♪♪ president biden is facing a series of setbacks at home and abroad. ahead of the united nations general assembly this week. after a tough stretch with some of america's closest allies, the question is will biden be able to reassert the united states' position of global leadership. plus, stunning images from the southern border as a surge of over 12,000 migrants, mostly from haiti, gathered under a bridge in del rio, texas. the question is, how exactly do federal and state authorities plan to relocate them? and, ted lasso, the crown and the queen's gambit win emmy

awards. the question is, has streaming officially taken over? it's "way too early" for this. ♪♪ good morning. and welcome to "way too early." the show that always roots for afc richman. i'm jonathan lemire on this monday, september 20th. we'll start with the news. tomorrow, president biden is set to deliver his first united nations general assembly speech since taking office. it could amount to a major test of his presidency. as some of america's closest allies look to see whether u.s. foreign policy has really changed since donald trump left the white house. tomorrow's speech comes on the heels of a series of stunning setbacks for the biden administration on friday. first, the pentagon acknowledged that a drone strike targeting terrorists in afghanistan late last month mistakenly killed ten civilians, including seven children. fda advisory panel overwhelmingly voted against a

proposal to give a third pfizer covid vaccine dose to the general population. the booster shot was only approved for seniors or high risk groups. and finally, france recalled its ambassador to the united states in protest over president biden's decision to provide nuclear-powered submarines to australia. the headlines coming within an hour comes just as the white house was hoping for a reset for the president after a tough august dominated the the tumultuous afghanistan pull-out and rising prices. this was to be a time to pivot back to his domestic agenda which as we will discuss shortly, has been jeopardized by members of his own party. this is also a moment in which the white house aides discussed after the u.n. this week curtailing biden's travel, for fear of the president who received his second dose in january could risk exposure to the virus. mike memoli, thank you for being here. let's start with the u.n. speech. what are your sources telling

you as to what the president's message will be to the general assembly tomorrow? and how much will be designed for a domestic audience as well? >> well, john, the president has really three big objectives this week as he heads to the u.n. and all of them, there's this incredible intersection of his domestic and foreign policy agenda. i think we got a preview of one of the major themes on friday when the president convened the eu to announce a new global missions goal for methanes emissions. this code red moment for the world in terms of climate change. that will be a big part of that. of course, a lot of the u.s. commitments for trying to take action on climate change are embedded in the president's infrastructure. so there you see one of those intersections as well. of course, on wednesday, the president is going to be convening a summit having to do with vaccinations. he really wants the world to step up and he will be

implicitly answering some of the criticism the u.s. has not been doing enough to try to vaccinate the rest of the world particularly the developing world but of course the president's own vaccination efforts here in the u.s. as you laid out on friday with the fda panel's announcement on the boosters for just those 65 and older not for the general population. last on friday, the president convening the quad, that's the anchors of the indo-pacific alliance, those democracies in japan, india, australia and the u.s. all focussed on this overtheme autocracies versus democracies but the president finds himself battling with some of those fellow democracies incluing our longest stallwart ally france. this will be a big test of that diplomacy president biden put as the forefront of his career. this is somebody who has put foreign policy at the front of his agenda for his entire career, john, as you know. >> let's drill a little deeper on this controversy with france.

we know the french are obviously upset about the deal the u.s. made with uk and the australia. they cancelled celebration of french/u.s. relations and friday took the step of recalling their ambassador to the u.s. what sort of efforts are the white house doing, president biden doing to prepare that breach? does that include a phone call with french president macron? >> yeah. john, you were with me in europe just a few months ago when the president got just such a warm welcome from his european allies. it was pushing on an open door. all he had to do was say i am not president trump. i'm president biden and the u.s. is back. and that led to the warm welcome that we covered over the course of that entire trip. now, there is a lot of nuance in the u.s. international relationship right now especially having to do with some of our allies commercial interests. what the president is trying to

do especially to strain china and their rise relies on europe especially france and germany being willing to sacrifice some of their own economic self interest here in the case of germany we saw that with russia, pipeline. this is going to require all of the personal diplomatic skills president biden argued he has over the years to resolve this spat with the french. the french is reporting that we will see potentially a phone call between those two leaders. but remember, macron was the one who when we asked in cornwall with america is back he said absolutely. now with potentially his own domestic politics on the horizon, we know the french presidential election is coming up next year, he has been clearly outspoken, the foreign minister accusing the u.s. of duplicity and lies over the weekend as part of this deal. clearly some work for the president to do here. >> it is going to be a

