This is cnn breaking news. Top of the new hour, thanks for staying with us. Im victor blackwell. And im alisyn camerota. Democrats announcing moments ago they will tie an increase in the Debt Limit to the government spending bill. This move sets up a looming show down with republicans. For more, lets bring in Manu Raju and Lauren Fox on capitol hill. Lauren, i want to start with you. Walk us through what this decision means and how it will work. Essentially democrats are daring republicans to vote against an increase in the Debt Ceiling. There of course is a looming deadline coming sometime in mid october to raise the Countrys Debt limit for what democrats say is money that they have already borrowed. With republicans, given all of the spending for coronavirus over the last year and a half, now, republicans have been saying over and over again that they are not going to join with democrats to actually increase that Debt Limit. Here democrats are saying if you want to keep the governmen
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
w th vetes affairs campus is helping get those who served out of tents and into homes. eye on earth : cows and methane and a warming planet. our mark phillips in scotland tries to clear the air. and later, a neighborhood rally giving a young girl a special halloween treat. we did it 100% for kasey. this is the cbs weekend news. sargent: good evening. i m irika sargent in chicago. adriana diaz is off. president biden arrived in rome this morning for day one of the g-20 summit there, a meeting of the leaders of the world s largest economies. there s an ambitious agenda for the group, ranging from covid to climate change to corporate taxes. and the president has a secondary but equally ambitious goal trying to reassert america s leading role in the world. cbs nancy cordes is traveling with the president in rome. nancy. good evening. reporter: irika, the biggest news out of the g-20 summit today had to do with taxes. the leaders of most of the world s largest countri
investigators. alec baldwin speaking on camera for the very first time since that deadly shooting on his movie said. opening up about his relationship with the cinematographer halyna hutchins and how her husband is doing. he s in shock. he has a nine year old son. we were in constant contact with him. we re very worried about his family and his kid. and, we look ahead to a blockbuster week for the supreme court, as the justices prepared to take on big cases. on two of the most controversial topics in america. guns and abortions. good morning, everybody. it is sending, october 31st. i m lindsey reiser. and i kendis gibson. we are dressed as ourselves. today [laughs] this halloween at the msnbc world headquarters. but a lot of folks all over the country have been getting in this spirit. even i believe at the capitol itself. yeah, lacey. looking very spooky. , with all that fog. i don t know? did they do anything different? [laughs] that s not just fog that s lawm
protest over the vaccine mandate. the commissioner s angry response and the fear of a police and fire fighter shortage. president biden at a critical global summit. what he says about resuming talks with iran, plus the new international tax on corporations. brawl in the sky. the fist fight on a delta flight after one passenger put an item in the backseat pocket of another. the charges one now faces. the new supply chain crisis. we take you inside the backup warehouses, how it s slowing down the stuff you need. and halloween is back. trick or treaters out already and the surprise these kids will never forget. this is nbc nightly news with jose diaz ballard. good evening, tonight alec baldwin is speaking out for the first time since he fired that fatal shot fin days ago. while in vermont with his family, the actor answered questions about the safety of that film set. he give the most detailed description yet of his friendship with the 42-year-old cinematographer w