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an absolutely appalling scene on the southern border. i have also seen the video. i can t imagine when that would be appropriate. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. there was good news on the covid vaccines today, something we don t get to say every day on this program. this morning pfizer and biontech announced their vaccine is safe and effective for children ages 5 to 11. the companies plan to apply for authorization from the federal drug administration by the end of this month. now, obviously as a parent of two kids who would be eligible for that vaccine if the fda approves, i m very invested in this. i know a lot of you are, too. we re going to talk to the former acting head of the centers for disease control and prevention about this and what it means in a bit. of course, throughout this whole year, calendar year since january basically we ve had this weird, jarring good news/bad news situation on vaccines. i mean t ....
disease and mass death event in american history. today a new announcement brought some hope of potentially shielding young children from the coronavirus, that is, those hoops parents are willing. and those who believe in the vaccine. pfizer says that lower dosage of the vaccine is safe and effective for all children between the ages of five and 11. meanwhile, the administration has been taking heat from u.s. allies over its travel band, based on the vibe russ. for foreign visitors. today that policy was revoked. the white house will allow fully vaccinated for nationals to fly into our country starting in november. and as we mentioned, biden will make his debut at the un general ascend lee tomorrow. his appearance comes after that chaotic exit from afghanistan, and at a time when friends is angry at us, over our weapons deal. what you will hear the president talk about tomorrow is that we are committed to those alliances. the threat of climate, the threat of democracy ....
and coming up in sport later in the hour on the bbc news channel: there is a losing start for england s netballers in new zealand. the world champions, too strong for the commonwealth champions in christchurch. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the business secretary s been holding crisis talks with energy firms this morning, amid worries of big rises to energy bills in the coming weeks. five smaller energy suppliers have already gone bust, unable to cope with a 70% hike in the cost of wholesale gas since august. it s understood the government is considering offering emergency state backed loans to companies. 0fgem has confirmed british gas has agreed to take on an extra 350,000 customers from the collapsed firm people s energy. and the uk s sixth largest energy company, bulb, is seeking new funds to try to stay afloat. downing street says it wants to fix the issues as fast as it can. our business correspondent emma simpson reports. gas, the cornerstone ....
unanimously rejected the president s announcement that boosters would be approved by today for the general population. it s a tough time for president biden on other fronts. his entire domestic agenda is in jeopardy as time is running out for a deeply divided congress to pass his mega infrastructure bill. while overseas france is furious over being blind sided by the u.s. on that $60 billion submarine contract. and all the nato allies are burning from the messy withdrawal from afghanistan. the pentagon having to admit instead of isis bombers its drone strike in kabul killed ten civilians including seven children and an aid worker for a u.s. charity. a new crisis at the border with 15,000 stranded haitians living under a bridge between texas and mexico. we begin with the pfizer trial and nbc s gabe gutierrez residence in spokane, washington. this is very promising news for families, but the current covid crisis inside hospitals out where you are is intensifying. re ....
as if this fact is not tragic enough. the biden administration lied to us and the world claiming that by killing these so-called isis terrorists with their drone, they were preventing future attacks. that was a lie. the ramifications of their actions and the following cover-up they perpetuated in lock step will forever leave a stain on america. joe biden, austin, and antony blinken are the real threat to america. they have shown us and the world they are i competent, i coherent, ignorant and capable of lying as easily as they are talking about the weather. as if the afghanistan stumble had thought been enough, ignoring the incremental takeover of afghanistan by the taliban. leaving the bagram air base at night without telling our allies. by leaving our enemies with over $60 million of sophisticated operational equipment, to putting the security of americans in taliban hand causing 13 servicemen and women to die and the state department them blocking veterans, biden, gen ....