cecilia vega with us from rome tonight, and, cecilia, i know the president while overseas, he's very aware of what's going on. the debate back here at home among democrats on his domestic agenda, the cuts to the plan, progressives holding up a vote because of those cuts, but tonight in d.c. late word the leader of the house progressives, the caucus, sounding optimistic? >> reporter: yeah, she is, david. washington congresswoman pramila jayapal is saying a bill will get passed. she says democrats will do something in the coming days, but, david, here's the reality, as of tonight there is still no deal. democrats are still finalizing the language in this legislation and, david, tomorrow president biden heads into these all important g20 meetings here in rome without that legislation in hand. that's not what the white house wanted. >> all right, cecilia. we'll be joining you in glasgow on monday. we'll see you then. >>> back here at home tonight and to the deadly shooting on that movie set, now the armorer who was in charge of weapons for the movie "rust" speaking for the first time thr

cecilia vega standing by. >>> gabby petito's family speaking out today. what they're saying to brian laundrie. and laundrie's own sister tonight talking to abc news. what she says about her brother and about her parents. and news tonight in a separate missing persons case we've been following here. the story of miya marcano. >>> the staggering cases of sex abuse within the french catholic church tonight. an estimated 330,000 victims over seven decades. >>> in new york city tonight, the fbi raiding the headquarters of the new york city police sergeant's union and the home of the union president. >>> the scare outside the supreme court. a suspect now under arrest tonight. >>> and paying tribute to a late night voice you'll definitely remember. >>> good evening and it's great to have you with us here on a tuesday night. news on the johnson & johnson vaccine, the potential booster coming, how soon? and what dr. fauci said just today about mixing and matching vaccines when it comes to boosters. >>> but we are going to begin tonight with the facebook whistle-bl

cecilia vega leads us off. >> reporter: tonight in long beach, california, at what should one of the busiest ports in the country, a fleeoftt. containers stacked high, waiting to be unloaded. the bottleneck leading to a crisis in america's supply chain. now facing skyrocketing prices and bare store shelves, president biden is vowing to act. >> we're going to help speed up the delivery of goods all across america. >> reporter: in the midst of the global pandeic, the cost of shipping containers needed to move goods from asia to the u.s., soaring. plus a shortage of workers, from longshoremen on the dock to truck drivers, all leading to scenes like this. empty shelves at tim metcalfe's grocery store in wisconsin. >> the supply chain issues we're having are really kind of from soup to nuts. >> reporter: he says he's seeing price hikes across the board, and he's not alone. americans are paying more for everything, from diapers to new cars, up more than 8%. and clothes, up more than 3%. and it could get even worse as the holidays approach. >> with the holidays coming up, you might be wonde

cecilia vega at the white house tonight. >>> the abc news exclusive. the woman known as baby roe breaking her silence right here. how she learned who she was. who approached her at 18. and what she now says as the supreme court takes up a case that could affect the future of roe v. wade. linsey davis is here. >>> the hospital shooting in philadelphia. the gunman wearing body armor and carrying multiple weapons. >>> the two hot air balloon accidents in new mexico. >>> william shatner tonight and what he's now saying about heading to the edge of space. >>> and tom brady and bill belichick, and what happened after the hug. >>> good evening and it's great to have you with us as we start a new week together here. several developing stories. that oil spill off the california coast. we're going to take you out on the ocean tonight. the virus and what dr. fauci said today about christmas this year. but we're going to begin tonight with that major worldwide outage for facebook. here in the u.s. and in countries all over the world. billions of users, instagram a

let's get right to chief white house correspondent cecilia vega. she is live in rome now with what to expect. cecilia, good morning. >> reporter: hey, gio, good morning to you. it's the president's final day of meetings here in rome with these top world leaders and a big issue that they're going to be taking up today is the supply chain crisis that's hurting so many americans back home leading to all of these high prices and empty store shelves that we're seeing around the country. the president is talking with these leaders, trying to identify where these bottlenecks in that supply chain are. they're looking to see what these countries can do to really step up and relieve some of these bottlenecks. this is a big deal. overnight, the administration announced that they've reached a deal with the eu on steel and aluminum tariffs and that's important because the administration says that this is going to end up lowering the cost of so many goods and items that americans have had a hard time finding, and paying so much for, things like cars, washing mach

