Alejandro mayorkas, the secretary of Homeland Security and shouldnt be. John a Bipartisan Group of lawmakers from across the country escalating attacks against the dhs secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and the border policies. Good afternoon to you. Jacqui good to be with you, john. Im Jacqui Heinrich in for sandra smith. A group of two dozen texas Lawmakers Led by Chip Roy Will Lock funding from Mayorkas Department unless biden addresses the worsening situation at the border. John across the aisle, focusing of reports of Texas Separating Migrant families and putting pressure to investigate State Agencies for the alleged incidents. Jacqui and mayorkas has taughted the lower number of Migrant Crossings, the tide appears to be turning. In august, stopped 6,000. John complete coverage. Jacqui Casey Stegall in el paso, texas. Renewed debate about the border wall. There is. Under president trump, 15 billion was allocated to build about 740 miles of wall and barriers down here along the southern
stress when in fact it s causing mental illness, anxiety, depression, suicidal thinking. john: welcome back as america reports rolls into hour number two. i m john roberts in washington. that s pretty stunning, sandra. sandra: really serious stuff. sandra smith in new, i don t. all new at 2:00, we speak to a mother who lost her son to suicide. she blames years of heavy cannabis use that made her son s delusions worse. her story and her warning just ahead. as we top a brand-new hour, any moment now we are set to see the pentagon take questions as u.s. troops remain stationed at the southern border with thousands of migrants still making their way into this country. president biden claiming the crisis is far less serious than some feared. how do you think things are going at the border, sir? much better than y all expected. john: the president claims things are looking great, more than 83,000 migrants were detained in just the past week, and given court dates to app
robberies brought several democrats are now backing away from defending police movements, both sides are now ramping up their messaging and up several tight races including in georgia. eric: is a topic and charles watson is live in atlanta with a look at how crime is affecting some of the races in the peach state, hi charles. had good afternoon eric and arthel. republicans appeared to have found their footing and have a winning message with voters, certainly in terms of rising crime and trying to connect democrats to lawlessness. stacey abrams said yesterday funding the police. abrams even joined a radical anti- police group. republican incumbent governor brian kemp made it a key issue crime here in georgia and the georgia governors race against democrat stacey abrams. campus criticizing his opponent for defending place by highlighting the task force decreed as governor to target street racing and violent crimes in cities like atlanta were only burglaries and shopliftin
refuses refuses to acknowledge the crisis that is happening here and how it is affecting not only our border communities but our entire nation. dana: griff jenkins with a front row seat live at the border in eagle pass, texas. hi, griff. with no signs of slowing down. good morning, dana and dagen. the new ruling by a three-judge panel out of the 5th circuit court of appeals finding the obama administration lacked authority for the deferred action childhood arrivals but leaving in place protections for the 600,000 dreamers currently in the u.s. the practical impact. look at this video shot just hours ago just before dawn. you can see this group that arrived where i m standing about 106 in total. another group behind them totaling 200 came as well. any childhood arrivals in this one cannot apply for a new application, meanwhile those that are already here can continue to renew their applications for now. meanwhile, dana and dagen, the journey for migrants has never been m
the committee will also link those groups of former president s inner circle trying to tie them to roger stone and michael flynn. select committee member congresswoman murphy will jointly lead the session said expect details linking trump to the violent mob. do you think people will be surprised by what they hear? i think the hearings always have surprises so i anticipate tomorrow s hearing is nothing short of that. we expect to hear pat cipollone s closed door interview including what he witnessed at a meeting on december 18, 2020, at the white house welcoming a group of extreme election deniers to block joe biden s certification as pl. exactly. joining us now is pamela brown. good morning. a lot of the analysis ahead of the hearing is it might be the most complex case to make. can you explain why and what we know about at least some of the witnesses? i don t think we know about all the witnesses, right? that s right. bottom line here is the reason why it s calle