675,000 estimated to have been lost in the 1918 flu pandemic. this is now the deadliest disease and mass death event in u.s. history. today there was hope of shielding young children from the virus, that is parents who are willing to give them the vaccine. pfizer says its vaccine is safe for children 5 to 11. and there has been heat on the travel ban over foreign visitors. the white house will allow fully vaccinated foreign nationals to fly into our country in november. and as mentioned, biden will make his debut at the general assembly tomorrow. this is at a time after the afghanistan withdrawal and when france is angry at us. we are committed to those alliances, the threat of leveling the economic playing field. those are all issues we will continue to work with our partners on. the president s ambitious push to rebuild the infrastructure and safety net is running into the realities of the house and senate, back in session for the first time since july. looking to make
vaccination. it s a ray of hope for millions of american families and a common sense approach to travel as we stair down what looks more and more like a bifercated country. we re sure pasting the devastating flu of 1918 and driven by the tragedy unfolding in largely unvaccinated states like mississippi which currently has the highest covid death rate per capita in the country and if it were a zone country, miss mississippi would be tied for second. republican governor tate reeves tried to down play his own incompetence. as you know, unfortunately, fatalities is a lagging indicator when it comes to the virus, it is a lagging indicator and so timing has as much to do with that statistic that you used as anything else. the president will try to believe the delta variant is only affecting republicans in the united states. that is not true. that is not a fact. move around the country and you re going to see fatalities rise in other states. we believe in personal responsibility
of his presidency as some of america s closest allies look to see if u.s. foreign policies have really changed since donald trump left the white house. tomorrow s speech comes on a heel of a series of setback for the biden administration on friday. the pentagon announced a drone strike targeting terrorists mistakenly killed tens of millions and including seven children. the fda advisory group voted against the booster shot, it was only approved for seniors or high risk groups. and finally, france recalled its ambassador to the united states over president biden s to provide nuclear we ll get overall of that. the administration had hoped todd pivot back to his domestic agenda which has been jeopardized by some members of his own party. whitehouse s aides discussed curtailing the u.s. travel. with us we have white house s reporters, jonathan lemire who s up way too early for us and david ignious is joining us. jonathan, you traced joe biden s problem, he s obviously going
now stretched beyond the limit. his urgent warning moments before the u.s. strike in kabul that killed ten people, the cia actually had warned there were civilians in that area. a history-making mission, an all-civilian crew splashing down to earth, the details on their return after three days in orbit. welcome to your sunday, seps 19th. we are always so grateful to have your company. hi, boris. good morning. always great to be with you. we love it. thanks. so let s talk about what s happening, the crisis along the southern border of the u.s. more than 14,000 migrants are living under that bridge you see there. look at that. they re waiting to be processed by immigration authorities. you can see the tents and the blankets and this is basically their home right now. they re living in squalid conditions. the department of homeland security is sending more customs and border patrol agents to the region right now. authorities are also taking steps to help alleviate so
stirring f ring fears of violen capitol hill. as the combatant commander, i am fully responsible for the strike and this tragic outcome. just a tragedy. the u.s. military admitting it killed 10 civilians in a drone strike in kabul last month including seven children. how this deadly mistake happened and the questions it raises about so-called over the horizon strikes. we re really proud to share this experience with everyone. we know how fortunate we are to be up here. the all civilian crew. spacex s latest mission set to splashdown today and what we know about the crew and what s happening today. good morning and welcome to your new day. it s saturday, september 18th. great to be with you. great to be with you as well, christi. always so good to see you, boris. happy weekend, everyone. the fda advisers voted yesterday to recommend emergency use authorization of covid-19 booster doses of pfizer s vaccine six months after full vaccination. this is for specifically