fascinating week to watch at the united nations. nbc's mike memoli thank you for being here. we'll see you soon. meanwhile, the fda is meeting again this week to discuss covid booster shots of a blow to the biden's administration broad plan to roll out a third dose of the pfizer vaccine to most americans. nbc news white house correspondent monica alba has the latest from the white house. >> reporter: president biden riding near his vacation home in rehoboth beach, delaware. fda panel rejected a plan to offer third doses to people 16 and over. >> i don't think they made a mistake. >> reporter: the advisory group voting overwhelmingly friday to recommend the shots for those over the age of 65 or at severe risk of infection. >> this is the way it ought to be. science sort of playing out in a very transparent way. >> reporter: just a month after the president announced an initial target date injecting confusion into the debate. >> the plan is for every adult

to get a booster shot eight months after you got your second shot. >> reporter: key fda and cdc committees will discuss approvals with dr. fauci predicting boosters will become widespread eventually. >> i believe that ultimately the real proper regimen will turn out to be the original two shots plus a boost. >> reporter: but health experts are extremely concerned about the millions who still haven't rolled up their sleeves. >> our highest priority still is getting the unvaccinated vaccinated. the highest priority is not getting boosters. >> reporter: as outbreaks continue nationwide. the new orleans saints playing without seven coaches due to covid protocols sunday and alabama overall deaths outnumbered births for the first time in 2020. a gap never before recorded state officials say, many included in the more than 670,000 white flags dotting the

national mall in washington, d.c. to memorialize all who lost their lives to covid-19 in the u.s. so far. former chairman of the joints chief of staff mike mullens says there's nothing unusual art the reported conversations between general mark milley and his counterparts in china during the waning days of trump administration. take a listen. >> having communications with counterparts around the world is routine. and even having them now with china. i think it was also overseeing certainly listened to by many other in the interagency process out there. so he wasn't by himself. what is alarming is that the chinese would read the situation as they did, as really chaotic and as if we were going to possibly strike. it's very clear and i don't know this because i haven't talked to chairman milley. it's very clear he had good intel that this was the case. but the misread by china is also worrisome and speaks to the need to have these open

communications so that we don't miscalculate. >> the milley conversations were revealed in the new book "peril." the two will be joining "morning joe" tomorrow for a deep dive into this controversy. the highly publicized d.c. rally in support of those charged in the january 6th insurrection drew a meager crowd of only about 200 people on saturday. with press and law enforcement in riot gear far outnumbering participants. the rally organized by former campaign aide to former president donald trump began just after noon and lasted little more than an hour. featuring only a handful of speakers. the d.c. police chief said the stepped up police presence may have kept numbers low. the event drew few counterprotesters and clashed expected by law enforcement never materialized. capitol police reported a total of four arrests including a man in the crowd with a gun and another with a knife. the others were arrested on outstanding warrants at a traffic stop near the capitol. more than 600 people have been arrested for the attack on the capitol almost nine months ago.

more than 50 of them have pled guilty, according to the justice department. still ahead, a body discovered in wyoming is believed to be gabby petito and her boyfriend a person of interest can't be found. plus, democrats are pushing to vote on the reconciliation package this month. but senator joe manchin as we hinted talked about pausing discussions until next year. those stories and a check on the weather when we come right back. ♪♪ we come right back. ♪

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authorities say they may have found the body of missing 22-year-old gabby petito in a national park in wyoming. it attracted national attention after her fiance returned home from a months long van trip without her. according to the fbi, remains were found at a campground in teton national forest.

