it appears that they were on to them. all told, about $4 million was attempted to be received from the nba's health and wellness program and about $2.5 million of that eventually was paid out and kept by the players. >> wow. tom winter, thank you, as always. great to see you, my friend. on set. that wraps up this hour for me, everybody. i'm jasmine vassoughian in for steph raul. jose diaz-balart picks up the coverage right now. good morning. it's 10:00 a.m. eastern, 7:00 a.m. pacific. i'm jose diaz-balart. and just this morning, brand-new jobs numbers reveal an economy still struggling to recover in the midst of the pandemic. in the next hour, president joe biden will deliver remarks on the state of the u.s. economy. all of this as lawmakers successfully prevented the u.s. government from defaulting on its debt, for now. not all republicans are happy with how senate majority leader mitch mcconnell handled the situation. more on with a live report from capitol hill. meanwhile, on the pandemic, officials with the fda will meet

later this month to discuss whether to authorize pfizer's vaccine for kids 5 through 11. we'll talk to dr. amischa adalsha about what that could mean for families looking forward to the holiday season. and monitor transborder security concerns. and we start this hour with the latest jobs numbers. the u.s. added $194,000 jobs in september, falling short of expectations. the unemployment rate fell to just 4.8%. for more on this and other top issues, i'm joined by kelly o'donnell, nbc news white house correspondent, sahil kapur, and also with us, the nbc senior analyst, ron insana, thank for being with me. ron, what do these jobs numbers tell you about our recovery or non-recovery from the pandemic?

>> jose, i think they're a little misleading. the nonforeign payroll number that you referenced, had some seasonal distortions in it. there were more teachers hired in august than september because of the change in the calendar for the school year. and when you look at a separate survey that the bureau of labor statistics does, the household survey, the number of unemployed people fell by 710,000. that's what got the unemployment rate down to 4.8%. so i think the number is weaker than expected, but better than it appears. and so wall street is trying to make head or tale of this, but it does suggest that the economy is on the mend, but with still some pandemic-related disruptions in the labor force that will take some time to work out. >> that 4.8 number is always interesting. the unemployment among african-americans and latino communities is always higher than that, but it does seem to be inching downwards. kelly, tell us what we can expect to hear from the president in this next hour. >> one of the challenges in

communicating from the white house about, this is what ron just explain, that the numbers may look pretty dismal in some ways, and yet there are some positives that they can tease out and talk about. one of the things we expect the white house to talk about, of course, is what are some of the factors that might be dampening employment and how does that line up with things like the vaccine mandate, that president biden is putting into place for those who have more than 100 employees. that getting going with an expected rule for the specifics on how the labor department would set those requirements. but the point of vaccination being a piece that not only brings people back to the workforce, but on the consumer side, brings people into things like places of business, restaurants, and so forth when they have a higher confidence about vaccination rates. so that's one way where the white house can talk about economic numbers and jobs picture along with other priorities, like how they're dealing with covid.

they'll try to find positives, but likely will also acknowledge that this is a disappointing number, in some respects. we saw that from president biden last month, when the numbers were a bit of a surprise, as well. and then later, when the labor department goes back, actually boosted a bit. so one of the challenges is how much do we know and understand about what those numbers really reflect, in terms of trend lines, when you put it in the context of a really difficult period of covid variations having an impact on the jobs picture. >> jose? >> so, meanwhile, the house is preparing to pass a bill to raise the debt ceiling until next december, following a dramatic night in the senate after schumer delivered remarks at the podium. what more can you tell us? >> that's right, jose. the house is set to vote tuesday on this bill that passed last night in the senate that would avert a catastrophic economic calamity, it would avert a debt default, until december 3rd.

