" blackwell" -- elizabeth blackwell is the first woman in the country to receive a medical degree in 1849 and her sister emily who is five years younger was recruited into the field by her older sister and became the third woman doctor in history. they founded the new york infirmary for women and children and the medical college in new york. wonderful. these books are so fantastically complementary. janice's book dives into the lives of these trailblazers and olivia's book looks at how women change the course of medicine. i have to ask did you know each other before you wrote the book? >> no. >> they are was the convergence of great minds and thinking alike. >> it's a shows me when you look at history there are so many lessons we can learn in the moments today we are in and the fact that you both came upon these dual narratives. what do you think that tells us about the role of women in medicine now? >> olivia do you want to go ahead? >> well i think it's how much skepticism there still is in medicine and as a journalist writing about the sexism now. i think it was really sad to hear

blackwell, our president of the board and joaquin and the state senator and malia, as well as our lieutenant governor and thank you doug shoemacker for your lead and so many others making this day possible. now i have the honor of bringing to the podium my friend. i saw first-hand her leadership and her judgment that she has about these issues serves our country well, but most importantly, appreciates what's happening here in san francisco. madam secretary. mad am am secretary marsha fudge. [ applause ] >> good morning. thank you. i came all the way from washington. ya'll can't say 'good morning,' it's going to be a problem. your mayor is absolutely outstanding. she's always been on the leading edge of making change especially when she does these kinds of things. to speaker pelosi, even though i'm not a member of congress any longer, you are still my speaker and i have watched this little lady put the entire caucus on her back and carry it across that finish line and i'm looking for you to do it one more time. you know, nancy likes to quote matthew. right now, i'm thinking about eclesiasis.

. >>> let's bring in lisa blackwell from compass real estate, talking about the numbers. nice to have you back on the program. what is happening here? why are we seemingly immune to the trends in other parts of the u.s.? i get it, there's cheaper housing there but they're going down a bit or softening. why is it not happening here in the bay area? >> hi, raj. thank you for having me. well, the short answer to your question is that even some of the trends that we are seeing even in other parts of the country, this is traditionally the time that the market softens, meaning september, october, november, december. so this is a lot of the softening is happening is just a little bit of what happens at this time of year. specific to the bay area -- pardon? >> go ahead, please proceed. >> yeah. specific to the bay area, why we buck trends, well, we just buck trends. you know, we are one of the first to recover after the crash, had the strongest market afterwards. we have a really strong job market. it is desirable to live here. we have not been keeping up with people's needs in t

cnn "newsroom," i'm victor blackwel blackwell. >> and i'm alisyn camerota. he's in connecticut promoting his build back better agenda that is stalled in congress. he was speaking at a childcare center that we didn't see a lot of children. he highlighted the importance of investing in childcare to keep costs down for working families. >> he acknowledged that this safety net, the social safety net will not be $3.5 trillion. but the separate factions here are hundreds of billion dollars if not more than a trillion dollars apart. and of course the talks have been stalled for sometime now. >> okay. meanwhile, we want to turn to other breaking news happening this hour. a u.s. capitol police officer has been indicted on obstruction charges in connection to the january 6 insurrection. this indictment claim tad officer michael riley told a capitol rioter to tamper with evidence. >> reilly told the person that he was just looking out for them. now a reminder more than 100 officers were injured and one died the day after the attack and four officers who were there that

. >> and i'm victor blackwell. the white house flag will soon be at half staff after the passing of general colin powell. a short time ago president biden released a statement grieving for quote a patriot of unmatched honor and dignity. the nation's first black secretary of state died this morning from complications from covid and cnn learned that he suffered from a blood cancer and parkinson's disease and was about to receive a booster shot when he fell ill. powell was 84 years old. >> before becoming the top diplomat under george w. bush, he was national security adviser to president reagan and chairman to h.w. bush and president clinton. today president george w. bush said he was such a favorite of presidents that he earned the presidential medal of freedom twice. in his entertstatement, preside biden called him a friend and talks about what the nation lost today. >> he would want to be remembered as someone who cared about america more than life itself. and god love him, we're going to miss him terribly, terrib

