this hour with breaking news on the fight against covid-19 less than an hour ago, president biden joined the first wave of americans to get a vaccine booster shot, happening less than a week after the fda and cdc recommended it for millions of older and at-risk adults, as well as front line workers here is president biden last hour >> boosters are important. but the most important thing we need to do is get more people vaccinated over 77% of adults have gotten at least one shot. about 23% haven't gotten any shots. and that distinct minority is causing an awful lot of us an awful lot of damage for the rest of the country >> the president also said he'll keeping pushing vaccine requirements wherever he can as we speak, new york state is emerging as a testing ground for vaccine mandates and the complicated legal battles that go with them today was supposed to be the

deadline for new york city public school teachers and new york state health care workers to get at least one shot or risk losing their jobs. but after the courts got involved, the teacher mandate was put on hold. although the mandate for health care workers is still set to go into effect at midnight. joining us to start the hour is nbc news reporter shannon pettypiece, nbc news correspondent rehema ellis from new york city, and dr. sigh are an medad from harvard's center for science and international affairs and the new york city hospital system. welcome to the three of you. shannon, president biden told us he would get the booster shot. today he did i think it was important for the white house to have the president be seen getting the shot as a means of encouraging other people to do the same and really to clear up some conf confusion around the booster rollout. >> certainly, geoff. this is quite an unusual image, to see the president in the west wing rolling up his sleeves, getting a vaccination live on

tv, not to mention with reporters there asking him questions throughout the process. the white house taking this unusual move and approach here to, as you suggested, bring some clarity to this vaccination process, which has had a lot of confusion around it over the past month and we have seen white house officials in recent days trying to bring that clarity. and of course the president coming out here again in this very public way today. you know, in addition to that, though, of course having the president get this booster shot helps give him some added protection to potentially get out on the road more he certainly does fall in that category of someone who would need a booster and it gives him one more opportunity to call on people who haven't been vaccinated yet to get vaccinated. the administration officials have been emphasizing, we're not going to boost our way out of this pandemic, and really even the boosters might not be needed as much if the number of virus circulating in this country was lower. so the real priority, what's really going to make a difference here is getting more people vaccinated.

you heard that again from the president as well. >> and dr. medad, we saw a rush on boosters, people trying to get those booster shots this weekend, it seemed to surprise even the cdc here was cdc director walensky earlier today on "gma. >> i want to reiterate this is a very slow thing, there is no urgency to get your booster immediately, walk, don't run to your booster appointment and we'll look at the data from moderna and j&j in very short order. >> so when she says there's no urgency here, especially us understand the science behind that and for folks who got the moderna and j&j vaccines, when should they expect to get a third shot >> if we look at who the boosters have been recommended for, it's the group that should and the group that may so right now, in the group that should, they absolutely should go ahead and get a covid-19 booster because the data we are seeing out of israel and the uk

do show they would benefit from the extra boost of immunity. that includes those over the age of 65, those over age 50 with underlying health conditions and those living in long term health care facilities. the data supports getting that extra boost. those that are in the may receive the covid-19 booster, those at risk of higher exposure depending on occupation, those can certainly get the covid-19 vaccine. the data is a little bit more murky on that. we are in the phase of the covid-19 pandemic that is quite confusing. it is pretty messy, because we are still getting more and more information on how well these covid-19 vaccines work in the younger and older population but one thing is very clear. all the covid-19 vaccines are highly effective in protecting the most severe outcomes of covid-19 like severe illness, hospitalization, and death so they are doing a wonderful job across the board with all three. in terms of when we can expect more information for those

individuals that have gotten the moderna or j&j, right now the timeline is murky, we're hearing a couple of weeks to a few weeks. individuals can rest assured, all the vaccines are safe and effective and those who have gotten the pfizer certainly can get that shot if they're in that category >> rehema ellis, can you help us understand what's happening in new york you're in harlem today help us understand how these vaccine mandates are playing out there. >> it's kind of a take it or leave it, a like it or not mentality in new york as far as hospitals like the one i'm standing in front of as well as schools. interestingly enough, one protest that was held today, there was a sign that said, as far as health care's workers, last year's heroes are this year's unemployment. as far as the governor of new york state is concerned, that would be true. she's saying, no vaccine, no job, no unemployment benefits. the city is saying it wants to

