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 to lead, the rest o
Frequently enough and find out your positive, you wone come to work and you won t infect other people. So it is really somewhat of a compromise there. Myself, i would just make it vaccinate or not but he was trying to be prodominant in his announcement. Contractors to the federal and employees must get a covid shot as well as health care workers in setting with medicare and medicaid reimbursement and all private companies with more than 100 workers have will have to mandate vaccinations or weekly testing. The president encouraged governors to require shots for all school teachers and staff as well. Los angeles, the nation s second largest school district, already requires the vaccine for students 12 and older. We ve been leading the nation with weekly testing and mask mandates and air filtration upgrades and now this vaccination requirement, so that kids could stay in person and that schools could remain open. This hour we do expect to lear from the president as he visits a local schoo
Now account for more than one in four of all weekly new coronavirus infections, with over 250,000 new infections in the last week alone. Child hospitalizations, they re also at an alltime high. But to be clear, less than 2% of all pediatric covid19 cases result in hospitalization, far below with older people. Dr. Anthony fauci says the uptick in cases is still avoidable. If we do things right, we hope that we don t see much increase at all. If we want to protect the children, particularly those who are not yet eligible for vaccination, you want to surround the children with people who are vaccinated. Teachers, school personnel, everyone else. Some schools in the south have been particularly hit hard since reopening. One district in central georgia has temporarily moved to virtual learning after three transportation staff died in recent weeks. In florida 13 employees in miami dade public schools died since mid august. We should note, all of them unvaccinated. That statistic remains cons
Interim government. It s stacked with veterans of the hardline regime from the 1990. What does this mean for the future of afghanistan? and after 13 years, the father of pop star britney spears files a petition to end her courtordered conservatorship. The question is will britney finally be free? it s way too early for this. Good morning, and welcome to way too early the show that vows not to sing baby one more time. I m jonathan lemire, on this wednesday, september 8. We are recovering from the devastation of hurricane ida. President biden toured new york and new jersey and offered words of comfort, emphasizing the worsening climate. Nbc s gabe gutierrez has more. Reporter: with the devastating aftermath the ida s remnant sprawled across the northeast, president biden toured hardhit communities. Comforting families and highlighting the urgency of climate change. Climate change poses an existential threat to our lives, to our economy, and the threat is here. It s not going to get any b
Antony blinken visits qatar. The latest on the still growing death toll from last week s hurricane ida as president biden will visit new york and new jersey today. And expanded unemployment benefits have expired for millions of americans. What does it mean for the economic recovery? we ll look into that, but we begin this morning with a consequential week for democrats as congress returns to washington this week. Democrats will begin the process of the most significant expansion of this country s social safety net in over half a century. The new york times reports this morning that congressional committees are set to meet this week to devise legislation that would touch virtually every american s life from conception to age to imfirmty. The proposed legislation, a cradle to grave waving of a social safety net frayed by decades of expanding income inequality, stagnating wealth and depleted governmental resources capped by the worst public health crisis in a century. The pandemic loosene