Survive that january insurrection, now again reliving those memories. Im Hallie Jackson in washington on this friday morning, with a lot to get to on this busy morning. Weve got Gabe Gutierrez outside Pfizer Headquarters in New York, city, Shaquille Brewster in baton rouge, louisiana, dr. Ashish zha, dean of brown Universitys School of public health. Good morning to you all. Gabe, lets talk about the fda meeting. When will we know whether that panel will take one single vote on pfizer boosters for everyone ages 16 and up or whether they might break down this decision into different age groups and do it that way . Hi there, hallie. That is the Big Question right now. We expect to know more sometime this afternoon, but right now, that advisory panel is under way, that meeting is under way. Just a short time ago one of the first speakers cautioned the advisers on that panel not to pay attention to political or moral considerations in this case but simply to look at the data. Of course, as
From nbc News World Headquarters in New York, im joshua johnson. Welcome one last time to the week. Lets begin with a bit of optimism among democrats in their push for Voting Rights legislation. Senate democrats are close to an agreement for a new version of the for the people act. One that all 50 democrats would support. Thats according to three democratic aides familiar with the negotiations. West virginia democratic senator Joe Manchin has been part of the negotiations. He made the rounds on the sunday shows today. Lisa murkowski has been working with me. We have been talking to quite a few different republicans who are interested in doing something that makes sense. Remember, the democrats would need the support of ten republicans to override a possible filibuster. If republicans do block the bill, its unclear whether Senator Manchin would change his opposition to Filibuster Reform. Meanwhile, the democrats 3. 5 trillion Infrastructure Plan remains stuck in a standoff. It faces a d
Latest. Reporter when ida arrived in the northeast, it still had plenty of fight. We saw a horrifying storm last night, unlike anything we have seen before. Reporter heavy rain in new York City created waterfalls in subway stations and flash flooding. A City Bus inundated by water in queens. In new jersey, roadways became waterways overnight. Cars overwhelmed by the rising water. Rescuers busy throughout the region today, using Air And Water to bring people to safety. Were homeless right now. But were all going to come together, and were going to figure out a solution. And well go from there. Reporter before the storm slammed new york, it hit maryland and metro philadelphia. A possible tornado pounded the South Jersey Community of mull aca hill. It was pretty quick. Winds, maybe five minutes. And then just everything was decimated. Reporter a Fastmoving Storm that has left longlasting damage. Dan scheneman, nbc news. The impact of ida is being felt here in the Bay Area too in some ways
Hours in the countdown to tuesdays Withdrawal Deadline. The Kabul Airport remains under high Security Alert with gunshots ringing out earlier in the day and hundreds out on the streets. U. S. Officials are bracing for a second terrorist attack, advising americans to avoid airport gates, avoid large crowds, and leave the area if possible. Pentagon officials in just this last hour are saying the u. S. Will continue evacuations until the last day. We continue to evacuate american citizens and vulnerable afghans out of kabul. In fact, there are approximately 1,400 individuals at the Kabul Airport who have been screened and manifested for flights today. As i said yesterday, we have the ability to include evacuees on Military Airlift out of afghanistan until the very end. More than 5,000 people remain at the airport, hoping to leave the country. But nato allies, italy, germany, belgium, spain and france, have ended Evacuation Flights. That happened overnight. Brittain has made its final Evac
Endured that day but bloody sunday was a Turning Point in the civil rights movement. Those images of Alabama State Troopers Beating and gassing John Lewis. Hes one in the backpack, and his fellow protesters, both horrified and galvanized americans and their politicians. The Landmark Voting Rights Act passed just five months after bloody sunday, and its provisions held for half a century until the hard right conservatives on the u. S. Supreme court made their idiotic decision to throw out its provision requiring certain historically discriminatory parts of the country to get preclearance from the Justice Department before making any changes that affect voting. To quote the late Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg in her dissent, throwing out preclearance when it has worked and is continuing to work to stop discriminatory changes is like throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because youre not getting wet. Thats what the John Lewis voting Rights Act seeks to restore and even expand, those pr