in the next 30 minutes the senate is set to vote on a resolution to avoid a government shutdown. also on capitol hill, finally, infrastructure day, but progressive and moderate democrats are no closer to an agreement on how to move president biden's agenda forward. we'll be hearing from speaker nancy pelosi later this hour. and let's get right to our reporters on the ground to give us the very latest. joining me now msnbc news correspondent on capitol hill garrett haake. with 14 hours to go, the senate has to pass this continuing resolution bill, then the house has go pass it and the president has to sign it all before midnight. keeping the government open is

the bare minimum. why is this such a last-minute scramble? >> jose, unfortunately this is something that happens all the time. lawmakers know they have to do something they don't want to do like raise the debt ceiling and link it together to make everyone vote at the same time. the typical plan had fallen apart, which is part of the reason we're up so close against the deadline with republicans not wanting to vote for the dell ceiling piece of it. every indication, though, is that the house and senate will get their homework done on time and will vote to fund the government through december. today, however, when you wait this late, there's a chance something dumb could go wrong. it doesn't look likely it's going to happen today. >> the solution is c.r. this leaves the issue of the debt ceiling there. where does it stand? >> they don't want anything. they want democrats to do the debt ceiling lift on their own

in part for purely political reasons. they want to run against democrats and say, look, democrats raise the debt by $10 trillion or whatever the number will be. democrats are frustrated. they know this is a political move. they may get forced into doing a lift that be time-consuming and throw them off their agenda, which is having problems already. >> it's interesting to see when the debt limit issue becomes important depending whon is in the majority. what more do we know happened in yesterday's meeting? >> reporter: well, jose, what's so interesting is we know he's been in contact with nancy pelosi and schumer. the fact that they came here to the white house, met in person, i think, meets to the multiple priorities and deadlines that are all coinciding here at once

in washington. they need to sit down and lay down the path forward on a number of these issues. the statement from the white house issued afterward said as it relates to the president's infrastructure proposals, the leaders say both bills, the smaller and larger, are must-pass priorities, and as the statement puts it, broadly supported by the american people. that's been the argument from the white house throughout this process. now, what's also interesting is what the president did after the meeting. we saw him in public really for the first time in a number of days since he was getting booster shot on monday. mingling with members of the house at nationals park at that congressional baseball game, it's the kind of in-person interaction that a lot of lawmakers have been saying they feel has been lacking from the president. obviously we know he's courting two very important votes, manchin and sinema who are key

oven getting that through. but they want to have that interaction with the president as well. the white house is showing they know he needs to do that. white house officials say he's going to be on the phone to see these proposals through now. >> garrett, it seems unclear whether or not speaker pelosi has the votes to move on infrastructure today. she doesn't do anything not knowing what may happen. is there a chance we could see a delay in the vote? >> i think a delay is likely at this point. she's working hour by hour, but she's not a speaker. she's not someone who likes to put something on if floor and watch it fail to prove a point. she tends to hold off and wait until she has the vote to take the vote. right now it doesn't appear there will be enough progressives on board. i think a delay is likely. snaft we're told she does have the intention of having that

report as scheduled. let's see -- >> for now. >> for now. there's always that to word is. there a plan b. >> we heard from one of the cabinet officials who's been key to trying to sell this. that's not a big deal if there's a delay in this vote. as much as they're making it clear on the hill, they don't want to use it as a vehicle to pass the debt ceiling increase. that might have do be where this heads if republicans don't blink, and if you talk to anyone close to mcmcconnell. they say he's not likely to in this scenario. as we see what happens with the bipartisan infrastructure vote and if that slides, all points to the white house, knowing they

might need to use that reconciliation measure to get the dell ceiling passed a well. perhaps that's a way to sort of force democrats to come together on this issue as well. >> right now. we're looking at cori bush and another talking about their personal experiences with abortion. it comes on the heels of restricted laws. i want to get the rundown. good morning. >> these are not the stories that are easy to tell, nor are they the stories we hear in the halls of capitol hill. that's why thee lawmakers are telling their story.

