Clean things up with americas oldest ally. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. Were keeping a close eye on the markets after the Do Jones Industrial Average closed nearly 615 points down today. Earlier today the market plunged more than 900 points after american investors were spooked by new concerns about chinas economy. But we begin with Breaking News in our health lead. Moments ago, the u. S. Dayleath l from coronavirus surpassed the total Death Toll during the 1918 flu pandemic. The u. S. Covid Death Toll is now 675,446 americans lost to the virus. A horrific milestone. But today we did get some positive news for families with elementary schoolaged children. Pfizer announced that a lower dose of its Covid19 Vaccine is safe and generates a robust Antibody Response for Kids Age 5 to 11. There are still some steps that need to be taken before the fdas expected Emergency Use Authorization is asserted in a matter of weeks. My hope is theyll move quickly because a lot of kids are gettin
Chile in 2015 with his life and two children. He says that someone assaulted him in Haiti And Someone shot at his aunt. Reporter two months ago, they started the trek to the United States. You say the route is open to enter in the United States. What does that mean . Family, friends, he says . The border is open . Reporter his Voice Breaks as he talks about his family. Why is it so painful . Because youre suffering. He says food is hard to come by, and the weather is tough to bear. If you look closely youll see that these are men, women, children. I see pregnant women, infants. Reporter border patrols top cop announcing this weekend a surge of 600 agents, officers and other personnel. Why Del Rio . Why now . Traditionally because of word of mouth. Certainly what happened this time is that number doubled and tripled relatively quickly. Reporter and to expedite processing, removal flights to haiti have increased, said border patrol. And word about this is spreading quickly under the brid
To help estimate a number. Many times throughout american history the question of how many jellybeans are in a jar has been a racist tool of oppression. In 1890 mississippi lawmakers gathered in jackson to find a way around the 15th Amendment which gave africanamericans the right to vote. The white judge who presided put the matter bluntly. We came here to exclude the negro. Nothing short will answer. The mississippi lawmakers adopted two measures to make voting all but impossible for black people in mississippi. One was a poll tax. You had to bring the equivalent of 58 in Todays Money to vote. The other was a literacy test. Registrars could ask arbitrary questions to decide if prospective voters were smart enough to vote. White people always seemed to get the simple questions. Black voters, well, black voters were asked such things as how many bubbles are in a bar of soap . And they were also asked things like how many jellybeans are in this jar . These practices became common across
We head into the fall. Lets ask Wall Street Journal Columnist And Fox news contributor, senior advisor to President George W bush. So carl make sense of this falling falling polls for the president and went to the mean. Guest will begin falling in july and they are falling across the board because people have concerns about covid19 and they have concerns about the afghan withdrawal our surrender and concerns about the economy including the inflation that they are all saying the Gas Pump and at the Grocery Store rated but they about what theyre hearing about washington talking about three and half trillion dollars were not getting used to treating billions are created millions and as a result, all of this is driving the numbers down on taxes is numbers are worse than they are on the economy. It is about well because one of the first things of people are going to learn about the american Job Plan as they call it, is how much going have to pay more in taxes. Paul how does this compare in
This. Police found a Newlywed Couple shot to death at the camp ground. It at the same location where they got into a fight. A witness his calling police to report a possible Domestic Violence incident. The encounter seen here on Body Cam Footage. Kim Foxx Coverage now. Laura ingle has been talking. Are Jonathan Serrie kicks things off where people are anxiously awaiting to see if Brian Laundry will ever emerge from his home. Jonathan . Reporter no public statements coming out of Brian Laundry or his parents. The man who called 911 from moab you talk to report that keith witnessed Gabby Fighting with her Fiance Brian in the Parking Lot of that . Restore, officers determined the argument was more of a mental Health Issue than Domestic Violence. They do not proceed with criminal charges but require the coupled to separate for the evening. That was back in august 12. Six days later, authorities discovered the bodies of newlyweds crystal Turner And Kyla jody with Gunshot Wounds near a camps