Over a key piece of the president s domestic agenda. And plus what a member of the January 6 committee is saying about the s word, subpoenas. Why lawmakers might skip asking people to testify and instead try to require them. And just who might be on that list. We have a lot to get to with you. Good to be with you. Im Hallie Jackson in washington and were joined by our newly minted Nbc News senior congressional correspondent garrett haake, Tony Sporting a new title, congressional economic Policy Reporter for the Washington Post. He is also an msnbc cribber. And Shannon Pettypiece is at the White House. So here is the deal. You have the house possibly as soon as tonight ready to pass a bill that would avoid a shutdown by keeping the government open and running through early december. Suspend the Debt Limit through The End of next year. Which means the u. S. Wouldnt default on its debts, money that has already been spent, not new spending. And it would provide about 35 Billion in Emergenc
Approval for younger Kids Cant come soon enough. For Elementary School aged kids, pfizer tested a much lower vaccine dose. A third of the amount thats in shots for teens and adults. But doctors say that low dose in kids produced the same strong levels of antibodies with fewer Side Effects. Pfizer says it plans to seek u. S. Authorization by The End of the month. And once it does, the data will have to be examined by the fda and the cdc. And the timing appears to be in line with what dr. Fauci said, his prediction of shots by late fall or early winter. So the company wanted to find a dose that would be very tolerable in the young kids while still providing adequate efficacy, efficacy on par with what we were seeing in older populations. Hopefully this dose strikes that balance. Fda will have to make the careful review. Assuming that the Fdas Review takes from four to six weeks, which is what theyve signaled, a vaccine for children could be available as soon as The End of october, perhap
Fda. And dr. Anthony fauci is here, One On one with us, live this hour. Check out the Big Board here. Stocks are down more than 800 points, nearing 900 on pace for the worth day in nearly a year. What is behind it and how long it might last. Im Hallie Jackson in washington, in our new time slot. Were going to get to the markets in a second. I want to start with Kelly Odonnell and dr. Natalie azar with us as well. Kelly, talk to us about the policy related to foreigners traveling in the u. S. Reporter for a long time there were people who have family in the united states and they live abroad who have been unable to see Each Other. Now theres a date when people can plan to travel again. Early in november, international travelers will be able to fly to the united states if they are fully vaccinated and also provide evidence of a test within a short period of time of their travel. There will also be requirements for contact tracing, where theyll provide tots airlines all of their contact i
Warning came in the form of an unclassified Intelligence Briefing that was shared with state and local authorities. They also reportedly warned about this potential for violence as early as tomorrow and said, quote, In Early September Social Media users discussed storming the u. S. Capitol on the night before the rally, and one user commented on kidnapping an identified member of congress. But they might be disappointed to learn that congress being congress is not in Session Tomorrow or over the weekend. The warning also set into motion, and the capitol is being protected by a 7foot high fence. The entire area, as well as the city itself, has been flooded with Law Enforcement, as you might imagine. Earlier Today House Speaker pelosi and republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger talked about Security Preparations around the capitol. Everybody will be more ready for them. Im pretty confidentwe wont see a repeat of violence. I am confident Law Enforcement is more prepared, but i think its iro
Come. Each Inflection Point in this Nations History represents a fundamental choice. I believe that america at this moment is facing such a choice, and the choice is this. We are going to continue with a economy with the overwhelming share of the benefits going to the corporations and the very wealthy or are we going to take this moment right now to set this country on a new path. One that invests in this nation, creates real sustained economic growth and that benefits everyone, including the working and middleclass folks that is something that we have not realized in the country for decades. The data, excuse me, the data is absolutely clear. Over the past 40 years, the wealthy have gotten wealthier, and too many corporations have lost their sense of responsibility to the workers, their communities and the country. Just look at the facts. The ceos used to make 20 times average worker in the company that they ran. Today they make more 350 times what the average worker in their corporati