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>> announcer: this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt good evening there is breaking news as we come on the air tonight. a federal judge has just blocked the biden administrations plans to lift covid-related restrictions at the southern u.s. border the trump-era rule known as title 42 was set to end on monday but will now remain in place. it allows border agents to expel migrants without a chance at asylum the case was brought by a large group of republican state attorneys genera...

past 11 days in a row. american families forced to spend an average of $5,000 a year on gas compared to $2800 a year ago. interior secretary deb holland refusing to concede it is too big a burden to bear. >> americans are still recovering from this terrible pandemic and there are a lot of other world events that are making things difficult for all of us. >> so it sounds like you are unwilling to say that gas prices are too high. >> were doing all we can, senator. >> dana: grady trimble...

wrongdoing. his son, hunter biden, snubbing a subpoena to testify today behind closed doors saying hell only do so publicly and stating his father has no financial ties to his business dealings. will the gop move to hold the other biden in contempt of congress? also tonight, president biden welcoming the families of all eight americans still being held hostage by hamas to the white house. what they said to him in their private meeting. the record day on wall street. big news from t...

Theyre bound for honduras. since mid-may, the department of homeland security says its repatriated 85,000 people. thats up 65% compared to the same period last year. >> the department is sending a clear message about the consequences of coming to the united states seeking asylum improperly. >> reporter: nbc news also getting rare access to this processing center in hidalgo, texas. >> thank you very much, mr. chair. >> reporter: this week homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas was grilled...

And from shooting survivor to superstar inspirer, james harden in a story of brotherly love. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening and welcome. tens of thousands of migrants who have endured smugglers, heat, and dust storms and difficult terrain are gathered along the southern border of the united states right now, believing their journey to the u.s. is about to get easier. knowing that at midnight, the u.s. will lift a key border restriction that is limited ...

To the southern border now. it is just one day until title 42 expires and president biden is predicting chaos. the covid era border restriction per lapses tomorrow just before midnight. after a call with mexicos president, mr. booifrn was asked if the administration is prepared. >> i spent i think close to an hour with the mexican president today. were doing all we can. the answer is it remains to be seen. we have gotten overwhelming cooperation from mexico. but it remains to be scene. it will b...

It turns out the judge kept him on the case, and as we know, the verdict was unanimous against mr. trump. >> all right, laura, thank you for that. just one day before the end of a border restriction known as title 42, a top official tells nbc news as many as 65,000 migrants are in northern mexico tonight waiting to cross. tom llamas is there. >> reporter: tonight long lines of migrants turning themselves in as time is running out on title 42. border officials urging those who crossed illegally...

People on board. nbc has learned the case is expected to go to a grand jury to decide if charges will be filed against the man who put neely in that chokehold. he was questioned by police and released. now to the border crisis where officials face a rush of migrants when that pandemic border title 42 expires next week. the biden administration facing bipartisan criticism, and tonight the homeland security secretary is responding in an interview with julia ainslie. >> reporter: tonight, just a ...

That is when title 42, a covid era border restriction will end. since march of 2020 that allowed authorities to expel certain migrants at the u.s./mexico border. they will no longer be able to do that after that may 11th date. so that means that the administration will go back to decades-old protocols. now, that is difficult at a time of unprecedented mass migration in the western hemisphere. administration officials have been putting preparations in motion. that includes, for example, setting u...

Is expected to rise in the coming weeks. the reason this date is important, jim, is because that is when the covid era border restriction invoked under former president donald trump is going to end. its ending because the public emergency for coronavirus will also be ending. that means migrants will not be quickly expelled as they were before. the administration, therefore, is racing behind the scenes to set up a number of preparations for what they anticipate will be a larger number of people. ...