there may be some ultimate flexibility on that deadline. it could move by a few weeks. some think it could move to early january of 2022. but that's up for the treasury department to decide. the bottom line is, this is a two-month extension of that debt ceiling deadline that came after a months-long standoff between democrats and republicans in the senate. republicans had said for months that democrats need to go it alone into separate budget reconciliation process that they're doing it. senator chuck schumer, the majority leader said, absolutely not. it's not going to happen. and ultimately, senate republican leader mitch mcconnell decided that he would acquiesce to a two-month extension. this past with -- it passed very narrowly, just 61 votes in the senate, 11 republicans. only one more than the bare minimum that's needed to break a filibuster. and it indicates the difficulty of ultimately getting this passed again in december. this happened with a bunch of criticism from republicans toward mitch mcconnell, which is rare to see. they don't often do that, about his decision to cut a deal here and move forward. there are some, like senator ted

cruz, who said they believe that schumer and democrats were going to surrender if this didn't happen. mcconnell ultimately decided it was probably a bit too risky a bet to make, as the u.s. hurdled closer and closer to that october 18th cliff with markets getting spooked more and more. we'll see how this pans out. there was a lot of tension in the senate, and the fact that it was this difficult to get a two-month extension suggest it's going to be even tougher to get a long-term extension in september. >> also, the leader of the majority in the senate's words seemed to rub some people the wrong way? >> that is right. schumer gave a speech after that vote, accusing republicans of playing a risky and dangerous partisan game. again, this is the tension that's been building up for a long time. and it illustrates how differently the two parties view this issue. republicans were of the mind that they had provided those ten republican votes to move forward and break a filibuster and schumer should have been a little more graceful on this. and schumer's attitude and many

democrats' attitude is they shouldn't have to thank republicans for voting to avert default and voting to extend the deal. the two parties are talking past each other on this and have for some time and i don't expect that tension to ease anytime soon. >> and ron, explain the stakes on debt ceiling crisis. we talk about now in december, what really happens if, well, there is no agreement in december? >> well, first of all, that's not going to happen. this is the most ridiculous kabuki theater, you know, that i've seen. and jose, you and i and kelly, i think, have been around washington long enough to know that this type of thing has been going on since the 1990s, with government shutdowns, threats not to lift the debt ceiling, and at the last minute, everybody lifts the debt ceiling, because the u.s. will not default on its debt owed to bond holders. so they can get as riled up as they want. they can scream at each other across the aisle. this and that. the fact is, when you lift the debt ceiling, you're only allowing the u.s. government to pay interest on money already borrowed. it does not authorize any new

spending. that comes from separate legislation. so, we're going to continue to go through this, as long as there are budgets being passed by the federal government going forward. we won't default. there'll be a lot of theater, but we will not default on our debt. >> thank you, ron, for putting things, as they are. [ speaking spanish ] ron insana, sahil kapur, and kelly o'donnell, thank you for being with me this morning. right now, millions of families across the country are waiting for the fda to decide if pfizer's covid vaccine is safe and effective for their young children. an fda advisory committee will meet on october 26th to discuss the company's request for an emergency use authorization for its vaccine for children ages 5 to 11. if approved, it could open up the opportunity for more than 28 million children across the u.s. to get vaccinated. joining me now is msnbc news correspondent, gabe gutierrez. also with me, amish adalsha with the bloomberg school of public health. thank you for being with me.

gabe, where do things stand on the potential fda approval of vaccines for 5 to 11-year-olds? >> reporter: hey, there, jose, good morning. you mentioned that fda advisory panel now set to meet on october 26th to consider that request for emergency use authorization for those children 5 to 11 years old. pfizer saying that this is a smaller dose, a mini dose, if you will. about a third the size of the dose that's already authorized for adults. but once that advisory panel meets on the 26th, soon after that, assuming it's recommended to be authorized and a cdc advisory panel is set to meet soon after that, and if that all goes well, then parents across the country could then expect that these shots could be shipped out as early as before thanksgiving. so that's really the timeline we're thinking of right now, jose. but also next week, and the fda advisory panel is supposed to meet to discuss several other key issues, including the potential for authorizing the

