a trillion plus dollar divide among democrats threatens to stop the biden domestic agenda dead in its tracks. new and sobering cnn pictures from the border. thousands-of-haitian migrants made in a makeshift refugee camp under a bridge. the biden plan is to send them home. we begin though with the coronavirus and two giant developments. the white house today announcing it will lift covid travel restrictions and allow fully vaccinated international visitors into the united states starting in november. more on that big news in a moment. first though, welcome news for parents. this morning pfizer releasing trial results it says show its covid vaccine is safe and highly effective in children ages 5 to 11. pfizer says it will now submit that data to the government and apply for emergency authorization by the end of the month. if that fda review goes smoothly some 28 million children could be eligible for vaccination by halloween or soon after. we re hopeful and expectant that the
pr stunt? let s get started. all right our top story tonight voting rights. with republicans doubling down on their attempt to restrict the right to vote. senate democrats introduced new federal voting rights legislation this week. but its chances of passage remain dim. as roadblocks continue to play the upper chamber. that s inside democratic senator amy klobuchar, from highlighting the importance of the legislation this morning, in an apparent strike here on msnbc, watch. our job is senators right now, yes we have a lot to. do economically. but it is the oath we take. to protect and defend the constitution of the united states. we need federal voting rights to do that. all right so klobuchar is one of the sponsors for the freedom to vote act. let s take a look at what s in this new bill. automatic voted registration, an online registration, making election day a holiday, uniform early voting, and perhaps most importantly, a provision that will prevent state election sub
ways. we just seem to have lost the ability to dialogue and to reason, and to do it in a way that s respectful and thoughtful, inside of politics. on monday, the democrats plan to pay for the $3.5 trillion infrastructure bill that came into focus. the house ways and means committee announced tax hikes that would amount to nearly $2.1 trillion in increased revenues. but left unscathed, the vast fortunes of the megarich, like mark zuckerberg and elon musk. perhaps that s why congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez struck such a chord with the fashion statement heard round the world at one of the most opulent events of the year. and to aoc s credit, just a few days later, president biden seemed to echo her sentiments. people with tens of millions of dollars. they play by a different set of rules. where is it written with all the tax breaks in the american tax code go to corporations at the very top. i think it s enough. i m tired of it. meanwhile, as democrats plow full ste
administration to reassure him that donald trump had no plans to attack china in an effort to remain in power and that the u.s. was not collapsing. yet despite his assurances, general milley was so concerned about trump that later that day he convened a meeting with top commanders to remind them that the procedures for launching a nuclear weapon called for his involvement in such a decision. the book also sheds light on just how close the u.s. came to a full-blown international crisis with china. from the times in the days leading up to the 2020 election the book reveals american intelligence showed that the chinese believed trump planned to launch a military strike to create an international crisis that he could claim to solve as a last-ditch effort to beat joe biden. general milley who has become increasingly concerned about china s growing military power and the potential for one misread one misread move to set off combat between the world s superpowers first called ge
congressman matt gaetz may be in greater legal jeopardy now. a close ally just now pleading guilty so what is he telling prosecutors about a deal? bill gates investigated by the board of microsoft reportedly over a sexual relationship with a staffer. gates insists that had nothing to do with why he left. thanks so much for being here, everybody. we begin with the escalating violence between israel and ham at this hour. israeli warplanes hammering gaza with heavy air strikes this morning. sunday was the deadliest day in the conflict so far. 52 people were killed in israel air strikes. egypt and qatar are working to broker a cease-fire. a source tells cnn the efforts so far are stalled. this morning, secretary of state tony blinken spoke to reporters about what the united states is doing to stop the violence. hundreds of people killed or injured including children being pulled from the rubble. we re also alarmed by how journalists and medical personnel have been put at ri