This is Brian Laird's Daily Politics Podcast from WNYC Studios.

It's Wednesday, June 5th.

I'm Tiffany Hanson, host here in the WNYC Newsroom, filling in for Brian.

Yesterday was a busy day for President Biden. He issued an executive order on immigration meant to limit the number of weekly border crossings. Also, his son Hunter appeared in court in Delaware for opening statements in a trial stemming from gun-related charges. Looming for the president is also the fate of a proposed permanent ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas that would secure the release of the remaining Israeli hostages being held by Hamas.

And congressional leaders have invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address a joint session of Congress.

That's facing a ton of blowback from Democrats and is complicated politically for the president to say the least.

Politically speaking, the war and immigration are big issues for potential Biden supporters come November.

The ramifications of his son's legal issues could reach far beyond the courtroom into the ballot box as well.

With us to talk about how these issues and how President Biden is handling them and how they could affect his

political future is Jonathan Lemire, White House Bureau Chief for Politico.

Jonathan is also the host of Way Too Early on MSNBC and the author of The Big Lie, Election Chaos, Political Opportunism,

and the State of American Politics after 2020.

Hi, Jonathan.

Welcome back to WNYC.

I'm always happy to be here.

Good morning.

So the executive action taken by President Biden yesterday, the accompanying rule from the DOJ and Homeland Security.

Let's start there. That executive order wasn't a surprise, but for folks who haven't heard about the

specifics of it, I wouldn't say it's necessarily complicated, but it is a little complex to understand.

So kind of fill us in if you can. Sure thing. First, let's talk about the political backdrop here.

The situation of the southern border is one that has been shadowing this White House for quite some time as we barrel into the election this November.

White House officials have relayed to me privately.

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