i'm andrew dymburt. >> and i'm andrea fujii. mona is off. we'll get to the gabby petito case in a moment, but we begin with the story from the southern border. >> the department of homeland security announcing that hundreds of additional border agents are being sent to texas as u.s. officials begin a massive effort to send thousands of haitian migrants who arrived in texas back to haiti. they have been live in bad conditions. faith abubey here with the very latest. good morning. >> reporter: good mrning to you, andrew. the biden administration is carrying out its plan to deport thousands of migrants living under a texas bridge. this morning, the first group of migrants seeking asylum under a texas bridge has arrived back in haiti. the beginning of what could be the largest expulsion of migrants by the u.s. in decades. video from abc affiliate wplg showing the planes leaving the airport from del rio, texas sunday. thousands of people living in camps underneath a national bridge nearby. >> we've never seen anything like this. this is completel

i'm andrew dymburt. >> and i'm faith abubey. mona is stove. >>> we begin with stunning new images of the devastation across the northeast. >> 59 deaths blamed on hurricane ida and the aftermath, 46 deaths in the northeast. new video shows a baseball diamond in new jersey almost completely underwater. president biden overnight approved an emergency declaration for both new jersey and new york. >>> take a look at this video here. thankfully no one was hurt. the owner of this house in new jersey says her son barely escaped walking through the basement and there it comes, the floodwaters came crashing through the wall and everything was underwater in a matter of just seconds. just an incredible scene there. one all too familiar across the region. this morning, new stories of heroism and tragedy in the wake of that devastating flood disaster across the northeast. in connecticut a state trooper is among the people who did not survive. >> one of the senior sergeants on the state police, well respected and it's just a tragedy. >> sergea

i'm andrew dymburt. comedian kathy griffin is known for not pulling any punches. her tell it like it is style defines her career, an approach she's now taking as she opens up about her private battles in this interview with "nightline" co-anchor juju chang. >> reporter: kathy griffin has undergone a profound transformation. >> hi, juju. i'm kathy. >> reporter: but it wasn't easy. in fact, she says it was excruciating. >> a little bit over a year ago in june of 2020 i tried to take my life. and i made a very serious suicide attempt. to lose all my work overnight and to be told by people in my own industry it's over, leave the country for five years, you've shamed our industry, you know, on and on and on. and it definitely got to me. and so i got to the point where i kind of agreed, like maybe it is time for me to go. and i've had a great life and i don't think there's a next chapter for me. and what i think really led to something that extreme was i had become very severely addicted to prescription pills. so i am in recovery but i'm a drug addict. >> reporter: four

i'm andrew dymburt. >> i'm andrea fujii. mona is off.begin with the breaking news about covid vaccine booster shots. johnson & johnson releasing new data this morning. >> the company says a second shot of its vaccine given as early as two months after the first one dramatically increases the vaccine's effectiveness. >> it comes just one day after new data concerning the pfizer vaccine in kids as young as 5 years old and ike ejiochi is here with the latest. ike, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, andrea. millions of more americans are one step closer to being eligible for the covid vaccine. this morning, a critical step in getting more americans vaccinated. pfizer announcing its vaccine is safe and effective for children ages 5 through 11 after testing the vaccine on more than 2,200 young participants, pfizer says the vaccine caused minimal side effects and the dose is one-third of the amount given to people 12 and older leaving many parents wondering why such a smaller dose for children who could be just one year younger. >> this i

i'm andrew dymburt. >> and i'm faith abubey. mona is off. we want to begin with that historic mission to space. >> for the first time ever, crew made up only of tourists is orbiting the earth, spacex launch, a complete success. >> new images coming in from the big adventure. the first all civilian crew in space is now settling into orbit after their historic blastoff. >> inspiration4. >> overnight the crew reaching nearly 364 miles above earth slightly deeper into space than expected and farther than richard branson and jeff bezos traveled and even farther than the space station. the crew using the stuffed golden retriever to know when they hit zero gravity. 14 minutes after takeoff the toy seen floating in the capsule. there there they are, our first all civilian crew. >> reporter: earlier spacex made history launching four private citizens into space from kennedy space center. the stunning image of the launch taken into nearby harmony, florida. abc's gio benitez was there. >> we witnessed a spectacular show of that rocket lifting off into

i'm andrew dymburt. >> and i'm faith abubey. mona is off. and we begin with breaking news. a new crisis along the southern border. >> in just the last 24 hours border patrol officials have been overwhelmed by a massive surge of migrants at the texas border setting up camp under a bridge in squalid conditions. >> u.s. officials say they are urgently sending more agents and more water and toilets to del rio, texas, amid fears the situation could get out of control. this morning, new chaos at the border. more than 10,000 migrants flooding from mexico into texas seeking asylum. sources say most are from haiti. the influx attributed to their recent earthquake and political instability. u.s. border officials are overwhelmed. >> what you see behind me are individuals that have not even been processed or detained. these individuals are just waiting to get detained. >> reporter: to stay out of the brutal sun, the migrants are camping under this international bridge outside del rio, texas. >> this is as bad as i've ever seen it. there is no southern border. there are literally thousa

i'm andrew dymburt. >> i'm elizabeth schulze. mona is off. we begin with breaking news from washington. a possible deal to avoid a government shutdown tomorrow. >> in addition to the looming shutdown, there's lots of other drama unfolding in washington that could affect every american family. members of congress gathered for a charity baseball game last night with president biden's infrastructure bill hanging in the balance because of what's being described as a revolt. >> the $3.5 trillion spending plan, and one key senator calls the plan insanity. >> alex presha has the latest on both issues, the looming shutdown and battle over infrastructure. alex, good morning. >> reporter: yes, today could be decisive. president biden last night well aware making a last-minute effort to drum up support at a baseball game. ahead of what happens of most critical votes of the biden administration, baseball, ice cream and politics all converging in washington. intense negotiations during last night's congressional baseball game just hours before potential g

here is andrew denver. --dymburt. >> where is gabby? >> we are coming for you. we know who you are and we are on our way. >> five days into the urgent search, authorities release new bobby camera -- body camera footage between her and her boyfriend, now turn person of interest, brian. >> some personal some >> leading up been on a cross-country road trip in this white van. >> i'm stretching and doing some morning yoga. >> documenting their travels on youtube and instagram. >> we are right outside the capital reef right now. >> coming up at 7:00, we will have an interview with the florida police chief investigating gabby's disappearance. with your gma first look, i am andrew dymburt. >> in the north bay, a new casino is planned for an unincorporated area between windsor and santa rosa. a public comment period is set to begin at the beginning of the year. an iconic san francisco bookstore chain is expanding with a new outpost at the airport. green apple books will open a in- rv m tmilharvey milk the store is expected to open to passengers by 2024. the bookstore cha

andrew dymburt, abc news, new york. hanging in the balance as congress returns to washington. his infrastructure bill passed in the senate, but is sitting in ogss demratsay wilnot act until. that measure has its own obstacles. joe manchin is calling for a pause and once debate on the bill. democrats need his vote. >> we have the unknown, and the unknown is everything we have been talking about. covid, what is going to happen to covid. nobody is talking about inflation or debt and we should have that is part of the discussion. dion: bernie sanders is confident democrats will be able to work out their differences. he has been critical of manchin stalling two pieces of legislation. developing news near atlanta, where four people were hurt after an explosion at an apartment complex. officials say the injuries are minor, but most of the complex was damaged in the blast. fire officials say the leasing manager called about a reported gas odor before the explosion, but the cause is still under investigation. tropical storm nich