🥁 Axios PM: Border hugs

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Open in app View in browser   Presented By Amazon   Axios PM By Mike Allen ·Nov 08, 2021 Good afternoon: Today's PM — edited by Justin Green — is 390 words, a 1.5-minute read. 📲 Event: Join Axios' Joann Muller tomorrow at 12:30pm ET for a virtual event on the shift to cleaner transportation and manufacturing. Register here.     1 big thing: Border hugs In Chicago, Yerin Hong hugged her boyfriend Soomin Kim after she arrived from Germany. Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images Packed flights, long lines and lots of hugs: Families reunited today as the U.S. eased nearly two years of severe border restrictions. "Today America is open for business," Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo told Reuters. The big picture: Today's reunions include spouses who haven't hugged in months, grandparents whose grandchildren doubled in age, and uncles and aunts who haven't met their nieces and nephews, AP reports. In New York, the Erebara family embraced after arriving from the U.K. (below). Photo: Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images Flights from Europe are packed and are expected to stay crowded through the holidays, said Virgin Atlantic CEO Shai Weiss, per Reuters. A big part of that is tourism. The U.S. is requiring proof of a vaccine approved by the World Health Organization and a recent negative test. In El Paso, people held stuffed animals and grinned as they waited to clear customs at the Bridge of the Americas from Mexico (below). Photo: Paul Ratje/AFP via Getty Images     2. Look at this chart Data: Manheim Used Vehicle Value Index (Cox Automotive); Chart: Axios Visuals October's used car price growth shocked even the experts, writes Axios business editor Kate Marino.     A message from Amazon "Amazon has allowed me to live a comfortable life"     When Luv-Luv joined Amazon, she was just looking for a job — any job — with health care. What she found was so much more. Thanks to Amazon's starting wage of at least $15 an hour and comprehensive benefits, she is able to live life on her own terms. Watch her story.     3. Catch up quick FBI Director Christopher Wray and Attorney General Merrick Garland at a press conference today. Photo: Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images   Attorney General Merrick Garland unveiled charges against suspected hackers in connection to ransomware attacks. Go deeper. Alphabet's market capitalization surpassed $2 trillion, doubling its value during the pandemic. Former President Trump told the RNC chair that he was leaving the GOP — before backing down after party leaders told him they would take actions that could have cost him millions, according to "Betrayal," a new book by ABC's Jonathan Karl. Insurance company State Farm said Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers is allowed to have "his own personal point of view" on vaccines. Go deeper.     4. Obama to the world: America is back Former President Obama delivers a speech today at COP26 in Glasgow. Photo: Jane Barlow/PA Images via Getty Images   Former President Obama told the climate summit in Scotland that the U.S. "is back" and "once again engaged" in leading the fight against climate change, following four years of "hostility toward climate science" from the Trump administration. "The thing we have going for us is that humanity has done hard things before. I believe we can do hard things again. ... I guarantee you every victory will be incomplete. Sometimes we will be forced to settle for imperfect compromises. But at least they advance the ball down the field." Keep reading.     A message from Amazon LinkedIn named Amazon No. 1 company where Americans want to work     LinkedIn recognizes Amazon as the most desirable workplace in the U.S. for 2021 based on the company's ability to attract, develop and retain talent. Next steps: On September 15th, Amazon will host Career Day 2021, where the company will be hiring for more than 40,000 corporate and tech roles.   Like this email style and format? Learn more about Axios HQ. It'll help you deliver employee communications more effectively.   Axios thanks our partners for supporting our newsletters. If you're interested in advertising, learn more here. Sponsorship has no influence on editorial content. Axios, 3100 Clarendon B‌lvd, Suite 1300, Arlington VA 22201   You received this email because you signed up for newsletters from Axios. Change your preferences or unsubscribe here.   Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up now to get Axios in your inbox.   Follow Axios on social media: