a committee member joins us with more on that. and russia and chichina s leaders are meeting face to face. and speak with foreign relations committee chair bob menendez about it. today is day one of hispanic heritage month. we ll talk about efforts to address mental health access for latinos. plus thousands of people lining up for hours to pay their respects as the queen lies in state. we ll go live to london. we begin this hour with two buss with people who had crossed the border in texas arriing near the residence of vice president harris in washington, d.c. this according to fox news. they were reportedly sent by texas governor greg abbott, who has also sent buss with migrants to new york city in an effort to pressure the biden administration on immigration. this morning new york city mayor eric adams toured a center that s now helping those who were bussed there. el paso also bussed people theres last month. in florida the office of governor ron desantis provided
negotiators their due. he is meeting with them in the oval office. this case down to the wire with a source familiar with the negotiations telling nbc news the deal was reached early this morning after 20 hours of talks. there was, quote, a basic handshake at 2:30 a.m. and approval by the teamsters board at 4:30 a.m. it couldn t come at a more critical juncture as the biden administration tries to tame red hot 40 year high inflation with the midterms now just 53 days away. for some context about what a strike would mean for our economy, our web of railways are responsible for shipping about 40% of goods from grain to cars long distance across the u.s. a strike would cost our economy $2 billion every single day leading to empty shelves and higher prices for a public already feeling a price pinch. and just the last 45 minutes, transportation secretary pete buttigieg addressed the news while speaking in detroit. my appreciation to all of the parties that stayed at the table an
chris jansing picks it up from london. good thursday morning. in london thousands of mourners are lining the streets here inching forward mile by mile to westminster hall just to catch a glimpse of the queen lying in state. a line that is now 4.2 miles long, takes about nine hoep hours to get to the front. this morning we re learning new details from buckingham palace about what to expect at the funeral monday. and we ll have all of that for you coming up in a very short time. but we start with the breaking news at home, all indications are that the high stakes crisis has been averted. any moment now we will hear from president biden in the rose garden. the white house says a tentative deal has been reached to overt a railroad strike and a potential derailment of our economy. the president is giving