biden s desk with just days to spare before the default deadline. and breaking this morning, the latest monthly jobs report is out and the news is beating expectations. we ll break this down with senior biden adviser jean sperling. new video of the moment an apartment building partially collapsed in iowa. engineers warned the building could crumble days before it actually fell. and the death of an 8-year-old girl in border patrol custody now being called unacceptable by the acting cvp commissioner, an internal review showing multiple failures leading up to the child s death. and we begin with breaking news. the justice department has closed its investigation into classified documents found at the home of former vice president mike pence, according to a letter obtained by nbc news. this comes days before the former vice president is expected to announce his run for president. with us now to talk more about this, nbc news senior legal correspondent laura jarrett and msn
good morning at home. policy allowing for quick migrant expulsion expires tonight. border patrol dealing with a number of daily apprehensions. biden administration warning the crisis could be getting worse admitting that tough times are straight ahead. we are are clear eyed about the challenges we re likely to face in the days and weeks ahead which have the potential to be very difficult. bill: with us now texas governor greg abbott and border czar mike banks. good morning to you and mr. banks, thank you for your time. i know you have been out and about. what have you seen out there and what do you think the american people need to understand from your experience, sir? so there are two things that people need to understand. one i think it was brandon judd that you were having giving you some comments earlier. so brandon judd was spot on in this regard. that is we need the policies that were put in place by the trump administration. remember this, three years ago we had
the saudis share that urgency. reporter: despite how those production increases were only fleeting, biden says he has no regrets about the trip. no. the trip was not essentially for oil. the trip was about the middle east and about israel and rationalization of positions. good afternoon, everybody. reporter: the administration now contemplating next steps, including tapping into the strategic reserves again despite saying 48 hours ago that wasn t on the table. we re not considering new releases, releases from the strategic petroleum reserve beyond the 180 million. reporter: even before opec s decision gas prices were already on their way up after a recent 99-day streak of decline. with 32 days to go before the midterm elections republicans are putting gas prices and biden s energy policies at the forefront. he s made us dependent upon russia, saudi arabia, and now venezuela. he hates american oil field workers so much that he ll never turn to us. reporter: mem
military pressure on hamas with expanded ground operations in gaza. gaza residents report the israeli airstrikes have become more intense than ever. nearly all communications in and out of enclave still appear to be down. and the mounting death toll in gaza led the u.n. general assembly to vote for an immediate cease-fire, it was denounced in light of the october 7 attack. now officials spoke to erin burnett about why this won t end like other conflicts in the past. they killed 1,400 people with the most spectacular, cruel violence, injured over 5,000 people, took 230 people hostage, including 30 children, including 30 children. and israel has decided we can no longer live with this jihadi enclave on our borders. this is not another round that s going to end with cease-fire and hamas deserved. this is a war hamas declared on us on october 7 and a war that we re going to win. still, hamas leaders have been defiant and continued to launch rockets into israel. three people w
seen desperate republicans joining forces with him. republican presidential frontrunner mitt romney under fire from critics who claim he made millions while handing out pink slips. this is not about capitalism. anger rising over an economic system that has rewarded some but leaves many feeling left behind. this is the defining issue of our time. occupy wall street focused anger on the wealthiest americans. we got sold out. the tea party drove republicans to a 2010 midterm victory, warning that president obama would destroy capitalism as we know it. obama wants you to be a socialist. is capitalism working for most americans today? the basic bargain that made this country great has eroded. if you re rich, capitalism is probably working just fine. it s only broken if you re not. as you can see, the top 1%, that top line here, is doing pretty well, but what about everyone else? look at median income. that s the bottom line there. it shows that earnings for m