the white house between president biden and the top four congressional leaders as negotiators struggle to come to a deal on border policy and aid for ukraine. meanwhile, the humanitarian crisis at the border now overwhelming first responders. we ll talk to the fire chief and eagle pass, texas, who says his rescuers are, quote, tired of seeing dead people. and we ll speak with former el paso congressman beto o rourke, who criticizes both sides for failing to act. and we begin this hour in a federal courtroom, right here in new york city, where former president donald trump is listening to writer e. jean carroll testify against him. this is happening in damages portion of the second defamation case she has brought against him. with us to start off our coverage this hour, nbc news correspondent garrett haake, manchester, new hampshire, nbc news rehema ellis, and jessica roth, former federal prosecutor in new york, who is now a professor at cardoza law school. rehema, what is h
now, john. all right. important update there, chad. thank you very much. a sudden departure this morning by a key figure in the january 6th investigation. tony ornato, the sis tachbt director of the secret service left the agency on monday. it comes two months after his name came up in explosive testimony by former white house aide cassidy hutchinson. she said ornato told her then president trump was furious with his security detail for refusing to take him to the capitol on january 6th. the president said something to the effect of i m the f ing president, take me up to the capitol now to which bobby responded, sir, we have to go back to the west wing. the president reached up towards the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel. mr. engel grabbed his arm, said, sir, you need to take your hand off the steering wheel, we re going back to the west wing. we re not going to the capitol. mr. trump then used his free hand to lunge toward bobby engel. when mr. ornat
the u.s. economy or fighting inflation next year. before we went into the pandemic, one in ten borrowers were in default. that s a problem for those people now, and it is also a problem going forward. but again, growth and fighting inflation is never what this program was really focused as a problem to solve. beth, what do you say to that? yeah. that s right. several months ago in the economic downturn from covid. people saying let s cancel these student loans. that will be a stimulative event, giving people cash. at the same time those same people seem to be arguing, no, it s not an inflationary thing. this is all beside the point. we have a system of higher ed finances not working well. people are arguing on inflation because it s the issue du jour.
dana: it s primary day in seven states, including new york where michael grimm is trying to get his seat back. joining me now, meredith kelly and matt gorman at the nrcc. matt, let s start with you. in new york, with this michael grimm seat against dan donovan, does the nrcc have a preferred outcome here? you know, thanks for having me first of all, we support dan donovan. he s run a great campaign so far. he has a record of accomplishment and believe he will be victorious tonight. that s not the only primary in new york. upstate in john sass direct, single payers become the issue du jour in that race and a
issue du jour and he could be viable if he runs. i agree with tom. haley barbour is not a racist. he likes to talk as i do and sometimes puts his not it but he s a good guy and would about good credible candidate. almost an endorsement, right? he doesn t want my endorsement. tom davis, govern e rendell thanks for coming in. up next, top stories and detouring to college sports and connecticut women s basketball team looks to make history. if you live for performance, upgrade to castrol edge advanced synthetic oil. with eight times better wear protection than mobil 1. castrol edge. it s more than just oil.