baracking overnight, the u.s. lifts border restrictions on visitors who can show proof of vaccine this as texas pushes back on covid mandate setting the stage for a new showdown the cae and time line of gabby petito's homicide him one of california's most beautiful coastlines if jeopardy as a wildfire explodes, forcing mandatory evacuation orders. >> can president biden do anything to stop this snarled

bothd bottleneck. a woman woes mission is to save part of her neighborhood from being bulldozed "early today" starts right now good morning, i'm phillip mena. >> glad you are with us. i'm frances rivera we begin with breaking coronavirus news, fully vaccinated foreign nationals will soon be able to enter the u.s. according to a senior administration who spoke to the associated press, the u.s. will open land borders to fawn essential travel starting in early november vehicle, rail and ferry travel between the u.s., canada and mexico has been largely restricted due to the coronavirus pandemic for the last 19 months an official announcement is expected today the fuse comes as a "new york times" article revealed hundreds of police officers have died from covid-19 according to paper, which sources data from the officer's down memorial page, more than

640 american law officers have died from the virus a. new poll find three in ten marines hit the will take more than a year for life to get back to pre-pandemic formal. meanwhile, the white house is speaking out after texas governor greg abbott banned the covid-19 requirements in his state. here's alice barr. >> reporter: a texas showdown over president biden's plans to boost vaccination through widespread mandates and the first in a wave of red state challenges texas governor greg abbott now banning any entity in his state, including private businesses from requiring covid vaccines for employees or commerce. in a statement, governor abbott saying, in part, quote, the covid-19 vaccine is safe, effective and our best defense against the virus, but should remain voluntary and never forced the white house accusing the governor of choosing politics over scenes. >> it's fought based on what is in the interest of the people you are governing. it's perhaps in the interest of

your own politics. >> the biden administration is finalizing oerlsd rrders requir companies with 100 or more workers to require testing many issued mandates. >> this the a phone hazard so, we really can't afford to have people among our employee base who are hazardous >> other employers are holding back >> i don't want to be in the position to lose, 5/10% of my work force overnight. >> reporter: it comes amid an increasing debate of booster shots. in a federal safety peting this thursday and friday, the fda could begin to clear the way for the first moderna and johnson&johnson boosters nearly 8 million americans have received them from pfizer. many expect limited approvals for vaccine makers

>> the international monetary fund is now less optimistic about the global economy in a new report, they slapd slashed growth estimates, in part, because of the per accept it supply chain issues nbc news' chris pollone joins us from washington. the president is expected to address some of these supply problems today. >> reporter: yes, frances. that's right this is actually a key issue as we head into the holidays. he will be leading with some of the busiest ports as well as some members of the long shore and warehouse unions to describe the log jam. we have all 18 pictures in the waters off california. after that, the president will meet with several companies like wal-mart, ups and home depot, so find out how they are dealing with supply cane issues, major retailers are taking extraordinary measures to make sure their shelves are stocked for the holiday. the president is expected to speak about the problem after he

conducts these two meetings today, frances. >> affecting those gifts under the tree and well beyond chris, thank you we are earn willin gabby petito investigation. a coroner revealing she was strangled to death and died more than a month before her body was discovered in the wilderness today the search for her fiancee brian laundrie continues chris stin.org ren has more. >> reporter: after an exhaustive autopsy, the coroner confirmed how she was killed. >> death by strangulation. the manner is homicide. >> reporter: the coroner says the 24-year-old died three-to-four weeks before her body was discovered in the wilderness, that would put it somewhere around the last week of august. the last confirmed sighting was august 27th. two weeks after police stopped she and her boyfriend brian laundrie after bystanders

reported domestic violence the coroner says the case is in the hands of investigators and dna samples were taken by the fib february. >> this autopsy included a whole body cast scan, an examination by forensic pathologists so it was pretty much covered all the bases. >> reporter: investigators have been searching for laundrie nearly a month, wanted on dibt card fraud charges and questioning in petito's homicide after parents say he went hiking in a local reserve and never returned an attorney called her death a tragedy, adding brian is only considered a person of interest. at this time brian is still missing and when he's located, we will address the pending fraud charge against him no comment from petito's family as they learn more about her final hours.

