capitol hill this hour, both involving the border. new talks, new hope, but no word of a timeline for a potential hostage deal in the middle east. plus, able proposition that might result donald trump s legal issues once and for all. a very good day to all of you from msnbc headquarters here in new york. welcome, everybody, to alex witt reports. it s one pm on the east coast, ten a.m. out west. we begin with two big breaking news stories. first up, the white house is confirming three u.s. s members were killed and at least two dozen injured in an northeast georgia right near the border with syria. president biden said in a statement, quote, while we are still gathering the facts of this attack, we know it was carried out by radical around -backed middle groups operating in syria and iraq. and the other big breaking story, a possible bipartisan deal on immigration and border security. donald trump is urging senators to reject that deal, but republican negotiators s
york. glad you re with outside this monday. it s july 18th. a lot going on. nice to see you as well. nice to see you. christine s still off, i guess. two more casualties in the uk hacking scandal leaving rupert murdock s empire reeling this morning. rebekah brooks arrested. reported friday she had resi resigned. she s been released on bail. it s not clear if she ll testify tomorrow. last night in a shock move that has left scotland yard for accepting almost $20,000 in hospitality from a private health clinic after he had yound yund gone surgery. that health clinic was represented by a p.r. firm owned by former editor of the news of the world. this picture is building up. this cozy relationship between the police and senior executives at news of the world. that made his position very difficult. he decided to step down last night. insisting all the while he had done nothing wrong. the issue of my integrity, let me set clear that i the the people that know me know my i
government goes about raising debt ceilings. senate leaders from both parties are hammering that out. the kick the can deal, a short-term deal that would raise the debt ceiling for a few weeks or months. the president has said he doesn t like that idea. coming up next the just get to 2012 deal, a compromise that would give the government spending power to get through the president elections. fourth, the grand compromise, the one the president is pushing for, the long-term deal that could take a big bite out of the deficit. two big head lines, the casualties keep coming and the scope keeps widening. rebekah brooks arrested. the woman once headed up his british papers, she s out on bail. headline two, the head of scotland yard resigns. sir paul stevenson is quitting over criticism how he handled the saga. as commissioner i carry ultimate responsibility for the position we find ourselves in. with hindsight i wish we had sunlged matters involve this affair differently. i didn