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border. a crisis at the border starting to take shape. a surge of migrants crossing. fema stepping in to help with the more than 3,200 migrant children being housed in customs and border facilities as of last week. that figure is a new record. republicans are seizing on it. in a matter of hours, kevin mckathy and other congressional republicans will be at the border in texas. they are calling it a crisis. democrats are calling it a challenge that they inherited from the previous admini...

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...

plus, how two people are helping turn arizona into a former covid hot spot and we get closer to the end of the episode. this is "american voices." long awaited relief is officially trickling into bank accounts across america right now. thats not the only benefit from the massive american rescue plan. while the $1,400 checks are huge, theres also a $300 unemployment boost in the bill and it expands the child tax credit. theres also billions of dollars to pay for vaccines that help schoo...

and the $15 minimum wage that the house voted to include in the covid relief bill. but even with democrats in control, the possibility of any of this becoming law is nowhere near guaranteed. and without a change to the filibuster, much of this progressive to-do list will die. joining me now is senate majority leader chuck schumer of the great state of new york. leader schumer, thank you very much for coming to "the sunday show." >> good to be with you, jonathan. >> the old days back in...

account at the moment as covid relief checks are rolling out with president bidens relief plan now law. the stimulus is a huge help in getting america back to normal after a year of anything but normal. as the president made clear this week in his first prime time address to the american people, while this progress is huge, it does not mean we can lower our guards. >> if we do this together, by july 4 there is a good chance you, your families, and friends will be able to get together i...

charged in the murder of george floyd. the questions prospective jurors are being asked and the moment that caused floyds sister to leave the courtroom. queen elizabeth breaking her silence on harry and meghans explosive interview. what left her saddened and what she said about their allegations of racism against the family new surveillance of the person who placed pipe bombs before the capitol riot walking with a backpack the moment the suspect may have left a bomb in a park near ...

despite republican efforts to slow down the final vote with a flurry of last-minute objections on the house floor. the bill would create a massive surge of new funding that will send $1,400 checks to tens of millions of americans, provide billions in aid for schools, small businesses, state governments, and the vaccine distribution effort and slash health care premiums for many obamacare recipients. joining me now is nbcs garrett haake on dpl xl. nbc chief white house correspondent and...

bidens massive 1.9 trillion dollar covid relief bill. all of this is happening as we approach the official one year anniversary of essentially lockdown america. right now they are still debating the measure, the vote on final passage will follow. we know what will happen there. joining me is kristen welker outside the white house. i will say this. this biden white house, it does seem to want to not avoid whats happening at the border. they want to take it, at least, give the appearance...

of the $1.9 trillion stimulus plan ignites a powerful recovery from the pandemic and helps lift global growth. the organization for economic cooperation and development said the economic recovery coming alongside the countrys emotional recovery, images of vaccinated grandparents reunited with their families flood the news and social media. those reunions likely to surge permitting vaccinated americans to gather. hospitals declaring the worst of the third wave of covid in america is ove...

for their rights, among the first to ever beat isis on the battlefield. from nbc news world headquarters in new york, im joshua johnson, welcome to "the week." ♪♪ president bidens covid package is one big step closer to becoming law. but whats after that? how will democrats govern with republican support uncertain at best? it could depend on this senator, democrat joe manchin of west virginia. the stimulus package has smaller unemployment packets to gain his support, not $400 per...