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thursday. there is a deal in congress to avoid an economic calamity. but don t celebrate yet. the short term fix likely means a nightmare before christmas. also shocking new details about what sounds more and more like an attempted coup by donald trump at the department of justice as he desperately tried to cling to power after the election he lost. it comes as the clock ticks down on deadline day for trump aides to cooperate with subpoenas from the january 6 committee. meantime, pfizer officially asks the feds to approve its vaccine for kids ages 5 to 11. how soon could we see kids getting shots in arms? we begin, though, with a striking order from a federal judge slamming that texas law that bans almost all abortions across the state. in a sharply-worded ruling, the judge ordered the law to be suspended, calling it, quote, an offensive deprivation of a constitutional right, and a, quote, contrived and unprecedented transparent statutory scheme by texas republicans ....
both bills to the american people because it meets their needs. so we re not using an artificial timeline, and we re not concerned with process. we re concerned about delivering. all this, plus tomorrow, the supreme court will return to the bench for the first day of its new term, and it will be a consequential one with cases involving abortion, gun rights, and separation of church and state, all that on the docket. so we re going to go beyond the headlines with nbc s heidi przybyla, and julie sirken standing by at the capitol. heid you first. the white house is sending a clear message about these bills and so are republicans, so what are you hearing? the president marking a new phase of his legislative agenda, alex, and it s one we have seen throughout history. it s really necessary, if you re trying to pass a major piece of legislation that s taking it to the people. we saw that with george bush and tax cuts. obama and health care. the president, you heard him y ....
and we have heard from people who say they have seen gabby petito. will your mail be delayed? i want to bring in political commentator david axel rod. good evening to you. for a friday night we got hasn t to talk about. yeah. president biden bound to get his agenda through. we re going to get this through. it doesn t matter when. it doesn t matter whether it s in six minutes, six days or six weeks, we re going to get it done. so democrats got this far because they had a deadline. now they don t have one. so what happens if this drags on? they don t have an immediate deadline. time is pressing in on them. i think they have to understand they have to come to an grammy. he s not wrong. we tend to judge things in the moment. if he gets a deal, people aren t going to grade him on style point or speed. they re going to grade him on the deal itself and the fact he got one. he s not wrong about that. this is kind of like maneuvering an 18 wheeler into a loading dock. ....
hill today to try to break the stalemate in his own party over his agenda. but at this hour, still no deal on the massive spending package, and there was no vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill. tonight the house speaker nancy pelosi telling her colleagues more time is needed. plus there s possible sightings of brian laundrie in north carolina. we have the details on where some people say they have spotted gabby petito s fiance. and the postal service is slowing down certain mail service starting today, so will your mail be delayed? i want to bring in now cnn s senior political commentator david axelrod. david, good evening to you. man, for a friday night, we ve got a lot to talk about. yeah. president biden vowing to get his agenda through. listen, and then we ll talk. i m telling you we re going to get this done. it doesn t matter when. it doesn t matter whether it s in six minutes, six days, or six weeks. we re going to get it done. so democrats g ....
welcome to saturday, october 2. i hear it feels like october where you are? it does. it changed from one day to the next. i know you are a fan of the chi chillier weather. i am not. we ll have to change studios some day. united states surpasses 700,000 deaths from covid-19. take a look at this. 700,000 white flags to memorialize every one of those people who has died. there is good news to share. drug makers merck has a new pill that cuts risk of covid hospitalizations cutting deaths in half. this is the most impactful result i ve ever seen of an orally available drug perhaps ever. getting an oral pill that can help inhibit the reply indication of the virus. next fall, california to require covid-19s for students. adding the covid vaccine to the required list of vaccines. i want to get behind this to make sure our kids don t ever get another call that says they can t go to school. grades 7 through 12 and grades k through 6 only after the fda fully approves ....