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house minority leader kevin mccarthy leading a group of republican lawmakers going to the border today. >> it comes as republicans are blaming president biden for the surge. they say he has sent a clear message that the border is open for business. >> it is entirely, you cannot but notice the administration changes and there is surge. there can be no question when sending a message to people. it has to be our border is closed. you cant say in spanish one thing and english another. one ...

number of migrant kids remained in custody but the biden teams are still not calling the situation, sandra, a crisis. >> john: griff jenkins is live near the border in el paso for us where we do expect to hear from a group of lawmakers a short time from now. the microphone is set up. i had a fat, you are on the ground they are. what have those lawmakers been seeing? >> hey, sandra and john, how are you? the leaders which by the way includes congressman tony gonzalez and el paso as part...

>> this is a humanitarian challenge to all of us, what the administration has inherited is a broken system at the border. they are working to correct that. >> this idea is joe bidens election that prompted more people to show up is by the actual fact. >> joe biden inherited a huge mess on immigration. >> we recognize this is a huge problem and we had a dismantled and unworkable system. like any other problem, we will do everything we can to solve it. >> jesse: conditions are so bad at ...

he joins me to tell us his inspiring story, coming up. storp good evening. im mehdi hasan. joe biden has been spending the weekend at home in delaware before he heads out on the road this week to sell the $1.9 trillion american rescue plan. he has a lot to work with. it is difficult to overstate what a big win this piece of legislation is for the president. its the second biggest economic stimulus in american history, giving cash direct to the poorest americans. and if you want to kn...

>> we are making progress getting america closer to herd immunity. and a national vaccination effort accelerates. yesterday, 4.6 million doses were administered nationwide, thats a new high point, way up from 2.9 million shots last week. so far the u.s. has given more than 107 million shots. the rolling average is 2.5 million per day. the fifth of americans have received one dose. checks are going in the mail. or direct deposit. and you can check for your stimulus payment on the irs we...

good evening. im mehdi hasan. joe biden has been spending the weekend at home in delaware before he heads out on the road this week to sell the $1.9 trillion american rescue plan. he has a lot to work with. it is difficult to overstate what a big win this piece of legislation is for the president. its the second biggest economic stimulus in american history, giving cash direct to the poorest americans. and if you want to know how much our politics has changed, here is the great irony. ...

fantastic group here to help us understand all thats going on in the political news. kelly odonnell in the white house, the co-founders of punchbowl news and the editor of the nevada independence. kelly, what are the president and vice president going to say about this bill that hasnt always been said? >> a lot of it will be a focus on the real underpinning of this. the biden administration, president in particular, wants to sell to the public that government can work for them. that th...

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 femas assistance mean for the situation now at the border? >> well, fema is the federal governments emergency logistics experts. thats 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 t...

package and its this new child tax credit which is really revolutionary. its very, very popular. 70% popular with the american people. what is the thinking behind this big kickoff this week to promote it nationwide? >> well, look, we are still in the midst of this pandemic, and we know that we cant get out of our economic crisis until we get through the health crisis. so the thinking behind the american rescue plan is that we need to address the problems caused by the pandemic. part of...

which may well be his signature achievement. the white house is also dealing with an escalating situation at the southern border, the biden administration employing fema to take care of hundreds of migrant teens and children who are arriving in such large numbers, there arent facilities to shelter them. so almost 4,000 kids are being kept in border patrol facilities and even jail cells designed for adults. were going to go live to the border in a moment. there is also breaking news i...