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rachel scott live on the hill tonight. rachel, we're talking again about two bills here. the $1 trillion bipartisan in infrastructure bill and then that $3.5 trillion human inf infrastructure plan, early education, paid family leave, climate change. but we all listened to what progressives told you there on the hill today, they say they won't vote on one without the other. so, where does that leave the president's agenda tonight? >> reporter: well, david, the reality is, speaker pelosi faces the same challenge that she has for months. she needs the votes of her entire caucus. right now, she does not happen. congresswoman jayapal told me tonight if that bill comes to the floor, it will fail. david? >> rachel scott, thank you. >>> when we come back here, new york city and much of the northeast bracing for possible flash flooding tonight and dangerous winds. rob marciano timing this out. with dupixent i can du more... yardwork... teamwork... long walks.... that's how you du more, with dupixent, which helps prevent asthma attacks. dupixent is not for sudden breathing problems

rachel scott live back up on the hill tonight. and rachel, you have just learned tonight that president biden has canceled a trip in order to keep these negotiations between the white house and the hill going? >> reporter: yes, david. this news just coming in. the president was originally scheduled to go to chicago tomorrow to encourage people to be vaccinated. the president now pushing back that trip instead to focus on getting his economic agenda across the finish line. i just spoke with a white house official. they told me that the president was encouraged by his conversations and will continue them tomorrow, david. >> rachel scott again tonight. thank you, rachel. >>> we have been reporting here on the dozens of cargo ships waiting off both coasts. tonight, the warning about what's to come and what we're seeing in stores already. and the advice we heard for shoppers going into the holiday season, it got our attention today. here's abc's kaylee hartung. >> reporter: tonight, empty shelves lining more stores nationwide. some ret

rachel scott on the hill tonight. >> reporter: tonight the fencing around the u.s. capitol is back up. washington bracing for saturday's rally in support of those charged in the january 6th riot. the department of homeland security tonight issuing a bulletin that people either involved in or posting this weekend's event may seek to engage in violence. most trying to distance themselves. the number two republican telling "the new york times" there are a lot of clearly angry people who want to march on the capitol. i haven't talked to a single republican up here in the senate that has encouraged or enabled anything like that but today former president donald trump sending this message, our hearts and minds are with the people being persecuted so unfairly relating to the january 6th protests. it was not a protest. it was a riot. but for months the former president trying to rewrite history. >> and they were peaceful people. these were great people. the crowd was unbelievable, and i mentioned the word love, the love, the love in the air, i've never seen anything like it

. >>> on the texas border tonight, the migrants now gone, and rachel scott asking president biden about those images of some border officers, images the white house called horrific. what the president said. >>> the very expensive audit of the 2020 election in arizona. the republican-led effort, and tonight the results. showing president biden actually won by more than previously thought in arizona. >>> actor william shatner and what's been revealed tonight, his next big step, and the race to save an american treasure tonight. bhor our persons of week? zwroo zwroo. >>> good evening. great to have you with us. tonight the new chapter to protect americans from this virus and to slow down and one day hopefully knock this delta variant down. millions of americans who got the pfizer vaccine now equal figure for a pfizer booster. 65 older. also those 18 and old we are medical conditions that put them at higher risk for covid. but tonight one more group has been added as well, because today the cdc director rochelle walensky decided those whose jobs put them at higher risk will be eligible for

one more question on this tonight, rachel scott live at the white house. and rachel, the president taking aim at local officials that he said are actively working to undermine the fight against covid by opposing masks and vaccination mandates. he said, "i'll get them out of the way." the president frustrated with politics, the fights, the images that we saw out of tennessee, the young man trying to make the case. the president said this is getting in the way of haflting this virus. >> reporter: yes, david. clear frustration from the president tonight. but the white house is convinced that mandating vaccines for 100 million americans, giving them that time off to get those shots, will make a difference. the administration, though, already receiving push-back to this. just moments ago, south dakota governor christie nome tweeted to the president, "see in you court." the administration knew they had to take aggressive action to counter this and the president believes the steps he announced tonight will save lives, david. >> rachel scott, thank you. >>> now to

