the president making his trip to the southern border since taking office. working to address immigration in the influx of people coming to our southern border. the other big story tonight coming from brazil. or supporters of former president bolsonaro fueled by election denialism storm the governments congress. refusing to accept the truth that bolsonaro lost. bolsonaro, we should note, refusing himself to accept defeat. we ll have more on this throughout the night. but first, let s start in el paso, texas, where the president s tonight. we re told that he has been briefed on the situation in brazil. he s in texas making a symbolic step toward addressing immigration. and the influx of migrants at our border. he met with local officials a short time ago, assessing border patrol operations at the bridge of america s port of entry. on arrival in tax, and biden was greeted by republican governor greg abbott. one of his chief critics who gave him a letter laying out what republi
where hala tanden north american leader summit. he s headed to mexico city where we find nbc news white house correspondent, mike emily. mike, thank you for joining us. we re gonna get to the presidents trip in just a moment. but first, we understand that the president s been briefed on the storming of brazil s government. what if anything have you heard from the administration? wow, what we heard from the president himself. was him calling that we ve seen in brazil today outrageous. he had been briefed, we heard from the national security, jake sullivan who said the u.s. commitment to democracy in brazil is condemning the attacks, we heard from secretary of state tony blinken as well. it s important to note, the white house obviously is very closely monitoring that very recent brazilian election between president lula and the former president jair