hello and welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world, i'm rosemary church. ahead on "cnn newsroom." >> as every parent can imagine, this is an incredibly difficult time for the family. >> a tragic end to the search for gabby petito. the fbi says the body found near a camp site in a national park matches her description. plus, the crisis at the u.s. border. a desperate scene as thousands of migrants camp under a bridge

in the heat. what the u.s. government is doing to resolve the crisis. and an uncertain future for those who remain in afghanistan. we will take you inside the crowded and unsanitary camps for the displaced. thanks for joining us. the family of gabby petito is asking for privacy as they grieve the loss of their daughter. on sunday fbi investigators said the human rye emains they found wyoming are consistent with gabby petito. she was reported missing more than a week ago. authorities want to speak with him but don't know where he is.

they've been scouring a vast nature reserve in florida looking for him. cnn's leylah santiago is on the scene with more. >> reporter: northport police say they will continue to work with the fbi in order to find more answers when it comes to the disappearance of gabby petito as well as the disappearance of brian laundrie. now they have been searching here in this wildlife preserve. 25,000 acres, by the way, very lush terrain all day long after the laundrie family reached out to police on friday saying the last time they had seen him was on tuesday. the search continues to finding brian laundrie. now as far as gabby petito, fbi held a press conference with some very tragic news. take a listen. >> earlier today human remains were discovered consistent with the description of gabriel,

gabby petito. full forensic identification has not been completed to confirm 100% that we found gabby but her family has been notified of this discovery much the cause of death has not been determined at this time. >> reporter: still lots of questions remain and there are still a lot of investigators as well as a community here that is hoping that if investigators can find brian laundrie, that perhaps they can get more information to what led up to the disappearance and death of gabby petito. leylah santiago, cnn, northport, florida. the laundrie family expressed their condolences on sunday saying through a family attorney the news about gabby petito is heartbreaking. the laundrie family prays for gabby and her family. a migrant crisis is unfolding at the u.s./mexico border. this is the scene at a migrant

camp under the del rio international bridge where nearly 12,000 migrants are waiting to be processed by u.s. immigration authorities. the u.s. department of homeland security has already conducted three repat triation flights from del rio texas to port-au-prince. that's not deterring more migrants from arriving at the border. now the head of u.s. homeland security plans to travel to the area to assess the situation. >> we moved over 3,000 people in the last day and a half. we intend to move 3,000 people today and of course we are increasing the frequency and size of the repatriation flights. we have sent a message that the border is not open and people

should not take the perilous journey here. we are returning people to other coun countries. >> and cnn's rosa flores takes a look at the desperate living conditions at the migrant camp. >> reporter: i've never seen anything like this in the united states. take a look. this is a migrant camp in del rio texas underneath the international bridge. now days ago there were a few tents out here. there was a small tent city. now you can see that it has grown significantly. people have used what looks like tree branches, bamboo, blankets, plastics to create small huts so that they can protect themselves from the heat. now we are seeing state and federal resources arrive to make sure that these individuals can be processed in u.s. immigration facilities, but we don't have a time line.

the federal government doesn't know exactly when they will be able to clear this camp out. now if you look closely, you'll see that these are men, women, children. i see pregnant women, infants in the heat underneath a bridge living here. you can see that they're drying their clothes, hanging them from wherever they can. now the federal government says that they brought in towels, toiletries and that i'm looking at them and that they're trying to up the humanitarian action, humanitarian aid. what i'm looking at, it doesn't look like much of that has arrived because these are huts. take a look at this, they're huts that have plastic and blankets covering over them. now the silver lining here is that the mayor of del rio who has been calling on the federal government to step in says that now there are the resources to take care of this humanitarian

crisis. he says that both state and federal resources are arriving. we know that hundreds of agents are being sent here to del rio to make sure that these individuals are processed. again, these are the gates of america. this is the immigration waiting room right now in del rio, texas. rosa flores, cnn, del rio, texas. earlier i asked the national security analyst what the biden administration needs to be doing about this. >> i think for democrats there's particularly no win. a huge part of the party is pushing the biden administration to allow more immigrants in, to allow them to have some sort of status just given why they're coming from haiti certainly in response to the earthquake there in the last couple of weeks, but

