biden s border crisis new migrating north of the u.s. border as agents in new york, vermont, and new hampshire are all seeing illegal crossings now. i m sandra smith, and it s great to be with you for another week here, john. john: john roberts in washington. you are warmed up, revved up ready to go. this as america reports freezing weather not stopping migrants from making the journey across the canadian border into the united states. border patrol agents have seen 743% increase at encounters in just the last three months. more than in the previous two years combined. sandra: meanwhile, south of the border, cbp sources say nearly 300,000 known got-aways since october. that averages out to 2,450 got aways a say. john: streaming through south texas. texas dps in a high speed chase before a group of migrants fled on foot into the brush. sandra: eric shawn on the northern migrant surge but first, bill melugin is live in the rio grande valley. they do whatever they can
griff: i don t think anyone is awake here. it s miami. they don t get up this early. the whole city is asleep. nike i can in nic haven t gone to sleep yet. steve: go to bed early. i got up pretty much every day about #:00. to your point, they probably are asleep. but, look at the sunrise. nicole: beautiful. steve: gorgeous. welcome aboard. it is monday. it is technically a federal holiday. a lot of people have the day off. we have dr. nicole saphier and griff here on the couch. it s great to have you. nicole: glad to be here on this day off. happy to be here. steve: because we had a comp day. nicole: do we? griff: what do we get for that? nicole: to be together. it s the first monday of 2023. bring it in. steve: speaking of the first monday of 2023, do you guys make resolutions or vow to change behavior or something have a hope and aspiration, a goal? nicole: i don t make new year s resolution same thing every year live a happy healthy life. steve:
discuss election integration integrity and democracy. what we have seen is the intentional targeting and harassment of threats being directed at the professionals, at the public servants that we all rely upon. who facilitate our democracy, who give voice to the voters. we did not plan when we finally did founded ceir to host events like this. but what has been clear since the november 2020 election, election officials in this country have been subjected to an endless onslaught of harassment, threats, abuse, designed to make their lives miserable. this is not because they did not do their jobs well, it is because they did do their jobs well. the 2020 election was the most secure, transparent and verified election in american history. that is objectively true. more paper ballots than ever before, more audits than ever before. more postelection litigation bet verified and confirmed the outcome. despite this, we are suffering from this endless attack on democracy. we wanted
are online at cis.org and we have a podcast. it is on all of the usual podcast places. today, we are having the panel that we have called fighting biden in court, a look at immigration cases. good afternoon. my name is mark krikorian. now that i have you here, we are online at cisi.org, and we have a podcast that is in usual podcast places. we are having a panel today that we call fighting biden in court: a look at cases against the administration. this was a major issue in the trump administration with a series of lawsuits challenging their immigration actions. the biden administration is facing the same kind of thing. we have three people who have a lot of experience and knowledge on this issue. ken cuccinelli, senior fellow for immigration answer and homeland security at the center for a new america, was the acting deputy secretary of dhs and acting head of uscis under the trump administration. so at the receiving end of a lot of litigation against the previous adminis
joining. time for joe to go. who would be the democratic nominee in 2024? we will tell you. a short time ago the senate passed a massive spending bill called the inflation reduction act after more than 24 hours of debate. democrats were able to get it passed using a process called budget reconciliation which allows them to get around the senate filibuster. vice president kamala harris had to cast the deciding vote. on this vote, it is 50/50. the senate being equally divided the vice president votes in the affirmative and the amendment is passed. [cheering and applause] democrats made it happen even though senator bernie sanders agreed with the congressional budget office. economists and a bipartisan congressional study that found that the bill would not meaningfully reduce inflation. i want to take a moment to say a few words about the so-called inflation reduction act. i say so-called according to the cbo and other economic organizations that have studied this bill.