exclusive report reveals federal investigators are looking into whether 50 children were vitims of human trafficking amid allegations they were illegally employed to clean slaughter houses. we begin with a high stakes fiscal fight now underway here in the nation s capital. the treasury secretary said today could be the day the u.s. reaches its borrowing limit. once that happens, the treasury department will start taking extraordinary measures to make sure the nation pays its bills, but those measures could run out sometime in june. now it s up to congress to raise the debt limit. many republicans say they will not do so unless there are cuts in federal spending setting the stage for an economic showdown with democrats and the white house which insists the debt ceiling increase is nongauchable. it s something that should be done without conditions. we should not be negotiating around it. it is the duty, the basic duty of congress to get that done. so we re not going to neg
this. because it is important. it s something that maybe happening below the surface on the local level. this man in new mexico in the name of the big lie almost killed a bunch of people. his own ini january 6th. and that does it for us this morning. jose diaz-balart picks up the coverage. 10:00 a.m. eastern. i m jose diaz-balart. the u.s. could hit its borrowing limit today. setting the stage for an intense battle on capitol hill where republicans say they will not raise the debt limit without major spending cuts. former treasury secretary lew will join us. president biden is now headed to california to tour the catastrophic damage left behind by a string of powerful and deadly storms. we ll break down what this means for vulnerable communities now struggling to recover. also this hour, an nbc news