reportedly showing off u.s. war plans against iran with people who were at his golf club in new jersey two years ago. we re going to have much, much more about this seemingly damning piece of evidence in just a moment. plus, the latest from russia following a failed revolt by the leader of a mercenary group against president vladimir putin and his defense leaders. and also back here at home presidential candidate ron desantis unveils his hard right immigration and border policy ahead of a day of dueling events in new hampshire with trump. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, june 27th. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. weeks after donald trump pleaded not guilty to 37 felony counts related to his mishandling of classified documents, a damning new audio recording appears to be the clearest evidence yet of his alleged wrongdoing. in the leaked tape which was obtained by cnn last night, the former president seems to show-off wha
hovering over the northern u.s. plus, do you know what negative 60 degrees feels like? well, tens of millions from the northern plains to new england are under alerts for what could be some of the coldest windchills in a generation. and an nbc news exclusive, new reporting on why more than half a million migrants living in the u.s. are in legal limbo. migrants telling us quote, i couldn t believe what i was seeing. fresh outcry over another police killing. a double amputee missing both his legs trying to run from police. in just minutes, president biden expected to address those huge numbers in the latest jobs report released just this morning. what those numbers mean for our economy. we begin this hour with the pentagon on alert. nbc news was first to report that the u.s. is monitoring a suspected chinese surveillance balloon that has been hovering over the northern u.s. a witness in billings, montana, captured this footage on wednesday the same day the pentagon sa
less than the democrats original $3.5 trillion build back better pitch, president biden is calling this a success. adding that senate democrats put american families above special interests. now, the victory, all the more notable, because it had none, zero republican support. the bill now heads to the house of representatives and president biden could sign it into law as early as friday. let s begin with cnn congressional correspondent jessica dean. she s on capitol hill this morning. jessica, this is a wide-ranging bill. it is designed to reduce inflation. it has billions of dollars in climate and energy incentives. it tackles prescription drugs. break down for us what is in this multibillion dollar bill. reporter: yeah, it s a big one. as you mentioned, it comes after a true marathon over the weekend here on capitol hill for democratic senators who really pushed this over the finish line. they used that specialized budget process that required only democratic support, bu
southern border? so if the cartels are cutting through the border wall trying to run product into this country, they re going to end up stone-cold dead as a result of that bad decision. and if you do that one time, you are not going to see them meswith our wall ever again. a race to the right. desantis also said his administration would, quote, fully deputize state and local law enforcement officers in states like texas to arrest and deport migrants back to mexico. his administration, he says, would also detain migrant children indefinitely despite a court order imposing strict limits on that practice. another proposal calls for the detention of all migrants who cross the border without authorization until their immigration court hearing, which as the new york times points out would likely require the creation of a vast new prison system. meanwhile, desantis and donald
immigration lawyers we ve talked to say when they first saw these people when they came into their offices they couldn t believe they didn t have court dates after they d been processed by border patrol. they realized they re in a legal limbo. they re not able to work here, they re not able to claim asylum in many cases, and they re not sure what to do next. they might not be on the fast track to deportation because they haven t had their immigration court hearing yet, but if another administration comes in they could be deported. in the meantime they re living in the shadows unsure of what to do next. that s how it is for 600,000 migrants right now, jose. isn t there like a program to track and keep track of people? there is. it s called alternatives to detention, and it used to be an ankle monitor process. and then they switched to these apps where you can do a facial recognition check-in, and it tracks where you are geographically. but congress has by and large under funded that