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prepares to speak at the u.n., and say to the world we re all in this mess, together. good to have you with us. though, the taliban are showing increasing signs of repressive governing, some women are not backing down. a group of activists protested outside what used to be the women s ministry on sunday. the taliban closed it, and replaced it with their ministry for promotion of virtue and prevention of vice. the protests come after concerns were raised about girls being allowed to attend secondary school. translator: you cannot suppress the voice of afghan women by keeping girls at home and restricting them as well as by not allowing them to go to school. you cannot suppress the voice of afghanistan s women. a private preschool opened sunday in kabul with both boys and girls attending. the taliban insists public-secondary school for girls will be allowed, but they say they have to set up safe transportation, first. cnn s anna coren has reported from inside afghan ....
remains of 22-year-old gabby petito in northern wyoming. an autopsy to confirm her identity is scheduled. the cause of death still unknown. sad developments there. there is a lot happening this morning. kristen holmes has more on the vaccine news, trials for children. kristen, tell us what the data shows here, because i know a lot of parents are watching. good morning, jim and erica. we cannot stress what a big deal this is. it s something we ve been waiting for, the first vaccine data for this 5 to 11 age group that we ve seen yet. now in addition to showing that the vaccine is safe, it also showed that it generated a robust immune response. the company says there were no instances of myocarditis, which is heart inflammation that has been linked to some mrna vaccines. all positive news here. while it has not been peer reviewed or published yet, this is the first step of getting these shots into children s arms and in fact, the fda, excuse me, pfizer says they are ....
a trillion plus dollar divide among democrats threatens to stop the biden domestic agenda dead in its tracks. new and sobering cnn pictures from the border. thousands-of-haitian migrants made in a makeshift refugee camp under a bridge. the biden plan is to send them home. we begin though with the coronavirus and two giant developments. the white house today announcing it will lift covid travel restrictions and allow fully vaccinated international visitors into the united states starting in november. more on that big news in a moment. first though, welcome news for parents. this morning pfizer releasing trial results it says show its covid vaccine is safe and highly effective in children ages 5 to 11. pfizer says it will now submit that data to the government and apply for emergency authorization by the end of the month. if that fda review goes smoothly some 28 million children could be eligible for vaccination by halloween or soon after. we re hopeful and expectant th ....
this is cnn breaking news. top of the new hour, thanks for staying with us. i m victor blackwell. and i m alisyn camerota. democrats announcing moments ago they will tie an increase in the debt limit to the government spending bill. this move sets up a looming show down with republicans. for more, let s bring in manu raju and lauren fox on capitol hill. lauren, i want to start with you. walk us through what this decision means and how it will work. essentially democrats are daring republicans to vote against an increase in the debt ceiling. there of course is a looming deadline coming sometime in mid october to raise the country s debt limit for what democrats say is money that they have already borrowed. with republicans, given all of the spending for coronavirus over the last year and a half, now, republicans have been saying over and over again that they are not going to join with democrats to actually increase that debt limit. here democrats are saying if yo ....
a person of interest in this case. his parents taken into an fbi van for a time today. and abc news tonight cob tanning a previous search warrant with the final text message from gabby petito s phone to her mother. the alarming images from the texas border tonight. the white house calling the images horrific. what were some border patrol agents doing? and all of this as the biden administration now puts my grants on flights back home to haiti. kenneth moton from texas tonight. the school shooting tonight in virginia. police racing to the scene. students locking doors, hiding in closets. and there is late words coming in on the suspected shooter. president biden set to address world leaders at the u.n. as the u.s. now eases covid restrictions on international travel into the u.s., allowing fully vaccinated visitors from more than 30 countries. and questions tonight about the world leaders coming to new york city for this. will they be fully vaccinated? new york cit ....