. >> i'm victor blackwell. we're beginning with the breaking news into the investigation of the january 6th capitol attack. the house select committee just announced they will move to hold former trump advisor steve bannon in criminal contempt for refusing to comply with his subpoena. >> bannon was scheduled to testify today, but his lawyer told the committee that bannon would not provide testimony or documents until the committee reaches an agreement with former president trump over executive privilege or until a court weighs in. we know president trump has been usuallying his loyalists to ignore the committee's subpoenas. cnn congressional correspondent ryan nobles joins us from capitol hill with this breaking news. what happens now, ryan? >> reporter: well, alisyn and victor, this is the committee making good on their promise that if steve bannon and others did not comply with their subpoena request, that they would move forward with a criminal contempt referral so the committee is scheduled to meet next tue

. ♪ >> disney and accra scarlett johansson have settled a dispute over the release of the movie, blackwellsaid the way they released a film deprived her of potential earnings. michelle fleury has more. >> this was an ugly dispute. she brought a lawsuit over the summer against disney, her employer in the marble floor -- franchise. she basically said they breached their contract when they chose to release the black widow movie at the cinema but also through its streaming service. most of her pay was tied to benefits and it targets related the box office release. now, they have reached a settlement. to give you an idea of how combative it was, disney at the time called her out as being callous for doing this in the middle of a pandemic. scarlett johansson was quick to retaliate. she called them misogynistic but now it seems they have made up and they are still working on future projects together. >> the u.n. has set its quickly important that the humanitarian operations continue in northern ethiopia. despite an ongoing dispute that has seen seven senior u.n. officials expelled from the countr

leslie blackwell with the better business bureau says. >> that perfect holiday gift might not be therehis year. supply chain shortages could be the grinch who stole christmas a shortage of widgets and workers combined with floating traffic stressed trucking industry and factory backlogs is leading to limited inventory and empty shelves. that's impacting everything from toys and electronics to clothing and more. what we're finding out is whether it's a micro chip or a putt. a ship. there seems to be a supply shortage of going on right now. you may not realize it, but millions of everyday products use microchips from computers to cell phones to gaming systems and other toys. anything that kind of has as bells and whistles the sounds the the lights they need a microchip and they are backward. >> chip shortages have already left the playstation 5 and the x box series x s in short supply. so again, the bbb says by now, not later and they warn watch out for scammers. >> when you've got shortages who comes out of the woodwork. but the fraudsters. >> and something a lot of people are happy to

russia featuring the book "putin's people" and then women in medicine with author of "the doctors blackwell." at 5:00 p.m. democratic representative charisse davis talks about her book. watch book tv's coverage of the 21st annual national book schedule sunday, october 10 at 2:00 p.m. eastern on book tv on c-span2. ♪ announcer: washington journal continues. host: we are back and we are opening phone lines for our open forum. that is when you, our viewers, can call and talk about what the most important political topic is to you. as we wait for our calls to come in let's look at the major stories going on in the united states right now. the new york times has this story about the coronavirus pandemic. the united states surpassed 700,000 deaths from the coronavirus friday, a milestone few experts had anticipated months ago when vaccines became widely available to the american public. an overwhelming majority of americans who died in recent months, a period in which the country has offered broad access to shots, were unvaccinated. the united states has had one of the highest recent death rates

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i'm victor blackwell. >> i'm alisyn camerota and we begin with a big development in the investigation of the january 6 insurrection. they will hold steve bannon in criminal contempt for failing to appear today. >> he said he is not participating because the former president advised him not to. so where do things stand now? >> reporter: what stands now is the selective committee will meet on tuesday. that's where they will have an official business meeting where they will vote on criminal intent in the house of representatives. once they vote on that, it will be taken to the house to execute. this is basically the committee making good on a promise. they had warned these individuals that they had subpoenaed that they were going to do everything they had in their power to get them to comply with their subpoena request. steve bannon in particular has been the most defiant of this group of individuals that have been subpoenaed. he has said repeatedly that he was not going to comply. he sent the committee two different letters where he specifically said that he felt he didn't have to compl

