and it's rare you give us hope. brandy zadrozny, always good to see you. thank you for your extraordinary reporting. thank you at home for watching this very busy hour. i'm stephanie ruhle live in d.c., headed to go sit down with secretary janet yellen right now, but you are going to stay here, because jose diaz-balart picks up breaking news coverage right now. good morning, it's 10:00 a.m. eastern/7:00 a.m. pacific. a gang that abducted a group of missionaries in haiti is making demands for their release. joe manchin sits down with his progressive counterparts to talk about the big reconciliation bill to reshape the social safety net. is it a sign there could be movement? tomorrow, the senate will try again to advance a voting rights bill. alex padilla joins us to talk about their chances. n't covid front, the latest on what the food and drug

administration is saying on booster shots. later this hour, we'll talk to one of the immigration advocates who walked out on a meeting with the white house over a return of a controversial trump-era policy. and we begin in haiti, where it is day two, waking up, kidnapped for 17 missionaries, 16 americans, and one canadian. "the wall street journal" quoting haiti's justice minister saying the kidnappers are seeking $1 million for each abducted person. joining me now, nbc's kerry sanders and pbs's yamiche alcindor. kerry, what do we know about the latest on these ransom negotiations? >> the fbi has agents now on the ground in haiti attempting to make contact with the mawozo gang here. the 400 mawozo gang, which is claiming responsibility for

taking the 17 hostages. their demands we understand right now, and this is "wall street journal" reporting with the justice minister in haiti, is for, as you noted, $17 million. we have a breakdown of who these 16 americans and one canadian is. it includes five children, one as young as 8 months old, 3 years old, 6 years old, 14 years old, and 15 years old. there is a background here to understand that gangs in haiti have attempted and have been successful at extorting money in hostage situations like this before. just in april, five priests, two nuns, and two relatives were released after a ransom was paid. the challenge, of course, here is, does the united states negotiate with what essentially are terrorists. there's a long history of the united states not giving into demands like this. but at the same time, the state

department says that they have all efforts right now, working with the canadian authorities to get these 17 people released and released safely and quickly, jose. >> so yamiche, what has been the white house response so far? >> well, the white house press secretary has said that the president, president biden, was briefed on this situation. they are following it very, very closely. the white house doesn't want to give too many more details, but we know that the official stance of the u.s. government has been that they do not pay ransoms, because they don't want to encourage other groups, other terrorist groups, other gangs from kidnapping people. and let's remember that in haiti, the kidnappings there have spiked some 200 to 300%, as insecurity in that country has become more and more tenuous. so what you have here, though, is this gang, 400 mawozo, and it really is this gang that has become notorious for kidnapping people. they have been focusing mainly on haitian americans, but now they've taken this one step further and the sources that i'm talking to say that this

kidnapping is being viewed as really a test to the u.s. government, because now this is the gang, essentially, putting up a threat to the u.s. government, saying, we're going to take your citizens, and we're going to see how you deal with it. this is really a sort of tenuous situation, a dangerous situation, because the u.s. government is now having to deal with these gangs, and this gang in particular that has been behind a number of kidnappings. >> so yamiche, let's talk about that. because haiti has been hit by so many natural and man-made disasters over the years. papa doc, baby doc, ton ton macoot, the tire necklaces. the violence has been every day part of that country's existence, unfortunately. so what has happened recently? >> well, jose, it's such a good question, because in the last few years, when i've been talking to people on the ground, they've said haiti has always had poverty issues, they've always had dictator issues, leadership issues. but what's changed in the last few years is that gangs became a

central part of the problem. so you had gangs starting to take over large swaths of the country. something like 60% of the country is now controlled by gangs, including areas that are right by the haitian white house, where the president lives, or where the president would be living if it wasn't in shambles from the 2010 earthquake, which is a whole another situation, where you have devastation from the 2010 earthquake, before you had this most recent earthquake happen. so people in haiti increasingly been feeling insecure. people in haiti have increasingly been feeling like they can't even go to the grocery store or go to work. you have the haitian population striking. the actual population saying, we're not going to leave our homes until the haitian government does something. they're, of course, worried that these accusations against the president who was assassinated, jovenel moise, there are those who say he was in cahoots with the gangs. others were pushing back on that idea. but when he was assassinated, people are saying, look, this is this violence that we were