the moderate wing of the democratic party let alone the republicans are very much into border enforcement. and so the biden administration is sort of trying to thread a very, very narrow needle. at the same time these numbers just increase. what they can do, of course, is to make sure that they stabilize the detention status of these -- you know, this tragedy that's happening in texas, make sure that we have the resources to be able to protect people from covid and then push hard in mexico and further south to stop the mass migration that we're seeing, otherwise it won't go away because we'll just serve as a magnet. the more people that have been allowed, the more the u.s. serves as a magnet for others who might be considering it. an investigation underway after a u.s. navy training jet crashed in a neighborhood in texas. it happened sunday in lake worth just outside of dallas. the instructor and student on board were able to eject safely.

debris from the crash fell into the yards of at least three homes but there were no serious injuries on the ground. authorities say the instructor is in stable condition. the student's condition is unknown but the navy says he is alive and receiving treatment at a medical facility. afghan women are defiant despite growing signs the taliban government is sidelining them. a group of activists protested outside what used to be the women's ministry on sunday. the taliban closed that ministry and replaced it with their ministry for promotion of virtue and prevention of vice. the protests came after discussion of girls being allowed to attend secondary school. >> translator: you cannot

suppress the voice of afghan women by not allowing them to go school. you cannot suppress the voice of afghanistan's women. >> the taliban have claimed they will not rule as they did during the '90s but they have done little to calm fears that women will be denied basic freedoms and be shut out of jobs and schools. on sunday afghanistan's ministry of education ordered male employees to report today with no mention of female workers. and kabul's mayor said women will only be allowed to work in city government jobs that cannot be done by men. >> translator: initially we allowed all of them to be present at their duties on time but then the islamic emirate decided it was necessary that for some time their work must stop. they only allowed those females whom we needed for jobs which males can't do or which is not a man's job. >> the future is uncertain for

all afghans under taliban rule. in camps for the displaced around kabul conditions are crowded and unsanitary and in the rest of the capitol the economic crisis is clear. nic robertson reports now from kabul. >> reporter: on kabul's fringes, literally just getting out of the car, coming into the camp people are surrounding us. they want to know how we can help them and this is how bad the camp is. human feces along the walk here. this is awful conditions. the taliban have won the war but their problems running the country are piling up. it's the smell that hits you first. people literally forced to go to the toilet right next to their tents where they're cooking. how many people in this camp sneer 500 families he tells me.

no sign of any aid. no water, no food, no shelter, no toilets. anyone coming to talk to them. his answer needs no translation. you're on your own? he shows me the long lists of the displaced. as he speaks, a man in a vest with his stick in his hand interrupts. it's clear we have to go. we were told that we didn't have permission to film there. that's why we're leaving. we're handed all of these numbers. people thrusting phone numbers into us. literally banging on the car desperate for us to be able to help them in some way. they think giving us their phone numbers is going to help. across town the book market there is calm. too much of it. books, books, books but no one to buy them. no one is spending money, he

says. i don't know what's coming. the only books that are selling well are religious ones. 300 stores here, only 20 remain open. another market, this secondhand goods trader says everyone is selling off to flee the country. so far the taliban is limiting cash withdrawals to $200 a week but that seems to be the only economic policy so far. during friday prayers the call from the mosques, america is being blamed for afghanistan's dire situation. the reality, the economy is hurting. the international monetary fund warns of a looming humanitarian crisis. the taliban won the war but can they run the country? right now they could use international help. >> the foreign reserves of

