here tomorrow. bill: watching it all. edward lawrence from the white house today. thank you. dana: president biden is defiant and doubling down refusing to give up his bid for a second term as the course of calls for him to step aside gross louder by the hour. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom. bill: i m bill hemmer. good morning. the calls to quit the race could be getting a lot louder in the next few hours and week ahead. congress comes back from a long holiday resource. at least four senior house democrats joining five of their colleagues calling for change at the top of that ticket. dana: the president is digging his heels in further this morning. in fact, he sent a letter to house democrats defending his decision to stay in the race and followed that up by calling into his favorite morning show, morning joe. he is always welcome here any time. bill: of course, we invite that, right? the invitation is always out there. dana: love to talk to him.
if you can time the shot right. welcome to meet the press daily, i m chuck todd on a very busy september tuesday. this is going to be a september to remember politically, that s for sure. president biden wrapped up his first address to the u.n. general assembly this morning, questions about america s credibility and leadership on the world stage, at least trying to answer some of those questions. we will bring you more on his address, the reaction to it in just a moment. we want to start here in washington. the president and his democratic allies are facing a tangled web of legislation, urgent deadlines and there s inter party divisions to navigate. it s not hyperbole, it s just a fact that the biden agenda, the progressive vision, infrastructure, future of the democratic party, health of the economy, fate of a government shutdown they have all been intertwined. if you re joe pesci from my cousin vinnie what do you do you want to put on this truck. seems like leaders
clean things up with america s oldest ally. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we re 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 china s 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 school-aged children. pfizer announced that a lower dose of its covid-19 vaccine is safe and generates a robust anti-body response for kids age 5 to 11. there are still some steps that need to be taken before the fda s expected emergency use authorization is asserted in a matter of weeks. my hope is they ll move quickly because a
disgraced usa. still testifying before the committee. in a few minutes we expect to hear from senators who participated and joined by the gymnasts who are survivors of nassar s abuse. when that press conference happens, we ll take you there live. also this hour the president is scheduled to meet with leaders in the business community about the pandemic response as cases are rising nationally, again. vaccine soft mandates for u.s. businesses, if you will. today s top story is a reminder of the potency of the pandemic politically after a recall defeat in california. despite some serious concerns about voter enthusiasm, could governor newsom s strategy be a model for democrats around the country in elections this year and perhaps next year, though i would hold off on the next year given the uncertainty of covid. he did handily defeat the recall vote. republicans did not put any dent in his level of support. he may emerge from this ordeal even stronger politically. wait until y
struggling to survive the delta surge. vaccination rates lag in the deep south. speak with a health officer in alabama where hospitals are literally turning patients away. welcome to meet the press daily. i am chuck todd. if it is tuesday, someone is voting somewhere. today that somewhere is a big one. it is california. gavin newsom faces a recall election that s got 22 mail in ballots and hundreds of millions in the making. governor newsom is expected to survive, perhaps not by a wide margin. that s not the only story in the race, it is the sadly predictable republican efforts in the final hours to create a mythology of doubt on the legitimacy of the vote before they ve been counted. there s zero evidence of any election impropriety in this race, yet larry elder, leading republican candidate if newsom is recalled the democrats were going to cheat, he had no proof, his campaign is claiming they have proof that the racist results are fraudulent. it is impossible, there are no