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forcing evacuations with the worst still days away. in california, communities bracing for epic flooding there from the meltdown of record snow. plus, tens of millions in texas and florida on the lookout for tornadoes and large hail. also tonight, the woman who accused former president trump of rape and defamation takes the stand in his civil trial. what she says about their alleged encounter years ago. the former presidents denial. disney fires back suing florida governor ron ...

preventing the surge in the first place. >> the border patrol officers told me that the biden administration policies, they are enriching, they are empowering the drug cartels in mexico who make money off the people that they assist in smuggling them into the state of texas. the cartels make money off of these migrants that you and your viewers see on tv. they also tell me about the escalating number of people coming across the border. eric: for more on how president biden plans to try...

complicating the process and states complained there left to pay for much of the problem. we will have more on that in a few minutes with arizona attorney general mark renovate. lets go to david spunt covering from wilmington, delaware. the white house is not calling this a crisis but there said even the federal emergency agency, how is that going on with the public? >> the white house is calling this a challenge right now other than southern border. they want fema to be used for weath...

Disadvantaged communities face the biggest threat. >> it can get very scary not knowing is it going to break? are we going to flood? whats happening? ill have to trim all these down. >> reporter: pandora lives in government housing in stockton, rows of homes up against an old levee wall. >> its not fair that those of us who are the most disinvested and the most economically challenged are the last ones to be thought of, because were almost kind of expendable, right? >> reporter: activists say di...

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Environmental permitting needed for all types of construction projects. i think the point, though, is that all of that stuff has to start with funding appropriations that authorize more work to be done. and thats sort of where we are now. thats not eunique to the federl government. thats how every state and municipality operates. >> the point is they have not appropriated the money for the miles for the levee wall. and hes not able to spend the $1.375 billion this year, why do they need extra mo...

Tremendous obstruction and tremendous opposition. >> that was the claim again today, building a lot of wall on the southern border right now. the presidents border wall was also a major part of that rally last night in el paso. this was the iconography we noticed right away before the event. finish the wall banners had been put up. as we mentioned last night at one point trump even said, a wall is being built right there on the rio grande river. >> engineers will tell you thats tough to do. pete...

On the rio grande river. >> today we started a big, beautiful wall right on the rio grande. right smack on the rio grande. >> engineers will tell you thats tough to do. peter baker of "the new york times" point out, no new walls have been built or financed by congress based on the prototypes the trump administration unfailed. projects to replace or repair about 40 miles of existing barriers have been started or completed since 2017. construction of the first extension of the current barriers, 14...

Miles of border. what we need in one location is not the same as what we need another location. in some places we have a levee wall, the wall is going to meet the operational requirements as described and articulated by border patrol agent said that is what the president continues to advocate for. >> much more to discuss, stick around, thank you, we are going to have a lot more with the secretary, we will be right back. whoooo. planning a vacation... shouldnt be hard work! tripadvisor searches o...

Another location. we have a floating wall. we would not need that and other places. some places, we have a levee wall. the wall will meet the operational requirements described and articulated by the border patrol agents and that is with the president continues to advocate for. we got together well done. >> shannon: much more to discuss. stick around. thank you for the first portion but we will have a whole lot marred with the secretary. well be right back. ♪ and just like you, the further int...