hey there, everyone. i m alex witt at nbc world headquarters here in new york city. our top stories this hour, we are awaiting a key meeting that could be critical in helping the crisis on the southern border, as,000 more migrants begin their long journey north. secretary blinken and other officials plan to how old talks with mexico s president. we re look at what s at stake as resources are stretched to the limits. tension in the west bank after a new israeli drone attack kills six palestinians, and increasing threats from settlers put pressure on palestinians, who say they re being pushed out of their homes. back here in the u.s., gun shop owners are noting a new trend. black women buying guns at a rapid pace. what s behinds the spike in sales? we begin this hour with that critical meeting in mexico city. a u.s. delegation led by secretary blinken arrived in mexico just a few minutes ago. they ll meet with the president lopez obrador, as the administration trying to g
along with katie pavlich, harold ford jr., jesse watters, and she has a restraining order against the elf on a shelf, dana perino. the five. democrats painting republicans as murderers for simply wanting to have secure borders. check out what is happening in eagle past, texas, right now. a massive migrant snaking around in a line i would make the tsa jealous. thousands waiting to be processed by border patrol after they crossed into america illegally. texas governor greg abbott responding to the insanity by enacting sweeping new powers allowing cops to arrest illegals and put them back to mexico. basically he is doing the job that joe biden should be doing, but of course, dems are reacting to that by playing come of course, the murder card. you look at somebody like greg abbott, my governor, and his solution is to basically say, hey, we re going to kill people that are going to try to come in. that is not a solution. the governor of texas needs to take a look in the mir
will now on a war of words over what to do. border patrol officials a new development they are seeing. they say cartels are targeting our kids with deadly fentanyl. trying to smuggle in a rainbow colored pills. you see on the left. they are meant to look just like he had a pretty public and slamming the biden administration for what they say is not doing enough on this just days after vice president harris said the border is secure. they know exactly what is going on, on the board up or they still might become of the border is closed. it s absolutely ridiculous. one of the great things and was on the buses going up to new york and to washington d.c. and to martha s vineyard are proving in front of the press and all of the liberals, no the border is not open. kennedy: christina coleman on the newsom/desantis feud. let s go to lucas tomlinson with the very latest. hi eric. defendant setting those buses to new york sang millions of illegal immigrants have already crossed the
try to fill remaining positions. will also today president biden signed an executive order on abortion access following criticism within his own party. he s not doing enough to protect reproductive rights. white house correspondent peter doocy is following it all tonight from the north lawn. good evening, peter. good evening, mike. president biden s team pored over today s jobs report and filled up part of a speech with some numbers they think prove that things are going well and the president deserves credit. my economic plan is moving this country in a better direction. the reason to believe the president thinks that unemployment rate low and steady at 3.6%. recovered all of the jobs lost during the pandemic and added jobs on top of that. but more than 11 million jobs remain unfilled as hundreds of thousands have decided to stop looking. the labor force participation rate dropped another two tenths percent the labor force 300,000 people. fewer out there availabl
into the rio grande. multiple federal sources telling fox news their proposed discipline includes unpaid suspensions of up to 14 days. days after that initial incident and before an investigation could play out, president biden falsely accused the agents and promised consequences. we don t want people being strapped. it s outrageous. i promise you those people will pay. commissioner magness claimed today those comments put no pressure on investigators. i have a high confidence in their work. and i don t believe there has been any issues with outside influence. meantime massive migrants pushing across the border. more than 100 immigrants crossing illegally into eagle pass. late yesterday afternoon we saw know group of 200 crossing illegally also in eagle past. almost all of them single adult men. and on wednesday, fox news witnessed this single massive group of 536 migrants crossing