Accomplishing more in nearly four years then most presidents do in eight years. To quote him again i have given my heart and my soul to our nation like so many others have. And i have been blessed. A million times and return with the love and support of the american people. He made clear last night that over the next six months he will be focused on doing his job as president of the united states and building on his historic results for the american people. That is his focus. And i will end by saying i am so proud to work for this man who has served his country for more than 50 years with honor and dignity and i look forward to working or continuing to work with him again ahead in the next several months. Today the department of homeland security released additional data on the impacts of the executive action president biden announced on june 4th. Since then encounters at the border between ports of entry have dropped more than 55%. Average daily encounters are now lower than they were
Conference from texas governor greg abbott, top of the hour. He is calling on the biden administration to declare a federal emergency at the border. He said this is a crisis of the president s own making. We have the latest from the dhs secretary testimony to the senate homeland security committee this morning. We ll go to the border in just a moment. John: we kick off hour one of america reports with former acting ice director tom holman. I wanted to play from yesterday, there s a little bit of sound from the dhs secretary and get you respond to it. Let s listen. Borders are not open and people should not make the dangerous journey. John: he says there, tom, that the borders are not open. What do you say to that based on what we have seen in del rio texas in the last couple of weeks? it s a lie. It s a lie. The borders are wide open. I have never seen a border so vulnerable in my entire career. Thousands of being released every day into the united states, many with covid. 350,000 got
Tragic confirmation that many feared that a body discovered in wyoming is that of a young woman who disappeared on a crosscountry trip with her boyfriend. Authorities say gabby petino s death is considered a homicide. Search for missing boyfriend is once again taking place in a florida wilderness reserve. Jonathan serrie has the latest from north port florida. Good evening, jonathan. Good evening to you, bret. Preliminary autopsy results confirm that gabby petino s death was no accident. Investigators are ainvestigating the full report to come in before they can determine the exact cause of death. Now, the fbi is still referring to brian laundrie as a person of interest. However, the search for him has become more urgent than ever. Today florida authorities resumed the search for brian laundrie in a swampy nature park infested with alligators and snakes. Terrain is very difficult. Essentially 75% of it is under water. The investigation gaining intensity since sunday s discovery of a bo
Over a key piece of the president s domestic agenda. And plus what a member of the january 6 committee is saying about the s word, subpoenas. Why lawmakers might skip asking people to testify and instead try to require them. And just who might be on that list. We have a lot to get to with you. Good to be with you. I m hallie jackson in washington and we re joined by our newly minted nbc news senior congressional correspondent garrett haake, tony sporting a new title, congressional economic policy reporter for the washington post. He is also an msnbc cribber. And shannon pettypiece is at the white house. So here is the deal. You have the house possibly as soon as tonight ready to pass a bill that would avoid a shutdown by keeping the government open and running through early december. Suspend the debt limit through the end of next year. Which means the u. S. Wouldn t default on its debts, money that has already been spent, not new spending. And it would provide about $35 billion in emer
Want to know, when is it available for 5 to 11 years old. And the short answer is could be in about a month. And that is creating a split sort of reaction from parents. Some of whom say, look, the time is now and others who say, it should be waiting. Reporter: the long wait for a covid19 vaccine for children is a step closer to reality. This after pfizer announced today it s vaccine is safe for five to 11yearolds and shows a robust antibody response. I think this is exciting, as a pediatrician and parent of a 6yearold, the only one not vaccinated, i think it is a huge difference in the fight against covid19 and participants and teachers are waiting for them. Reporter: they plan to get emergency thorgsz as soon as possible. As f all goes well for pfizer, it could be available for 5 to 11yearolds by halloween. Depends on how long it takes to review the application, a four week or a six week review, you could have a vaccine available to children as early by the end of october, perhaps is