>> rachel scott in washington tonight. rachel, thank you. >>> we turn next this evening to the growing concern at the southern border. nearly 13,000 migrants huddling under a bridge in texas mostly from haiti after that devastating earthquake. marcus moore with from texas. >> reporter: tonight, city leaders declaring a state of emergency in the small texas town of del rio. nearly 13,000 men, women, and children have converged on the border town to seek asylum. and they're being held in squalid conditions in this temporary staging area under the del rio international bridge. >> what you see behind me are individuals that have not even been processed or detained. >> reporter: the shade under the bridge offering little escape from stifling triple digit heat. food and clean water becoming scarce. >> this is as bad as i've ever seen it. >> reporter: governor greg abbott ordering state police and national guard to assist overwhelmed border agents. sources say the majority of the migrants are from haiti. the nation still reeling

rachel scott live on the hill. >>> news on the pandemic tonight. the cdc issuing a new and urgent health advisory tonight for pregnant women, after they say 22 pregnant women died of covid last month. and covid vaccine mandates now kicking in. workers now losing jobs. united airlines firing more than 500 employees kwr not getting vaccinated, saying it's for the safety of their passengers and the company moving forward. >>> the explosion and partial building collapse in dallas. several firefighters injured. three in critical condition. and neighbors now say they smelled gas last night. >>> america's top generaling grilled in the house and what the chairman of the joint chiefs general mark milley warned today about the terror threat inside afghanistan, saying a possible resurgence of al qaeda or isis could happen as early as six months from now. martha raddatz standing by. >>> overseas tonight and new images of that lava floe on the canary islands now reaching the ocean. and now the new concern, the mix of super-heated lava and ocean water. >>> autho

>> rachel scott live in texas tonight. rachel, thank you. >>> next here this evening, three police officers and two paramedics have now been charged in the death of elijah mcclain, the young black man walking home, officers stopping him, claiming he was acting suspiciously. he was placed in a choke hold, paramedics injecting him with cat that mean. he went into cardiac arrest and later died. here's abc's marcus moore. >> reporter: two years after elijah mcclain's death following a takedown on this dark colorado street, a grand jury indicting three aurora police officers and two paramedics on charges of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide. >> we're here today because elijah mcclain is not here and he should be. >> reporter: officers stopped the 23-year-old massage therapist as he walked home from a corner store. a 911 caller reported he looked suspicious. >> i don't know. he looks sketchy. >> reporter: mcclain's family saying he wore a mask because his anemia often left him feeling cold. >> stop right there. hey,

>> all right, rachel scott in texas for us. rachel, thank you. >>> of course, this has been a decades-long fight, since the roe versus wade decision in 1973. let's bring in terry moran, who has covered the supreme court for years for us. and terry, for decades, this has really been a theoretical argument, what could happen if the supreme court leans one way or the other. this 5-4 ruling overnight. chief justice john roberts, a conservative himself, of course, signaling a willness of some sort of a compromise, but conservatives, three of them, rachel just mentioned them, relatively new to the court, didn't buy his argument. >> reporter: they didn't. that was so striking. chief justice john roberts, he's just 10 or 15 years older than the three justices appointed by donald trump. but those 10 or 15 years, they mark a huge difference in the republican party. the difference between bush republicans and trump republicans. and the chief justice did want the court to take more time to consider what he called an unprecedented law. he l

rachel scott live on the hill. >>> also tonight, the fda releasing pfizer's data on its booster shot trials. and tonight, pfizer now recommending a third shot for those 16 and older. about six months after receiving your second dose. tonight, you'll see what their data shows. how much does the vaccine wane over time? moderna releasing its findings on a booster shot, too. so how would this work, if you got pfizer, a full shot for a booster, if you got moderna, a half shot. dr. jha is here tonight answering your questions on the likely path forward. >>> in the northeast at this hour, parts of pennsylvania, new york, up through new england and the severe thunderstorm watch. damaging winds possible. and of course the flash flood watches across four states and the south tonight, from louisiana to florida, with that storm now stalled. rob is tracking both systems. >>> new reporting tonight after those bombshell claims in a new book about the final days of the trump administration, called "peril." tonight, the chairman of the joint chiefs general mark milley defending his calls with china.