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i'm victor blackwell. >> and i'm alisyn camerota. in a last-minute mitch before the president left for europe, he visited capitol hill to push his pared-down, build back better act. a source says he told house democrats today that his presidency and his party's control of congress, quote, will be determined by what happens in the next week. >> progressives continue their push-back. they said they need to see the actual words on paper to see if they'll back the spending bill which no longer includes paid family medical leave and gaining support from moderates. a few weeks ago, nancy pelosi announced this. >> there is a path to get this done. for those who say i want to see text, the text is there for you to review, for you to complain about, for you to add to, subtract from, whatever it is, and we'll see what consensus emerges from that. but we're really very much on a path. >> cnn's manu raju is on capitol hill. phil mattingly is in rome following the president. manu, a lot has happened. fast-moving parts here. give us the state of p

and actually the very conservative betsy blackwell said no, no, that's it, she's coming. the big question was will the barbizon even let her in? they let her in. i spoke with her. she's amazing. she became a famous artist and writer. and through that, i was able to sort of find something -- it doesn't mean that there was a floodgate, you know, of diversity at the barbizon after 1956, but it allowed me to tell a full story, so this was -- i mean, that was a god send that i found those memos and found that particular conversation. >> yeah, absolutely. and in an unexpected place as well, i would think. >> that seems to be the way it works, i find. >> the process of discovery is so exciting. talk a little bit more about -- you mentioned the whiteness, a critical dynamic at the barbizon, you know, apart from this one story you just told us, how does that -- it doesn't open up the floodgates, but how do things start shifting from a racial perspective? >> yeah, i mean, i think also with -- i should say with the great depression, you know, i talk about the start of the book, i ta

. >>> top of the hour, i'm victor blackwell. >> i'm alisyn camerota. the fda advisory panel will vote on whether to authorize pfizer's coronavirus vaccine for kids, aged 5 to 11. if approved for emergency use authorization, 28 million kids could become eligible for the vaccine. safety is a top priority, they say, at the meeting, and the data presented underscored that the benefits of the vaccine for children outweighed the risk of potential side effects, especially as winter approaches which could lead to an up tick in cases. that's what one pfizer official warned. >> if you just look at our track record in terms of predicting the epidemic, we've got done particularly well, given that the winter season is coming, the delta virus is still out there. you still have a large number of susceptible children. there's every reason to believe that the rate will not be at the nater. >> cnn senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen has been watching this meeting closely. this vote could happen at any moment. what are we expecting to learn from the meeting, tho

i'm victor blackwell. >> i'm alisyn camerota, thank you for joining us on this special holiday edition begin with the ongoing threat to democracy unfolding in realtime. donald trump still trying to sell his big lie that the 2020 election was somehow stolen from him thousand he was defeated by joe biden. it's not just his rabid supporters going along with this lie, it's also top establishment republicans. seven-term senator chuck grassley standing side by side with the losing ex-president on stage at a des moines rally on saturday. >> and trump's former chief strategist steve bannon is defying the house select committee investigating the january 6th election. he says he won't cooperate. just how aggressive will the committee be in his search for the truth. here's one of the two gop members on the panel. >> it gets to a point we're stone walling, and we're not serious. there's contempt things you can file. you can do it through congress. you can do it through the doj, criminal contempt. i think that's our leaning is to say criminal con tempetempt. there's going to be some day i stay and

