expiration. bracing for hundreds of national guard members deployed, some in riot gear and federal authorities warning migrants, if you haven t filed the proper paperwork before you arrive, you ll wait five years before applying again. matt rivers and maria on both sides of the border tonight. former president trump ordered to pay $5 million to e roll finding and he was in the military during a black lives matter protest in texas and governor greg abbott igniting outrage after vowing to pardon him even before the trial was over. in the middle east tonight, hundreds of rockets fired from gaza towards israel, people running for cover. israel responding with air strikes. james is there. in the u.s. coast guard searching for a missing plane off the u.s. coast disappearing over the pacific. also ton, major news from fda advisory panel backing an over the counter birth control pill, no prescription needed. also tonight, tornado watch across several states at this hour and we ll t
another week of shows. we re so grateful. the beat with ari melber starts right now. hi, nicolle. welcome to the booet. joe biden just sat down for an msnbc exclusive. they just if he in the tapes. what you re seeing just happened. and you will only hear this exclusive on msnbc tonight, including starting this hour when stephanie joins us live with the first excerpt. there is no bigger inview in american government or politics. and we and stephanie have you covered with that coming up. i also have more on the expanding scandals, swirling around clarence thomas and his controversial activist wife. new evidence about her secret payments provided from a republican kecked insider. so we re going to get into that and what has become basically a pile of questions for not only clarence thomas but his colleagues on the court. what are they going to do about it. we ll get into that later tonight. it is one of those very newsy fridays. from the supreme court all the way over to the
more than 2.5 million homes and businesses are still without power. the death toll has risen to at least 43. and thousands of people have evacuated from flooded neighborhoods and communities. yet, flood advisories are still in place for portions of seven states. one of the towns hardest hit is little falls, new jersey, along the passaic river. mary snow is there with the latest. mary, this is the worst flooding in a century there. are things improving at all? reporter: it s hard to believe that looking at the river behind me things are improving. take a closer look at the passaic river. some really incredible sight here. the passaic river actually crested here on tuesday, seven feet above flood stage, and the water is receding, but you can see the fury of this water and gives you an idea of what towns along the passaic are coping with. we have a before and after shot in nearby patterson. we were there all day yesterday and there are parts of that city just inundated with
inside a hospital in somalia to remind us that they aren t statistics, they are people in pain. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room . after weeks of blatant political flirting, the texas governor rick perry is now ready to commit. cnn has learned he will major a formal campaign announce mementd our new poll, jim, shows he will be very competitive. that s right. he comes in the top tier, wolf, you re right, rick perry, according to a source close to the governor has told cnn that the texas governor will be announcing he s running for president on saturday. he will be doing this, not in iowa where most of the republican kaechbts are right now. he will be at a red state.com, conservative blog conference that s occurring in charleston, south carolina. now we understand that the texas governor is going to put aside any doubts. he is running for president. you mentioned that cnn poll, wolf he is as close as the republican parties gets to an un-romney. rudy giuliani, w