there is chaos down there especially in the dell rio sector. jillian: the texas governor accuses the president of turning a blind eye to the humanitarian crisis unfolding at the border at the end of homeland security is talking tough, governor abbott says troopers are the only one securing the area. todd: the president arrives at the united nations arguing america is back bar america s allies and adversaries buying it as the administration grapples with multiple crises? jillian: good morning. todd: an autopsy set to happen on the body federal agents believe is gary petito. jillian: her missing boyfriend s family no longer having their attorney address the media. carley shimkus is outside the home where agents executed a search warrant. it was a busy day at the house yesterday. carley: to say the least. i m standing outside the laundrie family home which looked very different yesterday. it is extremely quiet outside the media presence but dozens of fbi agents swarmed the laund
an absolutely appalling scene on the southern border. i have also seen the video. i can t imagine when that would be appropriate. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. there was good news on the covid vaccines today, something we don t get to say every day on this program. this morning pfizer and biontech announced their vaccine is safe and effective for children ages 5 to 11. the companies plan to apply for authorization from the federal drug administration by the end of this month. now, obviously as a parent of two kids who would be eligible for that vaccine if the fda approves, i m very invested in this. i know a lot of you are, too. we re going to talk to the former acting head of the centers for disease control and prevention about this and what it means in a bit. of course, throughout this whole year, calendar year since january basically we ve had this weird, jarring good news/bad news situation on vaccines. i mean the new
to help estimate a number. many times throughout american history the question of how many jellybeans are in a jar has been a racist tool of oppression. in 1890 mississippi lawmakers gathered in jackson to find a way around the 15th amendment which gave african-americans the right to vote. the white judge who presided put the matter bluntly. we came here to exclude the negro. nothing short will answer. the mississippi lawmakers adopted two measures to make voting all but impossible for black people in mississippi. one was a poll tax. you had to bring the equivalent of $58 in today s money to vote. the other was a literacy test. registrars could ask arbitrary questions to decide if prospective voters were smart enough to vote. white people always seemed to get the simple questions. black voters, well, black voters were asked such things as how many bubbles are in a bar of soap? and they were also asked things like how many jellybeans are in this jar? these practices became com
unanimously rejected the president s announcement that boosters would be approved by today for the general population. it s a tough time for president biden on other fronts. his entire domestic agenda is in jeopardy as time is running out for a deeply divided congress to pass his mega infrastructure bill. while overseas france is furious over being blind sided by the u.s. on that $60 billion submarine contract. and all the nato allies are burning from the messy withdrawal from afghanistan. the pentagon having to admit instead of isis bombers its drone strike in kabul killed ten civilians including seven children and an aid worker for a u.s. charity. a new crisis at the border with 15,000 stranded haitians living under a bridge between texas and mexico. we begin with the pfizer trial and nbc s gabe gutierrez residence in spokane, washington. this is very promising news for families, but the current covid crisis inside hospitals out where you are is intensifying. reporter
well as the other agencies taking part in this search ended the search for the evening. we ll have to wait and see what time it picks up tomorrow but this comes after fbi officials gave us new details just within the last hour what you laid out there, pamela. that the one piece of news that so many people were hoping would turn out differently. let s let you listen to part of the press conference. as every parent can imagine, this is an incredibly difficult time for the family and friends. our thoughts and prayers are with them. we ask that you all respect the privacy as they mourn the loss of their daughter. reporter: and also this evening, northport police taken the lead over the search here tweeting out saddened and heart broken to learn that gabby is found deceased. the focus with the fbi and national partners has been to bring her home. we will continue to work with the fbi in the search for more answers. i can tell you there is certainly a desire to get more answers