her mother said she had planned to visit the park last month. meanwhile, investigators in florida are looking for petito's fiance who is named a person of interest in her disappearance last week. his family told police on friday that they had not seen laundrie since last tuesday. an investigation is under way into the cause of a military plane crash in a residential texas neighborhood yesterday. two pilots were injured with several homes damaged. nbc news correspondent matt bradley has more. >> a plane just crashed into all those houses. >> reporter: a military plane crashed into a residential neighborhood in north texas. >> oh, man. our whole entire street smells like gasoline and jet fuel. it was just black smoke everywhere. >> reporter: sending a huge column of smoke into the air and damaging at least three homes. >> it could have been a lot worse if it would have been a direct contact into a residence. >> reporter: the navy training

jet slammed into backyards, the two pilots an instructor and student were able to eject before the crash. >> people jumped out of the plane with parachutes. oh my gosh. my hands are shaking. >> reporter: landing in power lines and on the ground, both pilots are being treated. one is in critical condition. >> there's a parachute with people -- >> reporter: the pilots were conducting a routine training mission flying out of corpus christi international airport. authorities say they still don't know what caused the trainer jet to go down. >> i would imagine for a pilot this is the day that you dread that you hope never comes. we just want them to know and their families to know that our thoughts and prayers are with them. >> reporter: thoughts and prayers for a tragedy that could have been far worse. >> our thanks to nbc's matt bradley for that report. on capitol hill, senator joe manchin reportedly suggested pausing discussions over democrat's $3.5 trillion spending package until 2022. people familiar with the matter tell axios that manchin was

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along the iowa border with illinois those are the areas near the quad cities that could deal with damaging winds. this will be around sunset when this line of storms will roll on through. in the south, we have flash flood warnings right now for chattanooga. it will rain hard today savannah to charleston and atlanta will have a rainy morning commute to deal with. isolated totals up to five inches of rain. in indiana we have heavy rain this morning, too. 2 to 3 inches possible. so here is how your week ahead forecast goes. so for today, we mentioned the bad weather spots. how about the gorgeous -- this is a beautiful fall day in the new england area through the northeast. enjoy today outside from d.c. to new york. it was gorgeous yesterday, it continues today. no problems on the west coast. then as we go through tuesday and wednesday that heavy rain goes through the ohio valley. it's going to rain hard wednesday. pittsburgh, then that rain wednesday night, thursday goes through washington, d.c., philly and new york and little bit of leftover rain friday in boston. but it should clear out,

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♪♪ welcome back to "way too early." it's 5:30 on the east coast. 2:30 out west. i'm jonathan lemire. democrats are looking for a plan b after their attempt to include immigration changes in a spending bill was rejected by the senate parliamentarian, according to a document obtained by nbc news. the parliamentarian argued that the proposed changes to immigration law are, quote, policy changes. and that the budget impact was only incidental. democrats were looking to have

provisions like a pathway to citizenship for several groups such as daca recipients. chuck schumer promised to keep pushing for the changes writing in a statement, quote, senate democrats prepared alternate proposals and will be holding additional meeting with the senate parliamentarian in the coming days. the haitian government is asking the biden administration to pause mass deportations of migrants back to haiti. the white house is using a trump era pandemic rule to block a flood of thousands of migrants from entering the country. "the new york times" reports president biden pledged more humanitarian approach to immigration than his predecessor is taking tough measures to stop the influx and the administration said the haitian deportations are consistent with that policy. the first group landed in port-au-prince over the weekend. the haitian government says they expect about 14,000 migrants to be sent back to the island nation. over the past few days, thousands of people crossed the rio grande river into the united states. some coming from haiti and some from south american countries as

well. a temporary encampment under the bridge in the town of del rio, texas, is housing the migrants. they came to the u.s. hoping for entry after series of disasters in haiti including the assassination of the president in july and devastating earth wake last month. joining us now is julia ainsley. thank you for being here. what's your latest on this situation, the timeline of the deportations and negotiations between the u.s. and the haitian governments? >> hey, good morning, jonathan. so, we know that at its peak there were almost 15,000 haitian migrants under that bridge in del rio, texas. it's hard to imagine you can think about what conditions were like there. i heard there were really only about 22 portable toilets there for that number of people. so it was a humanitarian and health crisis right there at our southern border and in a sector that's not used to seeing traffic anywhere like that. so the biden administration very quickly responded we were reporting on friday that they

