constant pushback from guests. >> what we've seen are flight attendants assaulted, pushed, choked. we had a passenger urinate. the physical and verbal abuse that flight attendants have been taking has been way off the charts. >> nbc's tom costello reporting on that. you can catch more of tom's reporting throughout the day on nbc and tonight on "nightly news." that does it for this hour of "hallie jackson reports." for now i'll turn it over to craig melvin picking up our coverage right now. and a good monday -- excuse me, tuesday morning to you. craig melvin here. a number of stories that we're following right now. first, a summer of normalcy. well, some version of that. that's the message we could be hearing from president biden just a few hours from now at the white house. we also could get a new development on the vaccine front, a decision from the fda

is expected about opening up pfizer's vaccine to adolescents. that decision could come any moment. right now a fight within our borders could be up-ended by what is happening overseas. india tallying close to 400,000 cases every day. and today new travel restrictions from india to the united states will actually take effect dialing up the urgency to get people vaccinated in other countries. coming up, two ceos that will join me to talk about how they are looking to close the global vaccine gap. storm damage that devastated the south, even impacting atlanta's mayor, a big change by the biden administration that allies have been calling for since he took office. all of that coming up this hour.

first, our country's fight with this pandemic. we want to bring in nbc news senior medical correspondent dr. john torres. dr. torres i'll come to you in a moment. a few hours from now president biden expected to talk about what the summer will look like with the pandemic. any idea what the president will be saying? >> it was the dominant focus of the president's first 100 days, but now as we're into the second 100 days we're at a critical juncture on two fronts the white house wants to address today. the first, we're seeing so many states and cities reopen things more aggressively with an eye towards the summer. so many families making their own summer plans. this is an opportunity to do a level set. he, himself, has talked about the fourth of july as an opportunity for americans to begin having those outdoor gatherings. there are some important precautions that still need to be taking place. that's part of what the president will talk about.

what does a normal summer look like in this still pandemic era. the other part is vaccinations and, of course, those daily dosage rates as high as $4 million a day have begun to level off. the white house wants to talk about the fact that's actually a good thing. they got to a point to 200 million vaccinations. sooner than they thought but this means we're in a new phase where it's harder to get to those who are harder to reach and revolves around getting to people where they are. you mentioned a big announcement we could be getting from the fda, pfizer seeking that amendment to the emergency use authorization so that adolescents can begin to get vaccinated could come as soon as this week. the president may address that. it's more likely he'll let the fda do the speaking there. he will address the american people where things stand.

>> mime memoli there at the white house. for the biden administration, it's all about vaccinations. it's been all about vaccinations. we have this potential major development, the use of this pfizer vaccine for adolescents, again, could come anytime now. tell us what we know right now. what goes into the decision making process when something like this involves adolescents? >> this push for the vaccinations is a reason we are having openings across the country. getting adults is important but adolescents and children is equally as important. that's one of the first steps here right now that we're talking about over the next few days when pfizer tries to seek an amendment of 16 and above. now they want to look at the 12 to 15-year-old group. they've bonn human trials to

make sure it's safe and effective. you can't give them the same dosing as adults and say that should be good enough. you need to test it. the dosings and intervals might be different. that's what we'll find out with the data they're coming forward with. they don't need to go through the same protocols. they'll just make sure it's safe in children. and once they get that amendment to the authorization, then they can start getting shots in the arms of them. >> thanks to both of you. we are following breaking news in mexico city. this is some new video, and it captures the moment a train overpass collapsed overnight. so far 23 people are dead. dozens more have been taken to

hospitals. the city's mayor says a support beam somehow gave way as the train passed over it. what more do we know about precisely what led to that crash there in mexico city? >> reporter: yeah, good morning, craig. still a lot of questions because from what the mayor of mexico city has said so far it looks like that weakened concrete support beam that collapsed. it shows the subway passing overhead at a good speed and all of a sudden it crashed down about 30 feet below on two lanes of traffic. now the train cars at some points were teetering so precariously that the rescue had to be stopped last night while cranes were brought in to stabilize those cars. so far 23 people were killed the we understand some of them were small children. over 70 people have been taken to the hospital including a man who was extracted from a car underneath that rubble. but authorities say this morning