have its people vaccinated as well look at these numbers. first, starting with what's happening on the health care front, geoff 84% of all hospital workers at this point in new york state have been vaccinated that's 88% of the staff at adult care facilities. and 89% of the staff at nursing homes. when you turn it now and take a look at what's happening as far as new york city schools are concerned, according to the mayor, who has a mandate out for them to be vaccinated as well, you talked about that restraining order that's in place, he said today 87% of all workers with the department of education have been vaccinated that's not just teachers, but principals, those who work in the office, custodians, security, those in the lunchroom. we're talking about all of those people have been vaccinated. he wants it to be 100% some others definitely disagree. listen to a lawyer representing some of the teachers, how he points out how this is playing out. just listen. >> i think the true thing that unites them all is that they're

the only municipal workers in new york city that have been forced to get this vaccination and they're the only schoolteachers in new york state that are being forced to get this vaccination the governor came down with an edict, the rest of the teachers in new york state can get the testing option that's all we want for our clients also >> one of the things that we know right now is that there is expected to be a review before a three-judge panel come wednesday, determining what will happen as far as that temporary restraining order is concerned what happens on the state level, i would imagine that this may probably be challenged in court. but the governor says if they do not have enough workers in the hospitals after tonight's deadline, she's ready to declare a state of emergency, call in the national guard, and look for workers in other parts of the state and even other parts of the country, and other countries, to fill in those gaps, geoff.

>> incredible. and dr. madad, as rehema reports about these vaccine-hesitant health care workers, you tweeted, you said there's an incredible amount of misinformation and disinformation circulating even those working in health care aren't impervious to it help us understand how that shows up among health care workers, folks who take an oath to do no harm. >> i think it's important to understand, when we talk about health care workers, that's a very large group when we look at physicians and the recent data, over 97% are vaccinated nurses, very high percentage of those, also vaccinated health care workers also include different types of technicians, radiology, food service, all kinds of people working in the health care setting. that's where we're seeing lower vaccination rates. it's been an uphill battle, and people have hesitancy in terms of the newness of the vaccines,

side effects but i think the one thing that's hard to discuss is when they think it's a violation of their civil liberties or freedom that's something harder to address. but a lot of us are constantly trying to address vaccine hesitancy for months now, especially with the vaccine mandate today, you know, we've been working full speed ahead. >> dr. syra madad, rehema ellis, shannon pettypiece, thanks for starting us off this however. ahead, democrats are still at odds with the president's domestic agenda hanging in the balance and critical votes just days away. plus we'll go live to texas where a border bridge is back open after those haitian refugees were moved away today we're learning that thousands were deported back to haiti. later, toxic for teens facebook pushing back on reports that its own research found instagram was harmful to the psyche of young women. stay with us stroke risk due to afib not caused by a heart valve problem.

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as president biden was getting his booster shot today, he told reporters he's continuing to hold meetings and phone calls with lawmakers to broker a political truce among democrats in support of his infrastructure and social spending plans with the cacophony of the competing demands in congress this week, it could be make or break for president biden's sweeping agenda. first there's the hard infrastructure bill, the physical infrastructure bill, which democratic moderates in the house want to vote on immediately. but progressives want to vote on the human infrastructure bill, all of that social spending. that one would expand the social safety net in a way we haven't seen since lbj but democrats need to agree among themselves on which priorities to include and how much to spend. progressives initially wanted $3.5 trillion that would affect every american from kids to the elderly. but those democrats in the senate, namely joe manchin and

