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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 bei...

hearing. hours after testimony from families involved in mass shooting, the house passes a package. while those measures are not likely to pass senate, bipartisan negotiations on a different compromise are showing promise. president biden is urging voters to keep this issue in mind at the ballot box. >> here's what has to happen. all of you folks, and i hope -- i'm not being facetious when i say this, hope there are republicans here as well, you've got to make sure that this becomes a voting issue. >> here in los angeles, president biden is underscoring the importance of democracy ...

Amazing to me, but i just found out recently that an old friend who is not so old, 62 years old, just, after a very successful life, just overdosed on heroin. and i think to your point, it's cheaper, more available in many ways than some of the opiods, since she could not apparently get a prescription for what she thought she needed. most americans don't realize it. 100% of the heroin that we consume in the united states is, in fact, produced in mexico. it's creeping down into central america. they have responded, the cartels, the networks, have responded to the demand. so indead of asia, sout...

Pouchs security cordon around the u.s. mission to intimidate from approaching that mission and end of democracy programs such as training of independent journalists and information technology programs that woor taking place from the mission. if the obama admission acquiesce acquiesced fwens the vienna conventions and unprecedented in the western hem is sphere, i think it would be a very big problem. close scrutiny is merited by congress. >> the administration has been saying that the last half century and moves made have not yielded much progress. and with the issue of human rights, that they ...

Clear their land, and create some shelter, and they're sending -- starting tomorrow -- about 8,000 of these boxes, or 2,000 i think already in the dominican republic, but this week they're getting these boxes together, they're sending 8,000 down to haiti. ivan's with me, because rye van spent a lot of time in haiti watching this stuff. they are sending toolboxes with all kind of stuff, duct tape and a hacksaw to cut through the iron, they're calling a hammer, but, you know, it's a real big one. >> heavy duty. >> crowbar. >> right. >> rope, tarp, gloves, buckets, gloves, safety glasses. does th...