minutes from taking the stage in new york where he ll try to leverage the power of his bully pulpit to shove republicans off the fence in the debt ceiling fight. will that help move friday s talks any closer to a deal? and the jaw dropping admission just a day before title 42 is set to expire. in the records of one dhs official, the system is breaking, and they haven t even hit the starting line yet as thousands of migrants cross the southern border, the white house is planning to let some of them in with no court date and no way to track them. so much going on today, but we start in long island, new york, where a freshman republican congressman george santos is expected to be arraigned in court on federal charges just four months into a congressional career that was built on lies about his background and wealth, and according to the government, krm criminal schemes. today the justice department hit him with 13 counts. among them charges of wire fraud, money laundering, t
aim at republicans yet again. hello, welcome everyone, i m sandra smith in new york. hi, john. john: we made it to wednesday, top of the mountain, long slide into the weekend from here. i m john roberts in washington and this is america reports. in a rare news conference the president said he felt yesterday s meeting with congressional leadership was productive, but speaker mccarthy proclaimed there was no new movement and warned time is running out to avoid an economic catastrophe. sandra: complete coverage begins now. steve danes is standing by. john: our senior congressional correspondent chad pergram live on capitol hill. do democrats really know what republicans would cut? john, not really. congress funded veterans programs and meals on wheels late last year, that s why republicans believe democrats are trying to scare people about potential cuts. are those cuts that you guys talk about with the v.a., that s not real money, because it s not an appropriation.
A massive manhunt comes to an end in belgium after Brussels Police shoot and kill the suspected terrorist overnight. Ainsley police say the suspect opened fire just before a Soccer Match Killing Two swedish nationals and wounding a taxi driver. He later identified himself as a member of the Islamic State in an online Video Prompting belgium leaders to raise the terror alert to its highest level ever. Steve we didnt see that coming. Meanwhile the public is being asked to stay vigilant but prosecutors say nothing suggests the attack was linked to the war between israel and hamas. Apparently just a coincidence. Ainsley and to another alert this morning, President Biden will head to israel tomorrow as the jewish state strikes hamas targets and the terror Group Continues to fire rockets. Brian here we go. President biden will then continue on to jordan to meet with the countrys king the president of the palestinian authority. Steve all this as the war in israel reaches a new level with hama
were fired from gaza into southern and central israel. here is what it was like last hour. right now more rockets are being fired, you can hear the explosions behind me, the iron dome this all started early tuesday morning when the israeli military launched a series of strikes against islamic jihad inside gaza, killing three senior commanders and ten civilians. we did ask the israeli military about the new operation and the collateral damage. we are sorry for any women or children or civilians not involved or dead in this
gaza. those air strikes which targeted leaders of the militant islamic jihad group killed ten civilians, mostly women and children, according to palestinian officials. nbc s raf sanchez is following this story from tel aviv. when we spoke yesterday, you said israelis were bracing for in wave of rockets from gaza, so where does the situation likely go from here? reporter: well, chris, in the last couple of hours, there has been just this relentless barrage of rockets from gaza into southern and central israel, but then there was a lull for a little bit, and there was hopeful talk that a cease fire had potentially been mediated by egypt, but in just the last hour or so, i can tell you we are once again seeing rockets here in tel aviv. chris, i want to show you a little bit of video that was shot by our camera operator, dave copeland from the roof of our bureau here in tel aviv. you can hear the sirens going off there, and those two bright