talking about. so now the situation has begin to deteriorate. you have political turmoil, where there isn't clear leadership in haiti. and for the average haitian living in haiti, they are terrified. they are living through the worst times in their lives. i've interviewed so many people living through so many people in haiti and they say this is rock bottom for this island nation. >> that's so important to mention, yamiche. so kerry, the fbi is now in port-au-prince, what can or cannot american officials do on this specific case of these missionaries? >> well, jose, the suggestion might be that the fbi is talking to the haitian government to see if they can work together, but as yamiche just pointed out, this is a government in disarray, not only because of assassination, but also because of the natural disasters. and so relying on a relationship with a government to solve this is suspect, at best. but it doesn't mean that the fbi agents cannot work through intermediaries to try to get messages back and forth.

but with a $17 million demand and a u.s. policy of not paying ransoms, it's really going to really take some time to figure out how this goes back and forth. i think that the gang will recognize that the u.s. will not tolerate this, and that it is possible that there might be something extraordinary that takes place that they are not perhaps thinking about, but again, a lot of this from the white house, from the state department, a lot of this that is happening behind the scenes will remain behind the scenes until those 17 are finally released. expectations are that they will eventually be released. but will it takes weeks, days, could it takes months? jose? >> kerry sanders and yamiche alcindor, thank you so much for being with me this morning. i want to bring in laurent lamotte, former prime minister of haiti. it's good to see you. thank you for being with me. my first question is, what do you think should be done to help get these people out? how do you negotiate with what

is very clearly a terrorist group? >> well, i mean, that's a very good question. the negotiations with that terrorist group will lead to more problems. and would set a very bad example for, you know, the u.s. to pay ransom to a rag tag group of gangs this week. but, you know, one of the big questions of, why is this happening today? and the simple reason is, haiti since 2004, since 2017, 2018, had had a military component through the u.n., with many countries coming together and put a military component on the ground. that component has been removed in the past two to three years. so basically, leaving the haitian national police, which is undermanned, underequipped, with very low moral, and there was a attack in march that killed five officers and

destroyed the morale. so the lack of this military component and a demoralized police creates a security vacuum and allows group such as this 400 mawozo to create the problems that they're creating, not only the americans, but haitians are living -- this is their everyday life and this has to change. >> for example, you led the country from 2011 to 2014, resigned after anti-government protests. what about the political class' responsibility -- not the military, not the police, not foreign governments, but the ruling political class in haiti for what has happened to that country for so many years? >> well, so haiti was not always like that. as you mentioned, the huge amount of kidnappings is something very recent. for example, in 2014, for example, haiti has seen the lowest number of kidnappings in the past 30 years so we had a

total of 15 kidnappings. for this year, we have 300 kidnappings. it takes a lot of political will, and also investment into the security forces and that has to be a continuous year-to-year effort to prevent these gangs from taking over and creating the type of catastrophe situation, security situation that we've seen today. >> thank you very much for being with me this morning. appreciate your time. >> thank you very much. and now to washington, where it looks like there may be some movement in efforts by democrats to reach a deal on a huge bill to reshape the social safety net and fight climate change. later today, president biden will hold separate meetings with moderate and progressive democrats at the white house. this comes one day after west virginia senator joe manchin, who was pushing for a smaller bill, had meetings and phone calls with other key players, including the president. vermont senator bernie sanders