afghanistan are almost exclusively here in banks in the united states including the federal reserve. other banks, about $9 billion. all of that has been frozen. >> reporter: early signs the pressure is taking its toll. the taliban this week struggling to quell reports of a rift in their ranks triggered when the deputy prime minister, the main negotiator with the u.s., unexpectedly missing these days. this week the most powerful military commander told the u.n. frozen money must be released. he has a $10 million fbi bounty on his head for ties to terrorism and al qaeda. the taliban have got what they want, control of afghanistan, but running the country and winning the peace, that's their biggest challenge yet. nic robertson, cnn, kabul, afghanistan. and cnn's anna coren has

reported extensively from afghanistan including on a recent trip there. she joins me now from hong kong with the latest on the taliban takeover. good to see you, anna. let's talk specifically about those brave women taking to the streets and pushing back against the taliban's efforts to prevent them from working and attending school. what more are you learning about that? >> reporter: such courageous women, rosemary. doing it with the taliban looking on like it was only a small protest of about a dozen women. we've just got off the phone with one of those women who was there and she says that this protest was designed to tell thesthe international community, the united states, what is happening on ground. because the ministry of women's affairs who she worked for, most of those women worked for has been disbanded, they don't have a salary. they do not have a job. she said, i need to feed my

children. i need the united states, the international community to tell the taliban that they need to provide women with jobs. yes, we are hearing from the taliban that whilst they're ordering women to stay at home they can still receive salary, but, you know, we're getting i ghes differing reports as to whether that is happening. we heard from the acting mayor of kabul who said women must stay home. that it's going to be men who will do those jobs unless it's a job that a man can't do like cleaning the women's toilets. i mean, that's how degrading it is now. and then of course we're hearing about secondary school. boys can go, girls can't. they're saying that it's transportation issues, security of transportation for the reason why women -- young girls, i should say, can't go to secondary school. you know, when the taliban came to power over a month ago, rosemary, we were hearing about this inclusive tolerant taliban

that wanted women to be an integral part of society, wanted girls to go to school, wanted women to work. that is clearly not the case on the ground. one human rights activist, rosemary, told me afghanistan has become an open air prison for women and girls. >> anna coren, thank you for staying on the story. appreciate it. investigators in russia say at least eight people have been killed in a shooting at the state university. it's not clear how many people were wounded. investigators say the shooter was wounded by police before being arrested. he is described as a male student. it's not immediately clear if he's enrolled at that university. this is located more than 700 miles or 1100 kilometers east of moscow. we'll continue to bring the details to you. stoil come, fda advisers

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this was the scene in melbourne, australia, saturday. ten officers were injured and more than 230 people were arrested. frustrations are rising after weeks of tough covid restrictions and lockdowns across the state of victoria and its capitol melbourne. they reported more than 560 covid cases. 18 months into the pandemic and the rate of new covid deaths in the u.s. just keeps ticking up again. data from johns hopkins

university shows the country is once again approaching 2,000 covid deaths a day. that is the highest seven-day average we've seen in more than six months. the country's overall death toll from the virus is now approaching 675,000. the high point set during the 1918 spanish flu pandemic. and so many people have died in the state of alabama officials say the population actually shrank last year. the state's top health officer says it's the first time in more than a century that annual deaths have outpaced births. dr. anthony fauci says it's still possible for the u.s. to avoid reaching 1 million covid deaths if more americans get vaccinated. around 70 million people who are eligible for the shot are still not vaccinated. there's also new confusion

over covid booster shots. the biden administration had wanted to make them available for all eligible americans as soon as monday, but on friday an fda advisory committee made a more limited recommendation. cnn's arlitt saenz has more. >> reporter: the biden administration will follow the recommendations and guidance of the fda and cdc. this week advisers to the fda said that plan needs to be more limited in scope after the biden administration has initially said they will plan on rolling out booster shots by the week of september 20th. the advisers met on friday and said initially boosters should only be going out to those in higher risk categories, including individuals 65 and above. dr. anthony fauci said he believes later on that decision

