ukraine after russia unleashed a round of brutal missile attacks just hours after the white house said it will send american tanks to the ukrainian watt thefield. weems we ll take you live to kharkiv. in virginia, a school board fired its embattled superintendent after new claims that administrators were warned multiple times that a 6-year-old student had a gun just before shooting his teacher. in washington more than 70 democrats in the house and senate are urging president biden to reconsider new are restrictions for those seeking asylum. just as the administration is touting. we ll talk to congressman ruiz about what can be done to fix our broken immigration system. and why one organization is arging tee knows are being excluded. we ll ask the chairman about what needs to be done to address the lack of latino representation in hollywood. we begin this hour with brand new nbc news exclusive reporting. president biden is considering a visit to europe to mark the one ye
putin is facing another round of military setbacks. and at our nation s border, the government says arrests have now exceededn just one year. we ll talk to the chair of a congressional hispanic conference, raul ruiz about that and much more. and we begin with our top story this morning, hurricane fiona strengthening to a category 3 storm after devastating parts of the caribbean leaving at least three dead in puerto rico and one dead in the dominican republic. now, the storm is now barrelling up the atlantic taking aim at turks and caicos. next, take a look at the intended path of this of this storm. meanwhile, let s take a look at puerto rico: we re expecting an update later this hour right there after fiona made landfall on sunday as a category 1 hurricane unleashing massive floods. two feet of rain and landslides. the island s power grid ravaged again, four out of five people still without power this morning. over 800,000 people do not have access to running water. th
washington and albany. the allegations, denials and calls for his resignation continue. welcome to monday. it s meet the press daily. i m kasie hunt in for chuck the biden administration is facing an urgent crisis. due to a surge in migrant crossings and in unaccompanied mine grant children, the white house is trying to surge resources to the southern border. federal facilities are being overwhelmed. they are deploying fema and building temporary shelters. they are housing migrant children for longer than the law allows. they are facing difficult questions about how much their border and immigration policies might be contributing to the problem. last week the white house coordinator for the border said it might by a response of the softening of the hard line and in some cases inhumane immigration policies. she and other officials have emphasized, the border is not open. as the new york times notes, migrants hopes have been drummed up by human smugglers who promise t
take the dough. you can be sure that all of their states and communities will be benefiting from this, and they won t be complaining about it back home. the republican party clearly adrift in the absence of donald trump. and without a new plan, they re returning to their greatest hits. on that familiar set list, culture wars. a recent example, senator ted cruz s new fund-raiser. he s now signing copies of dr. seuss book green eggs and ham, and it can be yours for a $60 donation. that is not policy. that s not making american lives better. it is distraction in lieu of governing. what senator cruz ignores is it was dr. seuss estate that made the decision to stop publishing six books due to their racist and insensitive imagery. but it doesn t matter if it fires up the base and helps those voters forget that you didn t want to partake in legislation that would send them desperately needed relief, all while reducing childhood poverty by nearly 50%. next up, a tune you might
mystery to me now that i got to spend some real time hanging with your mother and father. and your brother just a little over a week ago. and so, you know, listen. anyone with that mother and that tab, you had such a great launch and life, rachel maddow. yes, i did. lawrence, i will tell everybody what you re talking about. i had a book event in provincetown. it was fantastic. it was really nice. and i did not get to see you at the event at all. but you sat with my family, and they are all in love with you. my mom, i m going to totally embarrass her. how old is lawrence? [ laughter ] it is an official secret. hey. and my dad instantly knew what she was on about. and hey, it was great. it was very kind of you to come. it was really nice. and i was invited backstage to interrupt you and tony kirschner, but my rule is never interrupt the stars before going on stage. i known you were lurking in the doorway, i would have clung to you. thank you. and packed house in pro