rachel scott live on the hill. terry moran live at the white house. >>> the coronavirus and tonight, the vaccine mandates kicking in. workers refusing to get vaccinated now losing their jobs. the battle reaching a breaking point in some places. police escorting public health officials to safety in new hampshire. and tonight here, the new study. just how many americans who have had covid still have symptoms three to six months later? and what they're now seeing. >>> the school shooting in memphis. a teenager opening fire in a stairwell. a 13-year-old boy in critical condition. hundreds on lockdown and what we just learned. >>> the fbi tonight returning to the home of brian laundrie and news this evening about two calls to police involving the laundrie home the day before gabby petito was reported missing. and then three calls to 911 the next day. >>> the fiery collision on the tracks. the train slamming into a stalled truck and the explosion. >>> the postal service slowdown set to begin tomorrow. what you should exp

reporter: rachel scott, abc news. larry: senator dianne feinstein showed her support, embracing aly raisman and simone biles after their testimony. she called it heart wrenching, adding the abuse and systemic failures must never happen again. t sthe elizabeth holmes therans fraud trial. a former lab worker said she tried to warn about results in the blood testing device. she said she raised her concerns to the chief operating officer, who responded with irritation and anger. the defense questioned her, pointing out she has a bachelor's degree, but worked with a team lead with phd's with years of experience. a maximum of 20 years in prison if convicted for homes. a jackpot awaits. a new casino plan for sonoma county. an unincorporated area between winced or -- windsor and thunderosa. $600 million project and public comment period are set to begin by the end of the year. great and and river rock casinos are already located in sonoma county. the evacuations in response to the caldor fire have been lifted. residents are b

reporter: rachel scott, abc news. larry: senator dianne feinstein showed her support, embracing aly raisman and simone biles after their testimony. she called it heart wrenching, adding the abuse and systemic failures must never happen again. in the south bay, day three of the elizabeth holmes theranos fraud trial. a former lab worker said she tried to warn about results in the blood testing device. she said she raised her concerns to the chief operating officer, who responded with irritation and anger. the defense questioned her, pointing out she has a bachelor's degree, but worked with a team lead with phd's with years of experience. a maximum of 20 years in prison if convicted for homes. a jackpot awaits. a new casino plan for sonoma county. an unincorporated area between winced or -- windsor and thunderosa. $600 million project and public comment period are set to begin by the end of the year. great and and river rock casinos are already located in sonoma county. the evacuations in response to the caldor fire have

. >> abc's rachel scott joins us now from houston. rachel, what is the significant of the court ruling late today for planned parenthood? >> reporter: this is only a small victory. planned parenthood saying they're relieved. but this only stops one anti-abortion group from suing. any private citizen can still move forward with the lawsuits. the white house is looking for any possible avenue to be able to challenge this. meanwhile, the reality of this is settling in. a talked to a health care worker at this clinic behind me. she said their call center has turned into a crisis hotline. she said she's had to turn away 70% of patients she's spoken to since the law took effect. >> rachel scott, thank you. >>> job growth slowed abruptly last month, just 235,000 new jobs added in august, though unemployment fell to an 18-month low and wages did rise. president biden blaming the delta variant's surge and vowing to lay out new steps to fight the pandemic next week, but he said the economy is durable and strong. the president's job approval alr

rachel scott with late reporting from the hill. and tonight, our robin roberts with former president obama. will the democrats unite in this moment and what about the price tag? what the former president told robin. >>> also tonight, the urgent manhunt for a former marine wanted for allegedly shooting and killing a sheriff's deputy in florida. authorities tonight with a warning. >>> new reporting on the deadly amtrak derailment. three people killed, dozens injured. tonight, the new clues now with the ntsb on the ground there. >>> news tonight on the man who shot former president ronald reagan, john hinckley jr., now granted his unconditional release. and the reagan library is already responding tonight. >>> the moving moment. the rolling stones paying tribute. >>> and there is news coming in right now involving north korea. reports involving what could be their latest provocation. >>> good evening and it's great to have you with us here as we start another week together. news on the coronavirus tonight, the booster shots. the timel