. >> i would like to also add that the an for mentioned blackwell and reed are running clinics at therefurbished gilman playground. they began on september 14th. they are running through november 4. boys and girls are welcome. every tuesday, thursday from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. i have been out there twice. there has been 20-25 kids. each one of those times. i hear now it is growing as we move forward. eye number of coaches as well. coach to player ratio is like one to four or five. i want to salute manny involved in multiple programs and vick read. that has about two weeks to run. take advantage of that as well. boys and girls. dill man playground tuesday and thursday 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. >> any public comment on commissioners matters, dial star 3 to be added the queue. >> zero hands are raised. >> public comment is closed. we are now on item 11. new business agenda setting. commissioners. >> one of the items that is going to come up is we need to update our commission by-laws. i have the working document in hand here. if any commissioner wants to help on this just ping me and let m

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. >> and i'm victor blackwell.neral colin powell. a short time ago president biden released a statement grieving for quote a patriot of unmatched honor and dignity. the nation's first black secretary of state died this morning from complications from covid and cnn learned that he suffered from a blood cancer and parkinson's dised

. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> hello, thank you for joining us, i'm victor blackwell. >>of congress together to talk through their desire for more programs and spending as part of their social safety net package. then, later today, he'll meet with a group of moderate democrats who do not want all of those things. exactly how this will resolve something is unclear

i'm victor blackwell. thank you for joining us. >> i'm alisyn camerota. the local prosecutor in new mexico saying moments ago that no one has been ruled out on criminal charges for the killing of halyna hutchins during the rehearsal of alec baldwin's film, "rust." this photo was taken just before she was shot to death last thursday. this afternoon the d.a. and the sheriff held the first news conference on this case saying they have much more work to do. >> the man who pulled the trigger and is a producer on the movie, does alec baldwin himself face the potential of criminal charges? >> all options are on the table at this point. i'm not commenting on charges, whether they will be filed or not or on whom. no one has been ruled out at this point. >> the sheriff also revealed that investigators extracted the suspected live round that he believes killed hutchins from the shoulder of joel souza, the director of "rust." the sher. >> referee: sheriff said the round is now with them for analysis. josh, tell us about the evidence that sheriff mendoza says has been

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. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> hello, i'm victor blackwell. thank you for joining me. how close this country came to a constitutional crisis in the last weeks of the trump administration. now, the senate judiciary committee just released a sweeping report detailing how the former president and a top lawyer in the justice department tried to overturn the 2020 election. the report says that trump directly asked the doj nine times to undermine the election result. >>> also today, four trump allies are facing a deadline to answer subpoenas from the committee investigating the january 6th insurrection

. >> i'm victor blackwell. we're starting with two pivotal meetings at the white house. first, last hour, president biden met with nine progressives, i believe it's still going on. they're members of congress who are pursuing more programs and spending as parts of their social safety net package. now, later today, he'll meet with a group of moderate democrats who do not want all of those programs, certainly not all the spending. >> we know that the climate change provisions have been on the chopping block for some of the moderates, so today, senator joe manchin said flat out, he will not support a carbon tax in the bill. >> are you okay with a carbon tax? >> no, we have to talk about that. we're not -- the carbon tax is not on the board at all right now, okay. >> with us now, we have cnn chief congressional correspondent manu raju, and cnn chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins. we understand you have new reporting about what happened at this caucus lunch today. what was it? >> well, democrats have emerged upbeat after this lunch. just moments ago, chuck schumer

i'm victor blackwell. >> and i'm alisyn camerota.lower francis. in congressional testimony today, she said facebook products, quote, harm children, stoke division, and weaken our democracy. what's worse, she claims, is that the company knows this but prioritizes its own profit over the health of our children and our democracy. >> haugen's testimony largely centered around part of facebook's am glgorithms and th engagement-based ranking system which she says promotes hate, bullying and misinformation. sa

