this is "andrea mitchell reports" in washington. right now in rome ahead of tomorrow's g 20 summit of the world's wealthiest nations, president biden is in the middle of the meeting with france's president emmanuel macron, trying to patch up differences after the outrage in france over the the u.s. contract to sell submarines to australia, a sale france and macron thought they had made. earlier president biden, a devout catholic, meeting with pope francis at the vatican today, six decades after president john f. kennedy, the only other roman catholic president, met with pope paul vi. president biden has developed a personal relationship wit the pontiff after he comforted the bynes after the death of their son beau. joining us peter alexander, senior vatican analyst george waggle, chair of catholic studies at the ethics and public policy center and francis clon, adviser to the biden administration will help us lead the climate discussion about the policy going forward. first of all, peter alexander, just now, it was hard to hear, so

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that does it for me this hour, "andrea mitchell reports" starts next. ♪♪ >>> good day, this is "andrea mitchell reports" in washington with major developments in the battle against the coronavirus. merck is submitting data to the fda today for emergency use authorization of their antiviral pill. merck claiming it reduces the chance of hospitalization and death from covid by 50%. this news comes as the seven-day average of covid cases in the u.s. is dropping to its lowest point since the beginning of august, and only three states are seeing a slight increase in cases over the last two weeks. here in washington, both parties are facing very different political hurdles, the democrats are still far from agreeing on cuts in the massive social spending package, while congressional republicans are towing the trump line as the former president hypes a possible run in '24. and former trump aides fight subpoenas from the house january 6th investigative committee, and today we are celebrating the international day of the girl. promoting the empowerment of millions of girls including afghan girls

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this is "andrea mitchell reports" in washington. president biden there trying to put public pressure on congressional republicans to join democrats in voting to raise the debt ceiling and avoid what would be a catastrophic hit to financial markets while his party is still stuck in a public debate over that massive multitrillion dollar spending bill. >> if we're going to make good on what's already been approved by previous congresses and previous presidents and parties, we have to pay for it. raising the debt limit is usually a bipartisan undertaking, and it should be. that's what is in the happening today. >> we will have more on the president in just a moment, but with our panel, but i want to first bring in the anchor of this hour, nbc chief foreign affairs correspondent, andrea mitchell. it's great to see you. you are in paris ahead of secretary blinken's arrival there for some critical meetings. what's the latest there? >> reporter: thank you, jeff. we're expecting secretary blinken to arrive in just a few hours here. this hour

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"andrea mitchell reports" starts now. >>> good day, this is andrea mitchell reports. an agreement between senate leaders comes with the nation just 11 days from a mobile economic melt down. >> we have reached agreement to extend the debt ceiling through early december and it is our hope that we can get this done as soon as today. >> president biden going to chicago this hour for an event touting the public health benefits of vaccine mandates this as the president's approval in a new poll is plummeting to 38% nationally. they are also under water on the economy, coronavirus, and more. pfizer is submitting a request for emergency use authorization of a vaccine for children ages five to 11. ly get reaction from dr. michael ostraholm. >> and a question for an injunction to stop the state's restrictive new abortion law to stop from continuing. the state asked the fifth circuit court of appeals to reinstate the law. we begin here in washington with nbc senior congressional correspondent garrett haake and jonathan lamier. you have been so busy. garrett 24 hours ago we had a

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lester >> andrea mitchell tonight, thank you >>> in haiti this evening, the fbi is part of the urgent effort to find a group of missionaries and their families, 16 of them americans, who were kidnapped over the weekend. the abductions exposing the depths of haiti's chaos. sam brock has the latest >> reporter: 48 hours after the start of an international crisis in one day after an fbi team touched down in haiti, still no answers about whether 17 kidnapped missionaries will be rescued or how. >> the fbi is part of a coordinated u.s. government effort to get the u.s. citizens involved to safety. >> reporter: part of that effort a state department team now also on the ground the ohio-based christian aid ministry says among those abducted are 16 americans. 5 of whom are children on the streets of port-au-prince in miami today, pleas for help for those living in violence. >> you can't get out to find food because if you get out, they're going to kidnap you. >> reporter: immigrants rights protesters lying on pavement demanding an end to haitian deportation after earthquakes, a presidential a

