seaborne russian oil are significant. they underline the european chief said they will cut 90% of europe s russian oil imports by december. the discussion of some interim status for ukraine on the way to being a full member of the european union is important. i wish they would find some speedy transition plan but it is not there. so, they re trying to find ways to keep faith with ukraine and in a period where i think the pressure on ukraine is growing. i think your right to express some concern about europe. they ve got their own economic troubles and political splits. but this last weekend that they held together more strongly than i might have feared. i was going to say, pretty remarkable that they held together even pulled hungary along when they had to know this inflation number was coming out. they have the same problem on the other side with nato. but do you remain optimistic like so many observers that when it comes to nato, turkey, at the end, will back down and a
jacob soberoff, and garrett we will start with you. we have a surge in migrant children. there is a scarcity of shelter beds. what will fema s assistance mean for the situation now at the border? well, fema is the federal government s emergency logistics experts. that s why they show up after hurricanes and natural disasters. their goal is to try to alleviate the overcrowding situation. the border patrol stations here and at hhs shelters that are limited in how much they can take. so they re hoping to expeditiously move the minors. while that s going on you talk about the political battle here. they re trying to lay all of this at the feet of the biden administration, and they give important context that i got from veronica escobar last night, look at what she told me. part of why ibristle at the terms that there is a crisis at the border is because they want to ignore what is causing it. the real crisis is what is happening in the northern triangle. and what happens to t
you are vaccinated. also, why it is still telling vaccinated americans not to travel. politico reports that the agency did originally consider updating the travel guidelines only to scrap the update before the report became public. cdc director rochelle walensky tried to address the balancing act with my colleague rachel maddow last night. here s what we know about travel. we know that right now there are a lot of variants here in this country. some have brought in from travel. others have emanated from inside the country. we know that after mass travel, after vacations, after holidays, we tend to see a surge in cases. and so we really want to make sure again with just 10% of people vaccinated that we are limiting travel. we are reaching a turning point when it comes to vaccines, as supply increases, experts believe parts of the country could reach a scenario where they have more vaccine than people who want it. and that could come as early as next month. instates like
Melber and chuck todd. Later, a sunday sitdown with the current king of country music, Chris Stapleton. Were at home in tennessee with a man who spent years in nashville as a songwriter before breaking out on his own with a lot of help and harmony from his wife, morgan. Hes completely true to himself and it out shined the sun in a lot of ways to me. I dont know if thats youre blushing, chris. Well, outshine the son. Co sun. A sunday sitdown with Chris Stapleton and his wife and harry smith. Lets begin with new questions about what President Trump may have known after a tweet from his account claiming he fired former National Security adviser Michael Flynn for lying to the fbi. Could that tweet put the president in legal jeopardy . Nbcs jeff bennett is at the white house with more for us. Jeff, good morning. Reporter good morning, willie. This morning special counsel Robert Muellers russia investigation appears to inch closer to the president s inner circle. President trump is defiant s
Early today starts right now. Good morning. Im phillip mena. Im frances rivera. The wildfires burning across Southern California are showing no signs of dying down any time soon. Six major fires are scorching well over 140,000 acres. Some 500 structures have been destroyed and hundred of thousands have been forced to flee their homes. The state offices of Emergency Services issued its widest ever text alert warning millions of extreme fire conditions as ferocious santa ana winds continued fueling those flames. Governor ch jerry brown is now calling on President Trump to declare a federal emergency in the state. The governor also just declared a state of emergency for san diego. Thats where the lilac fire exploded to over 4,000 acres in just a few hours, burning down at least hundreds of trailer homes in a retirement community. Dozens of horses at an elite Training Center also died as hundreds of others sprinted from the flames. Red flag warnings have been extended to sunday, due to dan