If it's Friday, overcrowding and under pressure, apprehensions remain near record levels at

the southern border, as the Biden administration faces legal and political blowback trying

to navigate the first hours of a major migrant policy change.

Plus a new government warning about a potential default as top White House and congressional

officials try to hammer out a deal behind the scenes before it's too late.

And Jordan Neely's family speaks out as the ex-Marine accused of killing Neely with a fatal

chokehold of border New York City subway appears in court to face manslaughter charges.

Welcome to Meet the Press.

Now I'm Kristen Welker reporting in Washington.

We begin with breaking news at the southern border, where a steady stream of migrants is

attempting to seek asylum in the United States as the pandemic era policy known as Title

42 that previously barred nearly all asylum claims was lifted at midnight last night.

These migrants who made the journey across the Rio Grande last night were some of the first

to try to enter the U.S. under a slate of revamped policies, which are already facing

political and legal pushback.

The perpetrator reported that more than 10,000 migrants were apprehended yesterday alone.

That puts apprehensions at near record levels.

Government officials have been repeatedly warning that the system just doesn't have the

capacity to process and shelter everyone.

Tragically this morning, HHS confirmed the death of an unaccompanied minor, 17-year-old

boy from Honduras in a refugee settlement shelter in Florida.

Head of that news, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas spoke

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