our current situation is the outcome of congress leaving a broken, outdated immigration system in place for over two decades. the white house has two years to plan for the end of title 42. we we all knew the deadline. but the white house produced no plan, missed the deadline and bum with bled into another crisis telephone bumbled into another crisis. paul: let s bring in wall street journal ist columnists journal column itselfs dan dan henninger kim strassel and jace isen riley. jason riley. this has really come to a head. how serious just from a practical point of view is surge? oh, i think it s very serious, paul. the democrats have pretended for years that the only people who care about this issue are fox news viewers. they ve demonized these border governors when they re republicans for complaining, for being hard-hearted, and i think all of that is changing right now. they re discovering the border for the first time, and i think it s going to cause them all k
sending troops to the border days before title 42 is lifted. we ll bring you the latest reporting. it s day four in the manhunt for the suspect of the killing of five people in texas. this morning, many questions and few answers. writers on strike, what they are demanding and how it affects the shows you watch. and then avoiding economic catastrophe if the debt krael ceiling is not raised. in illinois, the highway where a blinding dust storm caused a deadly highway pileup is back open this morning. we have the latest. he lost his beloved daughter, jamie, in the parkland school shooting. today he joins us to talk about the gun violence crisis in america. we begin this hour with some breaking news from washington. three senior administration officials tell nbc news the biden administration is considering sending 1,500 active duty troops to the southern border for 90 days. this comes just days before the u.s. government is set to lift title 42 which has been used for mor
tonight on the reidout we just learned about another shooting in tennessee. a school shooting. and i am truly without words. and our children deserve better. first lady and teacher dr. jill biden responding to the latest horrific acts of mass violence as politicians in states like tennessee worry more about drag shows and banning books than about actually protecting our children. also tonight, public protests in israel and elsewhere against the rising wave of authoritarianism. while here in the u.s., there s a shocking lack of urgency in repudiating the conspiratorial and violent rhetoric from our home-grown autocrat in waiting, donald trump. meanwhile, trump continues to lash out at the manhattan d.a. and the manhattan grand jury hears from a key player in trump s hush money scheme. bebut we begin with a tragedy that is unique to america. another school massacre. this time in nashville, tennessee. where a 28-year-old woman shot and killed three students and t
safeguards to prevent fraud. but critics say, others don t. how do you see people use technology the phishing scams we have all seen but it s going to sound like somebody you know. reporter: going forward because you hear it, doesn t mean you should delete it. gadi schwartz, nbc news. that wasn t me very cool and creepy. we have a lot to cover in our second hour. let s get right to it. at this hour, high-stakes standoff, russia steps up its assault in eastern ukraine, as volodymyr zelenskyy says the stakes couldn t be higher. president biden getting ready to sign an executive order to increase background checks. relief rally it s been a good day for your retirement account stocks are posting solid gaines after a new report on inflation and easing worries on the nation s banks just ahead, we talk to a key member of president biden s economic team. our nbc news reporters are covering all of the latest developments that s where we begin with nbc news business and dat
nearly a decade in a russian prison. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this friday, august 5th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being here. news from last night, senator kyrsten sinema has agreed to back democrats reconciliation bill. clearing the way for a vote later this week. her decision comes after days of fellow democrats lobbying her on the deal. in a statement last night, the senator said she would come on board after the carried interest tax provision was removed. lawmakers also agreed to combat droughts that plague her home state of arizona. democrats are now just waiting for the sign-off from the senate parliamentarian. majority leader chuck schumer says the final version of the bill will be introduced on saturday. the senate will take today off before a long day tomorrow a rare saturday. even rarer one in august. there will be up to 20 hours of debate after the first procedural vote. and then comes what is known as a voter-a-ra mr. a where senat