may be revised. take a listen. >> we fully anticipate that within a period of a couple to three weeks that there will be enough information on the data that will be presented to the fda by j&j and by moderna that we'll be able to proceed and get those data analyzed to be able to move with a booster in those categories. we don't believe it's going to be a considerable period of time. >> reporter: now these advisers were saying more scientific evidence was needed before they would authorize and recommend these boosters for the general population. much of their focus right now is also on trying to get those first two shots to those unvaccinated americans across the country. this all comes as the covid-19 pandemic remains a top priority for president biden both domestically and abroad. on wednesday the president will be hosting and holding a virtual covid-19 global summit where part of the discussion will

include donating vaccines across the world. the president wants to get a handle on this pandemic, both here, at home in the united states and helping those foreign countries around the world. arlitt saenz, cnn, traveling with the president in rehoboth beach, delaware. as some americans await those booster shots, others still have not gotten their first and experts say it's those unvaccinated people who are driving a surge in covid hospitalizations so severe some hospitals have had to start rationing care. the situation is also taking a big toll on the mental health of many health care workers. earlier i spoke with the exece executive director for piedmont health care dr. jane morgan about what she's experiencing. >> this is our first surge that has been entirely preventible. we have had not only vaccines available but vaccines readily

available and pleasant at this full. this has certainly been a bit more of a psychological strain. people are beginning to talk about compassion fatigue syndrome and what do we see in physicians, nurses, others who are on the front line. and certainly it can be discomforting, discouraging to admit these patients, treat these patients, manage these patients many of whom will be quite sick and then you leave the hospital and you see people right outside the hospital on sidewalks without masks, without social distancing and literally you've been putting your life on the line for the entire day. i think we're beginning to write about this compassion fatigue syndrome in this fourth surge a year and a half into this pandemic. what does that really mean on the psyche and the mental and emotional state of people who are there risking their lives to make sure they can save yours?

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this is cnn breaking news. updating you now on a story we are following out of russia. investigators say at least eight people have been killed in a shooting at a state university

in the city of herm. it's not clear how many people were wounded. investigators say the shooter was wounded by police before being arrested. he is described as a male student. it's not immediately clear if he is enrolled in that university. herm is located more than 700 miles or about 1100 kilometers east of moscow. we'll continue to watch that story. millions of russians voted in parliamentary elections this weekend, and the pro putin united russia party looks set to hold on to its majority. with 85% of ballots reportedly in, united russia is in with nearly half the vote. russians voted for three days to select members of the state duma along with regional and municipal leaders. let's bring in senior international correspondent

mat matthew chance. what more are you learning about the election and how it was run? >> reporter: well, the outcome of the election was pretty much preor dabed in the sentetetse t united russian party is backed by putin although he's not a member of it would come out with a majority which would mean any of their policies cannot be vetoed. basically the election was run over three days. it's given -- there's been widespread calls of violations, ballot box stopping. more importantly, opposition leaders in the country were essentially barred from standing in these elections whether they were barred for the legal reasons in jail, forcing them to

ex exile, other leading opposition figures forced off the ballot or otherwise undermined meaning that the people of russia, the millions of people that went out to vote over the course of the past three days had very little real choice when it came to kind of unseating the ruling clique. there has been sort of a move in the opinion polls or in the votes in terms of in favor of the communist party. there have been some encouragement given by groups like lexie navalny to vote for the communists as they pose something to the russian united party. their share is 20% but it still doesn't pose a real threat to the power of the united russian party, which is very loyal to vladimir putin. >> thank you, john. for bringing us up to date on that situation. u.s. president joe biden on

tuesday will deliver his first speech to the united nations general assembly since taking office. it is a critical moment to spell out his policy. he will discuss the pandemic and argue for more aggressive measures to contain the spread of covid-19. before he speaks brazil's president is going to open the assembly. that's causing concern because he refuses to be vaccinated against the coronavirus. raphael romo has the report. >> reporter: he once said that coronavirus was a little flu. last september he suggested that a coronavirus vaccine can turn people into an alligator or a bearded woman and now brazilian president, the controversial right wing former military officer, is attending the u.n. general assembly even though he hasn't been vaccinated and rules require it. during an interview that was broadcast online last week.

