Good morning. I am kasie hunt on this thursday, june 24th. Well start with the news. There appears to be a long awaited break threw on bipartisan infrastructure talks. Specifics of the deal, including how it will be paid for, have not been released, but lawmakers seemed optimistic as they left a closed door meeting with officials last night. Republicans and democrats have come together along with the white house, and weve agreed on a framework, and were going to be heading to the white house tomorrow. Meanwhile white house officials also met with House Speaker nancy pelosi and Chuck Schumer yesterday. Democrats are considering two ways to pass their Infrastructure Priorities with or without republican support. We had a very good meeting we got into quite a bit of detail. Were all on the same page. Both tracks, the bipartisan track and the Budget Reconciliation Track are proceeding at pace, and we hope to have voting on both them in the house and the senate in july. The bottom line, the
Mayor cos will get a vote expected to happen shortly. A top priority remains covid relief. President biden held a meeting with ten republican senators looking for a bipartisan agreement, but theyre pitching a bill one third the size of President Bidens proposal. Ill ask democratic senator chris murphy if a way Forward Together is even possible at this point. What both sides do agree on, though, we need more money for the vaccine rollout. The hiccup to that rollout this morning, the weather. Coming up, how many east coast states are still trying to sidestep the snow and get back on track. Well get to that part of the story in a moment. Lets get to our reporters focused on the action in our nations capital. Shannon pettypiece at the white house, Garrett Haake at his post on capitol hill and jacob sober rof following the implications of this administrations Immigration Policy and miss petedy piece well start with you at 1600, walk us through the Executive Actions President Biden is expect
ago, which is interesting because the mayor of miami could be the next president of the united states. here is a song i never heard before but i wish i had. i really enjoyed it. have you heard this song before. will: i will be honest my very familiar to brian kilmeade i have never heard it but i kind of like it. brian: do you have the album with you, chris? [laughter] chris is going to look no bad days? ainsley: it is a great beat. brian kilmeade the other day had to read a tease drop it like it s hot the song. brian: i had no idea what. ainsley: drop it like it s hot. i said brian, it s a song drop it like it s hot. does the song go drop it like it s hot? brian: did i not say that i had no idea. the only tease i read twice. i kept reading it because i. ainsley: drop it like it s hot. drop that like it s hot. brian: by doing that allow other anchors to do it in the future go back and read it live on camera. ainsley: we were all going to the tv when bret came
the day. we re going to take you live to pa so. and unfolding this morning at airports nationwide, frustrated and confused passengers still stranded with southwest airlines in the midst of that meltdown. transportation secretary pete buttigieg is calling for accountability. it comes as thousands are trying to recover from that once in a lifetime blizzard that left more than 60 people dead. we ll take you live to buffalo for the latest. also this morning, we re keeping a close eye on the vatican. pope francis calling for prayers for his predecessor, the retired pope benedict, as his health worsens. and with covid cases rising sharply in china, two officials now tell nbc news that the white house is weighing new travel requirements for travelers from china. we begin with the ongoing legal limbo for migrants trying to come to the u.s. in search of a better and safer life for themselves and for their families. the u.s. supreme court says the public health measure known as tit
to make land fall in just a matter of hours. and flooding already reported tonight ahead of the hurricane. this video just coming into us from key west florida. as you can see, one resident s basement is already flooded and there obviously many more just like it. plus, we showed you video last night of a wawa just outside philadelphia being ransacked and now we have brand new video giving us a much clearer picture of the roughly 100 juveniles some as young as ten years old causing thousands of dollars of damage. tonight how other area stores are looking to confront the increasingly rise in crime. it is a real problem across the country. and as you know we re also just days away from online applications being made available for president biden s student loan handout that could be put on hold, frankly, as there is a new legal challenge to tell you about tonight. we re going to talk to the group that has filed a lawsuit later in the show. but we begin this hour with hurricane