moderna and johnson & johnson booster shots. and then also, they're expected to discuss the possibility of mixing and matching booster shots. for example, if you got a moderna vaccine, two shots of that, can you get the pfizer booster shot? all of those questions have yet to be finalized, but they're going to discuss it next week and then again later this month, the fda advisory panel meeting on the question of vaccine for children, 5 to 11 years old. certainly, busy month ahead, jose. >> dr. adalsha, even as the fda is set to review the pfizer vaccine for young children, a recent poll shows many parents are still skeptical of vaccinating their young children. an axios/ipsos poll found that 44% of parents with children ages 5 to 11 are likely to get their children vaccinated, and 56% are unlikely to do that.

>> we've seen that in the 12 to 17 age group, but the vaccination rate lag others age groups. we have to show people this is a safe and effective vaccine, that this vaccine is the best way to protect their child from covid-19. to protect covid-19 from disrupting their lives. and for those children who have high-risk conditions like asthma or maybe had a heart transplant, this is going to be something that is really game changing for them. but it's only through transparency, allowing parents to ask those questions, and showing them how safe and effective the vaccine is, that's how we overcome this. >> even as 32 states in washington, d.c. are reporting a decrease in new covid cases over the last few weeks, how concerned are you that as we head into cooler months, we might once again see case numbers increase as we spend more time indoors. >> it's definitely the case that coronaviruses accelerate their transmission when it is colder, when it is less humid, when people are indoors, when it's less sunny. however, what we're going to probably see is that we'll see cases, yes, they're going to

accelerate when that happens, but likely, they'll be more decoupled from hospitalizations and deaths, because so many more people have been vaccinated, so many more people have natural immunity from this big delta wave, and unfortunately, so many people have died, that we probably won't see peaks that are anything like what we saw in the past, when it comes to what matters. >> this last peak has been due to the delta virus. are there any kind of new deltas out there that you're looking at? >> there definitely have been more variants that have arose since delta. we heard about epsilon and landa, but the thing is, delta is so good. it's so fit, meaning it can transmit so much more efficiently than the other versions, it doesn't allow them to get a real toehold. it's worth to keep tracking them, but i think that delta is going to be where everything is kind of the new baseline and any new variant that's going to arise from delta.

and i think our vaccines are likely going to be able to hold up against it bulb delta was hopefully the worst that this virus could throw at us. >> dr. adalsha, gabe gutierrez, thank you for being with me this morning. amid a surge of migrants at the border, the biden administration is about to engage in high-stakes level security talks with mexico. the focus of the talks, next. plus, one major city is easing its mask requirements. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" only on msnbc. ing "jose diaz-balart reports" only on msnbc. the airport can be a real challenge for new homeowners who have become their parents... okay, everybody, let's do a ticket check. paper tickets. we're off to a horrible start. ...but we can overcome it. we're not gonna point out our houses, landmarks, or major highways during takeoff. don't buy anything. i packed so many delicious snacks. -they're -- -nope. would you say, ballpark, when group two is gonna get boarded? 2 hours and 58 minutes. progressive can't protect you from becoming your parents, but we can protect your home and auto when you bundle with us. someone should've left home earlier.

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17 past the hour. an american delegation is heading to mexico city today for high-level security talks with their mexican counterparts. the talks are set to cover the border, criminal networks, and human rights. this comes against the backdrop of a growing humanitarian crisis as thousands more migrants make their way north to the u.s./mexico border. secretary of state antony blinken is leading the

delegation and includes also homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas and attorney general merrick garland. joining me now is julia ainsley. it's great seeing you. at a time when relations with central america are tense, to put it mildly and countries are frustrated with the u.s.' mixed messaging on immigration, what are the united states priorities going into these meetings? >> there's a lot at stake here, jose. we've had the united states coming after there's been a surge of haitians coming through mexico to the u.s. border that we just saw in the last few weeks. we have many migrants, many of them central americans, living in northern mexico, because they been expelled under the u.s. policy of title 42, put in place during the covid pandemic. right now these countries are coming together with a lot at stake and it's hard to see how