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. >>> on the international day of the girl, andrea mitchell reports on one extraordinary woman who is striving to give girls in afghanistan an education against all odds. >> reporter: the taliban takeover of afghanistan's third largest city heart-breaking for her who moved to the u.s. in 2012 and started the first computer science school for girls in afghanistan with free tuition and laptops. a school called code to inspire. >> i think what we provided was very essential, the core value of something to let these girls flourish and create an opportunity for them to work. >> reporter: but with the taliban's victory, it all came crashing down the taliban promising to respect women's rights, but already stopping girls from going to school beyond sixth grade and closing off jobs for women like minera who learned to code at the school and asked us to protect her identity. >> i have a lot of time, but here i can't use it. >> reporter: so what are your hopes now for your future. >> i can't say nothing like that. >> reporter: okay. i'm so sorry you still have some optimism about your future. >

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this is andrea mitchell reports. andrea is on assignment and i'm geoff bennett here in washington where the biden administration is reacting to a second straight underwhelming monthly jobs report. and we're moments away from president biden's response showing less than 200,000 jobs added in september with millions of jobs still available being a cross the country. it is a concerning reality for a white house trying to sell a covid recovery and a president with sinking approval numbers after what has been a rough summer. and joining us now ahead of the president's remarks, correspondent monica alba. and also with us chair of the financial times editorial board. and also former republican congressman david jolly is joining us. as does robert gibbs, former white house press secretary to pr

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nbc's chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell. also with us, michael sing who served as assistant secretary to -- special assistant to powell from 2004 to 2005. he was a former senior director of -- and managing director of the washington institute. also joining us this morning, jack jacobs, medal of honor recipient and msnbc military analyst. thanks to all of you for being here on a day we're all remembering a towering figure in american history. kelly, you covered his career for decades. take us through what we're learning today about his death. >> well, what an extraordinary american life. and one that brings together people from a wide political spectrum who have admired his public service when you think of colin powell as a young soldier, in combat, in vietnam, then commanding other soldiers in the first gulf war, and then advising presidents in both parties and reaching the pinnacle of public service as secretary of state. and then continuing to have influence as a role model and a voice on national and international affairs

and host of "andrea mitchell reports," right here on msnbc. peter baker, "new york times" chief white house correspondent and an msnbc political analyst. david ignatius, foreign columnist and associate editor at "the washington post" as well as an msnbc contributor, and rick stengel, former undersecretary of state for former diplomacy and a former managing editor for full-time magazine. he is also an msnbc political analyst. thank you for being with me. andrea, how much of a trailblazing figure was colin powell? >> he was a trailblazer, so many times over. in the military, becoming chairman of the joint chiefs, and then the first iraq war, desert storm. of course, the way he shaped foreign policy, military policy. but most significantly, in many ways, was his trailblazing as an african-american. because that is part of the motivation for him leaving the republican party after he was booed on the floor of the convention during his speech in 2000 in philadelphia. i was there when he talked about affirmative action and the need for the republican

this morning i have the pleasure of speaking with andrea mitchell in for chuck todd. andrea is nbc's chief foreign affair correspondent. thank you for joining us this morning. i am a big fan. it's great to see you again. >> hi, kira. it's great to see you. thanks so much for having me. >> you are airing an exclusive interview, and chuck todd sits down with our governor, gavin sz newsom. he talks about the recall effort to the climate to regulating facebook. is there one or two antidotes you can share? >> well, first of all, you know, i think it's really very interesting how frustrated he is with washington as are so many democrats, frustrated with the delay on getting anything done with all the focus on how big is the bill, how many things have been cut out of it, and he just wants them to get together and get something done, put some points on the board. there's real pressure now, of course, to do that before the president leaves for the summits this coming friday. i think that's the most important thing coming out of that interview, and also he talks about what the

. >> joining us now, chief correspondent andrea mitchell. andrea, it's great to have you here. to hear him say, don't feel sorry for him. it says so much about who he was. >> he was such an optimistic, glass half full kind of guy. with everything he was going through, to be hit with multiple myeloma, which is untreatable, and to be hit with covid and then to be hit with park i object -- parkinson's. what he describes, going to the hospital twice a week and getting treatment. it just did not get him down. >> he asked powell, who is the greatest person. >> it's alma powell, he said immediately. she was with me the whole time. we've been married 58 years. and she put up with a lot. she took care of the kids when i was, you know, running around. and she was always there for me and she'd tell me, that's not a good idea. she was usually right. >> she was always there for her, and his long-time colleague who was there with him for decades. the fact that he had such a large influence in his life and made some mistakes as he fully acknowledged, although i to this day believe, having cov

