Washington, President Biden just convened a meeting with his top Immigration Advisers and announced Vice President Kamala Harris will lead the administrations efforts, to lead those efforts with mexico and Central American chris to try to stem the flow of migrants coming into the u. S. I think the best thing to do is put someone who, when she or he speaks, they dont have to wonder about is that what the president thinks . When she speaks, she speaks for me. Moving a series of bills to the floor only to be blocked by democrats. We are covering this situation from coast to coast with our team of nbc news reporters. Joining us now, nbc news correspondent Garrett Haake on capitol hill. Nbc news dasha burns is in texas outside a customs and Border Facility Housing Unaccompanied children and digital White House Reporter shannon pettypiece. Also jacob soboroff. Talk to us about the delegation in terms of what the white house is hoping to achieve with this, what is the delegation hoping to lea
Plus, weve got that covid c conundrum. More than a million americans passing through airports this holiday weekend. Finally, as you heard mike novag novagratz and tesla half a million deliveries and stock up over 700 and seems, jim, ready to start another year strongly getting back to starting strongly and lets talk about your comment on the market his last comment there, as long as the fed stays where it is, one would imagine the speculative runs will continue in that case he was talking about tesla and to a lesser extent, bitcoin. That has become the consensus view nothing wrong with the consensus view at the beginning of the year there are issues that are very much at stake here if the senate goes democratic, which is certainly a possibility, then i think we would have to rethink about how we feel about the, mat, david. Obviously, i think that puts tax issues right front and center. Should have taken some sales last year. Also, david, i think that putting everything on the fed, once
President. The presiding officer is there further debate . Hearing none, the question is on passage. All those in favor say aye. All opposed, no. The ayes appear to have it. The ayes do have it. The bill is passed. Mr. Cornyn madam president , i ask unanimous consent that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Cornyn i note the absence of a quorum, madam president. The presiding officer the clerk will call the roll. Quorum call mr. Schumer madam president. The presiding officer the democratic leader. Mr. Schumer i ask unanimous consent the quorum be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Schumer now, madam president , so much of the senates work happens behind the scenes and out of the spotlight. Over the past few weeks, there are scores of senate staffers, probably more than scores, hundreds i would say, who have spent many late nights and some sleepless ones putting this emergency relief
Much to talk about now how come to us one of the at the centers of sars epidemic back in 2003 and here right in the middle of it being the key members of the team which actually isolated the virus why do you think the world hasnt learned the lessons of it and where we are right now ok well. We did learn the lessons in 2003 and we learned the hard way because we in terms of we were prepared i think none of the world was prepared in 2003 or dealing with such a severe disease and so so the society has learned about things like social distancing about the use of. Face masks and also for the preparation within hospitals having special wards which could cope with these emerging diseases which were transmissible and which had a high mortality so. We learned so lessons the hard way so thats why when the outbreak occurred and the general this here we were well prepared so it was like ok its its on science science again so it was hong kong was thats not the wars that stop the elective. Missions
Very good morning to you from all of us here in moscow this is our 3 international with mina karen lets begin with the latest figures on covert 19 the Global Pandemic is still raging with 2700000 cases now confirmed and the number of fatalities has the past 191000 but if it were over 750000 people have recovered. Muslims around the world are going to celebrate the holy month of ramadan in isolation with most mosques closed and religious Services Suspended muslims are unable to participate in Traditional Press arties large gouty have joins us now to explain how typical ramadan practices have been adapted to cheering the pandemic my good to see you at tell us how are muslims adapting to ramadan or adopting ramadan well were talking here about a quarter of the worlds population 2000000000 muslims and this is a very very different ramadan what they expected what everybody thought was going to happen because obviously were in the middle of a pandemic and ramadan is its a very superficial th