in japan. we are live on capitol hill with a look at where the talks stand right now. plus, let it go. for governor ron desantis cost his state a billion dollar project and thousands of jobs all because he is fighting a losing war with disney. how that disney drama and defending diversity will impact his presidential bid with desantis just days away from making it official. and later, tourist trap. america s gun crisis stretching far beyond its borders, a 700 advisories seven countries issue advisories on visiting the united states. what it means for america s seven trillion dollar tourist industry. and a good saturday morning to you all. i am katie phang. we begin overseas in japan at the g7 summit where russia s 15 month war in ukraine takes center stage. just hours ago, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy touchdown and hiroshima to meet with president biden and leaders of some of the world s most powerful democracies. zelenskyy s arrival comes just a day after bide
it is 2:00 in the afternoon, the southwestern tip of iceland. that volcano we ve been watching for weeks has finally erupted. look at that. there is a lot of concern for those in the area. we re on the story as it develops. i want to share that with you as we begin. first, however, got to get to our own border. it is at a breaking point. agents say the crisis is worse than ever and now the state of texas is going to try something it has never done before as we say good morning. i m bill hemmer live in new york city. it s tuesday. hello to my partner here. dana: i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. sit a little chilly in here. i m holding onto my hot cup. everything is fine. fine. we want to get you to these numbers. this happened yesterday. a staggering 4500 people crossed in the del rio sector alone. the southern border saw a total of over 12,000 people yesterday. bill: this is part of what greg abbott calls a tidal wave of illegal entry. he has been saying
washington where things stand with our chad pergram. hi, chad. neil, good afternoon. the house freedom caucus just took a formal position in the debt ceiling debate. it endorses the bill passed by the house in april. the caucus says there should be no further discussion until the senate passes the legislation. the house bill, we passed it. that is the mechanism right now sitting there that there s 11 democrats in the senate and the democratic president of the united states that stand between that bill and it becoming law. it was thought that house speaker kevin mccarthy would lose a good chunk of republicans who could not accept anything less than the house passed bill. the question is can mccarthy get just enough gop members on board and can democrats provide the rest. speaker mccarthy has limited capacity to really negotiate. he s handcuffed and in leg irons from that 15 votes that it took to get them elected. if he is able to negotiate something, once he tries to
jen psaki said they would approach without labeling, so psaki and other others rushed to say there was no crisis, but some journalists kept pressing the point. 22,000 unaccompanied children in our country right now. that s a record. that sounds to most folks like a crisis. well, look, it s way down now. we ve now gotten control. howard: and now with the president sending another 1500 troops to the border and pan pandemic era restrictions being lifted this thursday, the expected surge of illegal migrants is suddenly drawing far mored media attention, and there are still arguments about basic numbers. when it comes to illegal migration, you ve seen it come down by more than 90%, and that s because of the actions that this president has taken. howard: after the pundits pounced, karine jean-pierre clarified that that she was talking about one parole program. at this point, i don t care what you call the border situation, but it sure looks like a crisis to me. i m howard kur
dana: i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. nowadays it is very hard to hide. you will be found and that s exactly what happened. the arrests are culmination of a four-day manhunt when police say the suspect gunned down five neighbors in response to a noise dispute keeping a baby awake. bill: a trip submitted to the f.b.i. hotline led authorities to a house in cleveland, texas where they found the suspect hiding beneath a pile of laundry. dana: this man has been deported four times between the years of 2009 and 2016 and accused of murdering five people. one just nine years old. bill: one of the many tragedies highlighting the dangers of an unchecked border that continues to this day. jacque heinrich has reaction from the white house and casey stiegel begins our coverage near the scene of the capture in cold spring, texas. let s start there. good morning. good morning to you. authorities telling us in fact not long ago at a press conference that the suspe