kristenchkristen dal green, nbc. residents in california are facing mandatory evacuations after more than 100 buildings were put in harm's way. >> reporter: it's a battle to save california pristine coastline from devastation north-of-santa barbara, the alisal fire shuts down the famed pacific coast highway. the breath taking views now marred by smoke. >> not only is this area prone to significant fires in the past, but it's also a beautiful area. >> reporter: the fire doubling in size, forcing evacuations from the forest to the sea firefighters defending the named reagan ranch, once phone as the west coast white house you see those flames climbing up that hillside feet away from this highway fire officials say those dried fuels combined with the northerly winds will be closed for the foreseeable future 7,000 acres scorched

0% contained the toll adding to the state's staggering fire season almost 2 million acres burned so far. >> did you tie this to climb change >> you know, some people would >> we are seeing that fires burn differently. we are seeing them burn hotter and faster they're more dangerous. >> reporter: the rancher's family has owned this land for more than 80 years he evacuated >> are you scared? >> yeah. >> reporter: fear, apprehension and an all-out effort to save one of the beautiful places on earth. santa barbara, county. >> reporter: parts of kansas and oklahoma are waking up under tornado watches as heavy rains and winds move through the area. they reported a semi truck blew over on interstate 70, closing parts of the eastbound lane and storms in oklahoma damaged 28 of 29 hangars at a regional airport

in clinton. >> so where is our wednesday weather headed let's welcome nbc meteorologist janessa webb good morning. >> reporter: hi, good morning. just getting reports of a severe thunderstorm warning across portions of wichita. so you can see probably for the next 10-to-15 minutes, we'll be dealing with severe weather in that area. this is the leftovers of our winter storm it's about to collide with warmer air and transition into more rain. still the colder air for the pacific north west is still in place. today we're really watching the flash flood concern across central texas into sections of oklahoma we have 12 million people going to be impacted by this torrential rain. some of these totals pick up this afternoon five-to-seven inches up to nine inches in some isolated areas across southern texas all the way to oklahoma. you can see even for the ohio valley dealing with some wet conditions so the front will continue to slide across this area

throughout your afternoon. it picks up tomorrow morning just a bit then this front will likely die out as it makes its way across the mississippi valley into the ohio valley. still very some spots the humidity continues to be in place. 70s for philadelphia so kind of over the snow for the pacific northwest. now it's the colder air. we'll talk about that coming up. >> that time of year thanks netflix has yet another huge hit on its hands, on tuesday, the streaming giant announced the korean thriller squid game has become its biggest series launch ever with 111 million viewers. bridgerton you may remember

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do not want to be a distraction. i'm sorry, i never meant to hurt anyone the e-mails september while he was an analyst for espn, confirmed by the nfl, were initially discovered during an nfl workplace misconduct investigation. the report detailed several e-mails, including a racist description of nfl smith insult the nfl commission, female referees and chideing the league's first openly gay player michael sam and wide receive keyshawn johnson >> never from day one, he's been a used car salesman. >> reporter: the league slammed them calling them appalling, abhor represent and wholly contrary to the nfl's values now how they will handle the e-mails and calls for

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well, this is hispanic heritage month we look to save my home town of el paso, texas one woman doing everything she can to protect it. >> reporter: they call her donita at 93, antonia morales is almost as old as the neighborhood she is fighting to save. >> i have my community. >> reporter: two blocks of century old structures, including a chinese laundry and victoria holmes called where

people displaced by the metric revolution once settled. but for now, the future of it hangs in the balance the city of el paso has been trying to build a 15,000-seat entertainment center here for concerts and sport events, which would mean destroying parts of the neighborhood she's lived in for decades, so she is fighting back, refusing buyouts to leave for an apartment she is now the only holdout in her complex, doing what she can to save the storied neighborhood . >> reporter: one of the latino heritage science have not been described as historic protection, leak this east los

angeles park and this bodega >> only 2% of national landmarks have anything to do with hispanic history. >> reporter: local historian says the historical significance is being overlooked. >> we have roots here. that's what we're fighting. >> reporter: the former mayor of el paso says economic growth in this area would benefit the community more than preserving it >> would you guys consider building the arena at a different site there is a lot of land in el paso. >> we looked at other areas, there were four studies done before i became here that determined that was the best location. >> reporter: the city won three lawsuits trying to stop the project and another is still pending, but donita has no plans to back down, sure to become a historical figure, herself, just like the neighborhood she hopes to save. >> first of all, she remind me of my grandma, second, it is no

easy answer in the struggle preserving heritage and growth >> and development and knowing what will come in economically it's tough when you see both side, you feel for both sides. >> a beautiful town. visit it if yo

right now at 4:30, a mom arrested. police uncover the details. and a coach sidelined after this video goes viral after this goes viral. this is "today in the bay." a very good morning to you. thank you for joining us. i am