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mid-terms. cross-country winter storm having a major impact bringing blissard conditions to the upper midwest and significant icing through the great lakes as it heads to the northeast. more than half a million customers losing power so far. transportation secretary pete buttigieg finally visiting east palestine, ohio nearly three weeks after the train wreck there. the ntsb will release its initial findings today and we ll have more on those stories throughout the hour. but first republicans getting a close-up look at president biden s border crisis. the house judiciary committee is holding a field hearing today in yuma, arizona to find out how illegal immigration is affecting the local community there. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom. i m dana perino. you were just there in yuma. bill: we were down there. i m bill hemmer. good morning. they were getting read at the for this at the time. i was told at least some members of the democratic party or staff w ....
Take a listen. congressman, no democrats on the strip. they say it is a political stunt. i say it s a mess and frankly if the democrats knew how bad the policy has been, millions of people, illegal migrants come across the border in the last couple of years i would probably stay away, too. a message of disrespect and it disrespects the american people. take a look at this image last week here in the yuma second for border patrol agents arrested a drug smuggler with 93 pounds of fentanyl in a bag he was bringing across the border. the mug shot last week as well agents also arrested a convicted felon and gang member from mexico who crossed illegally. back out here live some of the things they ll talk about. they will be meeting with the local hospital out here in yuma today. the only hospital in the area. they say they re on the verge of financial collapse after spending $20 million in six ....
Mid-terms. cross-country winter storm having a major impact bringing blissard conditions to the upper midwest and significant icing through the great lakes as it heads to the northeast. more than half a million customers losing power so far. transportation secretary pete buttigieg finally visiting east palestine, ohio nearly three weeks after the train wreck there. the ntsb will release its initial findings today and we ll have more on those stories throughout the hour. but first republicans getting a close-up look at president biden s border crisis. the house judiciary committee is holding a field hearing today in yuma, arizona to find out how illegal immigration is affecting the local community there. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom. i m dana perino. you were just there in yuma. bill: we were down there. i m bill hemmer. good morning. they were getting read at the for this at the time. i was told at least some members of the democratic party or staff would attend. tha ....
Today s field hearing they campaigned on this, remember. the set along the southern border features testimony from arizona sheriffs who deal with the problem every hour of every day. numbers make it clear to see. the problem is clearly growing. migrant encounters up 72% last year and still rising again this year. up another 6.4% since october. lawmakers will also take a tour before the hearing to meet with local farmers and healthcare providers. the house speaker kevin mccarthy blasting democrats who will not show as republicans say they are looking for solutions. the new majority in congress, we will fight to fix this problem. no longer will the democrats be able to ignore the issue and act like it is not happening. we will have hearings on the border. it s the responsibility of all members to attend. dana: bill melugin is live in city hall in yuma as this is ....
Which is i assume you want to take the hearing on the road in the first place. we ve heard from administration officials for the last two years assuring us there is no crisis. the border is secure. i m sure we will hear more and more from them. the words sound very hollow when you come here and view the situation. bill: sir, thank you for your time and we ll be looking for headlines from your hearing today. tom mcclintock, republican from california in yuma. beautiful town, by the way. whole county is a giant produce field. lettuce, celery, you name it, it is down there. they supply 90% of the produce that you eat as an american this time of year. extraordinary. dana: we thank you. bill: good luck. maybe they push the ball a little forward with the hearing today. eight minutes past the hour. mother nature is bringing a lot of issues out there. major winter storm knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of homes across the country. americans in southern california ....