cecilia vega is traveling with the president. she joins us this morning from rome, and cecilia, two big items on the agenda at the g20, climate change and getting vaccines to poor countries. >> reporter: yeah, exactly, george. good morning to you, and this is why this is so important. we're talking about the world's 20 largest economies who are responsible for emitting 80% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions. the head of the u.n. recently said the dramatic action they need to take at this summit here, if it doesn't happen, we are looking at a one-way ticket to disaster, he said. so really what is happening here in rome today is going to set the stage for that high stakes summit in glasgow. president biden heads there tomorrow, and he is really facing serious questions as he heads into that conference as to whether he can meet these huge goals that he has set for reducing emissions back home over the next decade. you mention those vaccine distributions. that is a huge topic here as well. the united states has committed to donat

abc, cecilia vega. it is hard to see you guys with masks on. i apologize. >> on climate change, you just mentioned the incentives you have on renewable energy in your build back better plan. you have a number of incentives. as it stands now, there are no punitive measures in this plan to companies accountable. many experts believe you have got to have this debt along with the carrot to get to -- the stick along with the carrot to get to your goal. can you say definitively you will still meet that goal? president biden: yes i can. what we are proposing and what we have issued is everything from getting the automobile makers to commit to going all electric, number one. getting the unions to agree to do that as well. making sure we have the investment in battery technology that requires us to have the ability to generate electric vehicles, electric assets, electric transportation grids, -- electric buses, electric transportation grids, dealing with everything from, that we have tax credits for $320 billion for dealing with alternatives, tax credit

our cecilia vega pressing the white house. >> are those options? >> i'm not here to take options off the table. but i will say we have made a great deal of progress already. >> reporter: the consequences of the supply chain chaos hitting nearly every industry, even schools. >> it's impacting everything from food items and nonfood items, such as serving trays and plast plasticware. the schools are really scrambling to get those kinds of items. >> >> reporter: david, analysts rebecca, when you see the ships still out at sea, you really get it. and people at home are asking what everyone is asking, how long is this going to last? >> reporter: and the bottom line here, david, is that these problems aren't going away any time soon. they're forecast to last into next year and i spoke to a small business owner today who told me the merchandise she expected to have on herschel vs for christmas isn't even coming until february. david? >> all right, rebecca, i know you're going to stay on this for us. >>> overseas tonight and news involving north korea comin

i'm a b c, cecilia vegas. it's hard to see you guys of the mascot. i apologize in the master making my glasses 5 up. so i apologize to you. thank you sir. i'm on climate change . you just mentioned the incentives you have on renewable energy and you're build back better plan. you do have a number of incentives, but as it stands right now, there are no punitive measures in this plan to hold these companies accountable. and many experts firmly believed that you've got to have the stick along with the carrot in order to get to your goal to reduce emissions by 2030 by 50 percent. so can you stand here today and say to the world that you definitively will still meet that goal? yes, i can. because what we're proposing and what we've initiated is everything from getting the automobile makers to can to, to commit to going all electric on number one, getting the unions to agree to do that as well. making sure we have the investment and battery technology that requires us to have the ability to generate electric vehicles, electric buses, electric transportatio

we don't know the number but it's not going to be that. >> cecilia vega, thanks very much. robin?ow to that deadly amtrak shootout caught on camera in arizona. a gunman opening fire at a train station in tucson leaving one dea agent dead and two other law enforcement officers wounded. kayna whitworth has the latest. >> reporter: this morning an urgent investigation under way after a gunman shot three law enforcement officials. killing a dea agent on board the amtrak train. the terrifying moments caught on camera from the platform in tucson, arizona. watch as this officer runs inside the train after hearing the first round of shots. seconds later more gunfire. people and the officer trying to escape. the suspect now headed back into the railcar. more gunshots. authorities rushing to the scene evacuating panicked passengers. the gunman still inside. officials say during a routine check for guns, money and drugs they apprehended one man while another opened fire on the second level of the train. >> the suspect has been shot, still barricaded inside. >> he's still inside. pretty confi