and congressional progressive caucus chair, pramila jayapal. here's some of what the congresswoman had to tell rachel maddow last night about her meeting with senator manchin. >> this was an important step for us to listen to each other directly, and to be able to say that, for example, for me to be able to say, yes, i do believe that senator manchin wants to build a pass. is it a different bill than the bill i want to pass? yes. are we going to get to some resolution? i believe so. >> with me now, jake sherman, founder of punch bowl news and an msnbc political contributor. jake, good to see you. congresswoman jayapal seems to be quite optimistic about reaching a deal. what does this flurry of activity tell us about what's going on here? >> so i would say it's a good first step. there's a long way between now and a deal. jayapal has suggested she wants

the full $3 trillion, and not happy that joe manchin is at $1.5 to $2 trillion. and joe manchin wants to put in means testing for hosting new social programs. he wants to -- he's not onboard with the clean energy provisions in the bill. so the two sides actually, it's tough for me to think of any way they could be farther apart on the substance of this legislation, but part of this, i would say, is acting. is really just theater, to show that the two wings of the democratic party are at least talking. joe biden is having two sides of the democratic party, the moderates and the progressives at the white house today. an important moment to kind of rally the troops, but he's leaving aside some of the most important figures in the democratic party. some of the house democrats who are likely to be "no" votes on his agenda. so a bit of kind of a buck up session for joe biden, instead of a negotiating session. >> so, it seems as though, if one side is at $3.5 trillion and the other side is $1.5 trillion,

that's really where they've been before these meetings, right? >> that's right. they are -- they are several trillion dollars apart. and they have not -- i mean, the first step here would be to settle on a top line number. to say, we are going to spend "x" and that's what we are sticking at. they have not done that yet, and that is a crucial first step, because then, once you decide on that, you can decide on what policies then fit inside of the framework. so just a really long way to go between now and a deal. >> and as you said, i mean, there is the white house involvement in it. how urgent and how important is the white house's role in this? >> the white house's role is very important. the white house is going to need to facilitate that discussion to get a topline number from the two wings in the democratic party. there is no way that here on capitol hill without presidential leadership that the two sides will be able to come to an agreement. so joe biden needs to get manchin and sinema comfortable around a number, and then bring progressives along.

that is a critical first step that has not happened. to keep everything in context once again, there is no top line number. these phone cals are a bit of political theater, but an important first step in getting to that first step of a deal. >> jake sherman, thank you very much for being with me this morning. let's turn to some of the latest headlines out west. washington state university has fired its head football coach after they failed to comply with the vaccine mandate. joining me now is nbc news correspondent jacob ward. jacob, good morning. what more can you tell us out of washington state? >> good morning, jose. nick rolovich was two years into a five-year, $15.6 million deal, but that is all over now after he has been terminated for failing to comply with covid requirements. the university points out that he is very much an outlier and

that, in fact, about 90% of the faculty are already vaccinated and roughly 97% of the student body. but at this point, now, we have this man, the most public face of this sort of vaccine war going on in the country as the highest paid state employee in washington state, he is now out of a job. >> turning now to texas, jake. several hispanic groups have filed a lawsuit, challenging the texas redistricting maps. >> that's right. late last night, republican lawmakers in texas had passed this new map, adopted it. and even before they had done so, a lawsuit had been filed, alleging discriminatory practices. essentially, the new redistricting, as you know, jose, basically dilutes the latino vote in texas. and at a time when the census numbers show that latinos actually increased in that state by about 2 million people. meanwhile, whites increased in

that state by less than 200,000. so the lawsuit alleges this is discriminatory and can't go forward, jose. >> and jacob, vice president harris traveled to nevada on monday to visit lake mead. she'll be selling the biden administration's climate agenda. what's the latest on that? >> well, she stood in front of the record bleak conditions in nevada's lake mead. that basin, of course, is as low as officials say they have ever seen it, scientists now say that because of the incredible low levels, you can see there behind her, now states like nevada and arizona will have to do without the amount of water they're used to. it's the first time that has ever happened. meanwhile, the administration is, of course, putting forward this $3.5 trillion plan. and as part of that, about $8 billion will go towards western water projects, including desalination, that would allow us to drink the ocean, and other projects for improving infrastructure for water and rural areas.

