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that their platform is filled with all of this misinformation. and a rare moment in tech, another c.e.o. taking to task over misinformation. it is thursday, september 23rd, 5:00 a.m. in new york. thanks for getting an early start with us this morning. i m christine romans. i m laura jarrett. welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. we have reports this morning from florida, los angeles, china, capitol hill and texas. but we begin with more red flags in the days leading to the death of gabby petito. a couple vacationing in jackson, wyoming, say they saw a commotion involving petito and her fiancee brian laundrie at a restaurant on august 27th. nina angelo telling cnn petito was in tears and laundrie was angry going in this restaurant. moments later the text message from petito to her mom. and social media feeds went quiet. they spotted the white van near where her body was later recovered. and the day before a woman noticed the van pa ....
been erased from the internet. good morning to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. it is thursday, september 23rd. and dive teams will be back in the water today near the florida home of brian laundrie. the fiancee of 22-year-old gabby petito has not been seen now for nearly two weeks since returning home from their road trip alone. a large boat arrived midday wednesday in a swampy 25,000 acre reserve where laundrie told his parents he was headed last week. after four days of searching, there is still no sign of him new clues what may have been the final hours of petito s life. a couple who said they witnessed an incident involving petito and laundrie in a restaurant. it may have been one of the last sightings of gabby before her death. the couple reports seeing a commotion that had petito visibly upset amara walker is on the story for us in venice, florida, with the latest on the search for brian laundrie. amara, what are you hearing? ....
on the side of the road inside the camping area. they posted it on youtube and gave it to the fbi. the bethunes told us they spotted the van on august 27th around 6:30 p.m., but that the van was dark and they didn t see anyone near it. the video bloggers sent us the coordinates where they say they saw that van, so we re trying to find that location right now. they said it was about 2 1/2 miles in or so and the van was right on the road. this dispersed camping area is an undeveloped camping area, that offers few services. it is a popular spot, so it is no surprise gabby or her fiance seemed to have chosen it. it is on the eastern boundary of the grand teton national park, and the views are breathtaking. while we don t know for sure, this clearing could be where that van was parked, certainly based on the distance that we were given. it is right on the road, so anybody walking by or driving by certainly could have seen a van parked here. otherwise it is pretty private. th ....
push progressives to support the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure deal passed by the senate. cnn s lauren fox joining us live now from capitol hill. we re a week away from the deadline to fund the government. the president as we know working frantically to save his economic agenda and that s the big question, what is that plan b? reporter: well, let s break it down. there is really two crucial dates. like you said, it is one week until the government runs out of funding and that is the must pass legislation that democrats are still grappling with, how to get through the house and the senate. now, it is already passed the house of representatives, but it included an increase in the debt ceiling. republicans in the senate saying they are not going to vote to support that. so if democrats want to make sure that this government stays funded, what they have to do is likely strip out the debt ceiling increase. and as we know, the treasury department has made clear that ....
constructive the conversations were. he is going to have his sleeves rolled up and be very engaged moving forward. reporter: yet the president s schedule didn t indicate that today with all meetings being conducted at the staff level. the president will not be meeting with lawmakers today. we ll see. the president is always open to meeting with discussing and communicating with lawmakers. there is a lot of work that needs to continue that can happen with senior staff members. reporter: a lot of work indeed with the $1.2 trillion infrastructure plan up for a vote early next week. along with the broader $3.5 trillion plan to expand education and health care, address climate change, and more. on capitol hill, cnn s manu raju pressed speaker pelosi on the plan cost. have you settled on a price tag no, we didn t talk about that. this is not about price tag. this is what is in the bill. reporter: it is of course about both but pelosi remained optimistic democrats ....