immigration won't be the forefront of these conversations, jose. what they are trying to accomplish is try to see how they can work with mexico to address the root causes of immigration and mexico, of course, will want to hear more from the united states about what they're doing to address the migrant crisis that is so often spill back into mexico's border in places where their shelters are overwhelmed, their health systems get overwhelmed, and a lot of crime happens because of cartels that are choosing mexican cities as places to camp before they send people to theexen side. so a lot at stake here. we may not get all of the answers today, but they're trying to undo decades of other policies that have failed so far to address these root causes. >> julia ainsley, thank you very much. >> to expand the conversation, i want to bring in alicia melendez, anchor of "american voices" here on msnbc. it's great seeing you. as we see thousands of migrants making such dangerous journeys north, do you think there's something that could be done?

>> i think as julia got it exactly right, we have to look at the root causes that are driving migrants to our borders. look at insecurity in those comments, instability, a lack of economic opportunity. and i would add to that natural disasters caused by climate change. all of this, jose, are going tyke long-term investment. in the shorter term, we do have an immigration system in this country that is in desperate need of overhaul. that needs to be a legislative priority, whether or not there is the appetite for that is a different question. >> there's so much talk about looking into the root causes of things, well, root causes go deep and there are a lot of countries that may be responsible for some of those deep-rooted causes. >> absolutely. and i think that's why, when you hear julia talking about the conversations that are happening today between the u.s. and mexico, very often, we see this as purely a domestic issue.

of course, there's a huge domestic component to this. but it also is an international issue that will require international cooperation, so i will be eager to see what comes out of those talks today, jose. >> and immigration is just one of the issues that the white house is focusing on. you spoke with many latino leaders in the white house. what did you hear from them. >> that's right, jose. we have a special coming up this sunday, 7:00 p.m., "american voices: latinos inside the white house." i was able to speak with a number of latino senior officials inside the biden administration, including four cabinet-level members. among them, isobel guzman, she is the administrator of the sba. i talked to her about under the previous administration, you saw half a trillion dollars that the administration was supposed disburse be entrusted to banks. so it wasn't a big surprise that some of the most entrepreneurial groups in the country did not

have quick access to that money. so i asked her both about the multi-generational damage that has done and what she believes the sba can go to fix it. take a listen. >> businesses in the latino community are underpanicked or don't have that strong relationship. we're really proud that in 2021, the biden/harris administration was able to reverse some of those trends and reach the smallest of the small in more of our underserved communities to give them that relief. but nonetheless, i mean, not being able to access that relief earlier meant more closures, less revenues. >> truly detrimental to so many of these businesses. and as you know, these businesses are often the lifeblood of these communities. very often, the way that latinos in this country build multi-generational wealth. and in addition to that problem, which was on the front end of this process, now on the back end, part of what we're seeing is that it is taking a very long

time for these ppp loans to be forgiven. so what was supposed to be free money is now hanging out as liabilities on these businesses spreadsheets. >> i want to putted on record, how big of a fan i am of yours and your show, that's just celebrating an anniversary. just to hear from you, what is it that you feel your show and that hour is is there to do. >> jose, what an honor it is to hear you say that and have me on your show. it has been so fun to see you get started here. we're a year in. launching a show in the middle of a pandemic was not what he had anticipated, but i think it is giving us an incredible opportunity to showcase stories that often do not get the time and the space they deserve. i know that is part of the ethos that you and i share. and to also question, who gets to be an expert and whose

perspective matters. my hope is that we can continue to expand that definition, jose. >> shine a light on those often in the dark, hear from people whose voices are often silenced or silent. and you're doing an extraordinary job. alicia menendez, thank you for being with me and thank you for having that show that i love so much. on sunday, you can be sure to catch "american voices: latinos in the white house." alicia talks with members in the biden white house about her heritage informs their roles, sunday, 7:00 p.m. eastern right here on msnbc. "american voices with alicia menendez." still ahead, a different kind of crisis at the border. thousands of migrants living in a crowded camp in mexico are now under the threat of a covid outbreak. our own morgan radford has their stories and joins us next. you're watching jose diaz-balart on msnbc. g jose diaz-balart on msnbc everything felt like a “no.” but then paul went from no to know. with freestyle libre 14 day,

