Judd. And joining us here in our studios in washington, she covers politics and border issues for usa today. And with the first line of questioning, stephen dinan, assistant managing editor of the washington times. Stephen brandon, border apprehension numbers are down dramatically from where they were the peak of the surge in may and june. Im wondering, what happened . Why are those numbers down and maybe most importantly, who gets credit for that . Mr. Judd you first have to take a look at the driving factor that pulls people to come to the United States illegally, and the main magnet that we call it is the catch and release program. Anytime that people cross the border illegally and know they are just going to be released into the interior of the United States to wait for an asylum or deportation hearing they people tend to cross our borders illegally in large numbers. Ever since the u. S. Government started the migrant protection protocols, or the wait in mexico program, those numbe
We have a very compelling discussion coming up on what is in a way the Fourth Branch of government and that is the Administrative State that has an impact on all of our lives and businesses. The rise of the Administrative State, will the usb a democracy in the future or a nation ruled by the Administrative State . Our panel will come up in a minute. You will get a preview of tonights Tony Blankley Fellowship Award presentation because the moderator of the panel is one of our two new recipients of the blankley fellowship. Is the chief washington correspondent for the hill and hill tv. At thelso a media fellow Hudson Institute in washington, d. C. , where he cohosts the realignment podcast. As whiteusly served house correspondent for the daily caller and the d. C. News foundation. He received his masters degree any in u. S. National Security Policy from georgetown university, and his bachelors in economics from the George Washington university. Saagar has studied extensively across the g
Atg starts by looking back 2019, what surprised you the most about where we ended up in the democratic president ial primary . The first thing that surprised he was Kamala Harriss exit. I felt like she had one of the clearer pathways to the nomination and i was surprised about her early exit. The other thing that may not be the surprising is remarkable stability of joe biden and Bernie Sanders throughout this process. Biden has remained consistent in national polling. Different in iowa and New Hampshire. Bernie has been relatively consistent. Then you have to look at mayor viablemerging as a very candidate coming out of basically nowhere. The mayor of south bend and now he is leading the polls in iowa and New Hampshire. He has a real good chance to win both of those states. Those are some things that surprised me the most. Host who do you think has the easiest path right now . If you look at the nomination i think it is biden. I think biden has demonstrated the ability to have the broa
Why are those numbers down and maybe most importantly, who gets credit for that . Mr. Judd you first have to take a look at the driving factor that pulls people to come to the United States illegally, and the main magnet that we call it is the catch and release program. Anytime that people cross the border illegally and know they are just going to be released into the interior of the United States to wait for an asylum or deportation hearing they people tend to cross our borders illegally in large numbers. Ever since the u. S. Government started the migrant protection protocols, or the wait in mexico program, those numbers have decreased dramatically, because people dont want to wait in another country pending their asylum or deportation proceeding. So once we turned that magnet off, once we ended that magnet, the numbers dropped exponentially. And frankly, the administration, theyre the only ones that you can give credit to because they are the ones who cut this deal with the Mexican
This. Id like to open it up to questions. I know we have, again theres a lot of interest we have several issues and a lot of them are interconnected as we saw. Who is first . I under how important is the popes science background to the development of his ideas . I know hes got degrees in chemistry . Actually the vatican has held several conferences on science to help educate both the staff. And i think its very interesting in the encyclical, he speaks to the importance of having a dialogue with science. And, you know, i think theres a misperception sometimes borne from a lengthy history that the Catholic Church is somehow hostile towards science. I think thats really an outdated perception. Engagement with the Scientific Community has been very strong, not just on Climate Change. The encyclical talks about gmos. In a very nuanced and interesting way that talked about technology. So ill say two things. First of all, i think it isnt just this pope bumt the Catholic Church has a strong in