and sbc host, jen psaki. that interview coming up in minutes. and a very good day to all of you from nbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome to alex witt reports. we begin with the breaking news, right, now the senate is holding a sunday session as lawmakers scramble to lockdown a last-minute deal on funding for both ukraine and israel. this comes after republican scrapped a bipartisan border deal that would have finalized that budget for wartime. we have a live report ahead for you. of course, that wartime aid, in the meantime. a second vote on all hundred mayorkas impeachment. that is set for tuesday after house republicans first attempt fell short last week. today, secretary mayorkas is dismissing the vote. calling the gop s allegations against him a distraction. there are baseless allegations, kristen. that is why i am not distracted by them. i am focused on the work of the department of homeland security. i ve got a busy day today, after the show. a busy day
this was the view across the israel lebanon border earlier today where we ve seen a thick plume of black smoke in the sky as hostilities continue in that border area. so, let s start this hour by hearing from israel s prime minister. translation: last night, - i talked again with president biden. i do appreciate us steadfast position at the security council a position which backs our war effort. yesterday, i told president biden that we will fight until total victory, as long as it takes. the us understands this. i saw false reports that claimed the united states has prevented us from operational activities in the region. this is not true. israel is a sovereign country. our war decisions are based on our operational considerations. this is the live scene over the israel gaza border, where we ve seen continued bombardement this weekend. an israel military spokesman says it s expanding its ground operations in the southern and northern parts of the gaza strip. reuters is
fredricka whitfield. we ve got a lot to get to, including as the political season ramps up, the biden white house is continuing with focus on the president s opponents on the crisis at the southern border. former president donald trump s harsh rhetoric and the new contentious law and migrant arrests have reignited the interest of immigrants in the potential election, and elevating the fight over immigration policy to new heights. and now house speaker mike johnson is calling for biden to take executive action to secure the border. so joining me to discuss is kevin liptak at the white house. thanks for being back with us. what is the administration doing to help the situation at the southern border? reporter: they are urgently looking for solutions here. and the phrase that you hear from officials is breaking point, as they re describing what s happening on the southern border, and the numbers really do reflect that. in recent days more than 10,000 migrants unlawfully crosse
where there is fighting. he also told reporters he did not demand a ceasefire. mr netanyahu said he reiterated that the war will continue until all the objectives are met. from jerusalem, our correspondent lucy williamson has more. explosions. in gaza, this is the new normal drone strikes in the border town of rafah, emptying the local market. 17 year old joe, filming on his phone, still clutching his bag of shopping and calling on god for protection. america has blocked un calls for a ceasefire. israel says it needs to keep fighting to keep up the pressure on hamas. if you want a ceasefire, that, from israel s perspective, can only happen with the release of hostages. as you know, hamas continues to hold over 100 hostages. there s a chance, because they want that ceasefire, they need that ceasefire, they will agree to the hostages but had we to be frank, had we agreed to the un secretary general s proposal over a month ago for this unilateral ceasefire, we would never ha