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28 minutes past the hour. time to take a look at headlines out west. tesla is on the move, and this time it's not to outer space. ceo elon musk announced the company's headquarters moving from palo alto, california, to austin, texas. despite moving its headquarters, musk said plans are to increase production in its california plants. nbc news correspondent jacob ward is up early in california for us this morning. jacob, what's the reasoning behind this move? >> reporter: good morning, jose.

elon musk has not been shy about airing his grievances with california as both a place to do business and a place fob regulated. he, in fact, has referred to the mask mandates and other covid restrictions as fascistic. and on thursday, he nonchalantly announced during a shareholder meeting that they were going to move the headquarters of the company all the way to texas. now, he has personally relocated to texas already, and i think it's worth noting here, as you say, lots of the manufacturing will continue in the fremont plant, a plant in nevada, and now a plant in texas. but elon musk's personal financial liability will go down by moving to texas. his stock options coming up could be worth as much as $20 billion. and as you know, in texas, there is no personal state income tax, jose. >> and yesterday we reported on los angeles tightening its covid restrictions, but i hear san francisco may be doing the opposite? >> it's a very interesting turn

of events, but it's really a mark of how successful the barrier has been in fighting the coronavirus. san francisco, itself, says that by the middle of the month, it will be all right to have a group of less than 100 people in a well-ventilated space who, as long as they are vaccinated, can take off their masks. a big cultural shift from the sorts of gatherings that certainly i've been attending out here in california over the past few months. also, worth noting here that the nine bay area jurisdictions that surround san francisco have their own rules coming up that will make it possible to reduce mask mandates, but that's only if more than 80% of people are vaccinated and certain benchmarks have been hit when it comes to case rates and positive tests. those benchmarks have not been hit in any of those counties yet, but it seems we're in a place where state health officials, local health officials are deciding we need to start planning for the transition, because it seems to be going pretty well, jose. >> and jacob, president biden is expected no reverse trump-era cuts and restore environmental protections for three of our

national monuments? >> reporter: yes. it's a real whiplash effect here. we had seen under the prior administration president trump had slashed protections at these three monuments. bear's ears and grand staircase escalante, which are both in utah, and a big atlantic marine sanctuary, the northeast canyons and sea mounts, all of which had been basically stripped of their protections in the case of bear ears, by as much as 85% under president trump. worth noting here that both bear ears and the northeast sanctuary were established by president obama and the other one, grand staircase escalante established by president clinton. now president biden is putting all of the protections back into place and in fact is going to expand the boundaries of bear's ears. all of this under the advisement of his interior secretary. >> jacob ward, thank you for being with me this morning. now to a growing humanitarian crisis at the southern border, where thousands of migrants are living and

waiting in a makeshift encampment just south of the texas border reynosa, mexico. nbc news now anchor morgan radford recently traveled there and joins me now with her firsthand look. morgan, good to see you. what did you see? >> i'm so glad you asked that because the truth is, these camps are unlike anything i've ever seen as a reporter. not only are the migrants there crowded on the ground, living and sleeping in between tents, without any basic necessities, but see now they're also fearing for their lives. they're afraid not only of the cartels, but now also of covid. for manuel and his young son, this is home. fleeing from el salvador, he's been here for more than 45 days. he's one of nearly 2,000 people living in this encampment reynosa, mexico, hoping to get across the texas border, just steps away.