kyrsten sinema, say that number is way too high and will not fly. but wait, as they say, there's more government funding runs out on thursday and republicans say no way they're voting to raise the debt ceiling even though it's for debt incurred when they controlled the government in the trump era. joining us, punchbowl news co-founder john bresnan and white house reporter jonathan lemire when he was getting his booster shot today, the president was asked by our own kelly o'donnell about this week's expected votes and deadlines. here is what he said >> reporter: what is at stake for is your agenda and your presidency with what's happening on capitol hill this week? >> victory is at stake >> reporter: how would you define success legislatively >> it may not be by the end of the week

i hope it's by the end of the week as long as we're still alive, we've got three things to do the debt ceiling, continued resolution, and the two pieces of legislation if we do that, the country will be in great shape. >> so in responding to kelly, he says victory is at stake and when responding to another reporter, he seemed to suggest the timeline could scholarship, which was news to me do we have reporting from the white house? >> geoff, i'm sorry to be with you on such a slow news week the president went on to say during that exchange, and one good way to have him take questions is to have him get a needle in his arm, it turns out. >> a kaichcaptive audience >> that's exactly right. there has not been, at least that we know of, negotiations with the hill to push this back further. but there has been expectation the deadlines could slide. we already know house speaker pelosi moved one vote that was going to be today, moved it to

thursday, allowing herself, the perception is, to get more members in line, make sure she has those votes. she didn't have them yet if she did, she would be calling the vote for today but the president, he certainly is aware of what's at stake. there is a belief, among people i've talked to, that they will figure out a way to keep government going, some sort of continuing rulesolution, even a brief one, but there are hurdles to clear on the two-part agenda between progressives and moderates who not only seem far apart but don't seem to trust each other to negotiate in good faith. we should expect the president to host lawmakers at the white house to try to bridge those divides. >> such a great point you make there, a trust deficit for sure. bres, few reporters have the experience in covering this kind of week than you do. we have on top of everything

else, massive infrastructure bills. start with where we should be focusing the most and what's likely to happen >> today in the senate there's going to be an important vote, this is on the government funding bill, the continuing resolution to keep the government open past thursday. that has a provision in there to raise the debt limit until december 2022, past the midterm elections. that's going to be voted on this afternoon at 5:30 in the senate. republicans are going to block that then democrats will have to figure out another plan for how to move forward, keep the government open, and avoid a catastrophe on debt default. now, on the infrastructure bill, the hard -- you did a good job setting this up. there's a hard infrastructure bill, roads, highways, bridges, and soft, human infrastructure that second one, the human infrastructure, that may not be ready for weeks, maybe months, but they need to have some progress on this in order to

pass the first bill, that the president and speaker pelosi and senate majority leader chuck schumer need to have a lot of progress on this if they're going to get progressives to vote for the hard infrastructure bill because right now they're not going to this is the divide right now there's a huge trust gap, as you guys have talked about, just among democrats. why this is important is because no republicans are going to vote for either one of these bills. they're only doing democrats only when you have to pull it from one side, you can't give up one vote >> bres, the republicans in the house who might be inclined to vote for the physical infrastructure bill if it's not linked with reconciliation, you're telling me you're not buying that, you don't think at the end of the day the republicans are going to get on board? >> there will be some. we know at least four publicly now. remember, democrats only have a three-vote margin. so let's say all the progressives vote against it that would be not enough to overcome the progressive

opposition now, if they get five, ten, you know, or more, i talked to one republican lawmaker today who says he can get 15 to 20 votes i don't believe that at all. that would give pelosi some room to play. but i don't think they'll get it there will be some republican support. there will be some but it will be very limited. and it may be overwhelmed by democratic opposition. so, you know, we have this -- two things here. they've got some time, they've got until thursday to get this done they can always postpone it. and second, they've got, you know, the best whip in congressional history, nancy pelosi is the best one ever, and she will bulldoze these folks, she'll try to get this through she'll work as hard as she can to do it >> thanks to you both. joining us now, democratic congressman ro khanna of california, a member of the house oversight and armed services committees and deputy

