good day. i m chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. the humanitarian crisis on the border. it is the challenge that americans say they want solved more than any other problem. and now president biden is making his most dramatic move yet to deal with illegal immigration. will today s executive action come too late to reverse the political damage that has been years in the making? plus details about the president s son, including claims he was smoking crack every 15 minutes emerging on day one of the federal trial. the defense is using the opening statement to argue that hunter biden was in deep denial and may not have considered himself a drug addict. outside the courtroom, a dramatic altercation between hunter biden s wife and a former trump white house aide. a group of senate republicans refusing to do their jobs and using baseless conspiracy theories around donald trump s conviction as an excuse. how could that impact what has been one of the least pr
drug addict. outside the courtroom, a dramatic altercation between hunter biden s wife and a former trump white house aide. a group of senate republicans refusing to do their jobs and using baseless conspiracy theories around donald trump s conviction as an excuse. how could that impact what has been one of the least productive congresses in american history? we have got a lot to get to. we begin with president biden taking dramatic executive action today to effectively shut down the southern border, trying to address whatconsistently been one of voters top concerns and a political liability that plagued his administration from day one. new details just released an hour ago after the president signed the action outlining a plan to temporarily shut down the border when illegal crossings top 2500 a day. daily crossings are averaging more than 4,000 a day, according to dhs. the move comes after republicans