i m chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. five men, one job, averting economic disaster on a global scale. will the participants in today s white house meeting recognize those incredibly high stakes and get something done? or will political partisanship push the u.s. economy closer to a first ever default. plus, tens of thousands of people arrested at the border, trying to get in before title 42 expires. thousands more waiting to get in. we ll get the latest from the border and have my conversation with one man who knows full well the politics and the passion associated with the immigration fight. that s coming up. and just days after that mass shooting in a mall, republican lawmakers in texas do something shocking, advancing gun reform legislation. but does it have any real hope of becoming law? so lots to get to. we start with a critical test for our government, to see whether the people in charge can steer the country away from an economic disast
new york city courtroom this week with closing arguments set to get underway tomorrow, tuesday. in the first ever criminal prosecution of a former u.s. president. welcome to a new hour of fox news live. i m julie banderas. rich: i m rich edson. we could get a verdict this week after more than a month of testimony featuring 22 witnesses. the two sides are making their final case tomorrow. then a key moment the judge will deliver instructions to the jury sending them out for deliberations to decide trump s fate. julie: andy mccarthy pointing out the judge has a lot of power over this jury and how they view the case. watch this. try to see the case the way the jury is seeing it and in this instance i think the jury is seeing it through the lens of judge merchan, who has been very indulgent of the prosecution s dodgy theories here and i can sit here and poke holes at him at day. it doesn t make a difference. we re not in there speaking to the jury. rich: peter doocy live
steer the country away from an economic disaster that could wreck the markets in the coming weeks and put the livelihoods of millions of american workers at risk. according to the joint economic committee, a u.s. default could cost americans $20,000 in retirement savings, mortgage payments and private student loan costs would go up, another study cited by the white house found that even a short-term default could mean the loss of nearly 2 million jobs and a jump in the unemployment rate. all of that, the sobering backdrop to this afternoon s meeting between president biden, house speaker kevin mccarthy and the rest of congressional leadership. their first face to face meeting in months as they try to figure out how to raise the debt limit before june 1st. i want to bring in nbc s senior capitol hill correspondent garrett haake. peter baker is the new york times chief white house correspondent and msnbc political analyst. matthew dowd is msnbc s senior political analyst. good to have