any sign of drinking water. experts familiar with this kind of truck say temperatures could reach up to 130 degrees when the doors are shut. its unclear when or where the victims boarded the truck or how long they suffered in the heat before they were found. they were still in there awaiting help when we arrived. being too weak to get out and help themselves. reporter: this is the road where the semitruck was found. one local called it [speaking foreign language] or the mouth of the wolf, partly because of how pitch-black it gets here at night. you can see there aren t any street lights. it also runs parallel to the interstate that starts at the u.s./mexico border, one commonly used by smugglers. most of the victims identified so far are from mexico, some from honduras and guatemala. authorities say they were part of a smuggling operation from
migrants being killed. at least 27 i believe of those that perished where mexican nationals. and of course, they are worried about exactly who carried out that smuggling operation as we are now going to hear and see some of those arrested appearing in court in san antonio. do you see in the other news outlets reporting on the story? during the press conference yesterday, we saw half a dozen or more. there are at least one other national organization had a reporter out here doing live shots where we are. they are setting up again today. there is not much reporting going on. i can t overstate how much the border patrol officials who are not allowed by their bosses in washington to go on camera with me to tell me how much they appreciate that we show these images that we bring these tragedies to the air. because it is unprecedented. they have never had these kind
0 land, air, sea, cyber, and space. we have reaffirmed that our article commitment is sacred. an attack on one is an attack on all and we will defend every inch of nato territory, every inch of nato territory. for our part, the united states is doing exactly what i said we would do if putin invaded. enhanced our force posture in europe. we will station warships in spain. we are stationing more air defense in italy and germany. or after 35 s in the united kingdom. added to strengthen our flag, new permanent headquarters for the army fifth corps in poland. in addition, an additional brigade combat team positioned in romania. an additional rotational deployment in the baltic countries. things are changing. we will adapt to the world as we have it today. although this is against the backdrop of our response to nato s russia s aggression and to help ukraine defend itself. united states is rallying the world to stand with ukraine. allies and partners around the globe are making significant c
coming. why experts don t think that this problem will go away any time soon. first the american suspect tied to the deadliest smuggling operation in u.s. history. we got that right? yeah, we got that. it s easier to be an innovator. so you can do more incredible things. [whistling]
per the situation at the border getting worse every day. over 7,000 migrants every single day. many of them unaccompanied children appear that biden administration is moving forward with a plan to house thousands of those kids in north carolina. something that is drawing major pushback from republicans. dana: the housing of my grandchildren. let s begin with griff jenkins. he s in eagle pass with that news from overnight. good morning, dana and a trace. we are seeing the true toll of smuggling. we may never know how high that tapscott before 46 were dead. here is what we do know. that tractor-trailer was left abandoned on a back road. for how long? we don t actually know that. we know a city worker apparently alerted to the cries for help. three people have been arrested allegedly in connection to this smuggling operation. san antonio s mayor had this to say at the presser. listen. pray for the deceased.