An absolutely appalling scene on the southern border. I have also seen the video. I cant imagine when that would be appropriate. When all in starts right now. Good evening from New York. Im chris hayes. There was good news on the covid vaccines today, something we dont 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, im very invested in this. I know a lot of you are, too. Were 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 weve had this weird, jarring good news bad News Situation on vaccines. I mean the news about the vaccines thems
675,000 estimated to have been lost in the 1918 flu pandemic. This is now the deadliest Disease And Mass Death Event in u. S. History. Today there was hope of shielding young children from the virus, that is parents who are willing to give them the vaccine. Pfizer says its vaccine is safe for children 5 to 11. And there has been heat on the Travel Ban over foreign visitors. The White House will allow fully vaccinated foreign nationals to fly into our country in november. And as mentioned, biden will make his debut at the general assembly tomorrow. This is at a time after the afghanistan withdrawal and when france is angry at us. We are committed to those alliances, the threat of leveling the economic playing field. Those are all issues we will continue to work with our partners on. The president s ambitious push to rebuild the Infrastructure And Safety net is running into the realities of the House And Senate, back in session for the first time since july. Looking to make the president
Surge there. And this as we learn that another 20,000 haitians in colombia may be making their way to the united states. While in North Port, florida, the manhunt for the fiancee of Gabby Petito is continuing this morning after the fbi searched his family home. Autopsy results of the remains believed to be petito could come as early as today. You know we are watching global markets after the S P 500 had its worst day since may. The big question this morning, what sparked the selloff and will it last . We have reporters around the country and the globe with all of the latest developments. I want to start this morning, though, in countdown mode, just one hour until President Biden gives his first speech as Commander In Chief at the u. N. General assembly. The theme of his speech, america is back. For the headlines, they are telling a very different story today. It has been a rough few weeks for america and thiS President and biden will tell the u. N. That we are ready to lead, the rest o
At war for the first time in 20 years. He also promised to work with congress to double u. S. Climate funding to 100 Billion calling Climate Change a challenge without borders. The president also said we have given more than 15 Billion toward the global Pandemic Response and have shipped 160 Million vaccine Doses World wide. And with just about every challenge he mentioned, he note add Group Effort will be required to solve it. To fight the wars of the past, we are fixing our eyes on devoting our resources to the challenges that hold the keys to our collective future. Ending this pandemic, addressing the climate crisis, managing the shifts in global power dynamics, shaping the roles of the world on vital issues like trade, cyber and emergent technologies, and facing the threat of terrorism as it stands today. All this coming against the backdrop of this pandemic, of course. Big Vaccine News in the last three hours. Johnson johnson says its Booster Shot is 94 effective in the united sta
If you can time the shot right. Welcome to meet the press daily, im Chuck Todd on a very busy september tuesday. This is going to be a september to remember politically, thats for sure. President biden wrapped up his first address to the u. N. General assembly this morning, questions about Americas 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 theres Inter Party divisions to navigate. Its not hyperbole, its 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 youre Joe Pesci from My Cousin Vinnie what do you do you want to put on this truck. Seems like leadership is betting they can u