spreading quickly under the bridge. >> you don't want to return to haiti, it's difficult you say. ro >> reporter: the immigration waiting room into the u.s. is quickly turning back to haiti. >> reporter: the hospital is at the brink of being overwhelmed. the ems calls coming under the bridge are constant. i have seen the ambulances and we have videos of them. most of the patients are suffering from dehydration or pregnant. since thursday, ten babies have been delivered. cnn, rosa flores, del rio texas. after more than a year the u.s. is set to ease restrictions on foreign travelers, we'll look at the new rules visitors will have to follow. back in in a moment. so you can enjoy it even if you're sensitive to dairy. so anyone who says lactaid isn't real milk is also saying mabel here isn't a real cow. and she really hates that. ooh, that's really cool! wow! this is awesome. what we got here is the weekender box. it's a cocktail aging kit, i think that's really, really cool. drop point blade with 256 layers of forged steel. that's nuts! i just love that every time we open a box from bespoke, we're most likely getting something from a small brand. bespoke post sends you awesome boxes every month and i love it. head to bespokepost.com and get a free gift with your first box when you enter code free. do you struggle to fall asleep and stay asleep? 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>> it's a sigh of relief here in the u.k. and europe. finally people will be allowed to travel to the states. it looks simple, you take a test three days before you travel to the united states you take another test three or five days before you arrive. it does not have to be expensive pcr test. you need to be fully vaccinated and the u.s. will accept vaccinations that are given out here. the w.h.o., whatever they approve is fine. wearing a mask on the plane to travel. you can travel to the states. this is really for all those people wanting to visit friends and family but also it has been a benefit of a transit lead. the fact that americans can travel to europe now and get back on a plane and get back to the united states and no quarantine, it felt a little bit unfair and fairly logical. anna, thank you so much for uni joining us. idaho is coping for a rapidly covid crisis. the state is putting pressure on hospital and neighboring washington state and health officials say vaccine misinformation is largely to blame. cnn's dan simon broke to the brother of a nurse who died of covid after refusing to get vaccinated. >> he works as a truck driver. >> reporter: their mother died last week from covid-19. >> that is they were giving her the sedation, her heart just let go. >> reporter: natalie was only 46. tell me what she did for a living? >> registered nourse and she di home healthcare. she went around and helped people. >> reporter: which made her firm vaccination stance more p puzzling. >> reporter: healthcare leaders face a challenge of nearly 30% of their own ranks as of july still had not been vaccinated. as cases and hospitalizations remain high in idaho, one official says there is only one word to describe the current situation. >> awful. we are in the worst state than ever in the pandemic. >> reporter: things are so dire. the state authorized hospitals the right to ration treatment. it comes as the state has no mask mandates. protesters holding ralelies lik this one in march. in washington state there is a mask mandate and hospitals like spokane are filling up with patients in idaho. >> how did they take it? >> horribly. we are doing everything we can and get those folks in operating room so we can cure them. at the end of the day, we are delaying their care. . >> reporter: as daryl got the tragic call, his sister has died. >> i was destroyed. i didn't know what's going to happen. >> reporter: he's grapling with his 70-year-old unvaccinated mother had to be told her daughter just a few rooms away had died from the same disease. >> i had a phone call, get back here and you need to tell your mom. >> reporter: daryl's mother is still on the defense of the vaccine and indicative of the struggle to end the pandemic and now left to raise his niece and nephew. the days following his sister's death. the next day i went to get the vaccination. am i doing right by god and natalie. i got it out of fear. >> medical officials on both sides of the border are saying what's happening are so tragic. why stick with the status quo. why not enact a mask mandate. what's most frus sttrating is seeing people die needlessly and they blame on vaccine misinformation on social media. dan simon, cnn, idaho. a taliban commander engages in a little public relations. coming up, how afghans are responding under the militant watchful eye. your credit yourself? 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>> reporter: he says he's happy to serve the nation but there are a lot of people and a lot of corruption. it a lot of money zr and a lot of shake downs. >> reporter: you get a feeling that people are being cautious about the taliban. at the same time they're out on the streets and they are trading and doing business. so it feels like it's settling down but it's uneasy feeling of which way it's going to go. >> reporter: this gold trader tells me no corruption, i can leave work after dark. >> how is the situation here now? >> the situation is very good. >> life is good now. >> reporter: with the taliban within earshot, is hard to know for sure how people really feel but despite their presence, several brave women approaches. >> reporter: this woman tells me she's a widow with six children. the taliban fired her from a government job and sent her home without pay. and as we talk, another woman comes forward. >> >> reporter: also out of work. she's been paid for next month but has no idea what happens after that. >> it's up to her to choose whether help be firm and respected or force full or fear by the taliban. he says for now no plans to cut thieves' hands off like before. which way he'll tip? 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