they don't think they'll find any more survivors. they are now shifting into a recovery mission and mexico's president and the mayor are pledging to get to the bottom of what caused this catastrophe. craig, it is important to point out that this stretch of tracks is still relatively new. the number 12 line or the gold line opened back in 2012 after construction problems, after delays, after allegations of corruption. then in 2013, just a year after it opened, it was temporarily shut down for repairs. then in 2017, mexico city was rocked by that massive earthquake and pictures from that same area show damage to some of the support columns there but, again, it is still too soon to tell exactly what happened. but a full structural assessment has been ordered. authorities are going to be looking at other stretches throughout mexico city as well. mexico's subway system is one of the biggest metro transit systems in the world shuttling millions of people all around the city every day.

so this tragedy has a lot of answers -- a lot of questions as those travelers make their way throughout mexico city for the rest of the day. >> gadi schwartz for us. thank you so much. back here right now the south is bracing for another round of dangerous weather after multiple tornadoes touched down on monday this is some new video of the debris in ellis county, texas. ellis county, texas. this is just south of dallas. at least two tornadoes confirmed to have touched down in north texas. in georgia the national weather service confirms one tornado touched down about 20 miles west of atlanta. authorities say at least two people are dead there including a 55-year-old woman who was killed after a tree fell through her home. nbc's blaine alexander is in atlanta with more on the damage. >> reporter: craig, good morning to you.

that first storm system has left its mark here south of atlanta. we're here in metro atlanta. this is an industrial complex, an office industrial complex. you see the damage that was left behind. if you come over here you see the roof has essentially been ripped off, left in a pile right over there. these are the things the national weather service will be looking at. unfortunately for so many across the south this is only the beginning as millions are now bracing for round two. across the south, sounds of an unforgiving storm. >> i heard boom, boom, boom, boom. >> reporter: a powerful system producing at least four tornadoes from mississippi to georgia. an ef-1 tore a 12-mile path through the city. across the state more heavy winds tossing trucks like toys. >> i looked out there and the trailer was behind me but it was in front of me when it started. >> reporter: dangerous weather also slamming parts of texas. this tornado spotted south of

ft. worthwhile overnight multiple semitrucks were blown off the highway near dallas. >> we've been stuck here for like two hours. >> reporter: in west georgia the storm turned deadly claiming the life of a restaurant owner before barreling toward metro atlanta, a rare head-on hit for the heavily populated city. toppling trees and ripping the roof from this industrial complex. in this southwest community, neighbors had just moments to scramble to safety including atlanta mayor keisha lance bottoms. >> i got up and went to the back of the house, and i looked at the trees and thought i've never seen that before. they were bent sideways. >> reporter: in your backyard? >> in my backyard. >> reporter: she immediately started checking on her neighbors, all stunned the damage was not worse. >> there's one tree a few doors down had it fallen on my neighbor's house, i venture to say the house would be gone and

anyone in it would be dead. >> reporter: and, unfortunately, craig, this is not the end. we do know there is another severe storm starting to blow through starting later today as millions, perhaps 28 million people across the south, are bracing for another possible round as they continue to try and clean up from the past few days. craig? >> my goodness. blayne alexander for us there in atlanta. blayne, a big thanks to you. we're also keeping a close eye on capitol hill this tuesday. attorney general merrick garland testifying right now. so far the attorney general is asking for more money for things primarily including community policing. we'll check in with our capitol hill team. the secretary of state has a big meeting with other foreign leaders this hour on afghanistan. there's antony blinken right there. we'll check in with richard engel, our foreign correspondent, in kabul. how the u.s. troop withdrawal is

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about 15 minutes from now secretary of state tony blinken is set to huddle with other g7 foreign leaders in london. and on the agenda is one of the most pressing foreign policy issues facing the country right now, afghanistan. the united states starting to withdraw troops and draw down our nation's longest war ever. but, the big question mark for people in afghanistan about what's on the horizon for them

once we leave. nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel is in kabul. he has been covering this for decades now from the beginning. he has more on what all of this means. richard, good morning to you. i should say good evening. the focus on afghanistan by the g7 showing just how critical the situation is for the entire world. what are people in afghanistan telling you, richard, about their larger concerns, once our troops are out? >> reporter: their concerns are profound. people here are considering leaving. they're considering selling whatever they can and getting out of this country. they are considering becoming refugees and joining the dangerous migrant trail that leads to europe, sometimes to death on boats in the mediterranean. they think this country is going to go into some kind of civil