. >> top of the hour, i'm victor blackwell. fbi agents say items of interest were found at the carlton reserve in the search for brian laundrie, he of course the missing fiance of gabby petito. >> we know the sarasota medical examiner and a cadaver dog are on the scene, let's go to randi kaye at north port, florida. any description, anything more specific then articles about what was found? >> so far victor, no, we know that these items, these articles were found, according to the family attorney, these are articles that belonged to brian laundrie. they were found just off a hiking trial here in the environmental creek park here behind me. this is the entrance to the carlton reserve which is where authorities have been searching for brian laundrie since september 17th, since his family directed him here, saying this is where he came to hike. it's unclear what was found but we know the family was in there early this morning after alerting authorities that they were going to come here and search for him. the park just opened yest

i'm victor blackwell. >> as his agenda back home is still in limbo. told president biden just the second catholic u.s. president met with the pope for an unprecedented 90 minutes. he also sat down for a fence mending discussion with french president emmanuel macron. biden telling president macron the u.s. was quote clumsy in handling that nuclear submarine deal that caused a diplomatic upa uparrow with the long time american ally. >> it has put his agenda on hold. for how long we'll see. also today, though, republican congressman adam kinzinger, outspoken republican critic of donald trump announces that he will not run for reelection. >> i stand in awe at the courage of the other nine members in the house who voted to impeach a president of their own party. knowing it could be detrimental to their political career. most importantly, though, i admire those everywhere that put their country above their party. >> joining us now, gloria borger, cnn's chief political analyst, and astead herndon, national politics reporter for the ”the new york times”. form

. >> i'm victor blackwell, a just released affidavit reveals new details about how guns were handled on the set of the alex ba -- alec baldwin movie "rust," a local prosecutor said no one has been ruled out for criminal charges in the death of cinematographer halyna hutchins, you're looking at what may be the final photo on set of hutchins. this afternoon, the d.a. and sheriff had a news conference, the first one on the case. >> as the man who pulled the trigger and a producer on the movie, does alec baldwin himself face the potential of criminal charges. >> all options are on the table at this point. i'm not commenting on charges whether they will be filed or not or on whom. no one has been ruled out at this point. >> the sheriff also revealed that investigators extracted the suspected live round that he believes killed hutchins from the shoulder of joel sousa, the director of the "rust," and 600 pieces of evidence were collected from the scene, including 500 rounds of ammunition, describing them as a mix of blanks, dummy rounds and what are expected to be live rounds. cnn's lucy ka

. >> i'm victor blackwell. there's breaking news connected to the january 6th capitol riot. a capitol police officer has been indicted on charges of insurrection. michael a. riley advised the rider to remove online facebook posts that could be incriminating. >> reilly allegedly took this person he was just looking out for them. let's go to cnn justice correspondent jessica schneider, how did this come to light? >> reporter: this is all detailed, alisyn, in a six-page indictment that was just unsealed this morning, after this officer, michelangelo reilly was arrested. officer reilly appeared in court an hour ago. it was visual. he was in his holding cell while the proceedings were held online. he's being released with restrictions, he needs to get approval for any travel. he can not have any weapons. that includes guns. this all came about according to this indictment in the beginning of january when this officer first friended someone who later appeared at the capitol riot, made his way inside the capitol. one day after the capitol riot on january 7th, this indictment says t

. >> i'm victor blackwell. we are watching several developing stories this hour.tion about another side effect of the pandemic. the tangled, clogged, global supply chain. it's driving up prices ahead of the holiday shopping season and slowing the economic recovery. >> and this is a crucial week

. >> and i'm victor blackwell. the company main site and sister platforms, instagram and what's app are suffering from major outages. users are unable to load new content or send messages. >> take a look at what our executive producers instagram looks like right now. can you see this? >> can you hold that up? >> it is blank. blank white screen. it is a technical blackout happening right now after the damning revelations from that former employee that you just saw a minute of on "60 minutes" last night. she accused facebook misinformation to proliferate on the the platform to make more profit. facebook stock is looking at the worst day in a year. it is down right now about 5.5%. so, let's bring in cnn's doany o'sullivan. do we know what is causing outages and is there any connection between that bombshell on 60 minutes last night and now the outages? >> it is certainly a busy and bad day for facebook. i want to show you a statement that the company put out in the past hour or so. they're saying we are aware that som

