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thanks for joining us. im alex marquardt in for fredricka whitfield today. we begin at the u.s. southern border where officials say they are seeing fewer migrants crossing than expected, despite the end of title 42. authorities say that the long lines of people who once waited to enter the u.s. have dissipated at many border crossings. many had expected a surge after the covid era policy title 42 expired at midnight on thursday. in its place the biden administration has re-enacted toug...

well, not necessarily. my guest is the renowned colombian novelistjuan gabriel vasquez, who weaves powerful stories out of fact and fiction. is there anything magical about colombias current reality? juan gabriel vasquez, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. its a pleasure to have you. now you inhabit two different intellectual worlds. you are a political commentator. it is yourjob to have instant, strong opinions for newspapers. on the other hand, youre also a novelist who wr...

my guest is the renowned colombian novelist juan gabriel vasquez, who weaves powerful stories out of fact and fiction. is there anything magical about colombias current reality? juan gabriel vasquez, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. its a pleasure to have you. now you inhabit two different intellectual worlds. you are a political commentator. it is yourjob to have instant, strong opinions for newspapers. on the other hand, youre also a novelist who writes complex, nuanced ...

It can, and there are enormous challenges we face in mexico, and it is very complex. the u.s. needs to put together -- >> on the u.s. side of things, when you speak with these migrants, many will say that they are, you know, hearing all kinds of things on social media, on whatsapp on facebook, and being promised by coyotes and smugglers that they can still get into the united states. do you believe that the u.s. is failing to get out of the message to these migrants about the u.s. policies? >> i...

Employers or refugee or asylum, you have to work with all the moving parts at the same time. that is one piece of it. the other big piece i havent seen any movement on and actually a rejection by the administration is to work with it in terms of a foreign relations matter. recently, we saw a cot and foreign aid going to central american countries, the countries pushing folks here. we should be actively engaged with these countries instead. there is a denial of multiple component parts. this isnt...

Was mocking dr. ford. we have to talk about that. we have to talk about the 53% of white women who voted for donald trump in this election. they were some of the folks who helped to get us a brett kavanaugh nomination and has to be discussed. but at the end of the day, i are there are more women who are angry. i think there are some of the 53% who have even crossed over. sexual assault victims, survivors who sat back and said hey, this is too much. now we see that our stories dont matter, that c...

Child already in the u.s. >> these are real human situations. and they require human decisions. >> the bill gives all kinds of discretion to an administration that has thoroughly abused that discretion. >> reporter: so both these guys have prior duchltis and previou had been deported. there are thousands in the u.s. right now with families and under the senate bill some may be allowed to stay because the hearing has discretion if it causes hardship. the senate and house will have to work that ou...