war as u.s. troops pull back and other nato troops leave this country. they don't know how severe the civil war is going to be. they don't know if it's going to be a partial civil war or a total collapse into sectional warfare. and they think the taliban is going to become more and more powerful and may even take over. right now the taliban controls about 50% of this country and as american troops leave the taliban is trying to take more and more terrain, more and more authority. over the last 20 years this has not been a peaceful country. there's been insurgency, constant bombings, but they haven't had civil war and they haven't had the taliban in control and under this relative american security blanket there's been a changed society. girls have been going to school.

40% of all children now are girls. many are going on to higher education. there's a connected culture. they want a different kind of life. they don't want to go back to the stone ages. girls and women couldn't go outside unless they wore a burka. if women stepped out of line, very strict, horrible line set by the taliban -- if you'll excuse me, some helicopters are going overhead. there's a lot of military activity here right now as forces are consolidating trying to pack up and leave. and the people are worried. another group i spoke to today are the interpreters. throughout this multidecade war,

the united states has relied on interpreters. there are many different languages, different dialects in this country. and u.s. troops, and i've been out with them, could not have done their mission without interpreters. the interpreters help u.s. troops gather intelligence, who listen to the radio and hear taliban instructions and translate them to american forces. it is sometimes the interpreters who diffuse conflicts and misunderstandings with the locals. thousands of them complain they are being left behind. they want to leave with u.s. troops and worry if they don't leave, they will be killed by the taliban. >> the sniper shot on us. >> reporter: what about here in kabul? do you think you are at risk? >> we do not feel safe. we will kill you. we will kill you.

>> reporter: there is a u.s. program to offer asylum to interpreters but many of them complain it is slow, it is bureaucratic, it is cumbersome and many have been fired. they want to leave this country and take their families with them before it's too late. >> our chief foreign correspondent, richard engel, on the ground in kabul, afghanistan. richard, thank you so much, sir, as always. my colleague, andrea mitchell, is overseas as well. andrea is covering secretary of state tony blin ket's trip, and she will have much more on "andrea mitchell reports." this morning on capitol hill attorney general merrick garland testifying. it's been nearly two months since he's taken over. major moves include charges for

january 6th rioters, investigations into multiple police officers, and the raid into rudy giuliani's office. we should note that the hearing is in a quick recess right now but walk us through the takeaways from the ag. what has he said about policing specifically that's at the center of talks on capitol hill right now? >> reporter: craig, this is the first time merrick garland is testifying as attorney general, so he is getting a lot of questions on a lot of different topics. especially the issue of policing. of course the department of justice opened investigations into the louisiana and minneapolis police departments in the past couple weeks. let's listen to what he said about community policing. we'll talk on the other side. >> promoting public trust

between communities and law enforcement is essential to making both communities and policing safer. our budget proposals increased investment and programs that support community oriented policing and addressing inequities. >> reporter: and that investment is critical. he noted there are only 26 or 27 positions of community police officers in the city of minneapolis. something he says is far too few. he also was asked questions about voting rights, about guns, and republicans grilled him on the question of immigration, especially narcotics coming over the border, which garland said has been a problem. craig? >> leigh ann, while i have you hear, the tension with liz cheney. it's apparently putting her leadership position in jeopardy. what more can you tell us about what's happening there? >> reporter: it sure is putting her leadership position in

jeopardy. house republican leader kevin mccarthy was on fox news this morning, and he did not defend her. let's listen to what he said. >> there's no concern about how she voted on impeachment. that decision has been made. i have heard from members concerned about her ability to carry out the job as conference chair, to carry out the message. we all need to be working as one if we're able to win the majority. >> reporter: so the reason cheney is coming under pressure is because she continues to push back against the former president who says that the election was stolen. she is in charge of messaging for house republicans, and that is not the message that many house republicans want especially as they're heading into the mid-term elections. cheney's spokesperson just put out a statement in the past few minutes reminding people that she is not going to back down on her position. he says that this is about whether the republican party is

