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default on january 1st, if a deal is not reached on the debt ceiling. the pressure weighing on president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy ahead of their next meeting which is now just hours away. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. i want to go to first nbc's garrett haake on capitol hill ahead of the critical meeting between biden and mccarthy. we just heard from mccarthy moments ago. what did he have to say? >> reporter: this comes after negotiators from the white house had been meeting for three hours this morning. mccarthy took some question...

minister benjamin netanyahu said that there is currently no deal to release them. netanyahu updated israelis during a news briefing in tel aviv a week ago. a week ago, netanyahu told nbc news there could be a possible deal with hamas in the works. >> but earlier today, thousands of israelis marched into jerusalem, demanding their government do more to release the hostages being held in gaza. also today, in tel aviv, in a separate protest, israelis demanded a cease-fire and long term solutions to secure peace in the region. netanyahu maintains a temporary cease-fire -- we'll come afte...

The city says evicting migrants will make them self-sufficient – but some say it’s a tool to deter people from seeking asylum

NEW YORK — On the last day of 2023, Thierno Sadou Barry walked from his homeless shelter near Times Square to Harlem, looking to buy inexpensive suitcases he could fill up with all his possessions. Barry and his wife, Oumou Barry, had fled political persecution in Guinea. Now, the couple and their baby daughter had to leave the homeless shelter where they had lived since their arrival in New York City nine months earlier, under recent city rules that limit shelter stays and have forced thousands

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