it wasn't easy for them, andle it was their first time. cori bush said it was now time to tell her story. >> it was like, okay, cori, you've allowed yourself to be vulnerable in other ways. if there's going to be a moment an you feel comfortable, this is that moment. >> you've told your story here but in other forms. why is testifying the way to go about it? >> i mean i think testifying makes it official. it puts it in the record. >> reporter: when congresswoman bush said it's her moment, she was moved by what she saw happening across the country, including her own home state. this is the em pettus for them to share their stories. you hear stories from

reproductive rights advocates and others that because of restrictive laws across the country, the supreme court, which is conservative could lead to that. she chose to have an abortion before the roe decision. she went to a back alley clinic in mexico. it was hard for her to share her story. at the same time shes with doing it because she didn't want women to experience what she experienced then. they're discussing it to push the policy conversation. they hope it can make a difference. >> they hope it this will cause a policy change. >> that's exactly right. i even asked congressman cori bush about republicans who sit on the committee who she's going testify in front of who have

spoken graphically about their stance on abortion and the fact that they don't think women should be able to do that. cori bush said she still thinks these stories can change minds and change the conversation. she pointed specifically to someone who has faith, was brought up in the church. congresswoman lee says the same thing. even still, cori bush said her mind was changed as she experienced more in her life. on the other side of the coin, we're going to to hear from a republican congresswoman who will share her story of her mother who chose not to have an abopgs even though she was a high-risk person. these two sides are deeply passionate. nevertheless this debate is happening on capitol hill because across the country we're seeing state legislatures led by republicans restricting access to an abortion at the time when

the supreme court is likely to take it up, and this is going to be at the forefront of the national conversation. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. turning now to the latest on coronavirus, it's a hopeful sign that we might be making progress in our fight against the pandemic. new coronavirus infections across the u.s. fell in the last two weeks, and according to a recent kaiser family foundation survey, the number of adults who got their first vaccine hit 73%. that's a 12% ins crease since july. the laencht forthat time period. joining me now is antonia hylton and also dr. peter hotez. he's dean of the national school of topical medicine. thank you for being with me.

dr. hotez, i want to begin with promising news for vaccinated teens and adults. across the u.s., daily vaccinations are slightly up from the middle of july. where do you make where we stand today? >> you know, jose, this in my opinion is one of the most important stories of the covid pandemic that has yesterday to be told. last summer, the hispanic community got hit very hard. we had huge numbers of overwhelmed hospitals on the border and in south texas here in houston, and a lot of mothers and fathers were lost. we're talking about hispanic men and women in their 40s and 50s and orphaned a whole generation of hispanic teenagers, young adults. it was just, just devastating. then in the fall t congressional and hispanic caucus including the dallas group and those in

the el paso area called me to testify. i called it a historic decimation of the hispanic community. at that time, it was almost as high as what we're calling white republicans, and nobody was going to stand for it. everybody went to work. i did daily interviews with telemundo and my colleagues did the same. i think the difference was real leadership. they said, we're not going to put up with this. i think it had a real impact. >> they had a huge campaign. it was called plan your vaccine. the cdc issue and urgent health

advisory calling on women who were pregnant or recently pregnant to get vaccinated against covid 1. the cdc reports there have been over 149,000. 22 deaths occurred in august. what should people at home take away from this urgent call from the cdc? >> this is really important, dr. hotez. the pregnant women are not doing well with this virus. very high rates of hospitalizations. a lot of pregnant women have died. and also consequences for the newbs as well. there was a lot of aggressive disinformation out there claiming the vaccination would cause stillbirths or a loss of

the baby or infertility. it was all garbage. we had to do a lot to counter that anti-science aggression. it's still with us. we're still seeing too many pregnant women who have lost their lives. we did something with katy tur who was out there emphasizing the importance of getting vaccinating. i think that did some good as well, but not enough people got that message. >> antantonia, you spoke with t school superintendent of where you are. talk a little bit about what he had to say. >> reporter: yeah, well, jose, the situation here is one where it's not just about the health and safety effects of the virus here. they're seeing an entire crisis connected also to the political and social situation around this pandemic here. the teachers in this district have been under impresence depression not over just the teachings and complication over the last year or so, but the