all of that is what she was there to argue for, jose. >> jacob ward, thank you very much. appreciate it. the biden administration takes another step to block the texas abortion law. we have the latest move next. plus, we'll talk to democratic senator alex padilla about the sweeping voting rights bill up for a senate vote tomorrow. will any republicans be onboard? you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. so, should all our it move to the cloud? the cloud would give us more flexibility, but we lose control. ♪ ♪ ♪ should i stay or should i go? ♪ and we need insights across our data silos, but how? ♪ if i go there will be trouble ♪ ♪ ♪ wait, we can stay and go. hpe greenlake is the platform that brings the cloud to us. ♪ should i stay or should i go now? ♪ ♪ ♪ family is just very important. she's my sister and we depend on each other a lot. she's the rock of the family.

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reforms to our elections should be done on a bipartisan basis. but to be honest, jose, i'm not holding my breath. we haven't gotten any yeses to this focused freedom to vote act, which as you said, covers all the proven best practices for ensuring access to the ballot, and by the way, strengthens the integrity of the electoral process so i think sooner rather than later, we'll be facing that critical question. and as my colleague, angus king from maine put it earlier today, democracy ismore important than any senate rule. it's the filibuster that has put us in this position as republicans refusing to cooperate, despite the attacks on the right to vote in statehouse after statehouse. if we need to adjust some rules around here to protect the right to vote, then that's what we're going to have to do. >> senator, why is it that there is no possibility, it seems, in

washington, to get any bipartisan at all? >> i think that's a question for my colleagues across the aisle, starting with the ringleader, mitch mcconnell. i've got to tell you, jose, it's been pretty offensive throughout the year to hear republicans say, we should modernize elections, but it has to be done on a bipartisan basis, and they use that to obstruct any of these proven reforms in congress while they stand by and watch in statehouse after statehouse, we've seen what's happening in georgia. we've seen what's happening in texas. we've seen what's happened in iowa and so many other states on a partisan basis, they are suppressing the vote, making it harder for eligible people to register, stay registered to vote, and cast our ballots. it's hypocrisy at its worst, and that's what will drive an independent. angus king from maine is a registered independent, to say

that the filibuster, depending on the majority and minority may have a different view, but our democracy is so important, it's time to get around these old rules of the senate for the sake of protecting our democracy. and meanwhile, just last week jim clyburn joined me on the program. i asked him about this bill and here's what he had to say when i asked him about whether he trusts senator joe manchin, another cosponsor of this bill, to find the republican votes to get this through. listen to him, if you will. >> do i trust him? i don't think so. i'm hopeful, but i don't think he will. i think he's going to have to relent on the filibuster. nobody is asking him to give up the filibuster. we'll send the voting rights and constitutional rights when it comes to the filibuster the same way you treat the budget. >> senator, what do you make of the congressman's words? >> i trust senator manchin to

try. he has been successful in other efforts, whether it's the bipartisan part of the infrastructure packages we're trying to get done, but when it comes to voting rights, republicans have made it clear that they're just not interested in making it easier for eligible people to be able to easily cast their ballot. it's how they're trying to cling to power with their outdated ideas and policy positions and the american people deserve better. if it means changing the rules around here to protect people's fundamental right to vote, that's what we're going to have to do. i think joe manchin might have just learned a hard lesson about a willingness for bipartisan when it comes to voting rights. >> senator alex padilla, it's always a pleasure to see you. thank you for being with me this morning. >> thank you. stay safe. >> likewise. still ahead, protesting the biden administration's immigration policies. activists walk out of a meeting

