the border, thousands more are coming every day than just last month, and that s before title 42 expires next thursday. plus, markets are soaring after the april jobs report blew away expectations, unemployment dropping back to its lowest level in more than 50 years. the good news may be short lived, especially if republicans and the white house can t agree on how to raise the debt limit in the next three and a half weeks. can the president tap into his decades of experience as a deal maker when it matters the most? we start, though, in texas where that highly anticipated surge of migrants crossing into the u.s. that we were expecting after title 42 expired next week has already begun. that s raising new fears about whether the immigration system can handle the growing humanitarian crisis, and what s in store for u.s. border communities with thousands more people still on their way. and the rio grande valley where the dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas will be speaking next
the day. we re going to take you live to pa so. and unfolding this morning at airports nationwide, frustrated and confused passengers still stranded with southwest airlines in the midst of that meltdown. transportation secretary pete buttigieg is calling for accountability. it comes as thousands are trying to recover from that once in a lifetime blizzard that left more than 60 people dead. we ll take you live to buffalo for the latest. also this morning, we re keeping a close eye on the vatican. pope francis calling for prayers for his predecessor, the retired pope benedict, as his health worsens. and with covid cases rising sharply in china, two officials now tell nbc news that the white house is weighing new travel requirements for travelers from china. we begin with the ongoing legal limbo for migrants trying to come to the u.s. in search of a better and safer life for themselves and for their families. the u.s. supreme court says the public health measure known as tit
hello. and a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world. i m bianca nobilo in london. israel steps up its ground offensive into gaza, the israeli prime minister says now is the time for war. and there will be no cease-fire until hamas is resigned, quote, to the dust bin of history. explosions have been ringing out in gaza in recent hours, with new images just a short while ago. heavy smoke hanging over the horizon. idf says the forces have struck about 300 targets in gaza. earlier on, benjamin netanyahu rejected criticism over civilian casualties. insisting that hamas was preventing people from moving to the safe zone in southern gaza. israeli military says dozens of hamas fighters have been killed. hamas claims that israel s attempts to get into gaza have been unsuccessful. hamas has released a hostage video. and three women that are believed to have been held captive since october 7th. and new details on how a female israeli sol
inappropriate behavior. that is the latest individual that cnn is reporting on, anderson. we ll have more on this shortly. right now a first for the first time in a long time, the covid milestone we crossed today was neither a cause for sadness as it was for half a million fatalities or an occasion to remember what our world used to be like a year and a day ago. instead, this latest marker for where we stand signals better times ahead. today the country crossed the 100 million vaccination mark. tonight more than 101 million shots have been administered. the goal was reached on the day president biden signed the covid relief package. day 52 of the administration. days ahead of the schedule he set and eight days ahead of the original version he revised last night. when i came into office, you may recall, i set a goal that many of you said was kind of way over the top. i said i want to get 100 million shots in people s arms in my first 100 days in office. we won t meet that
in iowa and immediately hitting the new hampshire air waves. it s time for this pessimistic president to step aside and let american optimism that built this greatest nation on earth build a great future for our children. but are people buying what mitt s selling? conventional wisdom says the former ceo will be the republican nominee and that the quote/unquote establishment is behind him. well, we wanted to know if that is really true. so we reached out to the out front strike team, our exclusive group of the best and brightest minds in the business world in this country and asked them which gop candidate is best for the economy. here are the results. it turns out most do support romney. 12 of 15. two preferred gingrich over all other candidates and one person said ron paul and i ll get to that. that s really important. here s another thing. in a head-to-head matchup the strike team matchup said they would support rick santorum over obama, that s right. this is importan