rachel scott asking the president about republicans threatening to sue. the president's response tonight. the u.s. now reporting about 140,000 new cases a day and more than 1,100 covid deaths every 24 hours. >>> tonight, there is also major news from the cdc, the new studies on vaccine efficacy. which vaccine performs best at keeping people out of the hospital? dr. jha standing by to answer your questions tonight. >>> overseas, a second rt cchar flight now leaving afghanistan. americans among the passengers. where things stand on getting the remaining americans out. >>> the supreme court's refusal to block that texas law banning most abortions in the state. what justice breyer says could happen next. a special edition of "world news tonight" begins now. >>> good evening tonight from ground zero in lower manhattan. we are here as the nation prepares to mark 20 years since 9/11. the deadliest terror attack on this country. tonight here we remember the lives lost, we recognize the survivors, the weight they've carried all these years and of course we honor t

rachel scott on the hill tonight. >> reporter: tonight, capitol police on high alert, arresting a suspected white supremacist. authorities say they found a machete and bayonet inside his pickup truck near the democratic national committee headquarters. police say that truck was plastered with a swastika and other racist symbols. an american flag covering the license plate. officers arresting the driver, 44-year-old donald craighead, who allegedly told police he was "on patrol" and began talking about white supremacist ideology. and now several months after the january 6th insurrection, police are preparing for another rally in support of the rioters who stormed the capitol that day. capitol police chief tom manger telling us the fencing around the capitol will temporarily go back up, already installing new sir say lens cameras. >> the fence will go up a day or two before and if everything goes well, it will come down very soon after. >> reporter: chief manger briefing congressional leaders today. >> i think they're much better prepared than they were before january 6th. >> reporter: david,

. >> abc's rachel scott joins us now from houston. is there anything the white house can do now in the face of this state law? >> reporter: well, whit, the biden administration appears to be looking for every possible avenue to be able to challenge this. we know this morning white house lawyers met with advocates. but at this point their options are limited. parenthood has now filed a request for a temporary restraining order seeking to prevent an anti-abortion group from suing its doctors and health-care workers. fate is in question, but the reality is setting in here in texas women just spoke to a health-care worker in the clinic behind me. she says their call center turned into a crisis hot line. she says since this law has taken effect, she has had to turn away 70% of the women she's talked to. >> other states watching this closely. rachel scott, thank you. >>> job growth slowed abruptly last month, just 235,000 new jobbed in august, though unemployment fell to a 18-month low and wages did rise. president biden blaming the delta v

rachel scott on the hill tonight. >> reporter: tonight washington, d.c.'s police chief warns they've picked up chatter about possible violence tomorrow, and they're taking no chances. we saw block of new fencing, new surveillance cameras, beefed up security. >> we have a strong plan in place to ensure that it remains peaceful and if violence does occur, we can stop it as quickly as possible. >> reporter: today lawmakers urged to stay away. the house telling its staff to work from home. the department of homeland security warning that people either involved in or opposing tomorrow's protest, may seek to engage in violence. what specific kind of threats of violence are you seeing? >> what we're concerned about, i think more than anything, is the possibility of counter demonstrators making it to this demonstration, and there being violence between those two groups. >> reporter: more than 600 trump supporters have been charged in the deadly riot where more than 140 officers were wounded. former president donald trump insists they are, quote, being persecuted s

abc's congressional correspondent rachel scott leading us off from capitol hill. >> reporter: tonight, four of the greatest athletes in the history of american gymnastics demanding justice. telling congress they were betrayed by the fbi agents assigned to investigate their allegations of sexual abuse by team doctor larry nasser. >> i don't want another young gymnast, olympic athlete or any individual to experience the horror that i and hundreds of others have endured before, during and continuing to this day in the wake of the larer nasser abuse. to be clear -- i'm sorry. >> take your time. >> to be clear, i blame larry nasser and i also blame an entire system that enabled and perpetrated his abuse. >> reporter: gold medalist aly raisman accusing the fbi of lying and dragging its feet for more than a year. >> it took over 14 months for the fbi to contact me despite my many requests to be interviewed by them. nasser found more than 100 new victims to molest. it was like serving innocent children up to a pedophile on a silver platter. >> reporter: her teammate mckayla maroney describes

they see this law as groundbreaking and say they will continue to press forward. >> rachel scott for us there and president biden is speaking out for the first time against the texas abortion law. abc's white house correspondent maryalice parks is on the north lawn with that part of the story. good morning, maryalice. >> reporter: good morning, eva. yeah, well, the white house has been speaking out against this law. yesterday was the first time that president biden answered questions about it in front of the cameras, and it's clear that the very unusual mechanisms in this law that let one neighbor sue another neighbor was top of mind for the president. he described that as a vigilante system and said it was almost un-american. now, yesterday the white house counsel's office met with reproductive health leaders and afterwards the white house said they are looking ways that the federal government can respond to the law and ensure that all women have access to safe and legal abortion but still the white house has not yet laid out any specific next steps. now, a number of democrats inclu

