Congress only has four working days left. Will republicans come together and do their jobs . We are talking to senator, raphael warnock, about why some republicans want to shut it down, and what role the senate can play before time runs out. Plus, i sat down with rap star, quavo, when he came to the Nations Capital this week. How he turned the trauma of witnessing his own nephew getting shot and killed, into activism against gun violence that plagues communities across the country. And, autoworkers expand their strike to plants in 20 states. A contract talks now with two of the big three automakers. How that is likely to impact you, and high stakes for the u. S. Economy. Im symone sanderstownsend, and i have something to say. We are a week away from a government shutdown. The House Of Representatives has gone home. Yeah, yall, the clock is ticking. The pressure is on. But they are getting nothing done. Lets review. Representatives left town after the House Republican majority failed no
remain in texas policy for illegal immigrants. the la times is reporting that the white house is thinking about using gps monitoring to force some migrant families who cross the border illegally to stay near the border in texas effectively restricting them from traveling across the united states. the times reports the idea here would be to discourage migrant families from crossing illegally and to help deport them quickly if they fail initial asylum screenings. texas governor greg abbott though is slamming the idea tweeting in part, quote, biden considers forcing migrant families to remain in texas. this scam was tried years ago and was shot down by a judge. we will send biden the same swift justice and add even more buses of migrants to washington, dc. the president of the union representing front line border patrol agents also shot down the proposal on fox news today. as much as i hate the catch and release, i also recognize what the laws are and the laws are, if this adm
that category, two women and one young child. we have reason to believe that one of those americans will be released today. until we see her out safely from gaza, in the hands of the authorities and ultimately in the hands of her family, we will not be certain. let s get right to nbc news correspondent, eric mclaughlin, in tel aviv, erin, thank you for joining us. what more can you tell us about what s expected to happen today? well, we re waiting for a news, still no word on today s expected exchange. there is this new hope that an american could be among the hostages released. this of course follows last night successful exchange of 13 israeli hostages and 39 palestinians. one of the israeli hostages released is nine year emily hand, she was on october 7th, she had been staying at a friend hamas militants, stormed into gaza and initially she had been reported dead, that s what her father says he was told, that was corrected weeks later. last night, we saw, just a he
fredricka would you like to enjoy a baseball game from that seat? yellow everyone. thank you so much for joining me is back on the campaign trail hoping to re-energize his election bid after sure. when he acknowledged was a weak debate performance thursday night, the president just touching down in east hampton, new york. today s making several campaign stops on long island and in new jersey as well today but it comes as cnn has learned, the democratic party leaders are conducting polls to determine if biden is really the best candidates the party is conducting new poles to determine if biden will drag down candidates down ballot especially in critical races in the house and senate. cnn s arlette saenz as jordi us right now with a very latest on this. arlette out. what more are you learning about these efforts behind the scenes? well fread, we re learning that behind the scenes, democrats are quite anxious relating to the president s debate performance on thursday night. and
jesse: not at hooters. bret: but the wings are great. gogood evening. i m bret baier. two days to go and hillary clinton is offering advice to deal with former president trump this week s debate. government investigators issue a report on the train derailment in east palestine, ohio. common ground segment deals with bipartisan solution to food cost, water woes and security issues. but, first, breaking tonight former president donald trump is now free to comment on certain aspects of his new york criminal trial in which he was convicted on 34 felony counts. the judge in that case has just modified former president trump s gag order. ahead of the july 11th sentencing in that case. this comes on the third day of efforts by the former president s legal team to get rid of the classified documents case against him in florida. national correspondent jeff paul is following that effort in fort pierce, florida tonight. good evening, jeff. yeah, good evening. bret. and special