fights over masking, vaccination. the profession is now in crisis. for years the profession has had signs of struggle in getting people do this job, hard work with children, but now the pandemic has made it even harder, and leaders at this school district say it's becoming increasingly difficult to get top talent school teachers to work with kids right now. take a listen to david jeck. >> look at some of the things being said about teachers and what's being said about teachers in social media. i mean it's appalling. folks look at it and go, it's not for me. i don't need that. teaching is one occupation on this planet, teachers are the one who leave a group every day and go home and lose sleep over someone else's children.

that's a fact. it doesn't happen anywhere else. >> the effect of covid on this school is put in context with some numbers. they're down by about 40 teachers rye now. that means the teachers working with kids are pulling double duty. they're getting less time to prep for their classes, and the district says they would normally see about a thousand people applying for open positions, but now it's dropping down to about 400. so less than half of that. so give p all of the challenges the teachers have been facing, feeling like it's become a thankless job, they're worried covid is going to continue, covid will continue to make it worse, and ultimately it will have an impact on all of our kids who are trying to get back and catch up after a charging year. jose. >> teachers are the backbone of our country, of our society. thank you, antonia hylton and dr. peter hotez. thank you for your time. thousands of haitian

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we're keeping an eye on the senate. we'll bring you updates as we get them. meanwhile if a court order goes ooh into effect this thursday, more asylum seekers are seeing more than in decades. the administration has been turning back patient refugees. this as the dhs has intended to stop another trump policy. in this, they express their frustration that the biden administration was caught off guard by the asylum seekers in

the first place. joining me now is jacob soboroff. it's great to see you. what are you seeing in south haiti? >> reporter: it's great to see you, too, jose. there's confusion on the ground of largely haitian migrants that captured our attention under that bridge in del rio, texas. thousands more have been sent back here on charter flights to port-au-prince, haiti. it's the poorest in the western hemisphere. many of them, once they arrive, find that they have no place to go. this morning hundreds of haitian migrants waking up in a country many left behind years ago. brought here to port-au-prince by the biden administration after attempting to declare asylum in texas.

once they arrive at the airport, they're confused. many are asking why they're here in the first place. >> so far, 6,000 migrants have been repatriated to their home country. wednesday was the busiest day yet for expulsion. the biden administration under fire from both republicans and democrats. they say the coronavirus pandemic justifies the mass deportations. when was the last time you were here in haiti? 2013. 2013. you haven't been here for almost ten years. once off the plane, they're shuffled to this processing center run by the united nations. >> my concern is thousands will be in areas controlled by the

gangs or controlled by the earthquake. >> one family member told us despite being sent back, they'll try again to leave the poorest nation in the western hemisphere. >> we want to live somewhere where we can have a better life. >> reporter: jose, you heard from the u.n. official in our report. just this morning, unhcr issued another statement. calling on the u.s. government without the proper assessment of their individual protection needs. that's largely based on the chaotic situation on the ground not only in port-au-prince, but throughout the country. >> let's remember just last month, the president of that country was assassinated and the repercussions are still being fechlt felt. they were sent back to an island

they left ten or more years ago. they're left with nothing. they're going to a place i haven't be p ben for 10 years. many of them went for the world cup or olympics. once those visas dried up, they went on the move as migrants do when they're facing with desperate situations. they basically become stateless individuals. some we spoke to yesterday said they'll try to leave haiti again. >> my admiration for you. you're an extraordinary correspondent. you do wonderful work. thank you. >> thanks my friend. for more on this and other top officials on capitol hill, i want to bring in the senator

from new mexico. great to see you this morning. how are you? >> doing well, thank you. i'm want to talk about rejecting the plan. >> disappointing to many of us across america including many of us in the united states senate advocating for the inclusion of budget reform and wreck sill yachlgts but we're not going to let it down and stop us. the plan was to have several options and ideas. we're going forward and moving through. i'm confidence when we pass budget reconciliation, there will be support and relief to make sure we provide certainty for so many families, people and loved ones, brothers and sisters across america.

