all-civilian crew splashing down to crew. the details on their return after three days in orbit. welcome to sunday, september 19th. we are always so grateful to have your company. good morning, boris. good morning, christi. always grateful to be with you. we begin this morning with a battle against covid and the continuing debate over booster shots. an fda panel recommended boosters for the pfizer vaccine for 65 and older and those at high risk of severe illness but not for everyone who originally got the pfizer vaccine as the white house had initially planned. the most pressing concern is the wave of unvaccinated people filling up hospitals right now. that s leading to tough decisions about rationing care. cnn s nadya lamero looks at the latest numbers of covid cases in key hot spots and what they tell us about what s happening right now. reporter: florida, alabama, a big-time college football showdown in the heart of sec country but big-time covid-19 country. florid
the door to the oval office is always open. he ll be deeply engaged in the negotiations over the coming days. . meantime, vice president kamala harris and labor secretary marty walsh went to pittsburgh to promote the extended child tax credit included in the covid-19 relief package passed earlier this year. the vice president talking about the importance of the monthly payments set to begin on july 15th. we want to make sure that we are actually helping families, right? and that means taking some of the pressure off of those monthly if not daily responsibilities. we re also following another big decision from the supreme court. the justices ruled that ncaa broke antitrust laws when it blocked some education related aid for student athletes. such as, you know, money for post graduate scholarships tutoring and paid internships. we ll have more later in the hour. of but we re going to begin this hour with the very latest from if washington, d.c. joining us now, nbc news
through eight states. entire towns leveled in the blink of an eye is a the storm swept through friday night. officials say one single tornado actually carved a path of destruction more than 200 miles long and they fear more than 80 people may have been killed. search-and-rescue teams are working around the clock for survivors who may be trapped under mountains of debris. the heads of homeland security and fema are in the region today bringing with them much-needed federal resources. mayfield, kentucky is seeing some of the worst of the damage. a few buildings left standing in the town of roughly 10,000. rescuers sifting through a collapsed candle factory there where more than 100 people were working and so far only about 40 people have been rescued from the wreckage. and new video shows what s left of an amazon warehouse in edwardsville, illinois. at least six people died when the building collapsed during a violent tornado there: people are considered dead and the scale of d
to the courthouse. he is being closely guarded by the secret service. this is a pretty fluid situation, but here s what we know so far. former president expected to get fingerprinted once he s inside the courthouse. it remains unclear if you will have a mug shot taken. they have been going back-and-forth on that today. we do understand he will not be handcuffed. remember, i told you on tucker couple nights ago that no, the secret service would decide the tone of all of this. the tone would include whether to handcuff him which is a completely different visual for the nation to see or not. he will not be handcuffed. he will then be escorted to the 15th floor of the main courthouse where the hearing will take place. it s expected to last less than 30 minutes. video cameras have been banned from the courtroom today but there will be some still photographs taken. during the arraignment, the indictment will be unsealed, and those charges will finally be revealed, although andy mcc
machines. see how long they can perform that, flying birthing people. as we honor the air force s 75th birthday we are grateful for the air force. they drop us off places and they drop bombs on people and they were preceded i was correct, u.s. army air corporation 1926 to 1941. we transformed into the air force in 1947. rachel s father a master sergeant in the air force will join us. rachel: yeah. will: that is great. i think sean went up in an army fighter jet. rachel: i think national guard. maybe it was national guard. will: i have had the honor going up with the air force with luke air force base in arizona in an f-16. in awe of what those men do, the fighter pilots, the entire apparatus of support behind them. absolutely amazing. meanwhile 50 days until the midterms. last night donald trump was out campaigning in ohio for senate candidate jd vance. this is what he had to say what is at stake 350 days from now. the choice this november is simple, if you want to continue