avert a financial meltdown forcing president biden to consider new ways around the crisis and cecilia vega good morning, cecilia. >> reporter: george, good morning to you. the situation right now is so dire that president biden is considering using a solution that he had said he'd been opposed to. it's the so-called nuclear option for a reason because it's never been used in a situation like this one. it would be blowing up the so-called filibuster rule in the senate. even that right now is not guaranteed. every single democrat would need to get on board and joe manchin says he is opposed to this. democrats don't want to go this route because it's time-consuming. that deadline is days away. this is also going to force the democrats to get on record with how much to raise this debt limit or ceiling to tying them to this really large number and that could hurt them politically. republicans, they are not budging on this one despite having raised this debt ceiling or suspended it three times under former president trump. nearly 98% of the debt we're talking about right now, that accrued before

cecilia vega starts us off from the vatican. orning, cecilia. >> reporter: hey, george, good morning to you. that meeting is under way right now. it is an extremely important one for president biden, both politically and personally. let me show you. we just got the video in right now. he and the first lady touching down here overnight in europe. this is their first stop on this five-day european visit. they're very much friends. they've known each other a long time. it was their fourth meeting. it was their first face to face meeting between the president and pope since the president took office. he's just the second catholic president in american history, and also he's among a list of presidents in decades who said his faith is deeply personal to him and it defines who he is as a man. this is someone who wears a rosary around his wrist, and you see it there. he has that framed picture on his desk behind him in the oval office of him and pope francis together. the fact they are meeting today is hugely symbolic and sending a stron

abc, cecilia vega. hard to see you guys with the masks on.gize. >> and making my glasses fog up. i apologize. thank you, sir. you mentioned the incentives. you do have a number of incentives but no punitive measures and many experts believe you have to have the stick with the carrot to get to your goal to reduce emissions by 2030 by 50%. can you say to the world that you will still meet that goal? >> yes. i can. because what we're proposing and what we have initiated is everything from getting the automobile makers to commit to going all electric. number one. getting the unions to agree to do that. making sure we have the investment in battery technology that requires us to have the ability to generate electric buses, electric transportation grids. making sure that we are dealing with everything from -- let me go through some of these. that we have tax credits for -- of $320 billion for dealing with alternatives, tax credit for moving on solar panels, wind and winterizing the properties. i don't think you need any punitive action to get peopl

our chief white house correspondent cecilia vega is at the white house with the latest on all of that. good morning, cecilia. >> reporter: hey, amy, good morning to you. speaker nancy pelosi says they seem to be about 90% of the way to reaching a deal. they seem to be closer to a deal on this than they have been so far in these negotiations. one source is telling us there could be a house vote on this bipartisan infrastructure plan for roads and bridges you're seeing there as soon as wednesday. yesterday the president hosted these two key senators to delaware. chuck schumer and joe manchin. manchin is one of the key moderate holdouts. the white house called the discussion productive. this could be a really big win for president biden if they can pull this off, but there have been some major concessions in order to get moderates and progressives on board. right now you see them. the overall price tag slashed from $3.5 trillion to just under $2 trillion. proposals like tuition-free community college scrapped, and the amount of paid family leave reduced. the white house has ramped up the

cecilia vega has the latest. good morning, cecelia. >> reporter: good morning, george.ing this white house or any white house for that matter wants is a shortage of supplies, empty shelves and high prices come the holiday shopping season and that's a real fear right now what this could do to consumer spending and the recovery. nt to mention we've been talking point politics of this. the president has taken a hit recently in his polls when it comes to his handling of the economy. so today he's meeting with leaders of the two busiest port, l.a. and long beach as trevor said and the head of the labor union representing workers at those ports. here's what they're expected to announce. the port of los angeles is committing to operating 24/7, long beach has been doing that for a few weeks now and companies like walmart and fedex, u.p.s., they're committing to shifting to these 24/7 operations. this is expected to help at least in some way alleviate some of the bottleneck trevor was mentioning there. look, this has been a big concern for the white house for awhile. so much so