while we're disappointing from last night's decision, we're going to press forward, and i'm confident we'll be able to get this adopted with protections from our immigrant brothers that are here. >> it seems they have been politicized by both petrs. you have the gang of eight from years ago. it just seemed like why can't legislators get together and legislate something on immigration? what's the problem? >> well, i was part of a bipartisan group of members. again, this congress trying to counsel up with a bipartisan approach.

unfortunately many of my d ee even srt portlanded by the american peopled a the dream act. the ability to also mod easternize the farm worker legislation and pass that, there shouldn't be any question. they passed the plan. again, we're seeing pop contingents. i'm ready and willing to work with my poll legal to get that done. half of the undocumented families, they're here on expyred visas. it shows we have a broken system in mark and we have to get this done. it's good for our economy and good for how we treat one another as people. it has to get include and

adopted. >> senator, they're expected to vote in the next couple of minutes. where do you stand on it? >> i'll be voting on it. the u.s. house of representatives will be taking this up later this ien. so that will avert and prevent a government shutdown and provide funding through december 3rd. but it is incumbent for us to get together and pass these initiatives and full funding of the government. that's why i'm proud to be here. but it shouldn't have been delayed this long. >> it's always a pleasure to see you. thanks for being here this morning. >> good to be here. coming up. the plan on how tow live and

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expand a county-wide order set to go into effect in october. for the first time in 13 years britney spears is free from her father's control after an l.a. judge removed him from her conservatorship. >> and check out these pictures of hawaii's kilauea volcano, spewing lava and plumes of smoke. we should note no people or homes are in danger. turning to another story out west where residents are feeling the growing impact of a water shortage. colorado river and its too massive reservoirs are at report

lows. joining me now from fountain hills, cal perry. what are people calling for? >> reporter: they'll say this is a crisis. rangers have lost cattle or had to sell them earlier this year. farmers are telling me certain farms will be abandoned. some will be turned literally into dust bowls. weare ceding land here. this lake feeds some 5.5 pillion people with power. the next step according to the u.s. government is not just farmers, ranchers, but folks who live in these growing cities.

it's relative of what's going on at capitol hill. it's vital to what's going on. take a look at a clip from "meet the press" reports. >> reporter: they have to show they have 100% assured water supply before selling here. le it remains an open question, one that senator mark kelly is working on. >> i was one of 22 senators, 11 democrats, 11 republicans. there's money in there to do things like repair old aqueducts and linings so we don't lose as

much water through leakage into the soil as we transport water across the state. >> reporter: what's got people scared is how quickly the climate is continuing to change. if you look at the colorado river, some 10% evaporates before it reaches the cities because of the heat. it's got people out here very, very scared. >> cal, you said this. it's important to underline. lake mead, lettest level. i've heard it can reach the levels of 25,000 feet. they negotiating 20 years ago the cuts they will take, but they never,000 it wutd.

and this will have very real impact. cal perry, msnbc. join us for ""meet the press" reports" tonight. former president narco-~ city has been arrested for his failed conviction. joining us with more on that is matt bradley. good morning. great to see you. >> good morning. that news, he's still a major figure on the right.

he's still questioned on national television. now he has the very dubious distinction of being the only french president to have been convicted twice of basically fraud-related charges, this one for fraudulently financing his failed 2012 election bid. he will be able to serve that apparently under house arrest wheel mailer o. it. he came out with a boong this month. he's still doing okay. i'm moving on to the beijing olympics. only spectators from within china will the. all of those visiting athletes will have to have a 2021

quarantine. all of the drama that was headling toen up to it is to show you thedemic isn't over. now i ee going to leave you, jose, with some more hopeful news. the afghan's women's siebl team finds a home in solo dad. many members of that team, members of ethnic minority groups who face the brunt of taliban pressure and violence. jose. >> having to leave your country so you can pursue your teams.

matt bradly, thank you very much. moments ago we heard from senate majority lawmaker. here's what he said on the senate floor. we'll hope a sloet vooergs at tock this morning. we'll hold a final vote and i'm confident congress will approve it this afternoon. still ahead, three months later. we talk to the family members of one of them talks about what happens next.

