As the number of migrants arriving at the southern border reaches record levels. Economic side effect . Popular drugs like ozempic used to suppress appetites may be having another impact on Grocery Stores bottom lines. And remembering a football legend. We look back at the life and career of hall of famer dick butkus. Good morning, and good to be with you. Im annemarie green. We start with the crisis at the border. The Biden Administration is reversing policy to build new bare yerks and its also set to resume direct deportation flights. The changes come amid the surge of migrants illegally crossing into the country, and cities are running out of room to house them. Naomi ruchim is here in new york, one of those cities dealing with this crisis. Good morning. Reporter annemarie, good morning. This aboutface from the white house quickly sparked pushback across the country and beyond, including from environmentalists, democratic lawmakers, and even mexicos president. When asked, President
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outside the courthouse but, yesterday, the biden campaign held the surprise event there. i don t understand that. we will tell you who was there and dig into that campaign strategy. also ahead, the latest from gaza where israeli forces are moving into the city of rafah. it comes days after an israeli air strike ignited a deadly fire at a camp for displaced palestinians. let s dive in to our top story. after 21 days of heated testimony, the defense and the prosecution delivered closing arguments yesterday in donald trump s criminal hush money trial. nbc news laura jarrett has a recap. the first trial of an american president soon in the hands of seven men and five women. prosecutors closing their case arguing former president trump orchestrated a criminal conspiracy to influence the 2016 election to pull the wool over voter s eyes, they say, by ordering the payoff of stormy daniels and covering it all up. they tried to establish a pattern of mr. trump damaging stories
under trump this kind of government will perish from the earth. in a surprise move the biden campaign sent a surrogate of its own to lower manhattan yesterday. two-time academy award winner robert de niro. we ll have more of the actor s warnings about the dangers of a possible second donald trump presidency. and of course we ll go through what happened inside the courtroom as well. during closing arguments in the former president s criminal hush money trial as we are now just hours away from the start of jury deliberations. plus we ll go through new reporting on the deadly israeli air strike in rafah and the biden administration s response to the tragedy. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, may 29th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. and we have a big show this morning. and in just hours donald trump s fate will be in the hands of a juror. both the defense and prosecution delivered their closing arguments yesterday in
Melber and chuck todd. Later, a sunday sitdown with the current king of country music, Chris Stapleton. Were at home in tennessee with a man who spent years in nashville as a songwriter before breaking out on his own with a lot of help and harmony from his wife, morgan. Hes completely true to himself and it out shined the sun in a lot of ways to me. I dont know if thats youre blushing, chris. Well, outshine the son. Co sun. A sunday sitdown with Chris Stapleton and his wife and harry smith. Lets begin with new questions about what President Trump may have known after a tweet from his account claiming he fired former National Security adviser Michael Flynn for lying to the fbi. Could that tweet put the president in legal jeopardy . Nbcs jeff bennett is at the white house with more for us. Jeff, good morning. Reporter good morning, willie. This morning special counsel Robert Muellers russia investigation appears to inch closer to the president s inner circle. President trump is defiant s