Stupid. And this migrant crime is totally out of control violent crime, a Focal Point of Donald Trumps campaign, but well News Statistics from the fbi actually give Kamala Harris on edge. And later trump in the juice. Why the former president is comparing a Staffers Dad to Oj Simpson east coast. A live look at Capitol Hill on this tuesday morning. Good morning, everyone. Im kasie hunt. Its wonderful to have you with us. There are just six weeks until election day. If you can believe that. But were going to start here this morning. The middle east inching closer to the brink as the fight between Israel And Hezbollah intensifies. And the united states looks for some way to prevent further Escalation Iron Dome Defense System intercepting a barrage of rockets fired from Southern Lebanon. No injuries were reported. Those rockets coming just hours after israels largest attack on lebanese soil in almost two decades the israeli military saying it struck 1,600 hezbollah targets on monday nearly
good morning at home. policy allowing for quick migrant expulsion expires tonight. border patrol dealing with a number of daily apprehensions. biden administration warning the crisis could be getting worse admitting that tough times are straight ahead. we are are clear eyed about the challenges we re likely to face in the days and weeks ahead which have the potential to be very difficult. bill: with us now texas governor greg abbott and border czar mike banks. good morning to you and mr. banks, thank you for your time. i know you have been out and about. what have you seen out there and what do you think the american people need to understand from your experience, sir? so there are two things that people need to understand. one i think it was brandon judd that you were having giving you some comments earlier. so brandon judd was spot on in this regard. that is we need the policies that were put in place by the trump administration. remember this, three years ago we had
policy to expel 3 million illegal immigrants. bill: thousands are waiting for the green light in mexico. in texas, governor greg abbott is deploying national guardsmen to shore up security in his state. dana: they re relying on barbed wire to help make up for gaps in the border wall. despite all of this, dhs secretary mayokas continues to insist the border is closed. he blames the surge on criminals and cartels and urging asylum seekers not to listen to them. smugglers have long been hard at work spreading false information that the border will be open after may 11th. it will not be. the smugglers care only about profit, not people. they do not care about you or your well-being. do not believe their lies. do not risk your life and your life savings only to be removed from the united states if if and when you arrive here. bill: on the hill house republicans ready to vote on a comprehensive immigration reform bill. president biden has pledged to veto that arguing the
political fight in the capitol over it. there is much more bipartisan support for israel. also for figuring out a way for there to be peace in the middle east if there ever can be. president trump made strides on the abraham accords and now it looks like it is not working. bill: this rocket exchange at night should be a concern to everybody. dana: back to the border now. watch here. it s not a problem of resources but a problem of policy. if we had the proper policy we could control the border tomorrow. we ve already proven that. we don t need to throw more money at this and don t have to have taxpayers shoulder the burden. we need proper enforcement stances. if we have that we can stop this tomorrow. dana: border agents sounding alarms expecting an explosive migrant surge to overwhelm the border when title 42 ends with hours left until the floodgates open. bill: good morning.
dead and the shelling of gaza s awafa hospital. over 220 palestinians and one israeli have been killed. joining me now is nbc news chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell who is of course, host of andrea mitchell reports. thank for joining me. you bet. we know the cease-fire ended a few hours ago. why do you think netanyahu has decided to escalate this campaign on the same day the cease-fire ended? well, apparently, there has been a lot of rocket fire coming from gaza and going both ways. so there s been very little of an interruption. it wasn t really a cease-fire it was a halt of hostilities for humanitarian aid to be brought through those checkpoints and according to the israelis there has been a lot of rocket exchange. there s been independent reporting on that, as well, and this is the most telegraphed ground invasion in history perhaps, because they said they would do it. the tanks have been lined up