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i want to turn now to a story out of south florida, the makeshift memorial outside the rubble of champlaintories offered solace as famiies prayed for survivors following the collapse. later today, families and friends of the 98 victims will host a press conference to call for a herman mon nont be built over the site. they say it should be sold at the highest site to assist surviving victims with a memorial nooerchl but for many victims, that ground is sacred. joining me now is a woman who lost her husband. vicky, my deepest condolences to you. i know that it's important for you that the site be memorialized.

>> it is. there's many reasons why. the main reason for many people is that specifically not everyone found whole bodies, so the souls and the remains of our loved ones are still in that area. they were buried there for almost 32 days, and for us, that is their last resting place, and it's basically a graveyard. and another important reason why i think it's important to memorialize it because i think it's important for america and the united states and on obviously miami to have a permanent reminder of what happened here, because it was a terrible accident, but it happened because of many mistakes that led to that, and i

think it's important for people to remember it so it doesn't happen again, for supervisors who were in charge of our security who failed us and so it never happens again so nobody has to go through what i went through. >> what would you like to see at the site? >> i'm not sure what i would like to see at the site. nothing will make me feel better. having another building there will not make me feel better. it will worsen my pain. and i think many of the victims' families will feel that way because it was our home, their home, and we deserve to go there and memorialize and honor them. instead of seeing a building built on top of this strategy,

our home >> i can't even imagine what it must have been like for you. it's important, i think, when we're talking about this that we remember those were lost when they were with us, not just how they left. what are some of the things that you would like us to know about your husband. >> i don't think putting him into words is going to explain who he was, him or his cousins. they were all young. they were full of life. they had a future ahead of them. they all had big plans. most of them were just married. one was just graduating. and we were just starting our lives together. we were robbed of that dream. and they were robbed of that future very young because of many mistakes that led to this.

and not only -- i will remember always his life. i won't remember him for his death. i will certainly remember him for his life. but his death was something that did change how i see things now, and it is important for for the government and for political leaders to understand that they are part of this. they shouldn't leave us hanging. and they should come forward and help us to make sure this land is secured as a memorial and not a building. the reason we are, i say they leave us hanging is because there is this issue that's been starting to become an issue between survivors and property owners, between family members because of the sale of the land. it's the only economic resource we think we have right now. and i personally don't think that is the only solution. i think we should -- the government and the state and

every political entity or leader or decision maker should be coming forward and helping us be compensated for the economic loss without having to give up that land or at least a part of that land to be the memorial, because that is where they were buried. 98 people were buried there for more than a month. and i don't think that's something that you can rush and just sell in less than three months, make that decision without even knowing the actual reason why it failed. the actual investigation hasn't even begun. >> thank you for being with me this morning. i share my sympathies with you and your family. thank you. >> thank you. any minute nancy pelosi will hold her weekly press briefing. we'll bring that to you when it starts. sting... they're power-packed vitamins... that help unleash your energy.

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let's go right to speaker pelosi's news conference. >> thank you for being here, all of you. we had a full agenda this week that involved, first, keeping government open. right now earlier -- a little bit later this morning the senate will be voting on a continuing resolution. they'll send it pack to the house which we'll send and back to the government to the president to keep government open. we hope this can be a strongly bipartisan bill. it keeps violate services running.