rachel scott live on the hill. >>> news on the pandemic tonight. the cdc issuing a new and urgent

abc's congressional correspondent rachel scott is there with the preparations police are making. good morning to you, rachel. >> reporter: eva, good morning. and in just a few hours, demonstrators are expected to gather right here in support of those rioters who stormed the capitol on january 6th. and this time police say they are ready. they're taking no chances. take a look, you have one layer of fencing right here, and as you get closer to the capitol you have those seven-foot-high fences that wrap around the entire complex. also around the entire supreme court. over on this side, two layers of barricades right there including those plow trucks that are being linked together. you have d.c. police that will be fully activated, 100 national guardsmen will be standing by, waiting in the wings ready to be used if necessary. we've also seen new surveillance cameras that have been up, all serving in stark contrast to what we saw january 6th. we were out here that day and we saw police officers overwhelmed, outnumbered, more than 140 officers were injured that day. the department of

abc's congressional correspondent rachel scott went to the lone star state for our report. >> what's this? oh, yeah! i love my daughter more than anything in this world. >> reporter: malia hazid loves being a woman. >> being a mother is the best thing that's happened to me. >> reporter: she wasn't always ready for the trials of motherhood. >> i'm a very impatient person, but with maya, i'm not. i keep thinking, i chose to have this child, she is here because of me, she is my life. >> reporter: chasing a toddler and managing tantrums is a challenge no matter how old you are. malia realizes she's far more qualified at 27 than she would have been as a college student. >> i had my first abortion at 20. i wasn't trying to get pregnant. i was using contraceptives. i definitely knew i wasn't ready to be a parent. i wasn't emotionally ready, i wasn't financially ready at all. i was a college student sharing a one bedroom with my best friend and a cat. >> reporter: maria says that experience, full of twists and turns, solidified for her that women need to be in charge of their own health care

here's abc's congressional correspondent rachel scott. >> raise your right hand. >> reporter: emotional and deeply personal testimony today from some of the most elite gymnasts in the world. >> to be clear, i blame larry nassar. and i also blame an entire system that enabled and perpetrated his abuse. >> these individuals clearly violated policies and were negligent in executing their duties. >> nasser found more than 100 new victims to molest. it was like serving innocent children up to a pedophile on a silver platter. >> reporter: the women testifying before the senate today, as it investigates the fbi's neglect and inaction on abuse accusations against dr. larry nassar, the former head physician for the u.s. women's gynastics team. >> this hearing is one of our last opportunities to get justice. we ask that you do what is in your power to ensure those that engaged in wrongdoing are held accountable under the law. >> to see the emotion, to see their hearts out there, to hear every word about the horrors of what they went through -- i'm not sure we've seen anything quite like that. >>

doris dixon, who works at a planned parenthood in houston, telling our rachel scott about one patient seeking an abortion who then tested positive for covid. she was told she had to quarantine for 14 days, but by that point, she would be more than six weeks pregnant, and unable to get an abortion under the new law. >> to hear her beg for someone to help her was hard. >> she was begging? >> she was begging. >> reporter: today, governor abbott pressed on why the law makes no exception for rape or incest. his answer -- it's not needed because the state will eliminate the crime of rape altogether. >> texas will work tirelessly to make sure that we eliminate all rapists from the streets of texas by aggressively going out and arresting them and prosecuting them and getting them off the streets. so, goal number one in the state of texas is to eliminate rape so that no woman, no person will be a victim of rape. >> reporter: governor abbott has not called on the legislature to take up any new rape prevention legislation. the attorney general says he is urgently exploring all options to challen