would begin to ramp up deportations and we saw that over the weekend. just yesterday, there were three flights that left san antonio. we expect the number of flights to start ramping up. but flights only hold about 130 to 150 people when they're going back to port-au-prince. so this could take some time. we also know there's an effort just to move people out from under this bridge. put them in processing facilities, put them in places where they can be better cared for, better conditions and can be processed and then possibly eventually deported. not all of these people will be deported. that policy that you talked about, that's called title 42. it was started under the trump administration and the biden administration has continued it. they use it most of the time to deport single adults. they changed it partly from the trump administration in that they don't deport children who come along. families sometimes it's hit or miss whether or not they can stay. but by and large, we're seeing mainly single adults and families that are not claiming asylum being deported to haiti

right now. it's something to continue to keep an eye on, but really these flights are going to start taking off and more frequently but it will take some time when you look at just the sheer number of people under that bridge. >> the situation with the haitian migrants, of course, is refocussing a spotlight on the biden immigration policies, in particular, as you mentioned, the fact that they're still using these trump-era rules. what's the strategy here? has the administration signaled how long they're going to continue to use those rules? as noted they promised a more humane immigration policy. the pandemic plays a role in this, too. what's your sense? according to your reporting as to how this is going to play out? will the biden administration keep doing what the trump folks put in place? >> yeah. my sense, jonathan, is they're fighting tooth and nail to keep this policy. it's a policy they thought about ending by july 31st. that was an internal deadline they decided to go past, especially as delta started to

rise, the cases of the delta variant and the numbers at the border started to rise in the late summer and there's a lawsuit about this. several immigration groups sued the trump administration and then became the biden administration over this policy saying that families should not be deported and a federal judge ruled they shouldn't be using it. instead the biden administration appealed that and they're continuing to use title 42 to deport these haitians. it's something that i think they'll be keeping definitely for the near future and definitely as long as the delta variant or any other variants are really posing a public health risk. they'll be able to use that argument in order to use it for their law enforcement purposes. >> nbc's julia ainsley, we always really appreciate it. thank you, come back soon. still ahead a look at the big winners from last night's primetime emmy awards. plus a totally different group of tourists makes its return flight home.

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lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are calling for an information into a deadly drone strike in kabul which the pentagon now says was a mistake. >> we did not have the luxury of time to develop pattern of life and do a number of other things. we now assess it was unlikely that the vehicle and those who died were a direct threat to u.s. forces. i offer my profound condolences to the family and friends of those who were killed. this strike was taken in the earnest belief that it would prevent an imminent threat to our forces in the evacuees at the airport, but it was a mistake. and i offer my sincere apology. >> after first saying the august 29th strike had killed two isis-k fighters and possibly three civilians, military leaders say the strike killed no isis-k fighters and ten

civilians that includes seven children. three of whom the pentagon says rushed outside to greet the gentleman as he returned home. they thought he posed a imminent threat and was carrying explosives in his car. now the pentagon says he was a worker for a u.s. aid group and those explosives were likely cases of water. joining us now, the president and ceo of the lutheran immigration and refugee service. good morning, thank you so much for being here. let's talk about some of these afghan resettlements. we know the detail last week some of the where some of the refugees are going in terms of which states. obviously this is the beginning of the process. what have you -- how have state leads reacted to these refugee resettlement plans. >> it's amazing. the outpouring of support is in stark contrast what we saw in syria. so we have had 37 governors who have come out in support of welcoming afghan arrivals into

their state. only two have come out against. so that's south dakota and wyoming. this is sharp contrast to what we saw with syrian refugees in 2015 where 31 governors came out against it. so by and large, i think governors want to just know what numbers of arrivals and when, but in terms of their general support, we have seen a strong response. >> it seems that polling so far suggested that americans largely welcome these refugees, something they believe is important to the national identity of who america is, but this is, of course, become a political flash point and though most governors, as you say, welcomed them some in the conservative media decidedly have not and pushing some rather nasty untruths. what can be done to combat the falsehoods pushed by some on the right about these refugees? >> yeah. i think the fact that there's a forbes poll that shows that 79% of trump 2020 voters are in

favor of welcoming afghan arrivals i think contextualizes that some of the comments you have heard are really the fringe of the fringe. i think it's really important that people understand who these people are, why they're coming. the fact that they risk their lives in order to protect ours, which is why we made a promise to them that we would not leave them behind. i think it's also important for us to explain the vetting that has taken place and there is fear mongering and we have to fight fiction with fact. it's important for us to explain that generally speaking an siv will go through a 14-part process but even for those who are emergency evacuated out of the country, they're going through extreme vetting done by counterterrorism officials, dhs officials, cia, working with interpol. they'll being cross checked in multiple data bases. we know who these people rand if there's any risk, they don't get on a flight to come to the u.s. >> obviously the revelations from the pentagon on friday