"andrea mitchell reports" starts now. >>> good day, this is andrea mitchell reports. an agreement between senate leaders comes with the nation just 11 days from a mobile economic melt down. >> we have reached agreement to extend the debt ceiling through early december and it is our hope that we can get this done as soon as today. >> president biden going to chicago this hour for an event

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this is "andrea mitchell reports" in washington. this evening members of the house january 6th committee are set to vote on whether or not to hold steve bannon in contempt of congress for refusing to cooperate with their investigation. a vote that could lead to really charges against bannon. he is suing to prevent the national archives. >>> and the fda is going to allow the mixing and matching of covid vaccines. >>> and fight over the new texas abortion law goes back to the supreme course for a second time. they're asking the high court to temporarily block the law by banning abortion after six weeks of pregnancy. let's start with the draman

let's stop screaming at each other, let's just take care of each other. >> andrea mitchell with that remembrance tonight. a family spokeswoman says that, almond paul, the generals wife of nearly 60 years is sadly also covid positive. but thankfully is recovering well at home. with all of that, let's bring in our starting line on this monday night peter baker, veteran journalist and often chief white house correspondent for the new york times. jacqueline alemany, political reporter for the washington post and the washington post and the earlier too. two and retired four star u.s. army, barry r mccaffrey, once served as colin paul's personal assistance. general is a come back to vietnam former battlefield commander in the gulf. former cabinet member, former member of the national security. good evening and welcome to you. all general i'd like to begin with you. as a young man, you both went off to vietnam you both returned seriously wounded comeback veterans, you both retired with four stars on your shoulder. no easy feat. you both spent over 30 years in the u.s. military and then tran

. >>> nbc's andrea mitchell joining me now. andrea, this is the first real health scare for the former president since his heart surgery years ago. >> exactly you know, he did have a serious condition because an infection that gets into the bloodstream can cause vital organs to shut down if not treated promptly with iv antibiotics and fluids and the former president, who has a family history of heart disease had that quadruple bypass in 2004, an open heart procedure that took four hours, after whic doctors said without the operation, he would likely have faced a substantial heart attack then in 2010, after two arduous trips to haiti for earthquake relief, the former president had two stints inserted in an artery that's when bill clinton, who famously had a passion for junk food, changed his lifestyle going vegan. he's been active and healthy until this episode. >> thank you. >>> new tonight, a u.s. capitol police officer indicted on obstruction of justice charges related to the january 6th riot officer michael riley is accused

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andrea mitchell reports starts next. >>> good day, this is "andrea mitchell reports" in washington. the house is back in town to vote on a short-term extension of the debt ceiling. >> we're working to try to have bipartisan as we have always had on that legislation. the validity of the public debt of the united states authorized by law shall not be questioned. >> the speaker also laid down her guidelines for how to cut that $3.5 trillion social spending bill saying she wants to focus on fewer programs but doing them well nap is a rejection of fiercely held repuic

. >> all right, good day, this is "andrea mitchell reports." following this breaking news from texas, we just heard a update from police officials there after an active shooter situation at timberview high school. they told us there was four victims. one with minor injuries and three taken to area hospitals. they are doing a methodical search to make sure all students are safely taken off campus. a suspect has been identified and they believe the incident could have started after an alter kaegs, a fight in the classroom. they say there is a person of interest that they're looking for at this time. they say he should be considered armed and dangerous. joining me now is carey sanders. is sounds like this appears to be a safe situation now at this school, but a search going on across the dfw for this suspect. >> when you consider that you have two aspects of this, the urgency of trying to find this suspect, the person of interest, and the participants that want to know about their chirp, are they safe, who was injured or wounded. we know four peop

also joining us, nbc news chief foreign affairs correspondent, an dre andrea mitchell. nothing gets me every single time like your interview and your storytelling about this incident on the side of the road for all his military and political accomplishments, this is this story, it just gets me. tell me about it. >> well, as he would say in the yiddish that he sometimes spoke from the grocery store he worked in, in the neighborhood in the bronx, he was a mensch. a great human being. and i think cori would agree, for all of his military prowess and his wisdom and judgment, he was such a good soul. there's so much to this, but i also wanted to say to all of you people on social media who say, oh, you see the vaccines don't work, because he and his wife were fully vaccinated. colin powell was an 84-year-old man with serious underlying conditions. he had had prostate cancer. he had multiple myeloma and what is not well known is that he also had parkinson's in later years, so he and his wife had both been fully vaccinated. alma powell is going to be 84, october 27th. they are

