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 promise t
which may well be his signature achievement. the white house is also dealing with an escalating situation at the southern border, the biden administration employing fema to take care of hundreds of migrant teens and children who are arriving in such large numbers, there aren t facilities to shelter them. so almost 4,000 kids are being kept in border patrol facilities and even jail cells designed for adults. we re going to go live to the border in a moment. there is also breaking news involving a lingering mystery of an insurrection at the capitol. two men have been charged in the assault of capitol police officer brian sicknick, who died a day after the riot. the men were caught on video spraying officer sicknick with an unknown substance, possibly bear spray. much more on that in a moment as well, and why the mystery may have just deepened. as we await the president, we want to get to the latest reporting on that relief rollout as those checks begin to land in bank account
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political capital than he had a year ago. the gallup poll find out went in ten americans approve of his job and that is down from the start of his second term. to regain the ground, the president plans to pursue a populous tone and agenda in this cycle, including a push this week for extension of unemployment benefits. just a few days saver christmas, more than 1 million lost a lifeline, that helps folks meet ends meet while te look for a while they look for a job. gallup said the poor ratings were not due to the economy, but to the fallout due to the spying scandal and the rocky rollout of obamacare. the man who president obama defeated to win assailed the incumbent for dishonesty on the quote of obamacare. you will have people finding
republicans in congress went home for the holidays and let that life line expire. for many constituents who are unemployed through no fault of their own will suffer. such assistance was always intended to be temporary. gallup says the president s low ratings reflect the fallout from the government flying scandal and the rocky rollout of obamacare. gallup warned the white house not to expect much of a bump from the president s state of the union address. now is it weird on january 5th for me to say happy new year to you guys? when is the moment it actually becomes creepy and weird to continue saying that? we haven t seen you. valentine s day. valentine s day. arbor day. this is a question though, james, i m glad you bring it up. it s been plaguing me. i think it s weeping the nation. thank you. you saw the president s