top of the hour, i'm victor blackwell, alisyn is off. we're following a lot of breaking news on the investigation into the january 6th capitol riots, and the battle over testimony and documents. a few minutes ago, president biden refused to assert privilege over trump era documents. these are the ones sought by the house select committee looking into the insurrection that paves the way for the national archives to share documents with the house probe. also today, a lawyer for trump associate steve bannon informed the select committee that he will not cooperate with the subpoena. a short time ago, the committee responded, threatening a criminal referral for any witness who continues to obstruct. trump's legal team set off this battle earlier this week, telling bannon and three others, three of the key allies that they should not comply with the subpoenas. cnn's kaitlan collins is live at the white house, and cnn's sara murray is in washington as well. k tell us first about the decision by the biden administration not to assert executive p

." >> i'm victor blackwell.e are learning that there were several warning signs on the set of "rust" in the days before alec baldwin accidentally shot and killed the cinematographer. cnn has court records showing detectives seized casings, and ammunition. >> crew members were reportedly using guns with live ammo just hours before baldwin fatally shot the director of photography, halyna hutchins during that rehearsal. a source told the news outlet, the wrap, that some crew members went plinking, meaning shooting at beer cans, with live ammunition to pass the time. >> an actor who says he worked on "rust" said multiple blank rounds were fired at me. i felt pieces of the blanks hitting my body and face. i'm heartbroken and freaked out the more this story develops. i feel as if i literally dodged a bullet. >> cnn correspondent stephanie elam is in new mexico following the latest for us. so, stephanie, this veteran prop master has come forward, saying that he turned down a job on this movie because of some red flags.

. >> the start of a new hour, i'm victor blackwell. >> and i'm alisyn camerota. the white house flags are at half staff for general colin powell, the son of jamaican immigrants who rose to the highest levels of government, the nation's first black secretary of state died this morning from complications around covid. cnn has learned he suffered from a blood cancer and parkinson's disease. he was about to receive a booster shot of the covid vaccine this week when he got sick. colin powell not only broke barriers but crossed partisan lines, always in pursuit of what he thought was best for the country according to those who knew him best. >> in a statement, president biden described powell as a dear friend who quote having fought in wars understood better than anyone that military might alone was not enough to maintain our peace and prosperity. and vice president harris said this in the last hour. >> he obviously served with dignity, he served with grace. he was the epitome of what it means to be strong but at the same time so modest in terms of everything that he d

. >> and i'm victor blackwell. major news in fight against coronavirus. america has applied for fda emergency use authorization for the experimental anti-viral pill to fight covid. >> the pharmaceutical company said their test results were so promising that they stopped the study early in order to submit their findings. if authorized, the pill would become the first oral treatment for covid. cnn's nick watt has more. >> the first pill to treat covid-19 might be getting close. today it is makers merck and ridge buy bio therapeutics asked the fda for emergency use authorization. unlike the quack cures out there, this has science behind it. in trials, peer review had half of the risk of hospitalization and death in people already suffering symptoms. >> long-term, i think this is huge. >> reporter: and unlike monoclonal antibody treatment as begun iv infusion, these are easy to pop pills. >> so it makes it much more accessible and reliable and gives us hope. >> reporter: meantime, more than a thousand city workers in boston face unpaid leave tomorrow for fail

." >> i'm victor blackwell.court records showing detectives seized casings, and ammunition. >> crew members were reportedly using guns with live ammo just hours before baldwin fatally shot the director of photography, halyna hutchins during that rehearsal. a source