andrea mitchell, nbc news, washington. >> wow. that wraps up this hour. i'm stephanie ruehl. >> good morning it's 10:00 a.m. eastern, 7:00 a.m. pacific. we're following the latest developments on coronavirus booster shots. fda officials are reviewing data for moderna and johnson & johnson and in the next hour, president biden will give us an update on the

. >>> andrea mitchell is nbc news chief washington correspondent, anchor of "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc and she is in for chuck on "meet the press." it's good to see you on a sunday morning. it's a new world where we're saying $1.9 trillion is a small figure compared to what democrats wanted with $3.5 trillion and a big swing for this president, a big swing for democrats, where we've seen in the past with opening lentiling presidents going for something more targeted, think the affordable care act. so how is this going to play out if you watch it? >> right now it's not playing out well but they are getting closer to at least a framework as kelly was talking about before he leaves for those summits. but the fact is that democrats themselves are criticizing, did they overpromise, did he overpromise? and because the debate has become is it $3.5 trillion, is it $1.9 trillion and the focus on how much it is or it isn't and what's been cut out of it, what they're losing along the way is dominating the debate rather than what's in it, the really good things that they like. the social

that does it for me this hour, "andrea mitchell reports" starts next. ♪♪ >>> good day, this is "andrea mitchell reports" in washington with major developments in the battle against the coronavirus. merck is submitting data to the fda today for emergency use authorization of their antiviral pill. merck claiming it reduces the chance of hospitalization and death from covid by 50%. this news comes as the seven-day average of covid cases in the u.s. is dropping to its lowest point since the beginning of august, and only three states are seeing a slight increase in cases over the last two weeks. here in washington, both parties are facing very different political hurdles, the democrats are still far from agreeing on cuts in the massive social spending package, while congressional republicans are towing the trump line as the former president hypes a possible run in '24. and former trump aides fight subpoenas from the house january 6th investi

this is "andrea mitchell reports" in washington. right now in rome ahead of tomorrow's g 20 summit of the world's wealthiest nations, president biden is in the middle of the meeting with france's president emmanuel macron, trying to patch up differences after the outrage in france over the the u.s. contract to sell submarines to australia, a sale france and macron thought they had made. earlier president biden, a devout catholic, meeting with pope francis at the vatican

for now, "andrea mitchell reports" starts next. ♪♪ >>> and good day, everyone. this is "andrea mitchell reports" in washington where the speaker of the house is projecting new optimism about breaking the congressional log jam on the president's social programs and getting a deal done after her breakfast with the president at the white house. >> we had a very positive meeting this morning. i'm very optimistic. >> do you feel like a deal is close? >> i think it's very possible. >> but how close are they, really? and the president's new comments about changing the filibuster rule to get voting rights and perhaps other key priorities to pass the 50/50 senate. joining me now, nbc news chief correspondent and weekend today kristen welker. and garrett haake. and jonathan lemire. >> garrett, to you, the speaker of the house, at the hill, we're hearing details for the first time about the state of negotiations that the town hall. >> reporter: yeah, that's exactly right. the speaker sounding pretty optimistic there. even more optimistic, a notice from steny hoyer, speaker

in an exclusive nbc news investigation, andrea mitchell speaks with americans who have suffered from havana syndrome. >> the leading theory is it's a device that perhaps is being used as a weapon. >> u.s. intelligence think russia may be behind it. the exclusive report tonight on "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> a surprising discovery in santa rosa. 92 rattlesnakes found under a home. we will introduce you to the man who voluntarily and happily crawled under to remove all the snakes. >>> we are talking big investment dollars and jury privacy concerns in the elizabeth holmes trial. the latest just ahead. >>> clearing skies, cool temperatures continue. check out livermore, 63, big cooldown today, temperatures set to reverse tomorrow. we will talk about that. plus fire danger and a red flag warning for solano county when we come right back. ever wonder how san francisco became the greenest big city in america? just ask the employee owners of recology. we built the recycling system from the ground up, helping san francisco become the first city in the country to have a universal