abc, rachel scott. reporter: thank you, mr. president. you said on the campaign for your going to restore the moral standing of the u.s., that you're going to meet at the end trump's assault on the dignity of immigrant communities. have you failed and that promise? this is happening under your watch. do you take responsibility for the chaos unfolding? pres. biden: of course i take responsibility. i was president. but that was horrible what you saw. to see people treated like, people being strapped. it's outrageous. i promise you those people will pay. they will be, investigation is underway now and there will be consequences. there will be consequences. it's an embarrassment. it's beyond an embarrassment. it's dangerous, it's wrong, it sends the wrong message around the world. it sends the wrong message at home. it's simply not who we are. thank you. reporter: mr. president, thank you. you came in office on a message of competent and unity. we witness what happened to the country the last several months. we see in the chaotic troop withdr

rachel scott has more. rachel: washington police chief warns they picked up chatter about possible violence and they are taking no chances. we saw a new fencing, new surveillance cameras, beat-up security. >> we have a strong plan to ensure it remains peaceful and of violence does occur we can stop it as quickly as possible. rachel: lawmakers were urged to stay away. the department of homeland security warning people either involved in or posing protest may engage in violence. what types of violence are you seeing? >> what we are concerned about is the possibility of counter demonstrators and making it that this demonstration and violence between those groups. rachel: more than 600 trump supporters have been charged in the riot where 140 officers were wounded. donald trump insist they are being persecuted unfairly, adding people don't show up and they will say it's a lack of spirit. if they do show up, they will be harassed. 100 national guardsmen will be on standby to be used if necessary. they will only b

rachel scott starts us off at the white house. good morning, rachel. >> reporter: george, good morning. this is something that the white house has been reluctant to do, but with covid-19 hospitalizations spiking across the country, the president taking the most aggressive action yet. announcing new vaccine requirements for 100 million americans. overnight president biden fed up and taking aim at the nation's 80 million unvaccinated americans, as covid hospitalizations top 100,000. >> this is not about freedom or personal choice. it's about protecting yourself and those around you. we've been patient, but our patience is wearing thin, and your refusal has cost all of us. >> reporter: now the president announcing the most sweeping covid requirements yet. rolling out a plan that will affect 100 million americans, ordering all businesses with more than 100 workers to either require their employees to be vaccinated or get tested weekly. >> the bottom line, we're going to protect vaccinated workers from unvaccinated co-workers. >> repor

scott is tracking the story. good morning, rachel. >> reporter: george, good morning. this is one of the strictest bans on abortion in the country and it goes into effect in the state of texas, starting todckn abbott signed this measure into law, it bans abortions as early as six weeks into pregnancy. that is before most women even know that they are pregnant. the supreme court had until midnight to respond to an emergency request to block this before it went into effect but they have not yet taken any action. in the state of texas, 85% to 90% of women get abortions within their first six weeks of pregnancy and so without any further action this will ban nearly all of the abortions in the state, george. >> rachel, after months of a standoff the texas legislature passed this law putting new restrictions on voting. >> reporter: yes, george, critics say this makes it harder to vote. this now heads to texas governor greg abbott's desk, he's promised to sign it and bans drive-through voting and also adds new i.d. requ

our congressional correspondent rachel scott is on capitol hill with the latest. rachel, the clock is really ticking on all of this. good morning. >> reporter: whit, good morning. it is crunch time. a government shutdown is now just 72 hours away and the nation is inching closer to a financial crisis. overnight a vote in the senate to keep the government funded and raise the debt limit failed. the u.s. has never defaulted on its debt but republicans voting to do just that insisting if democrats want to propose trillions of dollars in new spending, then this is their responsibility. democrats are quick to point out nearly 98% of the nation's debt predates the biden inauguration with a large chunk of that added on during the trump administration. the bottom line is if congress does nothing, there will be serious consequences. the government may not be able to pay its bills by mid-october. social security payments may be delayed and dr. anthony fauci warns that government shutdown in the middle of a pandemic would be a worst case scenario. roughly 40% of workers with

our congressional correspondent rachel scott is on capitol hill with the latest. good morning, rachel. >> reporter: george, good morning. in the final hours the senate reached a deal to avert one crisis, the government shutdown, but president biden's economic agenda still on the line and today could be make or break. overnight with just hours to spare, senate leaders say they've reached a deal to avoid a government shutdown. now on track to pass a bill today to keep the government funded through early december. >> with so many critical issues to address, the last thing the american people need right now is a government shutdown. >> reporter: one deadline down, two more to go. the nation is still barreling toward a possible financial disaster and the fate of the president's economic agenda has never been more in jeopardy. >> we're obviously at a precarious and important time in these discussions. >> reporter: weeks of negotiations have done nothing to break the stalemate. today the house is scheduled to vote on a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package to reb