protects up to hundreds and thousands of workers from furloughs and protects the economy from shutdowns. a shutdown is not anything wants. it was never thought we would have one, but nonetheless, it will happen today. yesterday, as you know, in the house -- the other item on the agenda for this week was lifting the debt ceiling. i was very pleased that we were able to send that legislation back over to the senate. you know how cataclysmic that would be. it was trigger the loss of 6 million jobs. $15 trillion in household wealth. 4% decline in gdp, and massively increased cost. if any of you a car loan, credit card bill, all of your interest rates would go up. and i'm worried about that across the kitchen tables across america. only 3% of the debt that we are talking about here is incurred under the biden administration.

and this is about not as we go forward. this is about paying the bills. the way you have to pay your credit card bill, so does america. as i've said to you before, the 14th amendment says the full faith and credit of the united states of the americas should not be in doubt. for some reason we've put ourselves in a situation. we'll have to examine that process, but for now yesterday i was very proud of the members. once again, lifting the debt ceiling. as you recall, we had done so the week before with the continuing resolution to keep government open, and 100% of the house democrats and then 100% of the house democrats voted -- the democrats voted for it. the republicans voted against it. 100% of republicans in the senate voted against lifting the debt ceiling and keeping government open, even though

many of them in the house and the senate had families in their districts suffering from hurricane ida. many of them wanting to help the afghan evacuees in our country. nonetheless, we thought it was a good idea to vote no. hopefully today on this, they will vote yes. i'm hoping it will be a very positive bill. you've come here. what else comes next? we have two items that -- well, the bipartisan infrastructure bill, and the reconciliation. i just told members of my leadership that the reconciliation bill was a culmination of my service in congress, because it was about the children. the children, the children, the children. their health. it's about health. education. the economic security of their families. a clean, safe environment in which they could thrive, and a

world at peace in which they could succeed. this is more about the domestic first four parts of that. so removal of doubt in anyone's mind that we will not have a reconciliation. we will have a reconciliation bill. that is for sure. today the question is about we are proceeding in a very positive way to bring up the bill of to do so in a way that can win, and so far so good for today. it's going in a positive direction. it's impossible to persuade people to vote for the bif without the reassurances that the reconciliation bill will occur. that cannot, because of rules of the senate in terms of parliamentarian, having to pass any bill before it comes to the floor and pass on any language, we cannot guarantee what i'd hoped in terms of having a more legislative forum. but nonetheless, the framework

that -- it -- if it's okay with the president of the united states, who has this vision for our country. as i've told you before, he said i want to work on the bipartisan bill for infrastructure, but i will not confine my vision for america to what is in there. we have to build back better. and to do so in a way that honors our climate goals, honoring our responsibility to our children to convey this planet in a responsible way, that does so that respects the needs of not needs, the opportunities for working families with issues. so all jobs. jobs green technology. jobs for women in the workplace. dads who may need home help. so all the things. child tax credit. child tax care. child care. issues that relate to universal pre-k. home health services.

if you have a senior, a person with disabilities in your home, some of you know this. but i just want to make sure that you -- it's reinforced as to why this is important, because it's jobs for women. it's jobs for people who have been previously underrepresented. build back better. so when you build the infrastructure of america, you're doing so with the work force that has work force development that can be involved in those decisions, and it has a justice to it. that the president has insisted upon that we're not building ways in the past that have separated communities and perpetuated environmental injustice, but nonetheless, but instead, build back better with justice. and then, of course, the health care issues which are so important. extension of medicaid. the strengthening of the affordable care act. expanding of benefits for medicare. all of that as part of the health piece, and those are jobs

as well. so again, i think we're in a good place right now. we're make progress. i can't stay here too long, because i have to deal with step by step with this, but i'm only envisioning taking it up and winning it. >> madame speaker, i don't have to tell you, you've got a senate problem on your hands. joe manchin said last night the reconciliation bill is the definition of insanity. he talked about vengeful taxes. does that sound like someone open to fwoerks? >> yes. yes. >> reporter: how do you move forward with that on the other side of the democratic party? >> we're talking about substance. not rhetoric and not dollars. we're talking about what is important in the legislation. where can we find our common ground? if i paid attention to everybody's public states, oh my goodness, even some you inadvertently make that are not quite