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Live right here before he heads back to the white house for the second meeting with republicans in 48 hours on infrastructure. but it's a single democrat who may make the most difference in whether the president gets it done or not and it looks like not. we are live with that guy, garrett haake in virginia with this interview the kingmaker pumping the brakes and a timely guest joining us live later in the show, the guy in charge of the nation's infrastructure transportation secretary to talk about that and more. good morning. i'm hallie jackson with the nbc news team. mike memoli outside the w...

A small one relative to all of the other things going on here. >> let's compare what actually happened to the expectations. the expectation was 670,000 jobs for the month of may. what does this mean for the president's agenda as he tries to push through the american jobs plan? >> he is clearly trying to set aside the fact that we missed expectations. to be fair, the forecasts were all over the place. i mean some people were forecast being 670,000. some people forecasting 300,000 or a million or whatever. there was so much uncertainty that i don't want to emphasize that forecast miss too much. ...

Because they've got child care issues. they still have the hangover of the covid crisis, if you will. and just not ready for some of these people to get back in the labor market. you're starting to see these jobs adding back in. these are the kind of numbers you want to be seeing. not the million-plus some had been hoping for last month but still a strong performance. >> glad you're joining us here at the table. also with us is kathryn rampel. it's a big number historically speaking but it's a miss. lower than what economists expected. >> the consensus reflected a lot of variation in forecasts...

Take a look at this. a volcano in the democratic republic of congo is erupting. this is right outside the city of goma. the last time this volcano erupted was nearly 20 years ago. so far it's not clear just how large this eruption is compared to that one, but we're told the lava appears to be flowing away from goma this time. still people there are not taking any chances and an vacation plan has now been activated for the city which is home to 670,000 people. keeping tabs on that obviously as this story develops. in the meantime first it was his comments about vaccines, now it's cancel cultu...

Florida. this morning, it stretched down the street for miles. food banks across the country say they are seeing a surge in demand and they fear they won't be able to keep up. abc's victor oquendo is in pembroke park, florida. >> reporter: tonight, millions of americans lining up for food before thanksgiving and the crisis is only getting worse. >> it's been a big help for me and my family. >> reporter: this food bank in bergen county, new jersey, has provided 670,000 meals to more than 45,000 families and they can't keep up with demand. >> we were averaging around 150 cars each tuesday, now i...