whip of the congressional progressive caucus can you help us understand, especially for our viewers, those democrats, those biden supporters, who really at the end of the day don't understand the infighting here, tell us what you and other progressives are for, what you're against in these proposals, both of them, and what progressives are hoping to achieve by potentially opposing votes on these bills? >> i don't understand the infighting either. this is the joe biden agenda progressives are saying let's get behind what the president has proposed we've already compromised with the secentrists. this is not as progressive is what the president proposed. the overwhelming members of the house, 210 house democrats support joe biden, 48 senators support joe biden, so why are a few holdouts hops holding up the president's agenda >> speaker pelosi said yesterday, as you well know, i'm

sure, "i never bring a bill to the floor that doesn't have the votes. do you think there will be a vote this week >> i'm not sure. here's what needs to happen, there needs to be a counterproposal for those not for the president's $3.5 trillion they have to come up with a number they have to tell us what is it that they want in there, what is it that they don't want in there. and there has to be negotiation. as soon as we have an agreement on that framework, we will pass it but i can't predict when they're going to give us a number. we've been asking for it last week the president pressed them to give us a number and there's still no number. >> when you talk about the president pressing for a number, is it your estimation, is it your assessment that he has been involved in this process as he needs to be? do you need to see more from him, do you want to see more from him in this process >> i think he's bent over backwards. he's put out a proposal that was a reasonable proposal. he's meeting with members of the senate and house members but at some point people have to say he was the president who was

elected. he had the support of the majority of this country he is the leader of our party. is it too much to expect to get behind his proposal? i mean, i'm not out there saying we need free public college right now and medicare for all right now. bernie sanders, whose campaign i chaired, lost. joe biden won. i'm saying let's follow our own president. he's done what he needs to the white house, ron klain has been fantastic i think the democrats owe this president more respect and ought to get behind his agenda >> so given all that, then why are progressives then potentially withholding their votes on thursday's big vote on the physical infrastructure bill if you're saying that the president has done a good job, that ron klain and the white house have done what they need to to get this thing across the line >> because what they're saying is we have to have both components bipartisan infrastructure plan, as the president recognizes, has no climate provision you can't say we're going to invest in the old economy, more roads, more bridges, more co2

emission, and not have a clean energy standard. you can't say we're going to cut funding as the bipartisan infrastructure bill does for electric buses and not have any plan for electric vehicles so it has always been part of this president's vision, who cares about climate, and we would have the bipartisan infrastructure bill but also have the reconciliation with the climate provisions that has always been the plan and we ought to get behind that plan >> months ago, before this was even an issue, as it is in the current moment, the president at the end of some event in the rose garden, during q&a, he was asked about infrastructure, and he said, you know, do you think at the end of the day a democrat is going to vote against these important proposals, i don't think so he was essentially calling everybody's bluff months ahead of time. do you think he was right about that >> he was operating under the assumption that there would be a reconciliation bill that he had proposed and he didn't expect that you wouldn't have an agreement on reconciliation

back then we had that agreement. it was already negotiated. i mean, bernie sanders, as you remember, started out at $6 trillion, he came down to $3.5 trillion i think the president legitimately thought there was an agreement >> ro khanna, appreciate your time, we'll have to have you back at the end of the week to see how things turn out. >> thank you ahead, the bridge that became the epicenter of a surge of haitian refugees is back open and we've learned 4,000 of those migrants were deported to haiti. and donald trump hits the campaign trail ahead of the 2022 midterms, still clearly fixated on spreading lies about 2020 >> we never forget 2020. just in case you have any question we're not forgetting 2020. most corrupt election in the history of our country most corrupt election in the history of most countries. nge? we can make emergency medicine possible at 40,000 feet. instead of burning our past for power, we can harness the energy of the tiny electron.