why would i get vaccinated, he asked? adding that in his case his antibody levels are so high he doesn't need any vaccine. let's remember that the president tested positive for covid-19 in zwroul 20. in a statement released last week new york mayor bill de blasio thanked the assembly president for requiring proof of vaccination to enter the u.n. general assembly hall but in an interview with reuters the same day u.n. secretary general antonio gutierrez said it's a rule that he cannot enforce. >> of course, we as secretariats cannot tell them they can't answer. b bolsinario said he's not getting vaccinated.

can you imagine which political leader did not get vaccinated and will bring more international shane to the people. brazil ranks third in the world for the largest number of confirmed covid infections. more than 590,000 people have died of the disease there since the beginning of the pandemic. cnn, atlanta. damage control will be on the agenda when president biden speaks with french president emmanuel macron. both are seeking a way forward after there was a diplomatic crisis. french ambassador insists they were not informed though both washington and canada says they were. the deal helps them obtain nuclear powered submarine. paris has recalled its

ambassadors to both the u.s. and australia. let's go live now to paris. jim bidderman. it is inevitable that this meeting between biden and macron will be very awkward, but what could the u.s. offer france to make this right? >> well, that's a good question, rosemary. i think one of the things is that this is not just about soothing ruffled feathers, it's not just about the money but it's that $65 billion contract. it's not just about those things, it's more for the french, i think, based on the fact that they are being excluded from this western pacific security pact that the u.k., u.s. and australia have been created. they feel they're not being valued as a security partner. they have a lot of interest in the district. they have 7,000 troops based out

there. they just took part back in may in a collective military exercise with the u.s. and japan. the show of force against the chinese aggression. anyway, they feel they should be part of the action and they're being excluded. that is probably one thing, if they could be somehow brought back into this would definitely improve things. we'll see what happens here. the prime minister boris johnson on his way to the u.n. general assembly said to reporters our love for france is erraticerrat. >> we'll continue to follow this. coming up here on "cnn newsroom," an exclusive interview with the u.s. speaker of the house and the british speaker of the house of commons. what they say is now the greatest threat to democracy.

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a meeting of top g7 lawmakers has wrapped up in the u.k. the speakers conference largely focused on home grown terrorism after the january 6th u.s. capitol attack. u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi and british house of commons speaker lindsay coyle spoke about the threat in this cnn exclusive. >> the goal of terrorists is not only to tear down a building, a system, it's to instill fear into others. we have a responsibility to protect and defend. safety, security is the basis for every other good thing that flows from a democracy. so when freedom of expression turns into violence or an

attempt to undermine the constitution, the congress or our democracy, then we have to have a lively debate about that to seek the truth as to how this manifestation on january 6th and one taking place right now today in washington, d.c., how this came about, the underlying causes of it, whether it's white supremacy, anti-semitism, islamophobia, antilgbtq, antiwomen, whatever that motivation happens to be for them. >> terrorism, that's what we face. they don't want the values that we share and it is a worried resolve. it is the lone wolf leading whether it's extreme right wing, terrorism, whatever it is. stop the international

terrorists. social media is very important but it's very dangerous and it's the dangers and of course we have the extreme right wings such as national action that was in the united kingdom. the far right has links to america and the fact that they were happy to behead a man on the streets of the constituency, it didn't happen but it could happen. so it's extremism that we've got to fight. >> when we think about the special relationship, often in the united kingdom as the junior partner in that relationship we can be more emotional about it and perhaps over state its importance. some analysts say that the u.s. use it in more transactional terms. what are both of your views on

that. >> first of all with all due respect, i don't think one person or party is a junior one in the relationship. this is about cooperation, collaboration, not anybody doing anybody a favor. it's about our common interests in democracy, security, climate crisis, covid, whatever the challenge is and the over arching values that we share. the u.s. considers that special relationship just that, very special. and if you need to know more about it, you can just ask all the countries who ask how come we don't have the same relationship that you have with the u.k.? because it's special. >> the fact that we're here together today just shows how special that relationship is. as we say, this isn't the end of a special relationship, the special relationship just grows from here today. >> reporter: you're both speakers but your roles are very