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weeks before most women know they're pregnant. this as the president biden administration urged the nation's highest court to temporarily block the ban. the deadline for a response from state officials is now thursday afternoon. joining me now is nbc's pete williams. pete, good morning. what is the new timeline now and what comes next? >> so, thursday at noon turns out to be a deadline for two things, jose. the first is a deadline for texas to respond to the biden administration's request yesterday that the supreme court block the texas law. now, this is the second time the supreme court's been asked to block the law. the first time was in response to a lawsuit provided by a bunch of abortion providers in texas. let me come back to that in a second. the justice department says it has more authority than the private actors did that filed the first lawsuit to sue texas. it has its own federal interests and that texas can't take a constitutional right of abortion away without providing some means to challenge the law in

court. that's the essence of the federal government's argument. and that's what the supreme court has said texas must respond to by noon on thursday. now, back to that first private lawsuit. the private actors lost in early september when they asked the supreme court to put a hold on the law, but they're still challenging the constitutionality of the law. and they've asked the supreme court to take the case. what the court has now told texas to do is to respond to that one, too, by thursday, on whether it should be taken on a fast track, whether the court should actually take up the constitutionality, not just putting the law on hold, but do a fullup on the merits, briefing, on whether the law is, in fact, constitutional. so it does look, jose, a pretty good chance like this texas law on all fours will be before the supreme court this term, not just on the issue of putting it on hold. >> pete williams, thank you very much. appreciate that. >> you bet. coming up, we're live in

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deanthony dorothy. he was a hometown hero, an athlete here, goes off, becomes a college athlete, and returns because he wanted to teach high school biology. he died on september the 14th. i had a chance to speak to his mother and she's obviously hurting in any number of ways, but one of the ways that i think that is really profound was her regrets about her son not having a vaccine. take a listen. >> you can say i don't trust it, i don't want to wear a mask, i don't want to get vaccinated. but the day you watch -- you watch them rush into your son's room as he codes, you will regret everything in that moment. it will change your life. it will change the way you think and you feel and you do not want to be in that moment. you don't. >> sadly, just one story of one

of our front line educators and the effect that i said that it has on the children is profound. in talking to this mother, i found out that a number of kids in this class, this is the first person that they had ever seen had-based. and now, of course, counselors are getting into that classroom to try to deal with that. florida is a state like many other states in the country that has this battle of politics. you have a governor that is ban localities from putting a mask mandate into school districts. six school districts, jose, have gone against the governor's wishes, but they are now being sanctioned. those six school districts now face the possibility of losing funding. they face the possibility, in fact, of some of those members of the school board actually have their school -- excuse me, their salaries docked. it is an ongoing situation here in florida, as it is in arizona, as it is in texas, as we continue to see these battles play out across the country, jose. >> cal perry, thank you very much. what a tragedy. what a tragedy. joining me now is dr. mercedes

carnathon. i want to get your reaction to what we just heard from cal. are you encountering people who chose to get vaccinated only after having a loved one get sick or even dying? >> that story really struck a chord. this was an individual who committed himself to education, and yet his school district, his county, his state failed him in requiring that he protect himself, and requiring that the children in that setting wear masks. and, yes, we're encountering that every day, even in blue states or blue cities, where people are refusing and stating that their reasons are that they don't trust the science. you know, we've had over 57% of americans fully vaccinated and no clear evidence that it causes any harm or danger. this is a situation that we can get ourselves out of if we actually rely on the science. >> in the state of florida, things are looking better.

but things could change so quickly as we saw with the delta variant. we also saw some news on booster shots this morning. "the new york times" reports the fda will soon allow americans to receive a different covid vaccine as a booster than the one they initially received. how significant is this? >> i think this is a significant advance that really helps with the logistics of vaccine delivery. one of the challenges is, somebody shows up looking for a booster and that site has to have on hand, defrosted, ready to go, a particular type of booster shot. and this rule that is based on science that shows that mixing and matches leads to an appropriate antibody response, in some cases, an even higher antibody response, depending on what the initial vaccine was that was delivered, and it makes it logistially easier. where i see this as having a huge impact is in those high-risk individuals, who are either high risk because of

