hey there, everyone. i m alex witt at nbc world headquarters here in new york city. our top stories this hour, we are awaiting a key meeting that could be critical in helping the crisis on the southern border, as,000 more migrants begin their long journey north. secretary blinken and other officials plan to how old talks with mexico s president. we re look at what s at stake as resources are stretched to the limits. tension in the west bank after a new israeli drone attack kills six palestinians, and increasing threats from settlers put pressure on palestinians, who say they re being pushed out of their homes. back here in the u.s., gun shop owners are noting a new trend. black women buying guns at a rapid pace. what s behinds the spike in sales? we begin this hour with that critical meeting in mexico city. a u.s. delegation led by secretary blinken arrived in mexico just a few minutes ago. they ll meet with the president lopez obrador, as the administration trying to g
of migrant crossings days before covid era policy ends. we are live at the border. plus, rocket systems sabotaged. sources telling cnn that russia is using electronic jammers to throw off rocket systems in ukraine in some cases causing rockets to miss their targets. how the pentagon is responding. the labor market is on fire but april surprise jobs report is complicating the fed s inflation fight. so what will the central bank do next? following these major developing stories and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central . we begin as we often do at the u.s.-mexico border. alejandra mayorkas there for a second day now. red cross volunteers also on the ground helping out with the growing number of migrants all crossing into texas. even before title 42, as it s known, ends. that trump-era policy allowed the government to quickly turn away asylum seekers due to covid-19. that expires on thursday. border towns are bracing for an immediate surge, really a furt
fighters. and the former president trump under oath pleading the fifth more than 400 times and ron desantis fights back as one major advantage is emerging. we ll show you one number that really matters. let s go outfront. tonight nuclear break down. russia the breaking nuclear arms control treaty with the nuts for the first time. russia is refusing to allow the u.s. to inspect its nuclear weapons. now this move comes at a moment where the world faces the highest risk of nuclear conflicts since the cold war and it is happening as putin and his military leaders have threatened nuclear war. translator: with regard to the threat of a nuclear war, slet lana, you are right, the threat is growing so why hide the truth. we don t have the resources to defeat the nato block. with conventional means, but we have nuclear weapons for that. there is more where that came from. even two weeks ago putin s top ally and russia s former president medvedev warned the loss of a nuclear power
oversee all aspects of justice department. paula reid is following all of this. paula, let s just start with these five additional pages of classified material that were found at the president s home in delaware. what do you know about that. reporter: these were found uncovered at the president s wilmington home. let s take a step back. right now there are approximately 20 known documents of classified markings have been uncovered at two different locations connected to the president. the first is his former office here in d.c. we know ten documents have been uncovered there. and they include top secret information. the rest of the material has been uncovered at his wilmington home and there was one document that they thought consisted of a single page and they realized last week it was six pages consisting of multiple documents. and now, john, i m sure a lot of people asking. well is this it? and i could tell you, we have no idea. because we still know from our sources t
the president s visit comes as his administration is facing mounting pressure following this, you know, 41-year inflation high that we re seeing and a huge surge in gas prices. the nation s national average for gas, $5.02 a gallon now. all of this as a key inflation measure slowed slightly last month. also this morning, the white house is now confirming that the president will be traveling to the middle east, specifically to israel and saudi arabia, in july. we re also learning his visit will include a meeting with the saudi crown prince, mohammed bin salman. remember, president biden had previously called the kingdom a pariah for its role in the killing of washington post journalist jamal khashoggi. that was before he became president. we ll have much more on that in a moment. plus, the january 6th committee is postponing now a hearing that was scheduled for tomorrow. a member of the committee saying this was due to technical issues. we ll be live on capitol hill with