the united states illegally. we ve just crossed the border into mexico to hear what this executive order means for people on this side of the border. james: the cbs evening news starts now. and just hours at 12:01 a.m. eastern time, president biden s aggressive new border restrictions take effect. i m james brown in for norah o donnell. the impact of this executive action will be immediately, soon, u.s. immigration officials will be authorized to deport large numbers of migrants without processing their asylum claims. the restrictions will stay in effect until illegal crossings dipped below 1500 migrants a day, and they will be triggered again if crossings spike. we have team coverage from the border to the white house, and that s where we start, with cbs s nancy cordes. nancy, this is a dramatic election-year move. what does this mean? reporter: j.b., what this means is that starting tomorrow, most migrants who cross the border illegally will not be allowed to se
Questions under oath, answering 100 . But what would his lawyers say now . Heres abcs chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl tonight. Reporter as the president traveled to nashville today to talk up his tax cut, a potentially Major Development in the russia investigation. Abc news has confirmed that special Counsel Robert Mueller met with the president s lawyers and told them he is likely to request an interview with the president himself. News of that december meeting was first reported by the washington post. In the past, the president sounded almost eager to tell mueller his side of the story. Would you be willing to speak under oath to give your version of the events . 100 . Reporter so if Robert Mueller wanted to speak with you about that, youd be willing to talk to him . Id be glad to tell you exactly what i just told you, jon. Reporter he was asked about it again just this weekend. If Robert Mueller asks you to come and speak with his committee personally, are you committ
A roundup of the days events. Hillary clinton. Did ivanka know about it . The president tonight responding to his own daughters words, and abcs Kyra Phillips leading us off. Reporter they were the pictures that stunned the nation. Migrant children in detention centers, thousands of them separated from their parents by the trump administration. Today, ivanka trump speaking out for the first time, describing it as low point for her. A low point in the white house for a number of your colleagues was the kids at the border issue. What is your view of that . Yes. That was a low point for me, as well. I feel very strongly about that, and i am very vehemently against family separation. I am a daughter of an immigrant. My mother grew up in communist czech republic, but we are a
phillips, shes with us live tonight from washington. And kyra, the president reacting to ivanka trumps words today . Reporter thats right. Ivanka trump said today she doesnt believe the media is the enemy of the people,
Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. We havent seen that in a while. So unlike this white house really. Any chance well get answers to any of these big russiagate stories making headlines today . Well, we got plenty of questions on those topics. Its likely Sarah Sanders, particularly as it relates to the personal opinions on the mueller investigation, whether he will do an interview that she will kick that over to his outside counsel, Rudy Giuliani who has spoken to nbc news in the last several hours. Giving us a sense of where things stand. Effectively saying there was a letter from muellers team to the legal team representing the president. And there will be some narrows of the course of the topics, but they will still focus on collusion and obstruction of justice. I think it was last in may when he said it, walking on the south lawn that hes open to talking about all of this with robert mueller. That new reporting for the new york times, insisting
than a day after landing at lax in the spring of 2018. reporter: former federal prosecutor tom dupree. prosecutors will tell you that there are few things more effective before a jury then being able to show the jury what the defendant said, in this own voice describing his struggles with addiction and the fact that he was using illegal controlled substances, right around the time he bought this gun. reporter: prosecutors for special counsel david weiss opened their case, telling the six man, 6-woman delaware jury, no one is above the law. addiction may not be a choice, but lying and buying a gun is a choice. biden has pleaded not guilty to unlawfully possessing a gun while using or addicted to drugs and making false statements applying for the gun in oct october 2018 for not acknowledging drug use at the time. biden s defense attorney today argued the president s son didn t knowingly make false statements because he was seeking sobriety, and like other addicts, experienced a dee