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they'll grant cert. but that takes a long time. the question is, can trump and his team do something to get, to short circuit that and get to the supreme court right away, and i think it's extremely unlikely. now, if judge merchan -- people have suggested if judge merchan were to fashion a sentence or conditions of release that interfere with trump's political campaign, that there might be a hook to take it to the supreme court. that is an extreme long shot. neil: remember saw -- rebecca, for the time being donald trump is a convicted felon. when that sticks, of course, anyone's guess. a convicted felon normally cannot vote. can donald trump? >> well, in this case he hasn't been fully sentenced but, yes, he is a convicted felon. he can run for office. so i think we should focus on the fact that he can run for office, and we are going to
withs on the number of people coming -- brakes on the number of people coming would be very important. right now we've had lower numbers for the first months of this year in large part because the mexicans have stepped up their efforts to manage the migrant flows coming through mexico to the border. neil: and isn't that what's key, ambassador? that mexico has to do its part. it can't just stand aside as these throngs rush in. >> that's right. and it's been mixed over the years. sometimes they've stepped up, and others times they've lessened the pressure. in markets i think, because they just don't have great capacity on hair side, and they have other -- on their side and they have other demands because the same people that manage the migrants are also supposed to be providing security in the cities season and -- and on the highways. right now, however, they're making a very firm effort to turn people around, to manage it, to send them back south, and that has helped immensely, kept
ukrainians requested during the call permission to use us provided weapon systems across the border against russia positions in the region. the president signed off this week and it says confirms the use five russia ballistic missiles of north korea voters of debris from ballistic missiles fired at ukrainian targets including a january 2nd attack were from north korean short-range missiles. ukrainians president zelensky praise president biden's decision is a step forward without more freedom to strike forces at their bases across the border. the more ukrainian cities could fall the generals warned. neil: thank you very much. joining us on the phone retired former centcom commander. general, what you make of the move that only the united states
rights violations. we need to be able to make those judgments more quickly. but right now we don't have the fast processes, we don't have the people, we don't have the facilities -- neil: right. >> and anything the executive does whether it would be a future president trump or a president biden would be subject to court challenge. so the best solution would be congressional a action to fix a lot of these issues. in the short term, however, there are a number of things which the biden administration could start doing that would help. they've been discussing and debates this -- debating this for a while, and some of the reporting is they may be with getting close. neil: close. no cigar yet, but close. ambassador, thank you very much for that. we're keeping an eye on that and this starliner launch, they're about an hour and a half away, an hour and 15 minutes away. we'll keep going right after this.
other. neil: it's interesting the way you framed that. a lot of people look at this and say they don't get into these details or draw a distinction between someone being indicted or very different court cases that are likely to be adjudicated. they know this is a president who has the goal run-ins with the other party and they may see this as the other party piling on and not draw a distinction if convicted on anything? >> if he was acquitted i'm sure he would be saying this totally proved i was innocent. neil: good point. >> 10 percent of republicans are in and a poll saying he would not vote for trump because of this. lot of the support has been younger voters, voters of color who is not been on the trump trains and stay number one. they say -- -- they see a
largest trading partner and number one tourist destination. closer relations could help the u.s. address border security and the fentanyl crisis. neil? neil: that is the hope, william. when we come back, our former u.s. ambassador to mexico on what this president wants to do about the border. republicans have been waiting for him to take executive action. they're just not keen on some of those actions, after this. the y that the toughest job in the navy is a navy wife. and if you've made the deployments and you've been the wife at home, or you've been the spouse at home, you understand what i'm talking about. your spouse has earned the right to apply for a va home loan. the newday 100 loan allows you to borrow up to 100% of your home's value. so if you're in a situation where you need some help financially, give us a call.
that would lead to a lot of stress and tension in the system that will require the best leadership qualities of the president and ukrainian military to work through this. no doubt that is part of it. but that's to be expected for a campaign that is now well into almost the 30 or. neil: thank you. much more thanks to your service to this country. to say that is an understatement. former us centcom commander. the cape canaveral space force station this is the scene where they are locking up the capsule getting ready for launch. going for the first launch of nasa astronauts above the starliner aircraft human beings were on board but it was
neil: all right, five months from now voters in this country head to the polls. in mexico, they're starting the process this weekend. two women vying to become the first female president of mexico. william la jeunesse is following all those developments quite closely as are we. william. [inaudible conversations] >> reporter: ahead by 20 points in the polls and backed by the widely popular left-wing party, 61-year-old claudia shinebaum is likely to become mexico's next president. key issues, poverty, corruption, inequality and crime. [cheers and applause] a protege of current president manuel lopez obrador, analysts don't expect major changes in the u.s.-mexican relationship though some believe shinebaum will take stronger action against the cartels.
it. the trump campaign saying it's holding near through -- nearly $53 million in donations in the first 24 hours after the historic guilty verdicts. the former president promising to appeal that verdict. the biden also fund raising off of it. no word on how much it has raised, but the current president is speak out about it, and we are all over it from what donors are saying to how voters are reacting. and we're all over president biden's son hunter preparing for, well, the first of his trials beginning monday, this one over felony gun charges in delaware. could hunter's legal mess actually overshadow donald trump's? and from the legal storms to the very real ones that are battering texas yet again. now several states across the plains and this start of hurricane season officially. so much going on. we start right now. ♪ neil: welcome, everybody, glad to have you, i'm neil can
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