there at roxam road where canada has seen asylum seekers coming from the u.s., often people who crossed the southern border, made their way to new york city and bused upstate new york, trying to cross into canada. canada immigration officials have taken them in but now it is becoming a burden to canada. canada will now be able to deny entry to those people, they ll come back into the united states, and in exchange canada has agreed to take in 15,000 refugees and asylum seekers from central and south america. what could come next could have an impact on people who are coming from canada and into the united states. as we reported we have seen an uptick of ten times the amount that we saw last year of mexicans flying illegally into can did and coming across the southern border. it could be that we understand that u.s. officials are now talking about a new agreement where the same transit band that they re trying to put in place on the southern border that would keep asylum seekers from
reporter: yeah, jose, we are learning new information about this latest attack that took place just this morning in eastern syria. u.s. defense official telling nbc news that eight rockets, eight rockets were aimed at this base used by u.s. and coalition forces. we re told by national security officials that no americans or coalition personnel were wounded or injured. there were no casualties of any kind, they say. in the words of john kirby, on the ground here in canada where the president is to meet with the prime minister justin trudeau today, he says that that effort was, quote, totally ineffective. but it is notable because it is an escalation of what we have been witnessing over the course of the last several years, 78 attacks on bases across syria, many of them with drones and rockets, and the belief of the united states central command, the intelligence analysis is that many of them are due to
ottawa, canada, this morning. we were listening. we were able to listen to some of the conversations. he is welcomed to the canadian parliament. take a short break. powerful tornadoes could hit the south hours from now. bill karins is tracking it all for us next.u you are watching nbâ– jose diaz-balart reports. for all-day energy. you re doing business in an app driven, multi-cloud world. that s why you choose vmware. with flexible multi-cloud services that enable digital innovation and enterprise control, vmware helps you keep your cloud options open. #1 isn t a status earned overnight. it s earned in every wash, and re-earned every day.
president biden will take part in an official welcome ceremony in ottawa, canada, he ll be meeting with prime minister justin trudeau before addressing parliament there. the president s visit comes as both countries face several key issues, including the humanitarian crisis in haiti and a rise in asylum seekers. and, today, biden and trudeau are expected to announce a deal that will allow the u.s. and canada to reject asylum seekers who cross the border without authorization according to american officials. joining us now from ottawa is monica alba, also with us julia ainsley. what can you tell us about the president s schedule today? reporter: well, this is a whirlwind 24-hour trip. president biden, the first lady arrived late last night. they had a meeting with the governor general and went to the residence of prime minister justin trudeau and his wife mrs. sophie trudeau for an evening meeting that wasn t in front of the cameras. today there is a lot more
public-facing, we re going to see entire jam-packed couple of hours. the president, the prime minister will have a bilateral meeting, an extended meeting then with both of their delegations, where we are expect ing them to hash out the details. they re going to be talking about modernizing norad, increasing defense spending, the issue and the humanitarian crisis and violence in haiti. among a lot of other really intractable issues that the u.s. and canada would like to work together on. and after that, the president will be addressing canadian parliament in these buildings behind me that you see here in ottawa. and that is something that presidents of both parties have done for decades, but, of course, under the trump administration it was a very different tone when it came to relationships between former president trump and prime minister trudeau and those cabinets. that s why the u.s. is saying this trip is very important, traditionally the first for a new president after taking offi