. >> i'm victor blackwell. good to be with you. republican governor greg abbott is facing push back on his controversial and broad band on covid vaccine mandates, including private businesses from enforcing vaccination mandates. american and southwest airlines both based in the lone star state vowed to continue requiring their employees to be vaccinated. >> abbot is up for reelection next year. he has been on a bit of a collision course with president biden who just last month announced that all employers with 100 or more workers should adopt vaccine mandates or covid testing regimens. ed lav >> reporter: i think everybody in texas is looking at abbot t's move through the prism of politics he finds himself in the middle of, and that is he is facing a primary challenge to be reelected next year. that primary is coming up in the spring of 2022. and both of the candidates running against him have been railing against vaccine mandates among other things, so it seems pretty clear at this point that a lot of what the governor is doing is

. >> and i'm victor blackwell. major news in fight against coronavirus. anti-viral pill to fight covid. >> the pharmaceutical company said their test results were so promising that they stopped the study early in order to submit their findings. if authorized,

i'm victor blackwell. >> and i'm alisyn camerota. we begin with explosive revelations from facebook whistle-blower francis. in congressional testimony today, she said facebook products, quote, harm children, stoke division, and weaken our democracy. what's worse, she claims, is that the company knows this but prioritizes its own profit over the health of our children and our democracy. >> haugen's testimony largely centered around part of facebook's am glgorithms and th engagement-based ranking system which she says promotes hate, bullying and misinformation. she said facebook wants us to believe this is an unsolvable problem but haugen says that's not true. >> i think if we had appropriate oversight or if we were formed 230 to make facebook responsible for the consequences of their intentional ranking decisions, i think they would get rid of engagement-based ranking, because it is causing teenagers to be exposed to more anorexia content. it is pulling families apart. and in places like ethiopia, it's literally fanning ethnic violenc

. >> and i'm victor blackwell.ter platforms, instagram and what's app are suffering from major outages. users are unable to load new content or send messages. >> take a look at what our executive producers instagram looks like right now. can you see this? >> can you hold that up? >> it is blank. blank white screen. it is a technical blackout happening right now after the damning revelations from that former employee that you just saw a minute of on "60 minutes" last night. she accused facebook misinformation to proliferate on the the platform to make more profit. facebook stock is looking at the worst day in a year. it is down right now about

. >> it is a brand new hour, thanks for being with us, i'm victor blackwell. >> i'm alisyn camerota. any moment now, the senate is scheduled to vote on a bill that would suspend the debt ceiling. republicans have vowed to block this measure, saying the democrats have to figure out how to pay the country's debt on its own, though much of the debt was racked up by president trump. >> we now know that minority leader mitch mcconnell will discuss two proposals with majority leader chuck schumer for a possible short-term suspension. he's concerned that moderate democrats, senators joe manchin, and kyrsten sinema might gut the filibuster if there's no deal on the debt ceiling. joining us now, cnn chief congressional correspondent, manu raju, and white house correspondent jeremy diamond. first, the potential for this deal, walk us through it. >> we'll see what happens, in fact, there's a bit of uncertainty at the moment about whether this vote is expected to take place in a matter of minutes actually will take place in the after math of mitch mcconnell making a proposal here to try to stave

. >> i'm victor blackwell. we are watching several developing stories this hour. minutes from now, president biden will address the nation about another side effect of the pandemic. the tangled, clogged, global supply chain. it's driving up prices ahead of the holiday shopping season and slowing the economic recovery. >> and this is a crucial week for the january 6th select committee. the first round of in-person depositions is scheduled to take place for some of former president trump's closest allies. more documents are due today. and committee members warn that those who do not comply may face criminal contempt charges. >>> plus, captain kirk goes where no other "star trek" character has ever gone before. 90-year-old william shatner becomes the holdest person to travel beyond the earth's atmosphere and he returns with some emotional, profound si insights. >> what you have given me is the most profound experience i can imagine. i'm so filled with emotion about what just happened. i just -- it's extraordinary. extraordinary. i hope i never recover from this. i ho

. >> it is a brand new hour, thanks for being with us, i'm victor blackwell. >> i'm alisyn camerota.