remain in texas policy for illegal immigrants. the la times is reporting that the white house is thinking about using gps monitoring to force some migrant families who cross the border illegally to stay near the border in texas effectively restricting them from traveling across the united states. the times reports the idea here would be to discourage migrant families from crossing illegally and to help deport them quickly if they fail initial asylum screenings. texas governor greg abbott though is slamming the idea tweeting in part, quote, biden considers forcing migrant families to remain in texas. this scam was tried years ago and was shot down by a judge. we will send biden the same swift justice and add even more buses of migrants to washington, dc. the president of the union representing front line border patrol agents also shot down the proposal on fox news today. as much as i hate the catch and release, i also recognize what the laws are and the laws are, if this adm
fiery speech to follow up a debate that many democrats called a disaster. can his direct attacks now on donald trump quiet the talk about his future on the ticket? plus, what the polling reveals about the democratic names floated to take his spot. our steve kornacki is standing by with the numbers. and the debate question that donald trump did not want to answer, his response when asked if he would accept the results of the next election. the supreme court siding with a january 6th rioters, that could upend cases, including one against former president trump. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin in battleground, north carolina, where president biden s demeanor was completely different than the debate stage last night. nbc s mike memoli is reporting from raleigh. the president, he sounds rearing for a fight. reporter: yeah, that s right, chris. i mean, we started this debate series of events with a lot of people wondering whethe
you can see the entire front of this very large home similar to one still standing next to it has been wiped out, along with an entire family. it s unbelievable, man. i try my best. i try my best, lord. brad: a facebook live video captures the horror. spencer robert had just seen flames tearing through his neighbor s home. he saw a mother and three children make it out but he knew there were more kids inside and there was nothing he could do for them. i heard the kids crying. my daughter heard them. they said, help, help. we couldn t save them. brad: the fire raged until floors collapsed with six children ranging in age from 9 months to 11 years old trapped. through the day, firefighters have combed the debris by hand as neighbors have looked on. i m in shock. i m praying for those babie pray for them. brad: the mother who remains in critical condition is kate malone, a long-time staffer for representative elijah cummings. she was home with her nine children when the
ms. clinton: hello. [cheering] ms. clinton: wow. hello, everyone. hillary, hillary! hillary, hillary! ms. clinton: thank you all so much. it is so great to be back in scranton, pennsylvania. [applause] i can t tell you how important this is to me and vice president biden. we both have a lot of memories of scranton and lake lenola. it is such a nostalgic trip for me, because my brothers are here. we came to lake lenola every summer of my life, and we loved every minute of it. there are a lot of people in this crowd who are family have known, or joe s family have known over the years. we are grateful to each and every one of you. it is wonderful to be here in scranton with senator bob casey. [applause] ms. clinton: and your congressman, matt cartwright. [applause] and your amazing county recorder of deeds, evan mcnulty. we sure miss that husband of yours. we are thinking about you, and sending you our best wishes. we are also here with the auditor general. of course, as
it. carter. reporter: scott, these are just a few of the hundreds of vehicles that drivers had to abandon as a wall of mud came down the hill and overwhelmed this highway. it happened so fast, that many of these cars were buried up to their windows in a matter of minutes. the floods came with little warning. oh, my god! run for yr life! reporter: torrential rain, four inches an hour, triggered massive mudslides, trapping rush hour drivers on busy interstate 5. nearly 200 cars and trucks were overwhelmed in less than 10 minutes. i have never seen anything like this. reporter: how long is that going to take to clear the mud and all those automobiles out there? only escape for some was through the floodwater. others climbed on top of their cars. all the cars are floating beside us. reporter: further east, trucker will nissen captured this video as 20 feet of mud and rocks lifted several sem is, across the highway. search and rescue teams are now looking for cars th