youwith washboardg to be tglutes.t bunny i m not even sure what glutes are but. mine are gonna be shredded. mmhm, that was weird. oh sister it s gonna get way weirder. welcome back. president trump just returned to the white house. he is expected to get a briefing any minute now on the status of those negotiations with mexico on the potential deal to avoid tariffs going into effect on monday. there is another urgent deadline looming if the president wants the option of imposing those tariffs on monday. he will need to sign an executive order today. nbc white house correspondent
the white house, he works with the vice president, saying just because the president signs that executive order, doesn t necessarily mean that the tariffs will take place on monday. he s preserving his ability for technical and legal reasons to go ahead and impose those tariffs on monday. the president is scheduled to get back around 4:00 or 4:45 this afternoon. he ll likely get a full briefing then and sloohe ll have a decis to make. let me run through what we think the contours of this emerging deal are. these are from my colleagues. the mexicans have agreed to send approximately 6,000 troops to their southern border and will do more to deter and detain migrants. and crucially, on those migrants that have made it to the state that have already applied for asylum, they may be turned back inside of mexico while their asylum claims are being made there. there s a little bit of confusion where they would file those initial claims. you can remember back around the new year, the deal was t
website on this deal if they don t help us. reporter: minority leader chuck schumer is saying the president is simply bluffing. i believe he will back off when faced with the opposition among business, among his own republicans and when he sees what a dumb move he has made. reporter: all eyes are on the minister who met with lawmakers on capitol hill, putting nancy pelosi in the head of the meeting with mike pence and secretary of state mike pompeo trying to convince the administration because of those tariffs on monday, yesterday was asked if the president would follow through on a terror threat, he said, quote, asked me friday. expect official apprehension numbers for the month of may to come out any day. they will be high and you will see if that raises the stakes even more.