we go to rachel scott in austin, texas with the latest. good morning, rachel. >> reporter: good morning, george. the court was deeply divided on this, the court's conservative majority has allowed the most restrictive law in the nation to stand. for now most women and the nation's second largest state will be treated on the right to abortion. overnight, a bitterly divided supreme court breaking its silence refusing to block a new texas law that bans nearly all abortions in the state. chief justice john roberts breaking from the conservative majority on the bench and dissented the move calling the texas law not only unusual, but unprecedented. across the state protesters called on the high court to step in and stop the ban. but in an unsigned opinion, the conservative majority said the abortion providers who challenged the law did not address complex and novel procedural questions, and so as of today in texas, the law stands. a physician may not perform an abortion if a fetal heartbeat is detected, which could be as early as 6 weeks into a

abc news congressional correspondent rachel scott, chief washington correspondent jon karl, and a co-anchor of "this week." evan osnos, "the new yorker" staff writer, author of the new book "wild land," the making of america's fury, and vivian salama "the wall street journal" national security reporter. jon, i want to start with you. the fda's recommendation was more narrow than president biden wanted. you heard dr. fauci's explanation of that, but he has been criticized for jumping the gun. what happened? >> well, it looked like the white house was getting ahead of the science, that the white house was getting ahead of the health experts and, you know, little bit of a spin mode in saying, look. we just wanted to be ready by this, but make no mistake, martha, when the white house rolled this out, the expectation was we would begin the process for boosters for everybody on september 20th. that was not the recommendation of the fda advisory panel and not what they go forward with in all likelihood, and this is important because biden's credibility on covid has been his -- has been what has dr

rachel scott. >> you said on the campaign trail you would restore the moral standing of the u.s., that you were going to immediately end trump's assault on the dignity of immigrant communities. given what we saw at the border this week, have you failed on that promise? do you take responsibility? >> of course i take responsibility. i'm president. it was horrible to see people treated like they did, horses and people being strapped. it's outrageous. i promise you, those people will pay. they will be -- an investigation under way now and there will be consequences. there will be consequences. it's an embarrassment, beyond an embarrassment. it's dangerous. it's wrong. it sends the wrong message around the world, sends the wrong message at home. it's simply not who we are. thank you. peter alexander. >> mr. president, thank you. you came into office on a message of competence and unity. we've witnessed what's happened in the country in the last several months, seen the chaotic troop withdrawal from afghanistan, the threat of a government shutdown right now, and democrats, members of your o

scott has the latest. good morning, rachel. >> reporter: george, good morning. lawmakers leading the select committee said no one would be off-limits, and now they have issued their very first subpoenas to some of former president donald trump's former advisers. on this list, take a look, mark meadows, dan scavino, kash patel and longtime trump adviser steve bannon. the committee is demanding those four men turn over documents and appear behind closed doors to testify in october. all of this intended to gain insight into trump's mindset in the days leading up to january 6th and as the violence unfolded that day. congressman adam schiff says that they will use the justice department if necessary to enforce these subpoenas but trump is already vowing to fight this and this does mark a significant turning point in the congressional investigation into january 6th and lawmakers leading this committee say they are just getting started, george. >> okay, rachel, thanks very much. cecilia. >>> we turn to that major

rachel scott is at the capitol with the latest. rachel, good morning. authorities taking this one very seriously. >> reporter: cecilia, good morning. you're right about that. just take a look behind me. that is the new surveillance camera installed. the fencing now not just up around the entire capitol complex but also around the entire supreme court. all of this ahead of this weekend's rally in support of the rioters who stormed the capitol on january 6th. organizers of that rally are calling those that have been arrested political prisoners. most republicans have distanced themselves from tomorrow's event but former president donald trump only leaning in saying that those who are still behind bars are being persecuted unfairly, expressing support for a mob, many of whom chanted to hang his own vice president that injured more than 140 officers, the bottom line is that washington is now on high alert. i'm told metro pd will be out in full force ahead of tomorrow's event and the department of homeland security issuing a bulletin warning of potential vio