border is secure and saying mayorkas is divorced from reality. alex hogan from the border city of donna, texas. many people wrapping up a day of easter celebration with families and the center behind me dedicated to children who are all alone more than 4000 kids here which is a center that was expected to house 250 people to begin with, we see constant construction throughout the day to expand the facility we see trucks coming go and workers putting up fences and tense throughout the day construction that will be needed to house the 18000 kids who are in u.s. custody last week journalists were allow inside and had their hair washed and asked if they were having suicidal thoughts they were checked for scabies, fever and injuries but not given covid-19 test unless they showed symptoms. the white house is the influx of migrants as a result not of policy changes but stems from a crisis in central america the administration special envoy for the northern triangle will travel sou
happens. i m hallie jackson to start us off. also joined by tony rahm, congressional economic policy reporter for the washington post and msnbc contributor. leigh ann, start with you. a lot of questions this afternoon. hearing from key players where negotiations stand, what the sticking points are. here s what some of what democrats have been saying over the last few hours including chuck schumer just a couple minutes ago. i believe that we will get this done and we will get it done soon. we have made a significant amount of progress and we are almost there. the bill must expand medicare to cover dental, hearing aid and eyeglasses. we need an ironclad agreement rp to the build back better act. what are you hearing and what s the deal with the possible infrastructure vote before the president head overseas later in the week? reporter: democrats are saying what s actually happening is not the same thing, hallie. they re talking optimism but they re far from any ag
mcauliffe, has been out on the trail highlighting his republican opponent s work in furthering trump s agenda. take for example the recent rally for youngkin by none other than steve bannon who was just held in contempt of congress for obstructing the january 6 investigation with potential criminal charges coming his way from doj. it was an event that opened with a pledge of allegiance to a flag that was present at the insurrection, an event that featured a barrage of falsehoods about the 2020 election result and even includes a phone call from the disgraced ex-president himself. youngkin would distance himself from the event and would call the pledge, quote, weird and wrong. described him as walking a trump tight rope and keeping the president partly at arm s length, but the ties on the 2020 election are hardly foreign to youngkin. he made stolen election claims a center piece of his early campaign, failing to ever publicly acknowledge that joe biden won the election until a
In just a few hours from now republican will be back on the campaign trail? virginia today as the current closely watched election in the country, most closely watched, enters its final week. it could affect everything from the agenda to midterms even return of donald trump in 2024. with those stakes as the backdrop, president biden is goal all-in. meeting with mcauliffe for the second time this year. youngkin is making headlines. have you heard this? youngkin, trying to make the claim governor mcauliffe blocked parents from explicit classroom
Operate on deadlines and that s why they re thrown out there. in reality what i care about we get the right things in the bill. we re so close. get it across the finish line in a way that benefits the most americans as possible. one of the things leadership is saying, alluding to, others on pennsylvania avenue, whatever s not in this package now could be in another bill down the road. tackle them later on. do you buy that? do you think that s feasible? absolutely. the president has been nothing but bluntly honest with us when meeting with him. he said his agenda is still his agenda. he had a $6 trillion package and will continue to fight for all of those things even if they don t show up in that bill. he s going to do that through the rest of his presidency and i trust him on his word. thank you for being with us and bearing with our questions. appreciate it this afternoon. coming up here on the show, a new biden administration pick, making waves. there she is. what you should