going to perpetuate lies and white wash what happened on january 6th. liz will not do that. that is the issue. so the republican who is the most outspoken pushing back against the big lie is the one who is in the most trouble. craig? >> it really is quite odd if you step back and think about it. leigh ann caldwell, thank you. the vaccine rollout full swing here in the united states. in other countries it is a mighty struggle to get shots in arms at all. my next guests are trying to change that. two ceos who have pledged millions of dollars to help distribute covid vaccines around the world, and they just so happen to be married to each other. we'll talk about some of the positive peer pressure that they're putting on other tech leaders to join the fight. we'll get details next. what hapo your body language when your underarms are cared for? ♪ ♪

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nbc medical contributor is live in seattle for us. i understand you talked with people who have family in india, who work closely with the community. tell us about the lengths people are going to get what they need for themselves or their families there. >> reporter: good morning, craig. always good to see you. this is what i'll say, it's a nerve-racking day for the members of the indians across the united states, across the world, frankly. what we're seeing in india is a health system collapse of unprecedented proportions the likes of which we haven't seen in any country in this pandemic and seeing u.s. families here take to twitter, to facebook, not to air grievances, craig, but to find lifesaving oxygen and other equipment for their family members. we spoke to kamala and he looked

on the internet for three days before he was able to find a stranger to sell him three oxygen concentrators this is what he said when i asked him about want to go do more. >> of course we feel guilty thinking of our families suffering in india and we've had the privilege. i'm fully vaccinated. we feel safe and secure and something had happened to our children we would be able to rush to the hospital. i look at my cousin in a similar situation with two children and i wonder the fear that must go through her heart if her child has a fever and she can't do anything for her children. and i feel for her. last week there was this hash tag going around, like pray for india. i think friday i said to myself i will stop fighting for india and pray for india. i realized it's important to me. >> reporter: craig, it's worth pointing out that kamal had to spend $3,000 plus several

hundred more just to get these oxygen tanks to his loved ones in india probably in the next week. that's just a cost that few families can actually afford. >> dr. gupta, there's one figure that had 3,000 people dying in india per day. help us understand why the situation there, halfway around the world, why and how that situation can impact all of us here. >> craig, let me first say there's a discrepancy between what we're seeing here, for your viewers, we're seeing case rates decline, hospitalizations really come down to a low in this pandemic. and yet in india, right now in india, it's the worst of it, the worst that it was here in the u.s. in january, it's much worse in india right now. we talk to community organizers

and what they are saying is what a lot of people are saying, we need a broader governmental approach here that's really going to address the problem and mitigate the immediate loss of life. >> it takes a global leadership, it takes leaders from all around the world to work together. it takes india to open up, be accountable, be open, and to work with the rest of the global economy and the global leadership. >> so i'm hearing a crisis anywhere is a crisis everywhere? >> the virus anywhere is a virus everywhere. a crisis anywhere is a crisis everywhere. >> reporter: across the board, craig, what we're hearing across the indian community, they need more help. the governments across the world needs to do more to mitigate the immediate loss of life.

>> on location for us there in washington. thank you so much for that. and the crisis in india that dr. gupta was just talking about, it does underscore the importance of the global response to this pandemic. especially when it comes to helping countries who are not where the united states is in terms of vaccinations or even treatment for that matter. it's why a number of philanthropists are using their resources to help developing countries, that includes one silicon valley power couple who just donated some $25 million to unicef to accelerate global vaccinations. they didn't stop there. they're challenging their peers especially in the tech world to join them. and they join me now. jen rubio and stewart butterfield. stewart is co-founder and ceo of slack. and we should note they're sitting so close together here because they happen to also be

married. jen, let me start with you. what compelled you and stewart to step up and help in the global vaccination effort? what was it? >> thanks, craig. as we just heard this is a catastrophic humanitarian crisis. and while there's a ton of optimism in the u.s. around treatment and vaccinations, a tiny piece of the puzzle. less than 10% of the global population has been vaccinated, and there's just no way to get through this if there's vaccine inequity. and we're fortunate enough to have the resources and a platform and that's why we announced our $25 million donation to unicef last week. >> stewart, what's the reaction been like from the business community? have you seen other leaders step up and match the donations yet? >> we've seen quite a few. i'd like to see a lot more. i think probably about half a