different. mr. speaker, you're an impartial speaker and we discussed the other day -- >> yes -- >> reporter: -- that you may lack power and you are a political speaker and as a result that's potentially divisive. do you think learning from each other that either of your roles could do with a rebalancing? >> i have no interest in rebalancing the role of the speaker of the house. i knew they would want to rebalance it once a woman became speaker of the house. let's diminish the power of the speaker. no, we're not going there, but i do have responsibility as speaker of the house to strive for as much bipartisanship as possible. >> nobody forced me to put in my name to speaker so i accepted the rules of the house. i accepted that to become impartial. my politics are known and i now sit independently within that chair to ensure that the house is running the way that we've

always want it to run. if the house wish to change the way we do business, of course i'll embrace that challenge. i follow in the footsteps as the 158th speaker to ensure the debate continues and making sure the house functions. >> bianca speaking exclusively with u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi and lindsey hoyle. still to come on cnn, wildfires raging across 12 states right now affecting millions of people. we will get the latest on the situation in california where an evacuation warning has been issued.

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so far no reports of injuries. parts of northern california are under a red flag warning, meaning conditions are favorable for the spread of wildfires. the warning affects about 6 million people and includes the dixie fire which has already burned nearly a million acres. some residents near kings canyon national park have been warned they might have to evacuate. so let's bring in meteorologist jean norman. what all are you seeing in the forecast for that region? >> rosemary, doesn't look good especially with the areas that have been asked to evacuate because there are two fires near the sequoia national park and the other location that had the potential to continue to spread and that's why fire officials are watching them very, very carefully. you see the containment rates for both of them are very, very low. one of the things that's very concerning is we don't want anything to happen to those

giant sequoia trees. they're nearly as tall as the statue of liberty. this picture taken last friday trying to wrap the bases from foil to keep them from burning potentially. of course, the forest is home to over 2,000 trees and while over the years they have developed some resistance to extreme conditions, they're probably no match for the high intensity fires we're seeing due to climate change n. 2020 the castle fire killed several hundred trees. the red flag warning is mainly in effect for northern california where fires could easily start and spread because of the dry conditions and because of the wind. this isn't necessarily because of high heat that we've been seeing throughout most of this fire season. the dixie fire and caldor fire are getting better. the winds aren't helping. why is it so windy? we had a cold front move in. off shore flow is keeping those

winds high and that's the reason for the potential risk for fire danger. the level is 2 out of 3. a critical level indicated by the red shading. rosemary, we'll be watching this very, very carefully. it's a dangerous situation. the worst of the winds will arrive later today. >> we appreciate you watching all of that and bringing it to us. thank you so much. gene norman with the latest. all the glitz and glamor of television's biggest night was back on display at the primetime emmy awards. after last year's virtual ceremony stars of the small screen were back on the red carpet to the delight of fans and photographers. one of the night's biggest winners was the netflix series "the crown" bringing home awards for best actor and actress in a drama series. best supporting actor and actress in a drama series as well as best drama. entertainer ru paul made

history. he had an encouraging message for all the young people watching at home. >> and for you kids out there watching, you have a tribe that is waiting for you. we are waiting for you, baby. come on to mama roux. >> ryu paul's drag race won and brought the total number of emmys to 11. thank you so much for your company. i'm rosemary church. be sure to check in on twitter. we leave you with an ariel view of an art installation in dc. you're looking at more than 660,000 white flags at the base of the washington monument. each one represents someone in this country who died of covid. that is one in every 500 people in the united states. you're watching cnn.

good morning, everyone. it's monday, september 20th. 5 a.m. here in new york. thanks so much for getting an "early start" with us. i'm laura jarrett. >> i'm christine romans. welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. we have reports from texas, paris, los angeles, washington, kabul, florida, atlanta and montreal as only "early start" can. we begin this morning with a saddeneding to one search and a renewed sense of urgency for another. fbi officials say human remains found near the grand