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welcome back we're going to turn our attention now to south texas, because that's where the border crossing at del rio is back open after being closed for ten days. as you remember, it was shut down after thousands of haitian migrants set up camp under a bridge there now, these are the images from last thursday. there you go as you can see, as of friday, the camp is now empty. in the end, roughly 4,000 of those migrants were deported back to haiti. but more than 12,000 were released into the u.s. as they seek asylum.

joining us for more from del rio, texas, is nbc news correspondent guad venegas and here in washington, alex seitz-wald good to have you with us alex, what's the situation with the 12,000 people who were under that bridge, where have they all gone >> jeff, we know that these 12,400 migrants according to the latest report, this is the information shared bisect may yosrk -- by secretary mayorkas, will be allowed to stay, staying with relatives or with sponsors, some of them staying with family members. there is a digital way to track them and to know what the process will be like for them as they go to the immigration courts while they remain in the u.s. they did mention, secretary mayorkas and u.s. officials mentioned they received migrants here at the border during the

crisis so there's lots of relatives from some of these migrants in the u.s. who are trying to find them yesterday we spoke to a woman who came from miami, she's trying to find a cousin who was in that camp and she hasn't been able to speak to her for over a week 1951 what she had to say >> i'm disgusted i'm disgusted. it is our job, our humanitarian duty to feed and shelter and clothe we're supposed to give love. what i saw on tv, that's the reason why i'm here. and then to find out right before i get on a plane that they're all gone you cannot just expect the world to see thousands of black migrants vanish like that and not come here and question it. >> upset from the images she saw on television, some family members came to the border to try to get information and as

you mentioned, this camp was quickly cleared by authorities what we understand is that 5,000 migrants, according to the latest report, are still in processing centers throughout the region these are individuals that could remain in the u.s. as they seek asylum or could also potentially be put on a plane to haiti and join the 4,000 you mentioned, the latest number mayorkas shared, these are the migrants that have already been returned to haiti, jeff >> alex, you wrote an article about the politics of all of this one of the quotes that stood out from julian castro, former hud secretary, who said president biden needs to show moral clarity in this moment there is a disconnect between how the administration talks about how we have a humane policy, and the way we've seen it play out along the border >> they're in a real bind here and they've talked about the images we've seen from the border as if they're observers,

not participants, not people who are in charge of this. people inside their coalition like julian castro have come out strongly against them. a decade ago you could try to triangulate between the two parties, get some credit from republicans, get some criticism from the democrats on the right, joe biden is getting no credit for this so there are no easy answers here, no easy solutions and the white house is stuck in the middle with no refuge or place to go and they still have to manage the border. >> and there are questions about why after four years of donald trump's demagoguery around immigration, why the biden administration wasn't better prepared for all of this >> it's a great question, especially when biden was elected on this promise of competency, of experience. the idea that you can forget the president existed because he knew the government was in good hands. then we see images of this and that cuts to the heart of that there has been a lot of tension inside his own coalition because

he is continuing some of the policies of the trump era, specifically this title 42 public health order that lets them deport people before they even have a chance to claim asylum that's what people like julian castro and other advocates are asking for the administration is continuing it because they say they have all these people showing up at the border, they have to run a department that was changed fundamentally by donald trump, and they have to muddle through the best they can, without getting a lot of credit for it so far >> thanks to you both. former president trump rallied this weekend in georgia on behalf of republican candidates he's supporting in the 2022 midterms. never one to forgive or forget, donald trump spent a lot of time talking about 2020, not only about georgia but about arizona too. >> now the people of georgia must replace the rinos and weak republicans who made it all possible in particular your incompetent and strange, there's something wrong with this guy, your

secretary of state raffensperger. raffensperger. i'm telling you, i think there's something wrong with him we won on the arizona forensic audit yesterday at a level that you wouldn't believe it is clear in arizona that they must de-certify the election you heard the numbers. and those responsible for wrongdoing must be held accountable. it was a corrupt election. and it's my opinion, by the way, that georgia is far worse. >> so the president's claims there about the election are not true we'll get into that in a bit also apparently getting trump's attention are reports that former president george w. bush will campaign in wyoming on behalf of congresswoman liz cheney cheney is facing a trump-backed primary challenge over her vote to impeach him after the capitol