exposures in the workplace or because of age or underlying vulnerabilities. and this will really help as it increase the cold season, as it spreads through much of united states and people move indoors. >> flu season, good to get the shot as soon as possible. thank you very much for being with me. turning now to backlash over the biden administration's immigration policies, as we've been reporting right here on this broadcast. the biden administration plans to reinstate the controversial remain in mexico policy, a decision that led dozens of immigration advocates to watch out of a virtual meeting with administration officials on saturday. in a statement read during that meeting, the activist accused the biden administration of, quote, playing politics with human lives, according to politico. joining me nw ariana solares,

one of the cofounders who walked out of this meeting. what exactly happened on saturday? >> this was another meeting that we needed to go ahead and attend with white house representatives. it is one of many that we have had. and one of the things that the ngos decided was that we needed to go ahead and make a statement to the administration that we were no longer able to abide by what they were requesting. >> what is it that they were requesting that you can't abide by? >> to be complicit with npp. it is an inhumane system. it is not something that we would stand behind. >> the npp was reinstituted by a judge, in other words, it isn't

that the biden administration tried to reinstitute npp on itself. it was essentially forced to do so. so why do you then say they're complicit in this? >> we have seen how government works. if you look at our last administration, president trump was able to issue fire -- rapidfire policies that were able to be implemented. and so we know that if this government wanted to, they could. but they almost had two months to decide how they should go forward and in reality, it just didn't happen. promises weren't kept. and not only that, but it is forcing the ngos to have to raise funds to be able to support community programs. like, for example, gofundme. we have to have one right now, simpy to be able to satisfy the needs of our communities.

i'm here in rural new mexico, two miles from the border. our poverty rate is over 44% and i understand it was judge appointed, however, we've taken a look at the politics and we know that if they truly wanted to, they could have made the change. they had the time, they had the insight from the ngos and they chose to go the other direction. >> ariana, how would you qualify what the administration's immigration policy is, as of now? and do you think that this country is facing an immigration crisis? >> this immigration crisis that people have been saying has been going on for years and years. this isn't new. this isn't from the biden administration. this has been carried by the trump, by the obama, by the

clinton, by the bushes. if you take a look at it, this is nothing new. the difference is the inactivity and the inability for our government officials to come together to make the change. i understand that there is a lot of contention about subject, but asylum is a right. it is a human right. and that is one of the things that we cannot forget. i mean, i am not necessarily the daughter of immigrants. my father and his family have been here in this area for over 400 years. and believe it or not, on my mother's side, they came over in the 1800s from ireland. and so, immigration hasn't always been this difficult, but one of the things that is even more difficult is getting our

government officials together to work for a solution that is humane, regardless of what ends up happening, it needs to change and change now. >> ariana solares, thank you. i very much appreciate your voice. appreciate you. >> thank you very much. north korea reportedly launches a missile into the sea overnight. we have the latest next. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. u diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. - [announcer] at southern new hampshire university, we never stop celebrating our students. from day one to graduation to your dream job, that's why we're keeping your tuition low for the 10th year in a row. - [student] the affordability and the quality of education, it can be enough to change your life. - [announcer] as a nonprofit university, we believe in making college more affordable for everyone. - southern new hampshire university, it was just amazing experience. - [announcer] find your degree at snhu.edu. there is something i want to ask you. umm, it's a little soon... the new iphone 13 pro is here.

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49 past the hour and time for the headlines beyond our borders. this morning, north korea fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile, that's according to the south korean military, fresh of military. joining me now is ali arouzi. this is the latest in weapons test by north korea. >> reporter: that's right. this is the latest in a flurry of weapons missile tests by the north koreans. this time they launch it from a suspected submarine. the ballistic missile landed in waters just off the coast of japan, according to the south korean army. now, when they unveiled this missile in january, the north koreans said that it was the most powerful weapon on earth. now, they are prone to a bit of exaggeration. it is, however, a very provocative move that's rattled the neighborhood.

