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we have got lots of news to cover, lots of questions to answer, so lets get started. president biden just hours away from his first trip to the southern border, after announcing new immigration programs. we are live on the ground in el paso, texas, with the latest. plus, speakership fallout. kevin mccarthys battle to win the gavel, laid bare, deep divisions within the party. and a possible opening for democrats. we will explain as we look ahead to another crucial house vote tomorrow. a...

♪♪ it is the top of the hour. im katy tur and were starting again on capitol hill with the question: deadlock or a deal? what will happen today is anyones guess. the house reconvenes in one hour. will the seventh vote be the charm for kevin mccarthy. hes made even more concessions. what they are and will they help? earlier they said they think negotiations could drag on until next week. >> i think were making progress. i think people are talking and thats -- i think that -- very ...

Today, they reached a tentative agreement to let u. S. Citizens in Gaza Cross Over into egypt through this crossing. The window for that has come and gone, and is unclear at this time whether any americans were able to cross. There are an estimated 500 americans in gaza. Israel has told the 100 Million People in gaza to flee south before they begin the grand invasion for hamas militants. They will also be searching for hostages, hoping to bring them home safely. This is new video of israeli Prim...

The southern border since taking office. the white house says biden will use todays trip to call in congressional republicans, to fully fund his request for border security resources, and to stop locking comprehensive immigration reform. the trip comes after biden unveiled a new immigration policies just last week. for more on all of us, which is nbc news correspondent dave gutierrez, live in el paso, texas. good morning, gave. katie, good morning. by all indications, this is a humanitarian cris...

Could seek asylum. what theyre saying is now, theyre allowing 30,000 individuals from each country per month to apply for asylum. theyre encouraging them to do this from their home countries through a system thats been put in place and as long as they have a sponsor here in the u.s., they pass a basic security vet and they dont, again, do this by crossing illegally at the border, they would potentially qualify for two years of status here in the u.s. now what the white house is saying, this is b...

Billion to lever up to $1 trillion in total spending. its the governments responsibility to protect the american people, the home land and the american way of life. the budget requests $750 million for our national defense. and to be clear, this is not funding for endless wars. this is for research and development and procurement to fund the most awe inspiring military the world has ever known. in addition, federal resources and front line defenders are overwhelmed at the southern border. and th...

Senator jim clyburn, im sorry representative jim clyburn is interested in using $5 billion for border security that does not include a wall. but border security resources that have been supported by experts and research such as guards, technology and other systems that could actually do what the president said he wants to do. so its not about the democrats being against border security its about being against this wall. eugene scott thanks. were also seeing more and more of the shutdowns imp...

And we havent been since many years ago, even predating the obama administration. the number of illegal immigrants in the united states has remained roughly constant over the last decade. id be looking at that. this is a really important point, if youre looking at the threats, ms-13, the gangs he talks about, you would want to take your border security resources and focus those on the actual threats. so not separating children from their families, not asylum seekers who come in and orderly proce...

I would say this to republicans who are concerned about border security, there is an historic investment in border security resources included in the bipartisan bill passed by the senate. >> so the answer is a nonanswer. they will not directly answer is the border currently secure. what theyre trying to say is its getting more secure but wont say directly that it is secure. >> we heard a lot about the president with pen and paper. threatening to issue new executive orders with regard to immigrat...