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witness the huge crowds converging, ready to make themselves heard. that reporter from the l.a. times was able to capture the scene as we closed in on that noon witching hour. he captured the scene this way at 11:33 a.m. yeah. that was it. and this isn t just like a shot that was taken in the wrong direction or a shot taken of the sidelines. see what we re pointing out there? that s the big screen, and that s the stage. that s the center of the main event less than a half hour before the whole thing was supposed to kick off. where is everybody? now, to be fair, this was 11:33 a.m. things did fill out a little bit by the time noon actually rolled around. but not by that much. this was as big as the whole thing ever got on saturday. this was around 1:00 p.m. about an hour into it. when there is a big march or rally in washington, a big gathering, sometimes news outlets will use like, you know, crowd size experts or aerial views of the crowd or do a bunch of complicated ....
surge there. and this as we learn that another 20,000 haitians in colombia may be making their way to the united states. while in north port, florida, the manhunt for the fiancée of gabby petito is continuing this morning after the fbi searched his family home. autopsy results of the remains believed to be petito could come as early as today. you know we are watching global markets after the s&p 500 had its worst day since may. the big question this morning, what sparked the selloff and will it last? we have reporters around the country and the globe with all of the latest developments. i want to start this morning, though, in countdown mode, just one hour until president biden gives his first speech as commander in chief at the u.n. general assembly. the theme of his speech, america is back. for the headlines, they are telling a very different story today. it has been a rough few weeks for america and this president and biden will tell the u.n. that we are ready ....
at war for the first time in 20 years. he also promised to work with congress to double u.s. climate funding to $100 billion calling climate change a challenge without borders. the president also said we have given more than $15 billion toward the global pandemic response and have shipped 160 million vaccine doses world wide. and with just about every challenge he mentioned, he note add group effort will be required to solve it. to fight the wars of the past, we are fixing our eyes on devoting our resources to the challenges that hold the keys to our collective future. ending this pandemic, addressing the climate crisis, managing the shifts in global power dynamics, shaping the roles of the world on vital issues like trade, cyber and emergent technologies, and facing the threat of terrorism as it stands today. all this coming against the backdrop of this pandemic, of course. big vaccine news in the last three hours. johnson & johnson says its booster shot is 94% eff ....
again, we are not seeking another cold war or the world divided into rigid blocs. the united states is ready to work with any nation that proposes peaceful resolution even if we have intense disagreements in other areas. because we ll all suffer the consequences of our failure if we do not come together. and he pledged that war will be a last resort, not a first. we ve ended 20 years of conflict in afghanistan. as we close this period of relentless war, we are opening a new era of diplomacy. last month we lost 13 american heroes and almost 200 afghan civilians at the kabul airport why those that commit acts of terrorism against us will continue to find a derryled enemy in the america. iran is closer to building a bomb, president biden urged the iranian regime to begin direct talks to the u.s. and allies on getting back into compliance with the nuclear deal, a deal that president trump canceled. the quite remains committed to preventing iran from gaining a nuclea ....
if you can time the shot right. welcome to meet the press daily, i m chuck todd on a very busy september tuesday. this is going to be a september to remember politically, that s for sure. president biden wrapped up his first address to the u.n. general assembly this morning, questions about america s credibility and leadership on the world stage, at least trying to answer some of those questions. we will bring you more on his address, the reaction to it in just a moment. we want to start here in washington. the president and his democratic allies are facing a tangled web of legislation, urgent deadlines and there s inter party divisions to navigate. it s not hyperbole, it s just a fact that the biden agenda, the progressive vision, infrastructure, future of the democratic party, health of the economy, fate of a government shutdown they have all been intertwined. if you re joe pesci from my cousin vinnie what do you do you want to put on this truck. seems like l ....