insurrection a challenge cheney addressed in a weekend interview with "60 minutes. >> a vote against me in this race, a vote for whomever donald trump has endorsed, is a vote for somebody who is willing to perpetuate the big lie, somebody who is willing to put allegiance to trump above allegiance to the constitution, absolutely >> joining me is former republican congressman david jolly of florida he's also an msnbc political analyst. david, it's good to have you with us. let's talk more about the former president's rally over this weekend and his apparent inability to move on from the election that he lost. how much of this is about undermining joe biden and how much of it is about laying the foundation to overturn potential democratic victories in the future >> yeah, i think it's both of those. i think it's also hard not to see this as simply the vanity project of an embittered former president. it fills his ego to get up there

and spread these falsehoods and have them affirmed by his followers. sure, it's to kneecap joe biden and suggest he's somehow illegitimate but the big concern, particularly people who are often on this network, who are concerned about the future of our democracy and the infrastructure of our democracy, if donald trump can tear down your belief and convictions in our basic systems, the press, the courts, the administration of elections, then anything is allowable, right then the january 6 event is justifiable. then having state legislatures decertify elections is then allowable. and that is the danger in what he's doing and unfortunately, to contrast that with the liz cheney interview, donald trump still commands the majority of republicans and republican primaries, though he has lost in general elections and doesn't command the popular support of the american people, he still controls the republican party. >> unpack that a bit more, because there is this question whether donald trump is still a republican king maker. he hear you say, to the extent

it matters, yes, he is >> yeah, look, he puts his thumb on the scale of republican primaries and he wins those primaries by and large but then they end up nominating a republican candidate that can't win a general election or he interfaeres, as did he in georgia, that so gets the party off-message that they're in a losing position. look what's happening now, geoff, with democrats, this week, on the ropes, divided among themselves, not sure if they can pass the president's agenda traditionally republicans would be weighing in on taxes, regulation, the economy, the climate, debt, spending, with a very disciplined message you're not hearing any of that because the message of the republican party remains donald trump's message and state audits of the past election >> you mentioned liz cheney. what do you make of this apparent proxy war between former presidents donald trump and george w. bush with liz cheney caught in the middle?

george w. bush is holding a fundraiser for her and donald trump is taunting her. >> it's too early to tell. we don't know how far in bush 43 is actually willing to weigh in. my understanding is he's hosting a fundraiser in dallas among bush/cheney supporters so it's not a real surprise. we know donald trump will go to wyoming and mix it up and get involved we'll see if bush 43 will do that it is a cheney in wyoming, it is hard to have a stronger political candidate than a cheney in wyoming going up against trumpism so i don't know that we can extract much data from this particular race. but here is what i will tell you, and personally, i certainly hope liz cheney were to win this if she returns to congress, liz cheney is still not the leader of the republican party. the party has not shifted from trumpism to liz cheney so it will be an important moral victory and it will be important to keep her voice at the table but it will be a voice of the minority of the party. >> david jolly, thanks as always for your insights, appreciate your time. coming up next, stuck at

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simply can't keep up and there is a massive backup of ships on the ocean if you're thinking about already the holiday shopping season, buy now, say the experts, and have patience off the coast of los angeles, a truly stunning sight nearly 60 container ships in the water, anchored all the way to the horizon. precious goods and supplies sitting idle for days. and off the east coast, data shows nearly 20 ships waiting to get into new york city >> when the world manufacturers came back online, there was a surge in products that were ordered and just a finite amount of capacity of ships, of trucks, of warehouses. the infrastructure that exists can't handle the volume. >> reporter: the cargo bottleneck is just the latest hiccup in an already struggling supply chain with labor shortages in trucking and warehouses causing unprecedented delays, big retailers like costco and home

