Reports, we re following break news out of france, a coordinated arson attack targeting high speed train lines just before the olympic opening ceremony in paris. The early indications of who is responsible. Plus, breaking political news, former president barack obama endorsing vp kamala harris. The behind the scenes talk of a joint appearance on the trail. Also ahead, backtrack, is donald trump trying everything he can to get out of a debate against his new opponent? and later, the capstone to a controversial visit. Israel s prime minister set to sit down with donald trump at maralago today. Good morning, it is 10:00 eastern. I m ana cabrera reporting from new york, and we begin with the breaking news overseas this morning. Coordinated arson attacks targeting and crippling high speed train lines in france just before the official start of the paris olympics. The attacks closing three rail lines and impacting travel for an estimated 800,000 people. Again, this all happening just hours b
Humanitarian crisis with alarming speed at the border as dhs confirms over 10,000 migrants packed under a bridge in del rio, texas, all arriving on our southern border. Welcome to meet the press daily. I m chuck todd. We expect an update on capitol police ahead of tomorrow s justice for j6 rally which is held on half of the people tied in connection with the insurrection on the january 6th attack on the capitol. They expect 700 people to show up. Not a big number but authorities given what happened on january 6th, are not taking any chances. So the fencing is back up around the capitol. Former president trump put out a statement in support of the rally s cause even though he has told supporters the rally, itself, could be some kind of setup. Whatever he thinks that means. Tomorrow s rally comes amid even more evidence of donald trump s power over this form of the republican party. A new survey from pri shows just how successful the former president has been at rewriting the january 6th
. good to be with you. i m katy tur. the southern border is a mess, a record number of migrants have been crossing, finding overwhelmed and under staffed processing centers, forcing a catch and release program that republican lawmakers decry as not just sloppy but imminently dangerous to national security. terrorists and drug dealers are flooding through the border, they claim. biden s government isn t doing enough to stop this. well, much of the gop rhetoric can be extreme. bipartisan politicians and president biden himself can see the situation along the border is untenable. which is why a trio of lawmakers, one democrat, one republican, and one independent got together to find a solution, one that would address both sides concerns and finally do something to update policy that has been broken for decades. on asylum, the bill raises the bar to claim credible fear, ends catch and release, instead, migrants crossing through a lawful port of entry will enter the u.s. under f