face-to-face meeting since the nuclear sub diplomatic spat and abc's chief white house correspondent cecilia vega is in rome this morning with a look at what lies ahead for the president in the coming hours. cecilia, good morning. >> reporter: hey, gio, good morning to you. the real work for president biden starts right now here this morning in rome. these meetings are under way as we speak, and his must do list this morning, convince these allies that america is back and is a steady and reliable partner. this morning, president biden on the world stage ahead of high stakes meetings in rome. leaders of the world's most powerful countries gathering for the g20 kicking off the summit with a group photo. on the agenda the president sitting down with allies hoping to find solutions to the global supply chain crisis that is making goods scarce and driving up prices back home. he's also looking for countries to agree to a sweeping international tax overhaul cracking down on companies that dodge taxes by shifting profits abroad. but so much of this trip aimed at making nice with allies especially in the

. >> abc, cecilia vega.rd to see you guys with the mask on. >> and the masks are making my glasses fog up so i apologize. thank you, sir. on climate change you just mentioned the incentives you have on renewable energy in your bill back better plan. you do have a number of incentives but as it stands right now there are no punitive measures in this plan to hold these companies accountable and many experts firmly believe that you've got to have the stick along with the carrot in order to get to your goal to reduce emissions by 2030 by 50%. so can you stand here today and say to the world that you'll dev finley meet that goal. >> yes, i can. what we're proposing and what we've initiated is everything from getting the automobile-maker to commit to going all electric, number one and number one getting the 'unions to agree to do that as well and making sure we have the investment in battery technology to have the electric buses and electric transportation grids. making sure we're dealing with everything from -- l

cecilia vega has the latest. good morning, cecilia. >> reporter: hey, george, good morning to you.ails as you say still being worked out. both sides seem optimistic they can avert the crisis. as you said at least temporarily. republicans under mitch mcconnell relented in the face of widespread pressure. business leaders were invited to the white house. you can see them yesterday. they spelled out the dangers of a default, millions of jobs lost, a recession worse than 2009. the deal, they're kicking this can down the road, short-term extension to increase the debt until december. mcconnell insists democrats still need to do this alone. doesn't want to give any republican support but democrats are still rejecting that plan and don't want to take the political hit come the midterms being tied to this massive debt number, especially since 98% of the debt we're talking about right now was accrued before president biden even took office. so this is where we are. listen to this. this is a massive showdown coming in the weeks over the debt limit on top of a fight over the president's infra

more aides to president trump are facing subpoenas and contempt if they don't comply and cecilia vega details. good morning, cecilia. >> reporter: hey, george. good morning to you. president biden has delivered another formal blow to former president trump's push to keep private these documents that could show exactly what he was doing behind closed doors there on january 6th and, trump, he's expected to sue over this to try to block the release of these documents. so we're likely looking at a legal fight coming up. this is being called a historic test of executive power that could carry significant consequences for future administrations. as for that investigation, let me tell you where things stand. the former acting attorney general at the time of the january 6th attack, jeffrey rosen, he was the latest to testify behind closed doors. among those that the committee subpoenaed to testify today, steve bannon, he is not expected to show. but, george, this committee has issued at least 18 subpoenas so far. those who don't show likely facing criminal contempt. >> they are moving fast. c

. >> now cecilia called christina 400 miles away in las vegas, to see if she had heard from mickey. and >> i said, mom, she's probably at practice. she says, no, practice ended and she's not home. and i said, come down. she says, you're probably just missing her. >> christina tried calling mickey, too. no answer. >> and i'm thinking, maybe for the first time in her life she's being a normal teenager. >> was mickey the youngest of cecilia's three girls. she was a star student, an athlete. mature beyond her years. she liked write poetry, short stories. and she was pretty. and a very popular. >> she was the one out of all three of us girls that icy was just going down the path you would want any child to go down. she was doing it the right way. stereotypically. >> right, talented, good-looking. a trifecta. >> yes, she had it all. >> one of those special kids, said cecilia. born happy. >> she was always positive. she just had a different approach to life. she found that good in everything and everybody. >> a depressive personality, she was not? >> no. oh, no. not at all. >> so, and one