what does it mean for reopening our states economies? we ll check in on nevada with its governor steve sisilak. and there are 3,800 cases of hate crimes reported since the beginning of the coronavirus. that is the tip of the iceberg. how will americans respond to a rise in hate crimes against asian-americans? we ll look at activism. i m joshua johnson. welcome to the week. senate democrats have two big priorities right now. gun control and voting rights. there seems to be some common ground on a background check bill. here is what democratic senator chris murphy of connecticut said today on meet the press. i m not interested in getting 50 votes in the senate. i m interested in getting 60 votes. that s what is required to pass a piece of legislation today. and so i ve been instructed by senator schumer to work over the next several weeks with democrats and willing republicans to try to get a bill that expands background checks that can pass, that can get votes
position. and an impasse on unlimited benefits. we are live in the capital tonight as the most drag on, senator bill hagerty trying to take a break to join us live. our friend janice dean here to talk about the latest developments regarding new york governor andrew cuomo s burgeoning scandals, that is plural. problems on the u.s.-mexico border, white house correspondent kevin corke with the very latest tonight. the biden administration is scrambling, a drill and search for migrants in the border. each and every day, they are coming here because once they reach the feeling the belief is that they ll be able to say and so far the biden administration isn t doing a lot to disavow that notion. but the problem has become so acute, so bad that the white house has now considered using a u.s. military base to house the children. a ton of great danger, confusion with problems that must be solved and important decisions, any measure happening along the southern border is a crisis wit
democrats breaking internal impasse with a deal on unemployment benefits. we are live from the capital tonight as it dragged on and tennessee senator bill break to join us live. janice dean will talk about the latest villas regarding new york governor andrew collapsed burgeoning scandals. let s begin with the urgent problems on the us-mexico border. kevin cork has the latest. the by the administration is scrambling to deal with the surge of migrants on the southern border, each and every day they are coming here because once they reach the border the feeling is or the believe is they will be able to stand at least so far the biden administration isn t doing a lot to disavow that notion the problem has become so acute, so bad that the white house is considering using a white house military base to house the children. oxford dictionary defines crisis as a time of great danger, difficulty or confusion with problems that must be solved or important decisions must be made by any
they re a combination. that s going to do it for us. happy friday. i will see you again on monday. now it is time for the last word where our friend ali velshi is in for lawrence tonight. good night. tonight we begin with breaking news. senate democratic leaders have reached an agreement over unemployment benefits with moderate democratic senator joe manchin, ending a nine-hour standoff that threatened to derail action on president biden s covid relief bill. the agreement would extend the existing $300 weekly unemployment benefit through september 6th, and it offers tax forgiveness on up to $10,200 in unemployment benefits for those who make less than $150,000 a year. in a statement released tonight, senator manchin said, we have reached a compromise that enables the economy to rebound quickly while also protecting those receiving unemployment benefits from being hit with unexpected tax bills next year. joining us now on this breaking news, democratic senator tim kaine of
security executive the nonstop illegal border crossings and the rise in smuggling s. shortly after that meeting, senior white house officials will tour the overcrowded child detention center there in texas. that will be in a moment. john: in the meantime we are getting an up close look at how this crisis is taking its toll on families living along the border as well as law enforcement officials. fox news camera showing exhausted national guardsmen asleep on the job. he was supposed to be performing border control. as migrants waited to be processed. sandra: in just a moment we will speak with john saunders, a rancher in the border city in texas. he says illegal immigrants have hit his property at least 20 times with major damage. but first, live at the border in roman texas, also known these days as smuggler s paradise. hillary? hi. the national border patrol council is reacting to that sleeping national guardsmen telling me this in a statement, this is a good exampl