Good afternoon from Msnbc World headquarters in new york. Welcome to Alex Witt reports. We begin this hour with new reporting from nbc news. Senate democrats close to an agreement on updating voting Rights Legislation. Three sources telling compromised legislation that can get the support of all 50 democrats could be released tomorrow of tuesday. Weve been talking to quite a few different republicans who are very interested in doing something that makes sense. But an agreement on reconciliation and infrastructure, not so close. Manchin insisting the democrats need to pump the brakes on spending. Need for this, the emergency to do something in the next week is not there. Weve done 5. 4 trillion, george, over the last year and about a year and a half. 5. 4 trillion. A lot of that money is still going out the door. Theres No One going to be left behind for the rest of this year and most of next year. So the urgency, i cant understand why we cant take time to deliberate on this and work. B
You want to Take A Look At That. Bill i think the way you say a legend. Dana he was a legend. Bill is the most appropriate way to look at it. Dana a terrific dog. He will be very much missed. Thank you. Here is where we stand. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Lloyd Austin traveling overseas. Doha is the central hub. Bill he says the u. S. Is working closely with the taliban and the Terror Group not stopping americans from getting out as long as those evacuees have the correct paperwork. He said this a moment ago. Were conducting a great deal of diplomacy on this as we speak. Weve also engaged with the taliban on this topic including in recent hours. They said thAt They will let people with Travel Documents freely depart. Well hold them to that. So will dozens of other countries. The international community is watching to see if the taliban will live up to their commitments. Bill Trey Yengst reports from doha, qatar. Hello, trey. Good morning. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and
Hurricane bearing down on the Gulf Coast and New Orleans specifically. Hurricane ida will be a huge deal over the course of this weekend. You need to keep an eye on it. Were hoping the track turns and that it doesnt end up on the track it looks like its on tonight. Keep your eyes on that. If youre in the path of potential Hurricane Ida, please, please pay attention to local Evacuation Warnings and forecasts. Heed these warnings, this is a big storm. Thats going to do it for us for now. Its time for the last word. Jonathan capehart is in for lawrence tonight. Its a Big Night already, jonathan. It is, you covered a lot of big news. I have to say, i couldnt get ready for tonights show for the first 30 minutes of your show, listening to you break down the people not trusting the cdc but fully taking recommendations from facebook to take what is it, ivermectin . It can cure Head Lice and scabies in people or deworm your cow but it does nothing for covid. It is turning into an epidemic of mi
Pay attention to local Evacuation Warnings and forecasts. Heed these warnings, it is a big storm. Thats going to do it for us for now. Now Jonathan Capehart good evening jonathan, its a Big Night already. It is rachel, youve covered a lot of big news. But i have to say i couldnt get ready for tonights show, listening to you breaking down how people couldnt trust the cdc but fully taking recommendations medications to take ivermectin. What is it, ivermectin . Ivermectin. It does nothing for covid, it can prevent worms in your cow. It is turning into an epidemic of misuse, that is turning out to be dangerous. It is insane. Right. And at a time when Hospital Beds are filling up with covid patients and not having enough Hospital Beds, for people who dont have covid. We are going to be talking about a lot of this on the Sunday Show on sunday. But we have to get to the Breaking News, rachel, thank you very much. Thank you. And tonight we begin with Breaking News. The u. S. Military has condu
Department are only compounding the problem. Biden is americans are able to get to the airport we have no indication they havent been able to get problem through the airport. We made an agreement with the telegram far, theyve allowed them to go through, so we know of no circumstance where american citizens are carrying american passport trying to get through the airport. The u. S. Military last night had to rescue 169 americans by helicopter were just 200 yards outside of the airport, on the other Pentagram Back president , Revealing Americans are being attacked on the way there. We know of cases, a small number we know of, we are aware of the radical cases were there is no harassment going on some physical violence has occurred. Aishah to make the issue even more obligated tonight, the u. S. Embassy and afghanistan Issue Security Alert that reads, because of potential Security Threats outside the gates at the kabul airport, we are advising u. S. Citizens to avoid traveling to the airp