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>> he says he was counting money next to a truck. [speaking non-english] >> he says he got here yesterday. [speaking non-english] >> so, alex, he says he is venezuelan, he says he got here yesterday he says he doesn't know why he is being arrested, but again, as you can see there are active arrest going on right now by local officials here in el paso, right outside of the sacred heart church. gave a statement to my colleague julia hensley saying that there has been increased enforcement in this area, in the last several weeks. but they have increased their enforcement here and that at least some of these migrants have not actually turned themselves in to be processed for asylum, and that may have
a very good day to all of, you from msnbc headquarters in new york, welcome everyone to alex reports. developing this hour, right now president biden is on his way to el paso, texas, he is preparing to make his first visit as president to the southern border later this afternoon. this comes days after the biden administration announced a new plan to address the crisis which has seen record nimbus of migrants crossing into the u.s.. earlier today, dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas expressed what he hopes the president gets out of this trip. >> i want him to see the extraordinary work of the men and women of the united states border patrol of customs and border protection's field operations, how we have surged resources to address a challenge that is not unique to the southern border of the united states, it is a challenge that is really gripping our entire hemisphere. >> while the house is preparing to reconvene tomorrow to debate on a wills package following
com national sports -- terrence, welcome, give me your sense of is time at the damar ambulance end, we are hassan stoning happy to recovery. and you heard take questions yesterday, he and also talk thanked supporters in his about any first since the questions or collapse. concerns you might have. give me a sense of where i wanted you think things to provide stand now, what you may a brief update of the know, and what is the scuttle over whether or not he will play in the nfl again? given the injury that he had. >> first of all, alex, this thing is so amazing. and today, alluded to, it and buffaloes paying the new england patriots, and this is going to be attribute day to the sky. damar hamlin. and what makes it so interesting is that usually, at funerals nowadays they call it a celebration of life. they are calling a celebration of an ongoing life, which is so great. and here's the thing, he essentially is a 21st century lazarus, probably be better. lazarus died once and came back,
administration are, they want to be able to work with this new house and getting things done? >> just briefly on last point, alex, i'm glad the made a point of saying this is not just a political story. it is a human being story. and i am really glad you underscore that. talking more broadly about the congress, you know, i think this last week there have been jokes about white house officials popping popcorn and just watching the sideshow that was the battle for the speakership. i think that it gives president biden opportunity to provide a contrast between what he is doing, what he has gotten done, and with rope republicans fertility to govern. we will see if kevin mccarthy is right in saying that this part taught republicans how to govern, he certainly faces a lot of challenges with that very small minority, i do think the white house wants to be able to work with republicans, you saw that pretty vividly last week with president biden met with senator mccain -- with senator mcconnell, rather, during his trip to kentucky.
rules package, if it passes, and it doesn't contain all of kevin's promises, some of them are just in his words to somebody else. what's the promise matt gates? that is not in the rules package. but the rules package promises that it was a vote on about a different pieces of for conservative legislation, it empowers every member to have, as we now know the ability to vacate the chair, to offer, amendments it does that we are going to trend down spending, and that is odd that is when we are gonna see a result from the traditional appropriators in defense talks are going to say to kevin, wait, what did you just give away in that space? here is the most dangerous thing, alex, and i think we really have to watch this closely. it is the committee on the establishment of the federation -- this is what i'm calling the insurrection committee, their inspection platform. i think they are going to spend two years telling the american people that the fbi, the cia, the department of justice, and our intelligence agencies are coming after you, the american people. and they are going to work for two years to de stabilize and
jeff? is the president enters his third year in office, and if so, does the shift in congress have anything to do with the renewed focus on the border. you can't think that there is just a coincidence timing wise? >> no, i agree with you, alex, i don't think it is a coincidence. i think it is something that they know they need to address, and that is why they have unveiled these priorities in this program in the last week. as i said before, i think it is something where he is vulnerable, politically, and as you saw that the criticism in the last few days did not just come from predictably from republicans but also from democrats who believe that this policy of sort of, continuing a policy that started under the trump administration, of rapid returning some of these migrants from these countries plus venezuela very quickly, was described by democrats as being inhumane. so it is a tricky issue for this president, and i do think they want to make it a priority, you will hear the white house
being led away in handcuffs. these are local city pd officers. >> gave, is there any discernible rhyme or reason as to why those two have been plucked out of all of those dozens and dozens of migrants better in that region? do you have any reason to think why those two have been taken. >> you know, alex, in my brief conversation with him he spoke to me in spanish very, very briefly and he said he was counting some money. there does seem to be some evidence there, i see packs of cigarettes, i see some money that they are going through his well. i can't speculate as to what the allegations for would be for them to be picked up at this point. he is right now talking to the officer right here. but again, he says he doesn't know why he was picked, up he says he was picked up outside the church, alex. >> gave, you stay right where you are i'm going to bring right now into the conversation
saying that congress has not funded some of the policies that the biden administration has wanted to put in place, they have actually increased enforcement and that the announced policies last week that made the storage illegal border crossings. that was meant to encourage migrants to apply for asylum before they get to united states. also, this is the scene we are seeing right now, here alex, the immigration debate has played out for decades and has stymied illustrations for both political parties. but the biden administration is walking into a very complicated issue, right here in el paso, this afternoon. >> gabe, let me ask you, do you know the reason for the arrest of the venezuelan migrant that was taken away in that car that was put into that car in handcuffs? what did police tell you? >> let me keep showing you a little bit of this, my camera meant mcgill, there actually is another migrant being led by the police -- [speaking non-english]
we are watching this holding our breath, what is happening, is this guy going to survive. you see him leave the field in the ambulance. i know you're talking about 30 minutes or so, but can roger goodall just call that and say were gun, and wouldn't have had to consult with people and team owners and the television folks or can he just say kaput? >> alex, this goes back to the first part of a second before. they are telling us, the nfl, but they were in constant communication with what was going on on the sidelines. okay? and what was going on on the sidelines, what we saw, was horrific. and so what they are telling them and time of the people there, it has to be even much worse than that. and again, this ties into something else. you are talking about a lead, here you've got all these concussion lawsuits and for people who don't know, you know, back about 20 years ago a lot of nfl players were suffering from cte, these head injuries. they were dying from this thing here. and they were pleading with the nfl to do something about, it and they did not do anything
border patrol of customs and border protections field operations, how we have surged resources to address a challenge that is not unique to the southern border of the united states, it is gripping the hemisphere, and a regional challenge requires a regional solution. that is one of the elements of the north american leader summit that we look forward to addressing. >> and joining me now is jeff mason, white house correspondent for us, happy new year my friend. i'm curious what you make of the timing of this visit, why did the president's side now was the right time to make a trip to the border? >> well i think, number one, alex is that this meeting in mexico with leaders of mexico and of canada, it just made sense sort of geographically to stop off and check in on the way there because it is issue that can be discussed while he's there for the summit. so i think eight, that is one. point be i think the time actually could be that much better for him in that this is a tough issue for president