those migrants then being bussed to different cities in the u.s. we have fox team coverage with lucas tomlinson outside the white house and cb cotton in new york city. but let s start off the hour with bill melugin live along the border in brownsville, texas, good afternoon, bill. breaking news right now, multiple cbp arrested afghan national in the fbi terror watch list after he crossed illegally. he was arrested in ote mesa inland san diego county, with a group of migrants, once border patrol took them into custody, ran fingerprints and he was a match to the terror watch list. i m told the fbi was then notified. they confirmed the match and they are now leading the investigation. congressman darrell issa s office represent that is area and confirmed with their local cbp contact and they have given me a statement responding to this, says in part, biden s open borders aren t just a gateway to 5 million illegal, drug trafficking and deadliest drug crisis in history, biden s
i m chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. five men, one job, averting economic disaster on a global scale. will the participants in today s white house meeting recognize those incredibly high stakes and get something done? or will political partisanship push the u.s. economy closer to a first ever default. plus, tens of thousands of people arrested at the border, trying to get in before title 42 expires. thousands more waiting to get in. we ll get the latest from the border and have my conversation with one man who knows full well the politics and the passion associated with the immigration fight. that s coming up. and just days after that mass shooting in a mall, republican lawmakers in texas do something shocking, advancing gun reform legislation. but does it have any real hope of becoming law? so lots to get to. we start with a critical test for our government, to see whether the people in charge can steer the country away from an economic disast
checking account is in danger of running out and there s simply not going to be enough money in it on some given day to pay all of the obligations that are due that day. that means hundreds of thousands of federal workers don t get paid potentially the military, benefit checks delayed. treasury decides what checks get cut and since this is like a credit card and the government is over the limit, treasury pays the interest first. it will prioritize interest and principal payments so that it s not strictly defaulting on securities on treasury securities which would royal financial markets. could wreck the economy. if there s no problems of debt ceiling, are you worried about the markets, mr. speaker. there s risk whether external forces whether downgraded or a market response could make this situation worse.
migrant crossings reach record numbers and debt limit deadline approaches. lucas tomlinson live in the north lawn with n the white house with the latest. lucas: good afternoon, the border and the debt ceiling major issues at the white house. on fox news sunday ro khanna blamed both parties for log-jam at the border. i don t believe it s a democratic or republican issue. it s a both party issue. nothing has done since president reagan signed bipartisan immigration reform in 1986. lucas: when ronald reagan signed 3 million and the number is over 11 million. the debt ceiling battle in the june 1st deadline looming. the gop controlled house passed the bill raising debt ceiling cutting spending and limiting spending increases to 1% in the future. florida congressman byron donald says the president and senate should sign into law and keep the government defaulting on
jonathan, thank you so much. biden administration and republicans have not reached deal on debt ceiling and the congressional correspondent says why it matters to you. it s easy to dose off when you hear the term debt ceiling but the consequences of a debt ceiling collision are anything but a sleeper. out of sight, out of mind. like, i wouldn t have known anything about it if you didn t say anything about it. they ll fir your it out. they always do. manufactured issue. however, the debt ceiling issue is very real. the government has a credit card, congress extends the line of credit. the limit is the debt ceiling. the treasury department uses the credit card but it lacks spending power if it hits the debt ceiling and congress doesn t extend the credit line. there s going to be a day possibly in early june when that