issue could be as early as june. the good, news staff for the president congressional leaders are meeting this weekend. they re all trying to make progress resolving the crisis as the june 1st deadline nears. also breaking today, customs and border patrol is reporting a drop in the number of migrants crossing the border following the lifting of title 42 restrictions. officials from coast to coast have been mobilizing to prepare for more migrants to arrive, the two dhs officials tell nbc news, between 75 and 8000 migrants compare that to 10,000 thursday, 11,000 on wednesday, another 11,000 on tuesday. we re gonna have live reports in just a moment. meanwhile, before talking about the debt ceiling, the president addressed graduates at howard university today, telling them this. today i got to howard, to continue the work to deem the soul of this nation. i see the future. that s not a hyperbole. we can finally resolve the ongoing question about who we are as a nation. and pu
They are going to new york. she has a friend in new york who helped her for the flight cost. so this is her son. how do you feel? alex, i saw a lot of their faces days. go a lot of the individuals here and you could see how things are different. they are smiling. a lot of the individuals that were camped at the border for days, i didn t see a single smile in the time i was. there and they do feel, relief but there is also a sense of confusion. i ve been having conversations with more of them. you can see how the shelters have an individual that guides them through the process. they are all holding white papers. that is the paper that says what airline they are, on their personal information, and the guide that can use the papers so back there there s the passengers that run, delta at, blue these are going to united. and that s the way the shelters
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