collins starts now. anderson, thanks so much. good evening, and thanks for joining me. about last night, the 70 minutes i spent on stage in new hampshire with former president donald trump was a major inflection point in the republican party s search for its nominee and potentially the starting line for america s next presidential race. it s important to remember that he is right now the gop front-runner, a race that he is running, as noted, while being criminally indicted, found civilly liable, and under investigation for everything from his handling of classified documents to his wiz empire. also notable the republican reaction on capitol hill today to someone who could easily once again become their party s nominee. are you worried the party s leading presidential candidate of course. that s why i don t intend to support him for the republican nomination. last night provided a clearer view of where trump stands on the key issues that america is grappling with rig
policy that allowed border patrol agents to quickly expel maigs from the u.s. on health grounds. but tonight, alejandro mayorkas is saying the consequences for crossing are going to be everyone greater. if anyone arrives at our southern border after midnight tonight, they will be presumed ineligible for asylum and subject to steeper consequences for unlawful entry. i want to be very clear our borders are not open. that warning coming today as we have live coverage for you on both side of the u.s. border. we re going start with ed lavandera who s live in el paso, texas. what are you seeing tonight as officials are bracing for this not just on the mexico side of the border but also the u.s. side? as you alluded to, there has been a steady stream of migrants coming to the u.s. border in the hours ahead of the end of tittle