. . pete: there it is. we asked, you delivered. yesterday was k-9 anthem day. today is the felines. they got their shot, they delivered. we have a squirrel in there. rachel: i will be hoppest, pictures kept coming up, that is really cute, super cute. when the pictures coming up, i asked the producers did we about to msnbc to get these? this is a dog channel and a baby channel. it worked. pete: halfway through i looked at you, this is a stretch. i don t i this the viewers will like it. joey: those are perfect. rachel: did dave give you that? on your own? joey: i have my own dad jokes. pete: thank you very much. no stock photos in there the a all. those are all viewer photos. yesterday, when i said send cat photos. i was inundated, i forwarded over to ariel who put this together. rachel: my mom is cat person. pete: gwen, one of our cats, storm and trooper. joey: cat people are surprisingly pretty normal. rachel: the cat people. [laughter] joey: they re normal. pete: curled up
overwhelmed the border. here s the deal. we are sending back people first of all, the idea that joe biden said come because i heard the other day that they are coming because they know i am a nice guy, well, here s the deal. they are not. i can say quite clearly don t come and we are in the process of getting set up, don t leave your town or city. greg: wait, you didn t encourage migrants to come over? then in the very same breath you say don t come yet, because we are not ready? like america is a rock concert in the doors don t open until 9:00? he literally just did what he denied. too bad there s no tape of him saying you shouldn t come oh, wait. i would in fact make sure that there is, we immediately surge of the border. all those people seeking asylum, they deserve to be heard, that s who we are. we are a nation who says if you want to flee and you are fleeing oppression, you should come. in a heartbeat we would take another 2 million. i would also move to inc
out of five americans has received a shot. this as those $1,400 stimulus checks are starting to hit bank accounts. but despite the progress being made, there are concerns about the thousands of people who are traveling and attending spring break events across the country. masks and social distancing don t seem to be a priority and health officials are warning of the potential consequences, saying the next few weeks will be critical in determining if we ll see another surge. even though the numbers have gone down, over the last couple of weeks they ve plateaued. when you see a plateau at a level as high as 60,000 cases a day, that is a very vulnerable time to have a surge to go back up. we can avoid that if we continue to vaccinate people, get more and more protection without all of a sudden pulling back on public health measures. and many people are spending their spring breaks in florida. the state is seeing a rush of people despite health warnings. cnn s natasha chen is
preventing the surge in the first place. the border patrol officers told me that the biden administration policies, they are enriching, they are empowering the drug cartels in mexico who make money off the people that they assist in smuggling them into the state of texas. the cartels make money off of these migrants that you and your viewers see on tv. they also tell me about the escalating number of people coming across the border. eric: for more on how president biden plans to try and stop this, david spunt is in wilmington, delaware, where the president is spending the weekend at his house. reporter: president biden and his team not calling this a crisis at least publicly, they are calling it a challenge. this is quite a big undertaking though for the department of homeland security and fema, to be part of this. it shows that the administration on the border especially when it comes to an influx of unaccompanied children. homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas
andrea mitchell picks up our coverage next. right now on andrea mitchell reports, president biden signing an executive action to seal the southern border. he criticized the trump administration for a similar crackdown. he slams his predecessor as a convicted felon. opening statements at the president s son hunter. merrick garland fights back as house republicans question him. did you have a family member profit off of the notoriety of any case you sat on? yes or no? you are asking me to comment on a case it se seems you are connecti the dots. israel ramping up strikes in gaza as president biden is asked if prime minister netanyahu is prolonging the war for his own political self-preservation. mr. biden s blunt response coming up. plus, the families of american israeli hostages meeting with the national security advisor today. they will join me here to talk about their hopes for a cease-fire so their loved ones can finally come home. good day, everyone