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washington and albany. the allegations, denials and calls for his resignation continue. welcome to monday. it s meet the press daily. i m kasie hunt in for chuck the biden administration is facing an urgent crisis. due to a surge in migrant crossings and in unaccompanied mine grant children, the white house is trying to surge resources to the southern border. federal facilities are being overwhelmed. they are deploying fema and building temporary shelters. they are housing migrant children for longer than the law allows. they are facing difficult questions about how much their border and immigration policies might be contributing to the problem. last week the white house coordinator for the border said it might by a response of the softening of the hard line and in some cases inhumane immigration policies. she and other officials have emphasized, the border is not open. as the new york times notes, migrants hopes have been drummed up by human smugglers who pro ....
also not mentioned in the queen s speech was donald trump s planned donald trump s planned state visit later this year raising questions about whether it will happen. the other main stories this lunchtime: it could be a record breaking midsummer‘s day with temperatures in parts of the uk expected to hit a forty year high. and triple oscar winner daniel day lewis announces he is retiring from acting after more than a0 years in the film industry. and coming up in sport later in the hour on bbc news. after six games on tour, some tough choices for warren gatland. he will name his lions fifteen to face the all blacks later today. good afternoon from westminster where the queen has delivered the government s legislative programme what it plans to do for the next two years at the state opening of parliament. the queen s speech had brexit very much at its core with a commitment to make sure the uk makes a success of brexit. but many of the prime minister s general el ....
a funeral for the first victim to be named in the grenfell tower disaster a syrian refugee looking for a better life. quality time with the kids but memories of the baby they lost a new report on poor maternity care. mercury rising it s the hottestjune day for over a0 years but watch out for the storms to come. and coming up in sportsday on bbc news, we ll round up all the news from the second day of royal ascot, and a prompt arrival by the queen after the state opening of parliament. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. this may be a queen s speech that will be remembered for what s missing rather than what s being proposed. gone are the prime minister s ambitions for big changes at home. instead the legislative programme read out by the queen was dominated by brexit. so let s look at what s in the queen s speech. there are are eight brexit bills in total. other bills include one to tackle domestic violence and abuse. and another to give the go ah ....
out in washington dc. here s president obama arriving on capitol hill earlier. he was there to talk to democrats in congress about trying to save his affordable care act, or obamacare as everyone calls it. it s a complicated law but at its heart is a requirement for all americans to have health insurance and for some to get subsidies to do that. the republicans have always hated the way it works and now that they control congress and soon the white house. they plan to do something about it. none of this is a surprise, donald trump has repeatedly said this. obamacare obamaca re has to obamacare has to be replaced and we will do it and we will do it very, very quickly. it is a catastrophe. as well as mrobama, vice president elect, mike pence is also on capitol hill today. reuters reports he s said the republican plan to replace the affordable care act will evolve in the months ahead. he is promising immediate action. we have the grand battle between the outgoing adm ....
thanks for watching. and to keep the conversation going, like us at facebook.com/politics nation and follow us on twitter at politics nation. i ll see you back here next sunday. now to my colleague kasie hunt. welcome to kasie d.c. i m kasie hunt. we are live every sunday from washington from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. eastern. tonight, brand-new nbc polling just out about the president and his handling of all things russia in light of the historic summit. and senator richard blumenthal joins us as paul manafort s trial gets ready to start and michael cohen drops his first mix tape. plus this time last sunday we were talking to bill broader about the summit with putin. he s going to join us live tonight after the russian president name chikd him on the world stage. and later states of play. democrats are serious about taking back the senate. heidi high camp will have to hold on to north dakota. we have new reporting on why it could be tariffs, not russia, that make the differ ....