Thank you all for swrojoining u today. The subcommittee will come to order. The chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. The decision to deport children with critical illnesses, a decision that was recently reversed following public outrage and pressure from the subcommittee. I will now recognize myself for five minutes to give an Opening Statement then turn to the Ranking Member. We are here to get to the bottom of the administrations mysterious campaign to deport critically ill children and their families. It appears that this policy has thankfully been reversed. They rose up in an outcry at the cold humanity on display. Im going to treat this hearing not only as an honor to Elijah Cummings, but as a hearing in direct pursuit of a policy objective that was close to his heart. The threatened deportation of Sick Children was such an outrage the to chairman cummings that his last official act before his death was to issue subpoenas to hold the administration to his account.
At this hour, a president on the picket line. Joe bidens unprecedented show of support for labor ahead of Donald Trumps visit to michigan tomorrow. The major blow to senator bob menendez. Long time friend and senator, cory booker, now among a growing group of democrats calling on him to resign. Plus, the stage is set for the next republican debate. Who made the cut . And the new poll showing momentum for one candidate in a key, early battleground state. And crisis at the border. Nbc news cameras are rolling as hundreds of migrants, including children, Cross The Rio Grande into texas. First, to michigan. Gabe gutierrez is at the nearby plant. Gabe, the uaw president called this an historic moment. Tell us more about it. Hi there, chris. Yes. The president sean feign calling it an historic moment and Standing Shoulder to shoulder with President Biden who seemed somewhat removed. That changed today. President biden using literally a president ial bull horn to give his full throated suppor
standing now? well you know what, look, we all, every one of us, the seven house managers, took our oath that we would protect and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies foreign and domestic, and we re going to use every ounce of energy, strength and intelligence to do just that. look, i was glad to see that the concessions that i believe leader mcconnell had to make yesterday, he had no choice. if he s going to convince the american people just a little bit that he is interested in delivering a fair trial i know he had some deliberations with some of the members within his caucus and so i was glad to see that happen. but look, our job is to continue to advance the ball down the field, and i think yesterday we had a pretty good day in doing that. yes, you did. [ applause ] house manager demings, this is sunny. we ve heard some rumblings that some democratic senators are considering a deal to subpoena either joe biden or his son hunter biden t
Well have the latest information. And later, our sunday sitdown with the cofounders of instagram. The social media phenomenon dreamed up less than seven years ago in a San Francisco coffee shop that now has 700 million users, including the holy father himself. Thats got to be a moment when the pope signs up for instagram and you help him get on. Whats your password going to be, your holiness. All he has to do is touch the signup button. Im like i really hope this works. Our sunday sitdown with the instagram guys. Plus, Academy Award winners tim robins and harry smith later in the show. Lets begin with the heated president ial election taking place right now in france, hours after a massive hack on the frontrunners campaign. Matt bradley is live for us in paris. Matt, good morning. Reporter good morning, willie. This is a crucial vote and not just for the future of france, but europe as a whole. Its still not exactly close. Emanuel macron is expected to beat Marine Le Pen by 20 . Well k
One man is dead after his car went over the embankment and into the creek of the according to officials, they were called out to nevada boulevard. When they arrived, they found a man inside the submerged car. According to chp, the driver was the only person in the car at the time of the crash. Now to our Storm Watch Team coverage and mack vich is live where crews are cleaning up lets start with jackie ward where some evacuation was in place. Jackie. Reporter michelle, heres where the rush river stands now. Im in kneedeep water. The water continues 50 to 60 yards from where im standing. Thats the beginning of the Johnsons Beach parking lot. A lot of flooding in this area. And its going to crest at 35 to 36 feet at 2 00 this afternoon. This is one of the areas seeing damage. Around 5 00 this morning, this tree in forestville came crashing down on top of a car pulling down power lines with it. Luckily the woman driving the car walked away unharmed. Marry bell had to be closed for a couple