a know focus and new concerns over infrastructure this morning. a word that might glaze the eyeballs but it is in the spotlight today. after you build it how do you protect it. this time targeting the country s meat supply. jbs the biggest meat processor is restarting shipments now, but you still have restaurants bracing for possible shortages and possible prices with fears about what company could be next. after our hotdogs no one is out of bounds here. we re going to talk to a cyber security expert about why they re paying and why it end emboldens the white house. we ll have a make or break meeting in a now hours on a possible bipartisan deal. what sources are saying about what will go down inside of that room. i m hallie jackson in washington, the rest of our nbc news team, peter alexander is covering that meeting. we re also joined by sean henry, head of crowd strike. i m going to get to all of you but jake, let me start with you, what you re covering this morning i
it s a very important job. it s obviously a very sensitive job because you see everything that goes to and from the president. for all the reasons you might imagine, it s not only detail oriented or 24/7 but which you need to be a trustworthy person. in february 2018 almost exactly a year into the trump presidency, the staff secretary at the trump white house had to resign for a terrible reason. he had to resign because both of his ex-wives came forward with lurid and terrible domestic violence allegations against him. that young man s name was rob porter. a scandal like that, somebody in that job, a job that sensitive, having longstanding known, serious domestic violence allegations against him by multiple previous wives, but nevertheless getting that job and holding onto it for a year, i mean, a scandal like that would be a marquis thing in any other presidency. it would be a defining scandal. that would be remembered forever by any other modern president. in the trump ad
across country are moving to end enhanced federal unintended benefits that are slowing the jobs recovery. but president biden he said this week that he doesn t see much evidence that the expanded payments are playing a role in the labor shortage. the line has been because of the generous unemployment benefits that it is major factor in labor shortage. americans want to work. i think people claim americans won t work even if they find a good and fair opportunity underestimate american people. paul: bring in wall street journal columnist deputy editorial page editor dan, and columnist mary o grady so dan why don t you start by taking on joe biden s analysis of the job market. those enhance benefits playing a role or aren t they? well, there are few people who would beg to differ with the president on that, paul. in fact it is not just a few, it is hundred if not thousands of employers who have said they are finding it extremely difficult almost impossible to hire people. th
security insiders are saying 6,000 illegal immigrants are arriving at the border each day. during the obama administration homeland security defined the crisis at 1,000 illegals a day. we are heading towards 200,000 border crossers per month. sources tell carafano that biden policies will allow 90% of them to remain in america. how will that help american families? it doesn t. it helps his donors. but biden doesn t want the american people to know what s taking place on the southern bore. he imposed an information blackout on the border. a gag order. officials ordered not to speak with reporters. ride alongs with media canceled. no media allowed inside the migrant camps. officials would not allow us access to see the conditions for ourselves. jesse: biden doesn t want you to see the children in cages. migrants sleeping on cement floors, no showers. no country is designed to absorb hum waves day after day on foot from a desert. bide where is trying to evade scrutiny for the cr
the department of homeland security insiders are saying 6,000 illegal immigrants are arriving at the border each day. during the obama administration homeland security defined the crisis at 1,000 illegals a day. we are heading towards 200,000 border crossers per month. sources tell carafano that biden policies will allow 90% of them to remain in america. how will that help american families? it doesn t. it helps his donors. but biden doesn t want the american people to know what s taking place on the southern bore. he imposed an information blackout on the border. a gag order. officials ordered not to speak with reporters. ride alongs with media canceled. no media allowed inside the migrant camps. officials would not allow us access to see the conditions for ourselves. jesse: biden doesn t want you to see the children in cages. migrants sleeping on cement floors, no showers. no country is designed to absorb hum waves day after day on foot from a desert. bide where is trying t