dozen other ceos and a number of investors and other people. but, craig, obviously the impact of the pandemic has been extremely -- you've seen businesses go bankrupt. you've seen a number of large industries hurt badly but you've seen a number benefit. i don't think anyone was doing anything wrong to be benefiting in that way. nevertheless, i think there's, let's say, an opportunity for those people whose businesses grew more quickly as a result of the pandemic to step up and help a little bit more. >> jen, there's no question that the private sector has the money and the resources to get things done. is this one of the those things the private sector alone can solve? >> you know, i don't think anyone can do it alone. we're all connected. but i do think everyone needs to

evaluate what they can do to help mitigate this crisis. until it's over, as excited as we are about the progress we're making here it's easy to lose that momentum and for it to come back worse than it ever was. >> stewart, this will no doubt make a huge difference. i want to point out something that you noted on twitter. $25 million could enable the administration of 13.6 million covid-19 vac sewns or purchase 3,400 solar-powered frijs to store vaccines safely in countries with unstable power supplies or it could transport 565 million covid-19 vaccines in country to get them where they're needed most. where do you see the most need at this time, stewart? >> there's the approval process, the purchase of vaccines. we chose to support unicef and i think there's a lot of

opportunities to help all over the place. we chose to support unicef in this because they already have the global supply chain. they vaccinate 45% of the world's children. that's 2 billion vaccinated per year. and their piece of the puzzle is about that distribution, about the local outreach that could be overcoming vaccine skepticism and getting the vaccines in and about getting shots in arms or turning vaccines into vaccinations. >> stewart butterfield, jen rubio, thanks for stepping up in such a big way and encouraging others to do the same, and thank you so much for your time this morning. i'll let you get back to running those wildly successful companies. as a side note, jen, i'm a huge fan of your luggage, just fyi. big fan. >> thank you. we want to turn now, though -- we're going to turn quickly to a different philanthropic couple and what's shaping up to be about $130 billion divorce. bill and melinda gates announcing in a joint statement on twitter that they are ending

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the u.s. by the end of september. the president says that's not going to happen. he blames, in his words, the damage of former president trump in the last four years for staffing and budget cuts, among other things, but the reason -- and this is the first real significant about-face from this president and from this white house, and the reason, while they had initially promised there would be 62,000 or so this year, that the white house hadn't raised that number wasn't entirely clear. the president was sticking to that 15,000, that record low mark that existed in the previous administration, the white house insists that was never their intention. by doing this in monday's announcement the president is trying to make it clear to the world the u.s. does welcome the world's most vulnerable from places where they've been impacted by war and by violence and by natural disasters. the president himself said this is really a statement about who we are as a country and who we want to be here. nonetheless, the need is

significant, obviously, in these times. when it first happened the white house appeared to conflate what was happening at the border with the issue related to refugees, the health and human certain advices department has a significant role as it relates to those who come to the u.s. by crossing the southern border. that number of unaccompanied migrant kids being so high as it is right now, but they have a much smaller role as it relates to refugees. and the white house wanted to put this all to rest saying they do stick by this commitment the president made during his campaign even if they do not believe they're going to meet those numbers this year, that 125,000 figure you cited is what the president had said throughout his campaign. the hope he would do that in the course of his first full year and they're hoping as more time progresses and as more changes are able to be made to the system they will be able to get closer to that number going forward, craig. >> our chief white house correspondent at 1600 pennsylvania avenue, peter alexander. always a pleasure, buddy. thank you, sir, for that. we are continuing our weeklong spotlight on service

during this pandemic and today it just so happens to be national teachers day. so it's fitting that earlier on today my colleague jenna bush hager highlighted the story of one phenomenal teacher, wanda smith. and wanda is a first grade teacher in texas, and she goes above and beyond for her students. in the last year as so many struggled during the pandemic wanda smith stepped up when the kids needed her most. she even went out of her way to deliver packets to students' mailboxes. >> a lot of my kids are from single-parent homes, so when my parents would call me, because i was checking in with them, and they would say, miss smith, i have to work. okay, give me your address. it was nothing because we have to help one another. >> she's the best teacher ever. >> she helps us with everything. >> wanda, thank you.

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