headed for disaster, the growing fear that the country is edging closer to a fiscal cliff. the question? who playing first. joe joins me live with the latest on the debt ceiling showdown. the power of protest, justin jones is here to talk about taking his fight for reform to the next level. and, a few punchlines from i believe in the first amendment. not just because my good friend jimmy madison wrote it. half this room thinks i m keenan thompson. [laughter] the other half things on louis armstrong. president biden thinks i m the dad of family matters. i m jonathan capehart, this is the sunday show.
southern border as a significant deadline looms. dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas calls on congress for support ahead of unexpected migrants surge when covid era restrictions are lifted next month. we are seeing a level of migration not just at our southern border but throughout the hemisphere that is unprecedented. it is the greatest migration in our hemisphere since world war ii. the president on day one delivered a solution. he delivered immigration reform legislation that we had hoped congress would act on swiftly. they have not. within the constraints of a broken immigration system, we are doing so much. president biden pulled no punchlines at the white house correspondents dinner as his 2024 reelection bid bid dominates the headlines. today, democratic lawmakers made it clear why voters should keep president biden in the white house. compare him to the alternative, recognize the
it was, might have landed with a thud instead of the boom they thought. i think trump got a bump out of this. we will see how long it lasts. howard: still to come, how abc edited its bobby kennedy junior interview, the legacy of jerry springer and some good punchlines from last night s white house correspondents dinner.
it s all about timing, right? at the end of the day, when it comes to delivering these punchlines. i m sure he does, i don t know that for sure, but i m sure with any other speeches we see him do, this is rehearsed for sometime now. i know that from past events that we ve seen, usually these jokes are sort of collected over the year since the last white house correspondents dinner. so expect not just in the recent timeframe, but expects on these jokes to have references that go back a couple months. you wonder when you re in the room, which journalist is going to be the target of some of the presidents, and of course the host jokes? we ll have to wait and see. thank you, by the way, remind our coverage of the white house correspondents dinner begins tonight at 8 pm eastern right here on msnbc, streaming on peacock as well. you don t wanna miss that. that wraps up for me everybody, i m yasmin, i ll be back in the chair tomorrow 2 pm eastern from new york. simone starts right now.