expires. our border is not open. but with washington deadlocked on how to fix it, what s the long-term solution? i ll speak with homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas and house gop homeland security chairman mark green, next. and deal or no deal, as the u.s. barrels closer to a debt ceiling deadline, president biden says the two sides are making progress. can they strike a deal in time? deputy treasury secretary wally joins me ahead. plus, primary problems. the president frames his re-election pitch around donald trump. sinister forces may believe they ll determine america s future. weil ron desantis makes his case for change. if we focus the election on the past, the democrats are going to beat us again. will voters agree? hello, i m dana bash in washington, where the state of our union is wishing all of the moms out there a very happy mother s day. president biden is making his general election pitch to voters, painting 2024 as another battle fo
other moms out there on this mother s day? nobody has perfect work/life balance. everybody struggles. do the best you can. you are growing the next generation for our nation. senator duckworth, happy mother s day. thanks for coming in. thank you. we hope you made those brunch reservations. it s time to celebrate a hard- workining moms in all of our lives. we will be right back.
clock. governor mapp, thank you for joining us. serial van yay is in st. martin. we ve been hearing tragic reports about the damage. what have you seen? anderson, first of all, allow me to break one of the first rules of journalism. you are told don t put yourself in the story. when you re covering a story like this, it s impossible. when the infrastructure is down, everybody it s a level playing field. everybody struggles, we do, the people do. we just landed about three hours ago at st. martin airport on the dutch side. the scenes were like haiti a few years ago. you may remember the scene, which is a number of the building just down. the only thing that s clear is the tarmac.
and they re putting that together to let us know. the good thing is that about 70%, 80% of the officers in st. thomas, st. john, lost their homes as well. and we have officers on duty. we were happy with that. they ve been working around the clock. governor mapp, thank you for joining us. cyril, i know you just got on the ground in st. martin. we ve been hearing tragic reports about the damage. what have you seen? reporter: anderson, first of all, allow me to break one of the first rules of georgism. when you re in journalism class, you re told not to put yourself in the story. when you re covering a story like this, it s impossible. when the infrastructure is down, everybody it s a level playing field. everybody struggles, we do, the people do. we just landed about three hours ago at st. martin airport on the