in washington, chris pallone, marcus, back to you. >> chris, we'll keep watching. thanks. >>> developing in texas now, the secretary of homeland security will travel to del rio today where federal agents are speeding up efforts to return around 15,000 migrants to their native homelands. flights started yesterday. a majority are carrying haitian immigrants after the 2020 earthquake. activist argue they should be awarded temporary status into the united states. and then a roadblock for some seeking a pathway to citizenship. >> democrats cannot include immigration reform in the spending package. immigration attorney, richard hobbs, is calling on the president to reject the recommendation. >> the president of the united states can direct the vice president of the united states to overturn the decision because it's only a recommendation. that's what we need to do. >> the democrat immigration reform plan would provide a path to citizenship for an estimated 8 million undocumented immigrants. >>> happening today a criminal trial is scheduled to get under way. this is for a

in washington, i'm chris pallone. marcus, back to you. >> chris, thank you. >>> in texas federal agents are speeding up efforts to return 15,000 immigrants to their homeland. activist argue that the haitian migrants should be awarded temporary protection in the u.s., but it's not a option biden is considering. and then democrats cannot include immigration reform in their $3.5 trillion spending package, ruling the sweeping move would violate chamber rules. immigration attorney, richard hobbs, is calling to the president to reject the recommendation. >> the president of the united states can direct the vice president of the united states to overturn the decision because it's only a recommendation. that's what we need to do. >> the democrats immigration reform plan would provide a path to citizenship for an estimated 8 million immigrants. >>> and then a man was killed by danville police, and officer hall fired nine times into the car as the suspect drove through roadblocks. he has plead not guilty. >>> when air quality i

today in the bay's chris pallone live in washington. powerful statements on capitol hill, emotional. >> yeah, laura, it was gut wrenching. good morning to you. aly raisman and three other prominent u.s. gymnasts looking for justice and while they put the spotlight on many adults who failed them over the last few years, they say a lot more needs to be done. they say the fbi ignored their claims of sexual abuse by team doctor larry nassar for more than a year, and there's reports that he abused 70 more athletes after the fbi was notified. the fact that the gymnasts were associated with nassar drew more victims to him as patients. aly raisman is disappointed nobody from the department of justice chose to attend. >> i felt a little hopeful with the senators that were concerned but it's disappointing that nobody from the department of justice came and it sends a message to me that they did not think it was worth their time, which was really concerning. >> fbi director, christopher wray who did not lead the agency at the time said two agents

live in washington, i'm chris pallone. back to you. >> a lot of people saying they want to get the shot, especially if it's available. chris, there's good news on the covid front? >> there is. there's some evidence that we might be starting to come out of this latest delta wave over the past two weeks, both the number of new cases registered in the u.s. and also the number of hospitalizations has dropped by double digits. unfortunately the bad news is the number of deaths has increased by double digits. that's the lagging indicator that trails by a few weeks, so hopefully deaths will be coming down as well. >> one could only hope. thank you. >>> and then we have details for vaccines for children 5 to 11 getting closer. pfizer recently released data showing the vaccine is safe and effective in children but it has not been peer reviewed. the dose given to children would be one-third of the adult dosage. >>> new hope for the bay area this morning when it comes to the return of the convention crowd. the largest bay area news c

all is happening with the potential government shutdown looming overhead nbc's chris pallone joins us with the latest from capitol hill good morning so law mamake rs need to strike deal by thursday >> that's right. they have told agencies to prepare for a shutdown as republicans and democrats squabble over a bill that would fund the federal government until early december at issue, senate republicans don't want to vote for a funding bill which includes an extension of the debt ceiling. that allows the government to borrow money to pay bills. republicans want to make spending an issue next year, so they're trying to force democrats to extend the borrowing limit on their own but much of that debt was rung up in the trump administration democrats did help republicans extend the death s.e.ealing in 7 and 2019 >> they are in the midst of a damaging spending spree on a scale we have never seen, and they want us to come along and authorize the borrowing to help pay for it, when we are totally opposed to what they're doing. >> president trump ran up spending, $8 trillion worth of debt for peo