i don't think its timing is any coincidence. it comes just as the south koreans are hosting a major arms fair, are planning a launch in space and are convening a meeting of spy chiefs who are going to be discussing north korea's nuclear program. >> meanwhile, floods in india have killed two dozen at least. what's behind the severity. >> reporter: and that death toll is expected to go up a lot more. what's behind it, according to scientists and experts, is global warming. they say as global temperatures warm up, especially in the arctic, rain clouds tend to move much more slowly, retaining a lot more water and then dumping that water on a very concentrated piece of lands. they say this is just a taste of things to come and if we don't tackle this problem quickly, the damage is going to be

irreversible. >> yesterday we reported on the death of colin powell. what's been the reaction world wide? >> reporter: well,tributes have been pouring in from all over the world for the former secretary of state. here in the u.k., former prime minister john major called him one of the finest men he's ever met and possibly the finest man never to be president. former prime minister tony blair called him a towering figure both in the military and politics. ex-israeli prime minister netanyahu called him a great man. not everybody remembers him so fondly, jose. for the iraqi people, he's the man who went in front of the u.n. security council in 2003 and made a case for war against their country.

many iraqis see him as part of the apparatus that unleashed decades of chaos, death and destruction in their country. so there's a lot of mixed feelings about a man that was known all over the world. >> thank you very much. appreciate your time. still ahead, disturbing allegations three african asylum seekers claim i.c.e. tortured them using a restraint device. . . keep dreaming. [coins clinking in jar] ♪ you can get it if you really want it, by jimmy cliff ♪ ♪ [suitcase closing] [gusts of wind] [gusts of wind] [ding]

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55 past the hour. troubling new allegations about how the u.s. treated some migrants who were deported during the final months of the trump administration. several groups filed a complaint on behalf of three men sent back to cameroon. they say agents put them in this restraining device known as the wrap before they were deported. the men claim it was used in a way that amounts to torture. one of them described how it felt. he said there was so much pain in my waist and my back, i couldn't breathe, i couldn't sit up, my body was in so much stress. with me now is kate morrissey, immigration reporter for the san

diego union tribune. it's good to see you. when your story was first published last week, i.c.e. had not responded to a request for comment. has the agency said anything else? >> they haven't said much other than their tip response of we care about the people in our custody and we follow national standards when it comes to how we treat people in custody. so we haven't gotten any kind of response that specifically addresses what these men said. >> tell us more about the wrap. what is it designed for and how is it supposed to be used? >> i spoke with the person who's the head of safe restraints, the company that produces the wrap. the idea behind it from a law enforcement perspective is that it allows people to be restrained in a way that they are not face down. so rather than having an officer hold somebody to the ground, it allows the people to be sitting

up to deescalate violent situations, allow people to breathe and get control of themselves and allow law enforcement or medical professionals to treat any medical needs that the person might have because of what just happened. but that does not appear to be how i.c.e. is using it, according to what these men said. >> is i.c.e. still using the wrap as a common thing to restrain deportees? >> it's not clear exactly how often i.c.e. uses the wrap. the only cases we've heard about are cases of people being deported to african countries. actually, the only people who have come forward and said this was used on me are from different african countries, not just cameroon. i've also heard about people from uganda and kenya, for example.

it seems to be these big flights where they're filling the flights with deportees and sending that flight to a country in africa. >> so far the only thing we've been able to find out is when it's been used, it's been used on people being sent back to africa. >> correct. >> kate morrissey, i appreciate you shining a light on this. thank you very much. >> thank you. that wraps up the hour. i'm jose diaz balart. reach me on twitter and instagram at jd balart. thank you for the privilege of your time. chris jansing picks up with more news right now. ♪♪

good tuesday morning. meetings and phone calls and photos, but does that mean progress? president biden's goal today, to break that democratic stalemate and get the progressive and moderate factions of his party to agree to a framework on the build back better plan. he will host two meetings at the white house today at two different times with members of those two groups within his own party. and a picture may be worth a thousand words, but is it worth $2 trillion? as far as we know that's the difference between what senators joe manchin and bernie sanders want to spend. how close are we? has there been movement? plus, huge news for anyone waiting to get the booster vaccine dose. the "new york times" reporting the fda will allow a mix and match approach for booster shots. but we start this morning