And the Saudi Super League has kicked off with some of the worlds top footballers but its come with controversy. Critics say the country is using sport to distract from its human rights record. We begin with the continuing tragedy in hawaii. The death toll from wildfires there has risen to 55. But hundreds more are still missing on the island of maui, and its feared that the number of dead could rise significantly. Governorjosh green has called the fires catastrophic and the largest in the states history. President biden proclaimed the fires a major disaster, freeing up federal funding for rescue and Recovery Efforts. Meanwhile firefighters continue to battle the flames. The bbc has been speaking to survivors sharing dramatic stories of escape and destruction. You can follow our live page for some of those stories, images, and the latest developments. We are now expecting a Press Conference shortly. And we will bring that too you as soon as it starts. Joining me now is Mojtaba Sadegh a
welcome to world news america on pbs and around the globe. tens of thousands of people have been gathering along this is ciudad juarez on the mexican side of the border. they ve been there for weeks, and many are expected to try to cross into the us in the coming days. that s because a temporary law introduced during the pandemic that makes it easier to remove migrants from the us is expiring later tonight. the us has been beefing up its security forces along the 2,000 mile border. that s where we start tonight. sophie long is in el paso, texas. sophie, president biden himself said this week that the border situation wil be chaotic for a while. what s the situation on the ground where you are? interestingly, at the moment, where interestingly, at the moment, where i am, in el paso, a stone s throw away from one of the crossings, it s very quiet. for many months here there has been hundreds of people who have made it across the border, sleeping on the streets of el paso, to
expires. our border is not open. but with washington deadlocked on how to fix it, what s the long-term solution? i ll speak with homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas and house gop homeland security chairman mark green, next. and deal or no deal, as the u.s. barrels closer to a debt ceiling deadline, president biden says the two sides are making progress. can they strike a deal in time? deputy treasury secretary wally joins me ahead. plus, primary problems. the president frames his re-election pitch around donald trump. sinister forces may believe they ll determine america s future. weil ron desantis makes his case for change. if we focus the election on the past, the democrats are going to beat us again. will voters agree? hello, i m dana bash in washington, where the state of our union is wishing all of the moms out there a very happy mother s day. president biden is making his general election pitch to voters, painting 2024 as another battle fo
fighters will withdraw from a high profile battle in ukraine next week. the major blow to russian president vladimir putin and what it could mean for the war if they do retreat. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments here. i want to begin in ukraine with the latest commenting from the leader of russia s wagner group, threatening to withdraw from bakhmut if he s not supplied with more ammunition. this graphic video with the bodies of russian soldiers, he would draw as soon as next wednesday, significantly after victory day celebrations in russia. this is a guy trying to earn putin s good graces, the latest declaration is shocking. reporter: the words in the declaration are not necessarily so surprising because we have heard him in recent days since last week make this claim that he says russia s ministry of defense is not providing his group with enough ammunition in bakhmut. what is surprising here is the tone that he has in these videos and the