. >> yeah, chris pallone has the newest booster shot timeline. good morning, chris. >> president biden says he will get his covid-19 vaccine booster shot, this as the battle over mandatory vaccines in the workplace starts to head to court. over the weekend, people newly eligible are encouraged to get a booster while still trying to convince those that have not been vaccinated at all to roll up their sleeves. they are approving boosters from moderna and johnson & johnson as well. >> with the goal of making booster recommendations from moderna and j&j recipients in the coming weeks, this is a high, high priority. >> meanwhile, battles over vaccine mandates are brewing in the courts, and in new york city a judge put on hold an order that would force 150,000 employees to have their first vaccine shot by today. back here in washington, as we said, president biden remarked yesterday he would be getting his covid booster shot and said he would do it publicly so the public could see it. the president got his second pfizer shot more than eight months ago b

chris pallone joins us on capitol hill with a list of the priorities for us. chris? >> laura, good morning. president biden is in new york city this morning. he's looking for firm commitments from u.s. allies to battle certain difficult crisis like covid-19 and also climate change. take a look at some live pictures of new york city right now. this is the u.n. building where the president is expected to speak at 7:00 this morning. his speech comes amid many questions from allies about america's recent stances on foreign policy. there's the unusual rift with the nation's oldest ally, france, after the u.s. made a deal with ale australia. in an exclusive one-on-one interview with today's savannah guthrie, it's something boris johnson disagrees with. >> professionalism and sacrifice, and it was an amazing operation. it's never going to be an easy thing to do to pull out of afghanistan after 20 years in a clean and straightforward way. you can't spend your whole time trying to run another country by proxy. >> because we're still in a pandemic, many u.n. meetings this week

. >> yeah, and chris pallone has more. >> good morning. we're expecting a highly anticipated fda decision on booster shots later on today. you might remember that there was an advisory panel meeting on friday where health leaders looked at the evidence. they did recommend boosters for those 65 and older but pfizer did not provide information about the safety of a third dose of the vaccine for those 16 and older. that lies in the hands of the full fda. meanwhile, biden expected to host a summit for u.n. leaders, and today's meeting comes following his remarks in front of the u.n. general assembly yesterday calling for cooperation to beat the virus. the president is calling for a goal to vaccinate 70% of the world's people by september, and this comes amidst criticism of the wealthier nations around the world. in some countries like haiti or tanzania, the vaccination rates is near 1%. >>> now an uphill battle in the senate. lawmakers are trying to avoid a government shutdown by the end of the month and no republicans voted to support it. >>>

today in the bay's chris pallone is live. what is expected to happen today with the fda?>> reporter: marcus, the highly anticipated decision on booster shots whether to approve them or not for people over 65 is expected from the fda later on today. you might remember that panel meeting on friday where health leaders looked at the evidence, and the panel of outside experts did recommend boosters for americans 65 and older and those considered high risk, and pfizer did not provide information of the safety for a third vaccine for those 16 and older. meanwhile president biden is expected to host a virtual covid summit for u.n. leaders. his plan is to send more vaccines around the world. he is calling for cooperation to beat the virus. the president is calling for a goal to vaccinate 70% of the world's people by september, and there has been criticism in some circles of richer nations for somewhat hoarding vaccines. for example, here in the u.s. we have 55% of people vaccinated, and in places like haiti or tanzania, that number is less than 1%. back to you. >> thank you. >>>

. >> chris pallone in washington, thank you. >>> it's 5:06 right now. the fda will meet tomorrow and while the plan may get the green light it's not clear who may be adviced to get them. the fda is waiting to take a stance on the issue waiting to see the full data. >> a lot of patients are coming in to our clinic sites asking for the booster, and we have to say no to those individuals. >> many experts argue the effectiveness of the vaccine may be waning over time and booster shots invulnerable populations would help. >>> new developments this morning in the dixie fire. pg&e already facing new charges. right now it's believed a tree near a power line may have sparked that power line, and pg&e issued a statement saying it had not been notified about the suit. firefighters are getting close to full containment. cal fire out with its final assessment on the damage from the hopkins fire. this started late last sunday. it destroyed 46 structures 30 homes, and burned 250 acres near ukiah. authorities arrested who they believe intentionally started that fire. >

chris pallone is breaking it down for us. this is a new twist in the investigation?and somewhat unexpected, too. good morning to you. the congressional committee conducting the investigation into the riot issued subpoenaed for some of former president trump's top advisers. among them, former white house chief of staff, mark meadows, and steve bannon and the former chief of staff to former president trump's defense secretary. the committee is demanding the former trump aides and allies give their sworn depositions in mid-october. in a lengthy statement the former president says in part he would fight the subpoenas by invoking his executive privilege, and that's likely to set off a legal battle about the use of executive privilege after a president leaves office. meanwhile the current president president biden said he will comply with legislative demands. a statement from the white house calls the attacks a dark stain on our country's history. >> one we won't forget. >>> president biden approval rating at 43%. that's down from 49% in august. this is also the first time