Chile in 2015 with his life and two children. He says that someone assaulted him in haiti and someone shot at his aunt. Reporter: two months ago, they started the trek to the united states. You say the route is open to enter in the united states. What does that mean? family, friends, he says? the border is open? reporter: his voice breaks as he talks about his family. Why is it so painful? because you re suffering. He says food is hard to come by, and the weather is tough to bear. If you look closely you ll see that these are men, women, children. I see pregnant women, infants. Reporter: border patrol s top cop announcing this weekend a surge of 600 agents, officers and other personnel. Why del rio? why now? traditionally because of word of mouth. Certainly what happened this time is that number doubled and tripled relatively quickly. Reporter: and to expedite processing, removal flights to haiti have increased, said border patrol. And word about this is spreading quickly under the bri
Donald trump s family business were all indicted on charges of tax fraud. What are the chances that this longtime loyalist could flip and provide evidence? president biden returns to the white house today, he is facing a host of issues at home and on the world stage, as he prepares to speak to the united nation s general assembly. This is a major test for him, as france is expressing outrage over a secret arms deal, raising questions as biden tries to rebuild trust with our allies and is also facing fallout from that drone strike in afghanistan last month that killed ten civilians, including seven children. Here at home, his administration is dealing with thousands of asian migrants still stranded under a bridge in texas. And his domestic agenda took a big hit when the senate parliamentarian ruled democrats could not put immigration reform into a huge spending bill. This as the house and senate return to work today, with a lot to accomplish in just the next few weeks. Let s start this
Families of those killed in that kabul drone attack speak out to nbc news after the pentagon says the strike was a mistake. What they are demanding. Back to earth. The first fully civilian crew in space returns today. Their historic splashdown. The massive police search for the fiance of the woman who went missing on their crosscountry trip he s now a person of interest and has gone missing too. Pet care crisis. Almost every state seeing a shortage of veterinarians. Pet owners seeking care turned away what you need to know. And the families who went from picking grapes to owning vineyards. Drinking in the american dream announcer: this is nbc nightly news with jose diazbalart. Good evening there is confusion across the country tonight after that surprise recommendation to the fda. The biden administration was ramping up to offer booster shots for the covid vaccine to all americans over 16. But an fda advisory panel bluntly rejected that, recommending only americans over 65 and those at
We begin with breaking news on the southern border where a new surge of migrants, most of them from haiti, has grown to nearly 15,000. Right now dhs is ramping up deportation flights as thousands of migrants are overwhelming del rio, texas, many of them living under a bridge to try to escape the brutal heat. We ll have an update from the scene in just minutes. Meanwhile on capitol hill the clock is ticking as democrats work to get a $3. 5 trillion spending bill and a bipartisan infrastructure bill to president biden s desk. Earlier today i spoke with house budget committee chair john yarmouth who had a message for his colleagues who are at odds over what that final bill should look like. You can posture all you want and say what you want, what you will and won t vote for. In the final analysis, you re going to vote for it because you re not going to vote against childcare and paid family leave and early childhood education and community college and all these top priorities which, by th
Results. And it s what we mentioned first, because tomorrow begins a twoweek period that will be critical in determining if this can become a permanent thing. The house returns in the morning and lawmakers will begin a sprint to september 27th, which is the date speaker nancy pelosi set for the bipartisan infrastructure bill the senate passed in august. What happens next on the house will set the tone for the rest of president biden s agenda, as the president finds himself and his agenda between two ideological poles of his party, both of which hold significant sway, and without any help from republicans. When it comes to democrats, there s the joe manchins of the world, and now voting rights legislation unveiled by democrats last week. Manchin also says that the $3. 5 trillion cost of the reconciliation bill, too high, and in a facetoface meeting with the president on wednesday appears not to have changed his mind. In fact, axios reports that manchin wants to pause voting on biden s s