good afternoon, i m chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. the blame game over southern border, president biden and house republicans are attacking each other as a record number of the u.s. continue to cross border patrol agents are doing everything they can to take care of this situation, but they are completely overwhelmed, completely just overwhelmed with the situation, and it s getting worse. plus, it s what the atlantic calls the english muffin problem. you might not have heard of it, but likely you re dealing with it. why so many americans hate the current economy even though the numbers show it s actually trending in the right direction. and the cdc tracking a surge in covid cases as millions travel for the holidays, what you need to know about the new variant fueling the virus s spread. we begin with the humanitarian crisis growing by the hour on the southern border, a record number of migrant crossings are pushing processing facilities way
to lead talks on how to stem the surge in illegal border crossings. those crossings reaching historic proportions with authorities routinely reporting 10,000 encounter a day. the influx is in border authorities, 10,000 in custody right now. so stretched are resources, customs and border patrol had to close two major railway crossings and other ports of entry so they can shuffle agents to busier points along the border. $43 billion in trailed a year are carried on those two rail lines alone. no telling how politically costly an extended closure could be. with congress on holiday, talks for a comprehensive border package have installed, and with them, hopes for ukraine and israel aid. republicans say funding for those embattled nations must be paired with measures to secure the u.s. mexico border. it s a quid pro quo triggering a backlash who fear an asylum and refugee crackdown could hurt the party among latino voters. joining us now, nbc news correspondent guad venegas who s
reaction on the glitches and on desantis himself. good evening. reporter: governor ron desantis remains confident. he did his first tv interview as a presidential candidate tonight on fox news. he explain what his top three priorities would be as pres president. there s a lot you can do, ripping out biden s anti-american energy policy, which you probably could do most of that executive. and then reconstitution leising the administrative state. reporter: also, desantis who was already called ron desantis money is by former president donald trump said he is not fazed by nicknames. he says he is ready to take on his republican challengers. i don t mind being called different things. i have been called everything but a child of god as it is. it does not faze me. make sure you call me a winner because that is what we have done in the state of florida and that is what we would do nationally. reporter: the governor s video on twitter to announce his presidential run during
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