depot have started contracting their own ships to bring goods to u.s. shores, putting limits on key items for consumers, like toilet paper, bottled water, and cleaning supplies. also at risk for retailers, popular holiday gift items thighs tvs and sneakers. steve segal, whose furniture inventory is consistently stuck at sea >> it has to go to the distributor and once it gets there, do they have anybody to unload the truck, the container? probably not >> reporter: alex sells all natural dog treat mix. right now everything from his silicone treat molds to the jars for his possiblpsicle mix are sk in transit >> it used to take 45 days to get here, now it could be as much as 90 >> reporter: with no end to the delays in sight, alex is ordering all of his holiday

inventory as early as possible >> i have customers with small businesses, we're all doing the best we can. >> reporter: experts say consumers should make sure they're stocked up on essentials at home and make a plan to order holiday gifts as soon as possible >> if you have something in mind this holiday season for a family member, a child, go ahead and secure that now. do not wait. chances are that it won't be available in the store after black friday >> reporter: to reiterate here, they may not see products around after black friday, so buy now if you can we're already seeing prices up 20 to 25% in some cases. artificial christmas trees, experts say we may be running out of those in just a matter of weeks so if you need one, you should buy it as quickly as possible i'm tom costello here in bethesda, maryland back to you. >> our thanks to tom for that report and that warning. a panic over fuel is gripping the united kingdom. bp says a third of its gas

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facebook is pausing plans for an instagram for kids given backlash over the impact of the app on young women the social media giant launched

a full court press today to defend instagram after the "wall street journal" reported that internal facebook documents showed the company was aware of the harmful effects on girls and their well-being but facebook said the journal's repo reporting, quote, simply is not accurate but facebook's team is working to better the app for young users. >> if anyone leaves feeling badly about themselves, that's something we need to address last week we announced we were working on nudges, the idea that if you're going very deep in one topic, you might try another topic. and another project that we call take a break the idea you could put your instagram on pause for a period of time if you're in a moment of vulnerability. >> joining us now is nbc news senior reporter brandi drojny.

i think when parents talk about putting instagram on pause, they want that to be a permanent pause. can you talk about the reporting on the "wall street journal" and the fact of what facebook is claiming isn't true here >> yeah, the "wall street journal" has had a series of articles over the last couple of weeks, and they all drew on this internal research that was leaked by a whistleblower, and it showed that facebook had a bu bunch of different harms they said it promoted divisive content and that women and girls knew it projected a worse body image. facebook is calling foul they're saying "wall street

journal" misrepresented the research, but the problem is they're not releasing it, so we really have no way to see if that's true or not >> why is instagram pushing forward with this when you have 44 attorneys general asking them to abandon this project? >> money is the short answer, i would probably say for a while now, instagram has been thinking about and designing this instagram for kids with these increased safety measures they're supposed to include parental controls and privacy. they wouldn't serve ads on the kids' version, stuff like that now, the framing of kids using instagram, we asked is it a foregone conclusion? they said they're pausing with more care here, they want to be more thoughtful. they framed the instagram kids okids' version as something they were doing for us, for parents.

it really is about money, but teens have stopped using facebook and gone to instagram instagram is using platforms like tiktok, and you might think it's very sad that they're building it because it's the right thing to do, but a skeptic might understand that this is a business and look to facebook to secure or win back a portion of the young market and keep their appearance >> all about the bottom line brandy zadrozny, thank you the jury has reached a verdict in the sex trafficking trial of r. kelly. the jury began deliberating friday afternoon stay with us we'll bring you that verdict as soon as it is read that wraps up this hour of "msnbc reports." hallie jackson picks it up next. e uncharted waters,

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we are coming on the air with breaking news as we speak the jury reaching a verdict in the sex trafficking trial of r. kelly, r&b megastar. you may remember opening arguments were on august 18. we heard closing arguments end of last week r. kelly did not take the witness stand on his own behalf. i want to get to msnbc's ron allen who is outside the courtroom in