It is great to have you with us. It is 10 00 it is 10 00 im im Ana Cabrera Reporting from new york. We have our eyes trained on a courthouse in washington this morning, where the grand jury empanelled by the Special Counsel to investigate donald trump and Election Interference is beginning to arrive as we that speak. That means a secret vote on whether to indict the former president could potentially come at any moment. Nbcs ryan reilly is at that courthouse. Garrett haake is standing by in along along with former federal prosecutor cynthia axne and veteran prosecutor and Trial Attorney Paul Henderson joins us as well. Right to ryan to start us off do here. Do we know for sure if a vote is going to happen today, ryan . Reporter we dont know that for sure. All we know is that they are present here at the courthouse. Our producers who have been tracking this grand jury over several months recognize many some of the grand jurors and know that they are now upstairs on the third floor where
extending protections for more than 330,000 immigrants, some illegal, and some at the risk of overstaying their visas. those from el salvador, honduras, napal and nicaragua are shielded from deportation for 18 months. one top democrat says it is still not going far enough. another initiative from the left might. it is a new bill aimed at giving migrants immediate access to our federal benefits. things like medicaid and food stamps. you heard right. it does away with the previous five-year waiting period which democrats call arbitrary and xenophobic. as the left is focused on that the scene at our southern border stays dire. look at every decision they ve made, it is to open our border as wide as possible. they created the migration crisis in this region. people tested the system early on, saw they could get in and get released and so they called back home and millions have come. julie: casey stiegel with more topping our news this hour. hey, casey. according to the numb
christine romans. it s memorial day here in the u.s. glad you re with us. let s get going. we begin this morning with president biden defending the deal he made with house speaker kevin mccarthy to raise the debt limit for two years. it takes the threat of catastrophic reform off the table. protects our hard-earned economic recovery. and the agreement also represents a compromise which means no one got everything they want. mccarthy agreed to raise the debt limit in explain for cuts to the budget. even though, the president insisted to reporters he wasn t actually negotiating on the dead limit. want to try to make it look like i made some grow myself in the debt ceiling, i didn t. i made a compro 3450is on the budget. that s what they wanted a compromise on the budget, that s what you ve done, even though you haven t gone as far as you wants, in that right? sure, can you think of an alternative? the president praised mccarthy, although he avoided predicting whethe
but now this. a high profile court hearing could reveal new evidence today in the deadly stabbing of cash-out founder bob lee last month in san francisco. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom, i m dana perino. good morning to you. bill: the details on this story are really startling, too. we may learn more today. i m bill hemmer. good morning. the suspect is back in court today for a hearing to determine if prosecutors have enough evidence to bring a case to trial. they haven t revealed a motive and there could be additional evidence we haven t heard about. the suspect an iranian citizen pled not guilty. we re live in san francisco where it s the story in that town. hello, claudia. good morning to you. nearly two months after tech executive bob lee was murdered, there is a question now as to whether today s preliminary hearing will actually happen. that is because of a conflict that appears to be brewing between the suspect and his high-profile attorney. while sh
On Foreign Policy. But first, heres my take. This is a sad week for america, one of the saddest that i have ever witnessed. First, a series of bombs directed at a former president and other public figures. Then an act of horrific terror in a house of worship. We seem to have crossed lines and broken barriers of decency. The attack on the tree of life synagogue strikes me as particularly tragic. One of the most extraordinary features of modern American Life has been the integration of its Jewish Community. For over 2500 years, jews have been vilified and perse sucuted everywhere. Then came america and israel. Two places where jews could breathe easily and live safely. In this country, jews have been deeply patriotic and productive, scaling heights of achievement and becoming civil leaders and good citizens. And yet, we have seen an unmistakable rise in antisemitism in recent years. Now this. What does it say about america . The two events of this week are quite different, and most impor