. this morning new details on the fbi search of gabby petito's fiancee. the fda is one step closer to approving the pfizer vaccine of children ages 5 to 11 as cases continue to rise coast-to-coast the dow has a sell-off we are live on what investors can expect today if you lease a vehicle, you

could be sitting in the driver's seat of a financial bonanza. what savvy customers are doing right now. jackpots are a combined $922 are you feeling lucky? "early today" starts right now >> good morning, i'm frances rivera. >> i'm philip mena. pfizer could lead to another age group approved to roll up their sleeves. the trial data says this vaccine is safe and effective for children age 5-to-11 nbc news' stephanie goss has more. >> we don't have authorization yet, but pfizer says it has the data to get vaccines approved for kids ages 5-to-11. elementary schools could soon be let e better protected pfizer announcing it is safe and effective. a trial of 2,000 kids showed

they developed a strong immune response showing one-third the dose to older groups. >> we intend to commit the data by the end of the month. it will be up to the fda to review that data covid case jumped 240% since judgment outbreaks involving 2,000 progress closures across 40 states since the start of the school year. >> this vaccine could get us out of one of the most horrible phasing of the pandemic yet with the delta variant. >> some parents are thrilled. >> exciting. we talked to our pediatrician for a five-year-old. as soon as we can get it for her, we plan to do so. >> >> others need to be convinced. >> we don't know what's in there. i fear it will probably make him sick >> last april she was worried about her two daughters.

>> i don't feel safe enough. i don't feel there is enough data for me to okay vaccinating them. >> reporter: since then, her 14-year-old got the shot her 9-year-old probably be as well when it's authorsed have you had yourself a change of heart is this. >> i wouldn't say a change of heart, i would say the circumstances have changed with the children numbers going up in the hospitals and the different variants that's come into play. >> what do you say to the parent who say my children are at low risk and on top after that, they have to wear a mask when they go to school? >> i think we have to show as more children get immunized we can look at relaxing prescription, a fair point. >> first, all eyes are on the fda, once they have the data, a decision could be weeks away pfizer says the testing is under way for kids under the age of 5. they hope to have those results by the end of the area philip. >> they're the ones up next.

stephanie, thank you federal agents swarmed the florida home of brian laundry after his fiancee went missing. >> reporter: brian laundrie's car will be an leads, the same car he took on tuesday when he went tore a hike at carleton reserve. by wednesday, when he didn't come back, his parents drove to the preserve and brought the car home. >> we have unfortunately a body in wyoming we have a guy who allegedly was with her and is no longer around either we know there is a partal visit. don't know what happened there. no one else does either. >> agents confirmed after her body was found in wyoming. they removed books of evidence from the house they were looking for phones,

laptops and electronics. >> they waited three days to tell the police that he disappeared. i'm ifrayed my empathy kind of ran out for them of course, yesterday, with when they said they found her body on site this is not good >> in florida, the search for clues turning to a computer hard drive seized from the van and seeking a search warrant detectives reported gabby's mother was concerned about a strange tech from her daughter on august 27th the affidavit revealed that gabby's phone had been off for 15 days. but much work remains to be done >> the real world of investigation and detective work in solving homicides where the victim and perpetrator are miles apart, if fact, they are miles apart, is going to take some time >> our thanks for that report. in just a few hours, president biden will make his debut at the united nations general assembly the president arrived in new

york city last night sand preparing to make the case to his fellow world leaders that america is back and committed to its global alliances we are joined by chris pollone in washington, d.c chris, good morning. the stage is set and the stakes are high so what can we expect >> philip, good morning to you the white house says president biden will urge the nations of the world to ban together to fight looming threats and he will assert that the u.s. is once again a leader in fighting those battles. the president enters his first general assembly seeking concrete commitment from allies to fight climate change and to get people around the world vaccinated for covid-19. on the eve of his first speech to the u.n., the president met with the secretary general and outlined his goals he knows he faces skepticism among friends and allies they have been critical from the drone strike that killed an aid worker the president has to smooth over relations with our oldest ally

