issue could be as early as june. the good, news staff for the president congressional leaders are meeting this weekend. they re all trying to make progress resolving the crisis as the june 1st deadline nears. also breaking today, customs and border patrol is reporting a drop in the number of migrants crossing the border following the lifting of title 42 restrictions. officials from coast to coast have been mobilizing to prepare for more migrants to arrive, the two dhs officials tell nbc news, between 75 and 8000 migrants compare that to 10,000 thursday, 11,000 on wednesday, another 11,000 on tuesday. we re gonna have live reports in just a moment. meanwhile, before talking about the debt ceiling, the president addressed graduates at howard university today, telling them this. today i got to howard, to continue the work to deem the soul of this nation. i see the future. that s not a hyperbole. we can finally resolve the ongoing question about who we are as a nation. and pu
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Good morning welcome to squawk alley. Joining me this morning, sarah eisen and mike santoli and the the senates new Health Care Plan in a joint statement, rand paul, ted cruz, mike lee and lee johnson say it doesnt do enough to repeal obamacare. Republicans can only afford two no votes the aarp, American Hospital association and others have also come out against this bill health care stocks, though, surging following the drafts release. Theyre on pace for the best week of the year maybe some profit taking today but still, more than 3 for the group overall. Walter, whats your prediction how does the next week unfold when it comes to health care on capitol hill well, i think that senator mcconnell is a very savvy operator i think he wins either way if he can pull this off and have a vote and have it succeed, thats fine. If not, he gets to move on to what i think he would consider or i would consider the more important parts of the agenda right now which is tax reform and infrastructure a
About 0. 6 hang seng down almost as much. The shanghai turned in a positive day up by 0. 1 and in europe, in the early trading, at least at this hour, you will see that the markets are weaker as well the cac is the big loser down about 1. 4 . You can see declines of over 0. 7 for the dax, similar decline for the ftse alltime low on the fix yesterd vix yesterday. We kept saying complacency we cant go down suddenly the nasdaq is up. Midday reversal. Everybody told us yesterday that for some reason the vix wasnt the indicator it used to be for volatility or for complacency. If its an alltime low, dont you think people are not worried about anything doesnt that usually set things up for a rise in volatility. My god these things can move around vix up 6 yesterday. We want to get to washington we have breaking news overnight. That could add a bit to the vix. Senate republicans failing to repeal obamacare in a dramatic latenight vote on capitol hill. Kayla tausche has more reporter it was a l
Equivalent to anything else that happened in charlottesville. I believe the president should have been and still needs to be unambiguous on that point. There was a snowball effect. Reporter an associate professor of finance. They had to decide a trade off. Access to pole pol si with a chance to make changes. They sent a message that the rep talgs cost outweighed the benefits. It leaves the president without two formal councils but the administration can get advice oneonone behind closed doors. This may be less transparency and what the agenda is. Reporter i reached out to the woman you saw in that piece who had been encourage iing poeo boycott campbells soup before the ceo stepped down. She tells me shes not surprised that the ceo did decide to resign from that manufacturing council. Shes also not surprised that the president would disban the council with all the opposition hes facing. Im lauren mayk, nbc 10 news. The developments come days after the violence e erupted over the weekend