[indiscernible] debbie wasserman schultz. again, mr. clyburn, we [indiscernible] thank you, rosa delauro. a masterful feat. as i said on the floor, it's about the preamble of the constitution. ensuring domestic tranquility, providing for the common defense, the general welfare, and the blessings of liberty. each of these subcommittees do just exactly that. and with this continuing resolution, we not only keep government open, keep checks flowing to our veterans and social security recipients and the rest, but it's about, again, whether it's at the national institutes of health, the education of our children, the protection of our environment, it's just a remarkable thing to think of all the things that we can do working together for the people. this comes at an especially sad time because of the destruction of ida. and madam chair delauro was very much in the lead working -- putting together a bipartisan in a very bipartisan way to help meet the needs. one of the fastest turn-arounds in disaster occurrences. people have told us that who

congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz, we appreciate it. you're going to be taking part in the women's march in fort lauderdale today as well. >> absolutely, and we're going to make sure we fight for a woman's right to make her own reproductive choices. i'm proud to bring my 22-year-old daughter with me to our rally today. >> thank you, congresswoman. we appreciate the time. >> thank you. >> of course. >>> let's talk about covid. the u.s. has surpassed 700,000 deaths from coronavirus now, despite the vaccines being wildly available across the country, and right now only about 55% of americans have received their shots. the average number of people getting vaccinated now is at the lowest point since mid august. >> we have good news this morning, though, drug makers, merck and ridgeback say they have developed an antiviral pill that cuts the risk of covid hospitalization and death by 50% according to a study conducted by the companies. if it gets approved, it would be the first oral medication of its kind and could have huge implications in t

we'll talk to congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz about where things stand and her top priority. >>> meanwhile, in colombia, tens of thousands of migrants who fled their homes prepare to make the dangerous journey to the u.s. through the darien gap, a stretch of jungle filled with smugglers and thieves. we'll get the latest reporting from nbc's gabe gutierrez who's on the ground for us there. >>> and we begin with the latest in washington, where partisan tensions are growing as the u.s. heads towards default. republicans are now planning to filibuster a vote to suspend the debt limit until december of 2022. here's how senate majority leader chuck schumer responded. >> we could prevent a catastrophic default with a simple majority vote tomorrow, if republicans would just get out of the damned way. >> joining me now, jonathan lemire, white house reporter for the associated press, and also an msnbc political analyst. also with us is nbc news capitol hill correspondent, ali vitali. ali, let me start with you. what's the government defaulting on its debt really mean? >> you can sort of

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. >> congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz is a key member of the democratic caucus and the former chair of the democratic national committee. and she spoke earlier with cnn about the difficult but necessary legislative process that was unfolding. >> democrats were elected to make sure that they could pass transformative infrastructure policy as well as family improvement policy. that's why we were given the majority by the american people. why joe biden was elected, why we have majorities in both the house and senate. because americans want folks on medicare to be able to have coverage for hearing, dental, and vision care. they want to make sure they don't have to choose between working and paying for child care. they want to make sure that they can have universal access to pre-k and real comprehensive health care coverage like we don't have in my state, because republicans have blocked it for years. so we need to do both, and the key thing is, we have support for both. i've been a legislator for a long time. and the legislative process can be messy. they talk about, you know, you don't

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the women's softball game was started by debbie wasserman schultz after her breast cancer diagnosis in 2013. it benefits the young survival coalition, an organization dedicated to issues unique to young adults with breast cancer. >> this woman was the first person i went to outside my family to tell them -- tell her that i had breast cancer. little did i know 13 years later i would be standing here with us, both of us being survivors. . >> that's one of the reasons we do this game. there are so many survivors out there that got help when they should. they go on to live incredible lives. >> i know you want to know what the big number was on the check. >> what was it? >> i am going to tell you who won of course. the number on the big check, $500,000, which prince over the past 13 years, about $2 million raised for breast cancer awareness and for this incredible organization. you want to know who won? >> i purposely avoided it so you could tell me. >> the score was 5-1. the winners were the press corps. the bad news babes. incredible athleticism. i think it of the best game we've had so f

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and the frustration is evident as you listen to members of congress, like we heard from debbie wasserman schultz listen to that. >> of course, it's disappointing that we have one senator who refuses to support more robust climate resiliency and climate change policy. but we're going to pass, let me just clear, the bipartisan infrastructure and jobs act and the build back better act. and we're going to do that over the next couple of months. >> you hear wasserman schultz saying within the next couple of months, but democrats have also said that they think that the end of october is a hard deadline. consider this, president biden, two weeks from tomorrow will be arriving in scotland for a major international climate summit. he has said that he wants to be able to go there, saying, this is what the united states has already committed to doing, not what we're still proposing or what might pass, he wants concrete commitments. >> it's kind of funny, just this past week, a couple of days ago the queen was talking about that summit that's coming up in scotland. and she doesn't know who's coming, but she