We will be joined by congresswoman alyssa stockton, former white house counsel, barbara bauer, texas councilwoman jasmine crockett, and many more. That all starts right here at 8:00 p. M. A. M. Eastern. Velshi continues our country coverage. Take it away, ali velshi. Is it a secret where you are? you know how i know i you are here in new york, and you better come and say hello. I get a text from my makeup artist that they are going to be doing your hair and makeup sort of idea. Are you talking about, ali, this is what i look like. That is how i know you re in the building, because i get helped out, it is a pleasure for me, for you. He sounds a little false. We got a great makeup artist and she did a fantastic job. It all works out just fine. You guys are bringing joy, hope, and freedom to our weekend. I appreciate you. There is joy, there s hope, and i am freedom. Michael and i are off tomorrow, pray for us all. You guys are free until tomorrow morning. Have yourself a great afternoon.
We must all band together for the sake of humanity itself. Today many of the concerns cannot be solved or even addressed through the force of arms. Bombs and bullets cannot defend against covid19 or its future variants. To fight this pandemic we need a collective act of science and political will. 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 emerging technologies, and facing the threat of terrorism as it stands today. Where we apply and strengthen the core tenets of the international system, including the Charter And Declaration of human rights as we seek to shape the emergence of new technologies and deter new threats. Or will we allow those universal principles to be trampled and twisted in the pursuit of naked political power . Simply put, we stand in Inflection Point in history. An Inflection Point and also a threatening point in the u. S. , with seeking relat
Remains of 22yearold 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. Its something weve been waiting for, the first vaccine data for this 5 to 11 Age Group that weve 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 childrens arms and in fact, the fda, excuse me, pfizer says they are going to submit this data t
This is cnn breaking news. Top of the new hour, thanks for staying with us. Im victor blackwell. And im 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, lets 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 Countrys 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 you want to keep the governmen
Out, we need to sort this out fast. Absolutely. Do me a favor, i want to talk to you about a lot of stuff, i know youre being asked to pull triple duty, i appreciate your sticking around, my friend. Welcome to ayman. Tonight, will they or wont they . With constant Roadblocks Clogging up the senate, is time running out . Plus the supreme court this month effectively ended roe v. Wade. Justice Amy Coney Barrett wants you to know that the supreme court is not a bunch of partisan hacks. Okay. And it looked like a big win for equal pay when the u. S. Soccer federation announced its offering the womens and mens national teams identical contracts. So why is the u. S. Womens national team Players Association calling this move a Pr Stunt . Lets get started. All right. Our top story tonight, Voting Rights. With republicans doubling down on their attempt to restrict the right to vote, senate democrats introduce new federal voting Rights Legislation this week. But its chances of passage remain dim