his massive spending plan with the price tag remaining the huge sticking point at this point. john: progressives calling for $3.5 trillion in spending but moderate say they want to package that costs less than half of that and a key biden ally said it could fall somewhere in between. around $2 trillion. sandra: jacqui heinrich is here with the latest from the white house to kick things off, hey. good afternoon to both of you guys. chris coons said publicly what we have known through our own stories same for a little over two weeks now at the white house to broker roughly $2 trillion reconciliation package reaching an agreement between house progressives and the moderate senators joe manchin and kyrsten sinema. but since the last deadline came and went two weeks ago, there has really been no progress. progressives are think that is their fault. one of them is very much fined with that tax pieces. so one of them does not really support that. one supports prescription dr
guinness book of world records. this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening the anecdotes we have been hearing about employers desperate to find workers don t at first appear to square with what economists are calling a disappointing jobs report that came out today the slowing pace of growth reflecting an employment landscape some believe has been reshaped by the pandemic leaving some job seekers on the sidelines. in september, buffeted by the covid delta variant, the country added 194,000 jobs fewer than expected. the unemployment rate dropped, however, to 4.8% as more workers exited the job market. but will an improving covid outlook give the economy the boost it needs our team taking a hard look tonight. we begin with peter alexander. reporter: tonight help wanted just when america was expected the usher in a fall season of new hires, instead u.s. job growth dropped to its slowest pace of the year with a recent spike of the delta variant and an ongoing
for the beautiful, amazing, alex witt. you re so cute. can i say two quick points. on the 22 hours until we get to see you again, that s great. and keyshawn johnson, whatever you do with him, i m in because he s a usc trojan. love the guy. i didn t know that. oh, huge fan of his since the 90s, oh, please. anyway, just saying. okay, that was fun to watch. see you tomorrow. thanks, alex, see you tomorrow. and a very good day to all of you. welcome everyone, to alex witt reports. developing this hour, the near total ban on abortions in texas has been temporarily reinstated following a federal appeals court ruling late last night. more on the expected next move from the justice department. earlier today, former texas state senator wendy davis warning the impact this decision could have nationwide. it s going to have a ripple effect across our state and across the country when other states begin to copycat this law, if it s allowed to continue to be in place. mean
a very good day to all of from msnbc world headquarters. welcome to alex witt reports. the near total ban on abortions in texas has been temporarily reinstated following a federal appeals court ruling late last night. the department of justice had until tuesday to apply to the ruling as a legal showdown is taking shape. earlier today, former texas state senator wendy davis warning the impact this decision could have nationwide. it s going to have a ripple effect across our state and across the country when other states begin to copycat this law, if it s allowed to continue to be in place. meanwhile, a new warning to democrats from senate minority leader mitch mcconnell a day after allowing a short-term increase in the debt ceiling, mcconnell is telling the president he will not do so again come december. despite that threat, democratic senator ben cardin told me he is confident they will get this taken care of. we have to raise his cost because of the trump administra
hold donald trump accountable for the january 6th attack on capitol hill. the former president getting some tough news from the white house and capitol hill. and then, a major move, waking up this morning in the texas abortion law battle, breaking late last night as a federal appeals court rules the law can, in fact, continue to be enforced for now. that s the keyword. and then dramatic new video of a hostage situation that ended with gunfire and terror in a los angeles apartment building. new efforts as well by the doj to protect officials at increasingly chaotic school board meetings over mask mandates, coming under fire today. and then the latest fallout from a whistle-blower s inside account to congress about facebook and what it is not doing to protect its users. all of that is coming up. but we do want to begin this hour on capitol hill where we are following some major developments with the january 6th committee, announced it may soon hand out a criminal contem