administration, migrant children are being allowed through. the why, why are they coming, is much more complicated. most reports show migrants fleeing poverty, violence, natural disasters in their home countries. some come to reunite with family members. this video shows dozens of migrants after they crossed the rio grand river on rafts waiting to apply for asylum in texas. to be clear, there is an increase in migrants at the border. last month they encountered 3500 migrants per day. this past friday 5500 were encountered at the southern border according to internal data from customs and border patrol obtained by nbc news. 2,000 were families. around 200 were expelled. the rest allowed to stay in the u.s. to await their court dates. of the 2800 single adults encountered friday, nearly 2200 were denied entry. there is, of course, lots of finger pointing around the increase. this crisis is created by the presidential policies of this new administration. there s no other way t
day his administration said 90,000 people may die of coronavirus in the next four weeks, president biden is concentrating on what he calls the climate crisis tonight. the president signed the nation cannot wait longer to address it. the biden administration insisting it can focus on both crises at once. the president has signed more sweeping executive orders today to cut oil, gas, coal emissions and double energy production from offshore wind turbines. the energy industry and republican lawmakers have characterized the approach is either pie in the sky or big job killer during an economic downturn. white house correspondent peter doocy starts us off tonight, live from the north long, good evening, peter. good evening, bret come acclimating at the white house but also jobs day but that doesn t mean the plans he s putting in motion that everyone in this country keep the job they would have right now. first what i m signing faculty and climate crisis is abroad. new banning
this is a film about storytelling. about how we tell the story of our country s past. why do we want to believe one version and not another? maybe because it makes us feel safe at night. there is one episode of america s history that is told very differently depending on who you are and where you live. it is the story of our civil war and what came after. the winds of war blew across the land, made of it a country divided. friend turned into foe. brother fought against brother. it was such a long and drawn-out struggle, and the feeling on both sides was so intense. we re all just romantics, lost in contemporary times, you might say. every one of us feels we was born 125 years too late. to introduce myself, my name is rachel boynton. this is nelson walker. hi. we are independent documentary filmmakers. we re making a film about how we tell the story of the civil war. we re filming in lots of different schools, and we re going places with a deep connection to this
this is a film about storytelling, about how we tell the story of our country s past. why do we want to believe one version and not another? maybe because it makes us feel safe at night. there s one episode of america s history that is told very differently, depending on who you are and where you live. it is the story of our civil war and what came after. the hot winds of war blew across the land, made of it a country divided. friend turned into foe, brother fought against brother. it was such a long and drawn out struggle and the feeling on both sides was so intense. we re all just romantics lost in contemporary time, you might say. every one of us feels like we were born 125 years too late. to introduce myself, my name is rachel boynton. this is nelson walker. we are in pen accident documentary filmmakers. we made a film about the civil war. we re going to places with a deep connection to this history. there s a lot more coming. what made you choose the civil war
allies. the committee investigating the january 6th attack says it is officially moving forward with contempt charges against steve bannon after he failed to comply with a subpoena. everything you need to know about the fight playing out in washington. meanwhile, across the country massive labor strikes are under way. more than 10,000 auto workers standing up to agricultural mega giant john deere, while thousands of hollywood workers could take to the picket line any day now. and it is the end of a very big week in the fight against covid. right now an fda advisory panel is meeting to review the johnson & johnson booster shot, after giving a unanimous go-ahead to the moderna shot yesterday. we ve got to start with breaking news. former president bill clinton is recovering in a california hospital this morning. we are just learning that he went in on tuesday for an infection, but doctors are hoping to send him home soon. nbc s steve patterson joins us with the latest. it sound