you're not here because you want to be here? it's because you were threatened. manuel asked us not to use his full name or show his face, for fear of violence from the cartels, which aid workers like felicia say have fought over this city for years as a trafficking route. >> people are afraid to leave this encampment, because they're afraid to get kidnapped? >> oh, they will get kidnapped. one person is worth between $2,000 and $6,000. so if you leave this encampment, yes, you will be kidnapped. >> reporter: and when you say the different gangs are watching and monitoring this area -- >> yes. >> reporter: are they watching now? >> yes. >> reporter: there are nearly 2,000 people inside this encampment. you can see them lining up for basic necessiies like food and water, but now they say the real threat is covid. do you have -- with so many people here in this encampment, are you afraid of covid? [ speaking spanish ]

you're always afraid of it. you can't really maintain distance. but you're always living with that fear. a fear that many here say could soon get worse, since basic sanitation, like washing your hands or showering is hard to come by. so to shower, you have to pay ten pesos just to shower? aid workers like felicia say they've seen a surge in covid cases in recent weeks, with up to 150 people per day testing positive. at one point, in each family, there was at least one person who had covid. the kids had covid, the moms had covid, pregnant women had covid. everyone had it. >> reporter: it's a problem that phrases back to a policy called entitle 42, a section of u.s. health law first enforced by the trump administration and still in place by president biden. it essentially shuts down the mexican border to many asylum seekers, leaving them to wait and face a shortage of covid

tests while they do. what's the worst-case scenario? if you run out of covid tests and simply cannot bring enough here? >> the worst-case scenario has already been happening. ambulances have been called multiple times to this plaza, because people can't breathe. >> reporter: so to be clear, most of the people in this encampment do not have asylum or legal cases pending. most are here, just waiting for the border to open? >> yes. so this is hope. you're looking at. >> reporter: this is what hope looks like right now? >> this is what hope looks like right now. >> reporter: hope to one day find a home better than that. and you don't have any place to go? this is the last chance? >> si. >> jose, before i even continue, i have to thank you first and foremost for letting us tell this story, because you have been committed to amplifying stories like this more than anyone else in our entire industry. and when i pitched this to you guys, i have to be honest, i thought i was pitching a story

about covid. like, people are trapped in these encampments, they're on top of each other and they're getting covid, but i had no idea when i got there just how serious the threat was from the cartel, which is constantly monitoring this group. these people are protecting whatsapp groups just to protect themselves and keep themselves safe. and the saddest part is there's really no end in sight. every single person we spoke to there is simply just waiting or hoping that the border to the united states will one day open. but despite warnings repeatedly from the biden administration not to cross the border, they could continue living like this, jose, in those camps, indefinitely. >> the one thing they have excess of there, morgan, clearly, is fear. >> fear. their fear of the cartels, their fear of covid, and that fear has been placed by design and it is working. it is working. all they have there is hope. and even, jose, while they have nothing else, there is one little girl who walked up to me while we were filming and she tried to give me a shirt. a shirt.

this is a girl who had nothing but what she came with, and still was willing to give, because she had that much hope. >> the great morgan radford, thank you for being with me. >> thank you. there are roughly 50,000 afghan refugees living on basics across the country, as we speak. coming up, we'll talk with the reporter who saw what it's like on the ground firsthand. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. " diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. ♪ ♪ there are beautiful ideas that remain in the dark. but with our new multi-cloud experience, you have the flexibility you need to unveil them to the world. ♪

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breaking news out of afghanistan this morning, where a taliban official says that at least 100 were killed or wounded in a lethal blast at a northern shiite mosque during friday prayers. this just days after another mosque attack claimed by isis-k killed several in the capital. meanwhile in the u.s., there are about 50,000 afghans living on bases across the country that the "new york times" describes as small cities, but reports of conditions have raised alarms. the military's top northern commander acknowledging that the situation just last week. >> while areas for improvement are identified, either by the afghan guests or task force teams, we work with our inner agency partners, volunteers, and afghan guests to address them quickly. my visit to ft. mccoy this past sunday, which included interactions with the afghan population indicates that they are grateful for the accommodations that we're

