that the senate s stalled police reform bill may finally start to move. the key player in all of these senate negotiations continuing to be west virginia senator joe manchin. who along with senator amy klobuchar and other senate democrats is pushing what they hope is a voting rights bill that can attract republican support. who at the very least, withstand their sabotage. all of that tonight on politics nation. along with a special treat, as we take an intimate look at the greatest. filmmaker ken burns joins us tonight to share his new film on the life, strife, and legacy of mohammad ali five years after the death of the people s champ. but first, politics. joining me now, senator amy klobuchar, democrat of minnesota, and chair of the senate rules committee. senator klobuchar, getting right to why we wanted you with us tonight, what is the status of negotiations on this compromised voting rights bill, the freedom to vote act. you know we ve rallied, marched, been involved o
6th insurrection. we re live outside the perimeter this morning and we have some brand-new reporting that suggests the question may not be how many people show up but how few. meanwhile, just across the mall, we re watching the white house closely on this thursday. president biden set to speak this afternoon and the topic will be leveling our economic playing field. also ahead this morning, i ll have a very special conversation with acclaimed filmmaker ken burns. ken has a brand-new documentary out. it s all about muhammad ali. we re going to talk about the legacy of the greatest and some new revelations about a man who really transcended his time and place in history. we ll have all of that coming up this hour. but we re going to start with the intensifying debate over the covid booster shots. tomorrow, a group of fda advisers outside advisers will be meeting to talk about whether to recommend booster shots. and it comes as both pfizer and moderna release new findings. in su
mike, good evening. as u.s. officials are here, there are a lot of questions about the fate of those americans and afghans trapped in northern afghanistan. satellite images show six planes at the airport in northern afghanistan as the taliban is reportedly blocking the planes from taking off, stranding americans and afghans. republican house member michael mccaul told fox news sunday that the flights were cleared for takeoff by the u.s. state department, though provided nopl additional evidence. reports indicate up to a thousand people all on planes. in the afghan capital a new image shows a taliban flag painted outside the former u.s. embassy as the group works to put together government. technical issues so that the new government is announced. we are also waiting, but efforts are being made to do the basic work. this announcement of the government in the next few nights. over the past few days, taliban officials have met with her presented it s from the united nati
let s take a listen to what dr. fauci had to say. pfizer one of the companies that has the mrna has gotten the information and has been examined and things look like that they are ready to go. moderna might be actually a little bit behind that. and if they are, what you might see a rather than the simultaneous rolling out of the booster promi er products, it m sequintal t tal by a week or tw. and what is going on here is that there is an excellent chance that starting the week of september 20th, that folks who got pfizer will be able to start getting their boosters. it will be in age groups or groupings, but folks who got mod is more of a question mark. and so they are closely watching the data. obviously israel has been giving booster shots. what do we know from that country? right. so israel has been giving booster shots for weeks now. in fact anyone ages 12 and older can thousand get a booster shot and it is happening very commonly. and so they actually have data.