france after that country lost lucrative defense contracts when the u.s. decided to sell to australia. it's a quick trip to new york for president biden. he will be back this afternoon to meet with uk prime minister boris johnson. to early the president hosts a covid-19 summit as a part of the u.n. assembly. >> a big day for the president, chris. coming up on "today" savannah guthrie will have an interview with british prime minister boris johnson interest some of the speakers took the tomb to make amusing video ♪ i want to dance with you ♪ yeah ♪ >> that is bts with per mission to dance in the assembly hall. they spoke with the importance of covid vaccination and they've

all gone a shot. they said it's a ticket to meeting their fans yet another crisis is unfolding at the haitian border. this time with haitian migrants. thousands are trekking through the rio grande in search of american soil after fleeing a country ripe with poverty and political corruption >> more are on the way, over 20,000 are mobilizing in colombia and 3,000 in peru and 1,500 in panama. nbc news' morgan chesky is following the deportation efforts. >> in del rio, texas, this is where thousands without a home wait to see. still, more than 10,000 migrantings in this massive camp, mostly haitians surviving in make-shift shelter. the group swelling to 15,000 strong this weekend. hundreds of state troopers in cars and border patrol agents on horseback blocking more people from crossing the river into the united states. the mayor says calls for help

from the biden administration were mostly ignored until it was too late. >> i seen the desperate looks of the people just theying to get processed. i mean it's a completely dire situation. >> reporter: our crew granted exclusive action says to speak to those whose future remains uncertain. this woman tells me she's barely eaten over the last week, and she left haiti years ago she blames the biden administration for halting illegal crossings. federal authorities say they've removed 3300 so far. 327 deported to haiti. others taken to different process centers in the united states the administration will prioritize single haitian adults and families not claiming asylum unaccompanied children and most families asking for asylum can stay in the u.s.

the secretary defended thel rese >> were there enough in place for this search? >> i don't think we expected the rapidity of the increase that occurred. >> reporter: what would you tell the woman i met under the bridge, if she goes back to haiti, her life is in danger >> we are realistic about the human tragedy of this. but we have a responsibility not only to the well-being of the migrants, themselves, but the well-being of the local communities and the american public >> now questions have been raised regarding a border patrol agent on a horseback seeming to use a whip by pushing a migrant back to the river. he said it appears those were his reigns they are not equipped with whips and hide horseback for their own protection. >> so sobering thank you. let's turn to your tuesday

weather with meteorologist bill kierans, how is it looking out there, bill in. >> some good, some bad nothing that will cause damage we don't have concerns for severe weather or anything tropical wise. we are tracking rain through areas of absolute. if they are headed out, smr i in illinois and indiana, the rain is headed your way possibly at the airport, too, from st. louis to indianapolis you can see those storms, a lot of lightning is winding down we lost the heating from the dea earlier. right now it looks like a little bit. all of the system and the cold front will push to the south and the east a batch of heavy vain expected from charlotte up to roanoke we will see those lines of storms in indiana and eventually towards detroit, same with cincinnati, a rainy wednesday for you in ohio from pennsylvania, especially around pittsburgh, down to roanoke, even down to charlotte, north carolina we have one more decent day on wednesday. on thursday is when that rain will move in, rainfall totals

isolated up to fou lake city, b, minneapolis will be great, too, there is that rainy weather throughout the ohio valley and the best thing about heading into fall is the cooler temperatures after a hot summer. i'm let you know who finally will get their relief coming up. >> we can start to feel it here. thank you. there is a corn maze in ohio raising ears with the legendary golden bear. this was designed in tribute to ohio native and golfing legend jack nicklaus. he is showing the maze, it's nine acres it takes about an hour to

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stories. gas prices are on the rise, the national average price for a .19, which is up 2 cents from last week. but the agency says this time last year drivers were paying $2.18 on average experts say the recent storms have kept prices higher than normal despite demand increases. >> the man who filmed the infamous rodney king beating died from complication from covid-19 according to a family friend who spoke with the associated press, george holiday died at a los angeles hospital on sunday, he was 61-years-old that friend also told the ap holliday was non-vaccinated. his nearly nine minute video of four white officer beating rodney king exposed police brutality and was used as a key piece of evidence in the officers trial all four officers were acquitted

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right now at 4:30, breaking news from johnson & johnson. what new data just released is revealing with the company's vaccine. and is california one step closer to ditching masks once again as the state's transmission rate is the lowest in the country. but will it stay that way? the current ban on evictions is set to expire at the end of the month. what that means for residents struggling to pay rent. this is "today in the bay." this is