providing, while they work through the immigration process. >> joining me now, emily hamer, a reporter for the wisconsin state journal, and an msnbc international affairs analyst. thank you for being with me. emily, a month ago, you quoted one teenager on the phone saying that she just wanted to leave ft. mccoy. she said, quote, there are many people who don't have anything to wear, anything to eat. they make us wait here for six hours behind the cafeteria, and when you get there, there's nothing left. i understand, emily, you just returned from a press visit to the base. what were you able to see there? >> yeah, from my reporting earlier this -- or last month, conditions have improved a lot. people are getting food now. they don't have to wait in long as line in order to get those items, and as of last week, everyone has received clothe organize at least a chance to get clothing. when i was there, i saw -- it

really is kind of a small city. you see rows and rows of these small, white buildings with red roofs that are two stories. that's where the afghans are sleeping and staying. there are 250 of them, and it's a 60,000-acre fort, so it really is huge. the scale of it, i was really surprised by. and there are just children everywhere. nearly half of the roughly 13,000 people there are children. soy saw them running around, coloring, playing outside on -- playing kickball, soccer, riding on their bikes, staying in classrooms. it so really had a lot of energy. >> now, emily, were you given free rein to visit the entire base, areas where they're being housed, or just kind of a tour area? >> reporter: yeah, we were absolutely not given free rein.

we were on a very tightly organized tour. we had to follow the officials around to what they wanted to show us, so we -- there's no way we could have seen the whole base and all of the neighborhoods. so there could still be some problems, but it did look good while we were there. >> what are you hearing from afghans on bases across the country about conditions right now? >> hi, jose. i want to emphasize that they continuously emphasize that they're very grateful, they're grateful to be in america, they're grateful to be outside of afghanistan, many of them feared for their lives. and grateful is the common term that they use. that also said, the conditions vary from base to base. not always great conditions. it also kind of points to the fact of how disjointed the effort really is. the military has been given an immense task. this is a lot of people to take

care of in their bases, and it shows that they weren't prepared for it, but they're doing the best job that they can with it. that said, some of the afghans i spoke to said that the living situations aren't great. that there should be more cultural and gender considerations, and that's not just coming from the afghans, that's actually coming from some of the ngo workers that i spoke to that work at some of these bases. and these ngo workers say they've offered their assessments and assistance to the administration, but they're waiting for it to be implemented. these workers also said that these problems were to be expected in the first month or so, primarily because this was such a great number of people coming in. but they were hoping that some of these kinks would have been worked out by now. i should also mention that i did speak to some afghans who were desperate to get off the base and luckily there were some communities waiting for them and there was one community in blacksburg, virginia, who were ready for these afghan female

commandos and they were able to get them off one base and bring them into the community and help them settle in. that's something that the afghans want and the americans want, too. >> thank you for being with me this morning. still ahead, the nobel peace prize goes to two journalists. the work that earned them the honor, next. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" next on msnbc. re watching "jose diaz-balart reports" next on msnbc.

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this morning, the nobel peace prize was awarded to journalist maria vesa and dmitry for their efforts to protect freedom of expression in the intended to underscore the importance of protecting and defending these fundamental rights. joining me now from moscow is nbc news matt bodder. there's a war on the free press in russia, among other places. what will this selection mean there in russia? >> jose, thank you. well, i think it's definitely a gesture that's very much appreciated by basically what's left of the independent russian journalism community right now. as you mentioned, there is a war against them and they're really facing unprecedented pressure, kind of in the post-soviet era. these are legal things, but there are also physical pressure. physical attacks and assassination. and muratov is the editor in chief of one of these organizations, one of the most

