good day to our virs iewers the united states and around the world. i m danny freeman in for kasie hunt. it is 4:00 a.m. in mexico city where secretary of state antony blinken is set to meet with the mexican president. they will discuss ways to stem the surge of migrants at the southern u.s. border and they will be joined by homeland security secretary mayorkas. more than 11,000 migrants are still waiting in shelters and camps as they have for years for a chance to enter the u.s. legally, but this one border patrol sector which includes eagle pass, texas, migrant encounters have dropped significantly. more from rosa flores. reporter: as a migrant caravan forms in southern mexico with thousands, the scene in eagle pass, texas has changed. the area where thousands were waiting to be transported last week were emptied out this week. the flow appearing to be down a trickle. a senior customs and border protection official telling cnn that while the scene at eagle pass has improv
battle ahead could take many more months. plus, just hours from now secretary of state antony blinken and homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas are set to meet with mexican president just as thousands of central american migrants make their way to the united states southern border. we ll break down what this means and the key issues up for discussion. and also ahead the detroit pistons made nba history but for all the wrong reasons. the record they just broke that has everyone talking. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, december 27th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we get right to the news and the israeli military has expanded its ground offensive into urban refugee camps in central gaza. the idf is also focusing on southern gaza s largest city as part of its stated mission to destroy hamas. officials say progress has been made in the north and that troops will continue to, quote, preserve and intensify t
debt ceiling deal is reached. there are many moving parts. we have details on to phone calls happening as both sides iron out the details. congressman, richie torres, from new york, joins me for moments when we break down what we know. good day from msnbc world headquarters in new york, welcome to alex witt reports. i m in for alex today. we begin with breaking news. a lock happening on capitol hill this hour. white house officials and house republicans are preparing for a call any minute now. their calls between president biden and speaker kevin mccarthy. house republicans are than expected to release the full text of the debt ceiling agreement negotiated by both sides. at five p m today, democrats will get a briefing on the agreement from white house officials. here is some of what both sides say is in the deal. it raises the debt ceiling until 2025. it cuts 1.5 trillion and spending. it increases defense spending. as new work requirements for some government programs, and
get every noon everybody i m yasmin vossoughian. president biden arriving at the white house moments ago he has a busy afternoon ahead of him a call with house speaker kevin mccarthy scheduled on the debt deal and briefing calls with house and senate democrats it is coming as congressman on both of the highway for that actual bill coming from that tentative agreement to raise the debt ceiling in avoided default. we did a conference call, our confidence was over 95%. we overwhelmingly clearly excited. did i get with what i want? no today get all of what they want? no. i am very pleased. we are at a good place. now comes the race against time for the president and house speaker mccarthy to sell it to enough for their party members to get it passed ahead of a june default. no two people have more on the line in all of this. president biden just returning to the white house. nbc news white house correspondent allie raffa is there for us. president biden stopped for a moment
cunningham, frank figliuzzi, tim alexander. that is tonight s reidout. i m going to turn things over to my pal and colleague. chris hayes. hey, chris. a, joy and at this hour, the country is grappling with the release of some video, with, i guess you would call it an encounter, that resulted in the death of a 29-year-old black man. it s on january 7th. that evening, around 8:30, memphis police officers stopped tyre nichols because, they say an emphasis on they say we still don t know, when where the other. they suspected him of reckless driving. today, the memphis chief of police told nbc news that the department is still unable to find evidence as to why the officers stopped tyre nichols that evening. in an initial statement when this happened, memphis police claim that, quote, a confrontation occurred notice the passive language between officers and nichols and nichols ran away on foot. they said that there was, quote, another confrontation when officers a