david, i just spoke with the family attorney who says that boy s mother could be days away from crossing into the u.s. to have her asylum claim heard and that boy could be released into the custody of his uncle as early as tomorrow. david? matt gutman continues to follow the situation on the southern border for us. matt, thank you. in the meantime, next tonight to efforts to expand the supreme court by some democrats. but tonight, house speaker nancy pelosi saying she won t support it, saying she won t bring that bill to expand the court to the floor, saying the president s infrastructure bill is her priority. earlier today, some congressional democrats introduced a bill to add four more justices to the high court, accusing republicans of stealing seats to build a conservative majority. to the economy, new numbers that show america on the mend. just 576,000 people filed for unemployment benefits last week. that s a new low. in this pandemic. 16.9 million are still collecting bene
in the near future. let s bring in mary tonight. president biden sanctioning russia, but at the same time in recent days inviting vladimir putin to meet face-to-face in the coming months, trying to forge some sort of a working relationship here. reporter: david, the president is walking a bit of a fine line here. he s trying to punish russia while also trying to move forward in what he described today as a, quote, candid and respectful conversation. biden this week invited putin to meet face-to-face this summer to discuss areas where they can work together going forward. tonight that meeting is still under discussion. david? we ll see where this goes. mary bruce, thank you. back here at home and to the southern boarder and the new and troubling image this evening a 2-year-old boy dropped by a smuggler from a 18-foot border wall into the u.s. tonight here, the story behind that child and the thousand of children now here. here s our chief national crrespondent matt gutman. r