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Deep underground. we begin in canada where as youve been hearing hundreds of truckers have brought the countrys capital, ottawa, to a standstill for nearly two weeks. the blockades include the busiest border bridge between canada and the us, responsible for 27% of trade between the two countries. vehicles are canadas second largest export to the us and its estimated businesses risk losing $50 million a day whilst this disruption continues. canadas prime minister, justin trudeau, says this has to...

Cross into this country this month. julia ainsley has more on this. >> reporter: after those dramatic scenes at that crowded migrant camp under a border bridge in biden administration is preparing for a more massive surge in october up to 400,000 migrants crossing the border, which could be a record nearly doubling the stunning numbers we have seen the last two months, which were a 21-year high the new surge likely officials say because of a court order due to start tomorrow listing a covid rest...

Side effects but i think the one thing thats hard to discuss is when they think its a violation of their civil liberties or freedom thats something harder to address. but a lot of us are constantly trying to address vaccine hesitancy for months now, especially with the vaccine mandate today, you know, weve been working full speed ahead. >> dr. syra madad, rehema ellis, shannon pettypiece, thanks for starting us off this however. ahead, democrats are still at odds with the presidents domestic a...

Theyre awaiting immigration hearings. this morning, dhs secretary told nbcs chuck todd u.s. laws need to change. >> i think we meet the challenges but were working in a completely broken system. and as to that, there is unanimity in washington and in the country. ive never heard anyone say that the laws in immigration are well-structured. >> nbcs guad venegas is in del rio today. >> reporter: alex, this was something that was needed, the mayor of del rio was saying they were losing $35 million a...

Weeks will be partially reopened in about two hours. this comes after the biden administration said the camp that once contained nearly 15,000 refugees trying to flee turmoil in their country was now empty. nbcs guad is in texas in del rio and i know you were on the new mexico side and you said a lot of people had gone and set up camps on the mexico side to avoid deportation. can you describe the scene as these people were moved out? >> reporter: right, lindsey, we have a few different things ha...

Children now under growing pressure to relocate away from the border meanwhile, president biden addressing those images of border patrol agents on horse back an investigation is ongoing. >> of course i take responsibility im president. but it was horrible to see. i promise you those people will pay. >> reporter: now one big question here is how long will the border bridge remain closed with people on both sides desperate to get the economy going once again lester >> thank you. in just 60 secon...

The border. meanwhile president biden addressing those images of border patrol agents on horseback and investigation is ongoing. >> of course, i take responsibility. im president. it was horrible. i promise, those people will pay. >> reporter: one big question herer how long will the border bridge remain closed with people on both sides dep pratt to get the economy going once again. coming up, brian laundrie is now a wanted man. police issuing a warrant for his arrest. the latest on his manhun...

Situation, and we still have, at last check, about 7,500 migrants underneath this border bridge in del rio, texas. that remains closed for the time being. all traffic being diverted to eagle pass, about 60 miles south of us here. so authorities can get a better handle on whats become just an incredibly heartbreaking scene here. we know that there are men, women, and children underneath that bridge, some of whom have had trouble finding enough food and water to last, despite handouts from agents ...

Virtual tent city there. we saw children playing with toys in the shade of that border bridge, men and women filling up water bottles at these massive tanks that have been put into place by border patrol there. that is essentially how life is going day to day here, with the impending realization that already more than a thousand of those fellow haitians who came over this river have already been sent back to haiti. those numbers according to the department of homeland security. and so youre righ...

9,000 migrants are still living in the shade of that border bridge not too far away from where im standing. we know that flights are expected to pick up today, both back to haiti, but also what theyre calling lateral flights and that is flying migrants to other processing centers that are currently not dealing with the overwhelmed nature that del rio is. in the meantime we are still seeing that massive law enforcement presence here, state troopers continuing to essentially park on the banks of t...