oldest and most established independent outlets in russia. they've seen some of the harshest physical attacks against them. they probably have lost more reporters over the past 20 years than anyone else. and this is something that murtov spoke to today. he's thanking the committee for the award, dedicating the award to his fallen colleagues and the time is quite interesting. yesterday was the 15th anniversary of the murder of one of their all-time legends. 15 years since they was murdered. shot in her elevator in her apartment building four times. no one was ever prosecuted for that. the statute of limitations passed yesterday. today they get this award, in part dedicated to her. i think it's definitely being interpreted as a good gesture. >> and matt, russia's daily coronavirus infections meanwhile are at their highest level this year. how are hospitals doing? >> reporter: so for the moment, we are not yet seeing the overflow that we saw basically a year ago, but they have put a lot of effort into expanding

hospital spaces, but the authorities are now warning that if the situation does not change in some meaningful way, that they do risk seeing an overflow. so there's this kind of -- there's this shifting discussion back towards one of restriks. and we saw something threatened or signaled by the kremlin that we have not heard in a long time, saying that basically if people don't go out and start getting vaccinated at higher rates, the government will have to consider reimposing these very strict, almost martial law-style lockdowns that we had to contend with here in the first few months of the pandemic. it was ant good experience. i don't think anyone wants to do that. i think it says a lot that the kremlin is signaling that at this point. >> matt bonner in moscow, thank you for being with me this morning. you're not going to want to miss this. human smugglers boldly turning to social media to advertise their services. how they're luring vulnerable migrants, next. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. xt you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc.

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good to see you. what you found this morning is really amazing. >> it's actually a finding from our digital team. we found some really shocking videos on tiktok, in which we can see human smugglers, as you know in mexico, we know them as coyotes, guiding migrants, big groups of migrants across the southern border, filming themselves. and using those videos as advertisement for their services on social media, as if it was a regular business. we know that advocates, immigrant advocates have warned asylum seekers not to trust these groups. we've heard in our communities so many stories of people that have been abandoned in the desert or have been handed over to kidnappers. and still, people pay thousands of a spot on those journeys and these videos gives us a rare inside look into those. ♪♪ >> reporter: to the beat of ballads, tiktok videos show

groups as they walk through marshes, single-file while crossing a river, or hiding among bushes. >> reporter: behind the camera is a coyote or a human smuggler. documenting their trafficking operations in order to promote them on social media. some posts advertise their prices, which vary depending on the final destination. others show off their profits, with wads of cash. the videos reveal some of their methods. after stashing them in safe houses, the migrants are transferred to vans and hidden under blankets. other footage shows them cramped in the backseats. in this video, the coyote points the camera toward the window. they pass right by border patrol vehicles without being caught. finally, shirtless and disoriented, migrants come out of the van one after the other. customs and border protection

assures it is aware of the use of social media by transnational criminal organizations as a means to lure migrants to cross the border and works to combat their activities. but the proliferation of videos like these, where they are seen running from authorities, exposes how they avoid getting caught. what social media doesn't show are the journeys that end in tragedy. migrants missing or dead in the attempt to reach the american dream. also worth noting is the comments section, where you can actually see how successful they are with these posts. we've seen some of them that have hundreds of comments with people asking for more information on routes and on prices. but final details are later coordinating on private messages. >> so they actually negotiate prices and what are the routes and how they can guarantee their safety? >> yeah. at least publicly, we can see those prices and then afterwards they make contact, they use other social media, like whatsapp, to contact them and

then they pay for these really dangerous journeys. >> lourdes, thank you so much for being here this morning. an amazing look. that wraps up the hour for me and for the week. i'm jose diaz-balart. thank you for the privilege of your time. craig melvin picks up with more news right now. i'll see you tomorrow with "nbc nightly news." and a good friday morning to you. craig melvin here. the september jobs numbers are in and they are not the numbers president biden wanted to be talking about half an hour from now. here they are. 194,000 jobs added in september. that was way below expectations. experts were predicting something around 500,000. so, how is this news landing at the white house? we're going to find out. roughly 30 minutes from now when president biden is set to speak. when it starts, we will take you there live. one of the major drivers of these weak