about that drone strike sort of returned to the headlines situation in afghanistan. we know a few weeks ago the very tumultuous start of the u.s. military withdrawal then seemingly a success story of getting not just americans but a number of afghans out. give us a status report as to your sense of how many of these afghans who -- particularly those who supportive of u.s. efforts over there, how many have gotten out, where they are now in third party countries and how many more are still trying to leave the country. >> yeah. so, you know, starting with afghanistan, unfortunately everyday we're in communication with those that remain on the ground. their desperate pleas largely are going unanswered because it is difficult to get out. there's only been three flights that have been done through qatar airways in order to get out of the country. in terms of those who are in

third country military bases, there's tens of thousands of them there who are waiting in transit to come to the u.s. and we have more than 50,000 who are at eight military bases here in the united states. we expect that in a couple weeks, few week's time, they will be reaching their final re destination. many will go to texas, california, d.c., maryland and virginia area. we hope that many will think of places like -- where there is large welcoming community where they'll settle there and stay home. >> appreciate it. thank you. we ask why are you awake? oscar writes up early to watch you gloat about the red sox. go yankees!

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alexi, good morning. what's "axios' one big thing" today? >> today an early look at 2022 midterms. black democrats specifically challenged and target sitting house republicans in districts and places like california, georgia and north carolina, those are obviously important statewide. the democratic national party is not necessarily focused so tightly on those districts. we think their local ties to the district and the changing demographics here give them a real shot. if in two or three cycles, we make a change that'll be good

enough for conservatives. >> former congress beto o'rourke is preparing to run for governor of texas next year following his attempt to run to for the senate and his presidential bid a year or so ago started with promise and flamed out quickly. >> i mean texas is a complicated state. you mentioned beto o'rourke, he shocked people how he came across ted cruz but unsuccessful and on the presidential stage. the politician in texas is shifting. abbott may be in trouble. there was a poll that shows if matthew mcconaughhey if he were to run, he has a nine-point lead

over abbott and beto o'rourke. beto o'rourke is not even the most popular democratic contender which suggests for abbott. >> what's the latest of the matthew mcconaughhey's rumor. what's the sense of texas in is he seriously considering this? >> i have not called him this morning yet, as usual. after i hang up i will. it's most likely he'll end up running for governor. everyone likes the celebrity speculation. >> i do think if you speak to him, send him my best. >> and senator manchin is looking to delay the vote on president biden's package. what does he hope to accomplish? >> he's written op-ed about this privately and publicly as we reported. he cites different things. he sites other potential feature

economic crisis that would come rather if democrats than congress vote on this $5 trillion package. he thinks the big problem if she's serious and delaying this and midterm is over. that would throw a huge wrench as soon as they can. alexi mccanaan, thank you so much for being here. >> as we start this week. we should underscore what a vital and important week this will be for the president, coming off with a tough august with rising covid cases and the trio setbacks we have been talking about all morning of the booster shots and the drone strikes and france recalling its ambassadors, the u.s. can be

reied upon. it had been pretrump and get the world to do more on the vaccines. it's an important week. we'll be bringing it to you in details and following all of those important stories. thank you again and all the guests and all of you watching and getting up way too early with us this monday morning, "morning joe" starts now. welcome to the 73rd emmy awards. look at this room man, so many talented people in here. we are not leaving until we find a new host for "jeopardy" in here. it feels good. we are all vaxed. we had to get vaxed to come here, you know what i mean? i got vaxed, i did not have a reaction like nicki minaj's cousin friend. i got pfizer because i am bouchi.

pfizer is the niemann marcus of vaccine and moderna is macy's and johnson & johnson is tj max of course. >> cedric, the entertainer. all win top of words. we are looking ahead to a pivotal week for president biden with a case speech at the united nation general assembly following a series of setbacks and the latest of the pandemic. a development out of alabama over deaths and 2020 out numbered births. good morning and welcome to "morning joe," it's monday, september 20th. president biden will address the general assembly tomorrow, his first since taking office. it could amount to a