to lead talks on how to stem the surge in illegal border crossings. those crossings reaching historic proportions with authorities routinely reporting 10,000 encounter a day. the influx is in border authorities, 10,000 in custody right now. so stretched are resources, customs and border patrol had to close two major railway crossings and other ports of entry so they can shuffle agents to busier points along the border. $43 billion in trailed a year are carried on those two rail lines alone. no telling how politically costly an extended closure could be. with congress on holiday, talks for a comprehensive border package have installed, and with them, hopes for ukraine and israel aid. republicans say funding for those embattled nations must be paired with measures to secure the u.s. mexico border. it s a quid pro quo triggering a backlash who fear an asylum and refugee crackdown could hurt the party among latino voters. joining us now, nbc news correspondent guad venegas who s
there were police there. it looked calm. lots of media cameras. it is happening. new york is stungling to house more than 40,000 migrants bused from the southern border over the past year. the city is also plagued by crime and homelessness. the president will be talking about infrastructure. bill: he will announce $3 hundred million in funding for a new tunnel under the hudson river. critics say it s distracting from issues. dana: a new poll reveal what voters say the country s biggest problem is. not infrastructure. it is poor leadership. bill: just a few blocks from the west side rail yard where the president talks today, the migrants crisis is boiling over. talking a few blocks now. authorities trying to relocate adult male asylum seekers from one hotel to a new shelter in brooklyn to make way for new families coming in. some of the men, though, all of them coming here single, are refusing to leave. dana: the president should visit the hotel. they won t hold their
for the white house. new cnn pulls out today show president biden, trailing donald trump in critical battleground states. laces that biden won in the last election and needs to win again. with just five weeks until the first votes are cast, republican presidential hopefuls are stepping up their attacks as a new poll in iowa shows donald trump s lead is only getting bigger. and under pressure. the president of the university of pennsylvania is force out and now calls are going for harvard president to resign after her comments on the rise of anti-semitism on campus. many jewish students at harvard say they don t feel safe. it felt like a failure of leadership. i was expecting a clear statement against anti-semitism and either here is our plan or we need your help implementing this and that instead of this, when hearing the lack of response, they attempt to evade. it just made us feel like alone in this. we start today with cnn s exclusive battleground state polls. who
back at war. after hamas breaks the seven-day truce, israel steps up attacks on southern gaza and the u.s. offers a warning. as israel defends itself, it matters how. how should israel respond? a war to eliminate hamas. nothing else will stop us. south carolina lindsey graham will join us. and as progressis split with president biden over the war and other priorities they won t vote. it s 2016 all over again. how much could that hurt biden in the fall? progressive caucus chairwoman pramila jayapal is here exclusively. and teflon don? six weeks before the iowa caucuses and drmonald trump is trying to flip the script. this campaign is a righteous crusade. can anyone counter him? our panel will discuss. hello. i m dana bash in washington where the state of our union is six weeks from the iowa caucuses, but this election cycle already feels a long time coming. in iowa this weekend, former president donald trump is trying to turn to the general election, with
back at war. after hamas breaks the seven-day truce, israel steps up attacks on southern gaza and the u.s. offers a warning. as israel defends itself it matters how. how should israel respond? eliminate hamas. nothing will stop us. south carolina republican lindsay graham joins me exclusively. plus using faith as progressives split with president biden over the war and other priorities. they won t vote. it s 2016 all over again. how much could that hurt biden in the fall? progressive caucus chairwoman pramila jayapal joining us. and teflon don? and donald trump is trying to flip the script. this campaign is a righteous crusade. can anyone counter him? our panel will discuss. hello. i m dana bash in washington where the state of our union is six weeks from the iowa caucuses, but this election cycle already feels a long time coming. in iowa this weekend former president donald trump is trying to turn to the general election with the brazen yet not surpri