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on sunday when you had president biden, he went to the southern border for the first time during his during his entire tour of el paso, he did not see any migrants at all. and if you look at the numbers, we have had in 2022 the better part of 2.5 plus million encounters at the southern border. our cameras have been down there every single day and every single day we have seen dozens, sometimes hundreds, sometimes thousands of migrants cross the rio grande on a daily basis. the presiden...

State with a seemingly endless drought. we pray for rain. the challenge, of course, is storing it. although right now, it seems that it isnt a lack of money but urgency and political will, most of this will be lost. >> not something that happened overnight but cumulative effect of these water cutbacks continue year after year. >> from drought to record setting rain. >> we have the most variable climate in the country. >> because of that, california needs to store more water. challenge is where t...

Former U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Brenda Burman will be the next general manager of the Arizona entity that distributes much of the state's water from the Colorado River to major metropolitan areas.

The county is focusing on locally produced water to replace transported water from other regions.

An historic drought. this year alone there have been more than 2,000 wildfires. thats a lot more than usual. and the snow pack that provides much of southern california with its water is at a 500-year low requiring drastic water cutbacks. simi valley is no exception. more on this. >> reporter: wildfires tearing through miles of parched wilderness grassland and creeping dangerously close to neighborhoods. you can see the flames just about maybe 20 feet away from that fence. a small brush fire in ...

Directly impacted by this drought. what happens to people? is there a way out of this or can you have something more severe than a 25% restriction in the near future? >> we can manage our way through it. we will be facing some severe water cutbacks. but if the drought conditions continue, i think we can expect to find ourselves in a pretty dire situation. >> sobering to say the least, professor james eddie, thank you so much. >> that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." hope yo...

>> reporter: some are going into survival mode, just hoping to get through another year. >> were slowly dying. its not something thats happened overnight, but its just the cumulative effect as these water cutbacks continue year after year. >> reporter: and the ripple effect could be devastating. the local economy and to food prices across the country. >> the consumers going to get a shock in the next few months when they find, go to the grocery store and see that cost of something has doubled or...

How cold its been lately. we top out in the mid-40s. 45 in washington, d.c. 51 in atlanta. getting rid of the snow thats left over down there. 62 in atlanta tomorrow. we drop to 14 in chicago. behind the cold front, a high around 50 in new york city. dallas could see a wintry mix especially moving into parts of arkansas as we go into monday with temperatures hovering in the 30s. alex? >> thanks so much. californias crippling drought has some 25 million people bracing for the worst this morning...