a surge at the border, as the biden administration expands protections. why one border county is calling a state of emergency ukraine's volodymyr zelenskyy meeting at the capitol as the leader asked for more aid

from congress. climate change is cooking up a housing crisis coast-to-coast. and it could affect everyone, whether you own or rent. ready to enjoy the outdoors? how you can enjoy a national park this weekend for free and that leather made without any animal involvement made from bananas. check out the incredible brand it's friday, september 22nd. "early today" starts right now good morning, i'm jessica layton >> grad lad you're with us, i'm frances rivera we start with a crisis at the border illegal crossings are once again reaching record numbers, as the biden administration announce as new policy that allows nearly half a million migrants to temporarily stay and work in the u.s. morgan chesky is in texas with more >> reporter: in eagle pass, texas, officials say they're overwhelmed. the town now under a state of

emergency in response to a massive migrant surge. in just 24 hours, 2500 migrants crossed illegally. the mayor issuing the call for more help and resources. >> we need to do something to control the situation. this is not normal it is not normal for thousands of people to simply be walking in, in a line, without consequence. >> reporter: nationwide, the border crisis is growing on wednesday, a border patrol official tells nbc news nearly 9,000 migrants crossed illegally, approaching the record high of nearly 10,000 set in may president biden setting 800 more troops to help border prolatrol with logistics and processing more migrants. the line so heavy the international bridge was shut down here. we found many had left venezuela to make their trechacherous journey. [speaking in a global language wow. so this is fitting exactly with

what we've been hearing. so many people coming from venezuela. >> reporter: now the biden administration announcing a policy change, giving temporary legal status to nearly half a million venezuelan migrants, allowing them to apply for work permits in the u.s., adding they'll be temporarily barred from deportation we met yulia at an overcrowded shelter. she's a mother of two. [speaking in a global language she tells me her kids are in good health but the journey was difficult. yet her family, like so many others, remains committed to going forward. crossing here is dangerous officials confirming two drownings in two days, including a 3-year-old boy meanwhile, republicans have blasted the biden administration, saying its lax border policies are caused the ongoing crisis texas governor greg abbott posting this video, writing, texas installed razor wire to

stop illegal crossings, today the biden administration cut that wire, opening the floodgates the video showing migrants crossing over after agents cleared the fence. >> and our tharnsnks to morgan that report. president biden announced a new aid package tfor ukraine as the leader of that country visited the white house. but if republicans have their way, this could be the last for a while. this is a highly-anticipated visit. what kind of reception did he get in washington? >> reporter: not exactly the hero's welcome that president zelenskyy received in his last visit, at least on capitol hill where concerns are growing about continued ukraine funding, but when the president headed to the wit white house he was certainly well received there. the president called zelenskyy important.

he reaffirmed the commitment to supporting ukraine he made earlier in the week. >> and together with our partners and allies, the american people are determined to see to it that we to all we can to ensure the world stands with you, and that is our overwhelming objective right now. >> reporter: president biden also announced a new $325 million military aid package to support forces in ukraine. it includes the first abrams tanks being delivered to the war-torn country this package had already been approved but comes at a time where congressional republicans have been standing in the way of providing further aid to ukraine that's been requested by the white house. president biden has asked for an additional $24 billion for ukraine aid. that request has been absent from the recent spending bills introduced by house gop members. and on thursday, a group of republicans pushed back against the latest spending request in a letter to the white house

saying, quote, it would be an absurd abdication of congressional duty to approve the aid without further details about ukraine's strategy in the war. before heading to the white house, president zelenskyy traveled to capitol hill to meet with a number of nattesenators kevin mccarthy did meet with zelenskyy but declined the leader's request to address a joint session of congress as he haddone in december. speaker mccarthy faces a challenge with his slim majority he's juggling the request for more ukraine aid and trying to prevent the government shutdown with the deadline now just a week away. >> the clock is ticking on that. thank you -- the the threat of a government shutdown is even more real, eight days to pass a new deal. agencies will receive guidance

for a shutdown this as the house left for the weekend without a resolution speaker mccarthy continues to face opposition from far-right members of the house >> the justice department said that a contractor was arrested and accused of providing classified information to a foreign country. the "new york times" reports it's ethiopia, the country he illegally spied for. he had contracting positions within the doj and state department and used an encrypted messaging application to transmit maps, photographs and satellite images to the foreign government now to a major media shakeup in fox and news corp long-time chairman rupert murdoch announced he's stepping down from his role at both companies, giving his eldest son

control of the media empire he built. kate snow has the details. >> reporter: it's the end of an era. at 92, rupert murdoch stepping aside at fox and news corp, leaving the empire to his eldest son, 52-year-old lachlan murdoch. he has transformed the media landscape as we know it. murdoch began his reign as titan of the tabloids in australia, building a newspaper business into a behemoth corporate empire in 1985 he became an american citizen, launching the fox broadcasting company and buying 20th century fox with fox, murdoch had control of everything from local news to entertainment, including one of the biggest comedies >> i'm rupert murdoch, the billionaire tyrant, and this is my sky box >> reporter: he launched fox news channel >> this media was not embraced

it was loud. >> reporter: it became a corner stone of the modern conservative movement but after the 2020 election, fox news faced scrutiny for airing baseless themes of voter fraud they were sued by dominion voting systems over the false claims, ultimately reaching an agreement. a heir apparent lachlan saying we thank him for his vision and pioneering spirit and enduring legacy he leaves to the companies he founded and countless people he has impacted murdoch is expected to formally resign at a shareholder meeting in november. >> our thanks to kate snow for that report. a small plane crashed down in the middle of the street in compton, california wednesday.

amazingly no one in the immediate area was hurt. one of the plane's wings appears to be damaged on the left. there was a damaged car on the side of the road, but the pilot somehow walked away totally unharmed this weekend looking like a washout on the e the east coast. >> now is the time to make the indoor plans the mid atlantic up through the northeast is going to see a soggy couple of days the area of low pressure off the south east coast but has a whole lot of moisture associated with it that moisture making a beeline for parts of the carolinas you can see the tropical moisture working its way in as we get through the afternoon hours today. heavy, heavy rainfall associated with that and gusty winds, and on top of that issues out of the coast for beach erosion, high surf, rip currents, that's all going to be on the tame ble in e

coming days. it doesn't go away as we get foot afternoon hours of sunday we'll finally see it weaken. gusty gusty winds up to 50 miles per hour isolated power outages are possible along with heavy rain that could likely lead to flash flooding isolated amounts up to six or vesearts of texas. across the great lakes, temperatures lingering into the low 80s. that's a look at your forecast >> indoor plans in the works we're back in a minute with

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