before they came out, the air raid sirens rang out across kiev. [sirens blasting] no signs of any explosions or any visible signs of danger. the white house was clear to say they had informed russia about the trip before it happened. in addition to laying wreaths on a memorial for some of the ukrainian war dead, biden announced $5 hundred million in military aid for ukraine. no mention of jets, though. here is president biden. president biden: that announcement includes artillery ammunition for horowitzer, more javelins. air surveillance raid area to protect from aerial bombardments. his visit comes at a critical time for ukraine. just when russia is trying to
down to the border to pick up groups and smuggle them. smuggling is out of control down at the southern border right now. john: you mentioned this is big business. it calls for 2 and 3. 2018 the cartels made $5 hundred million smuggling people across the border. 2022 that number had increased to $13 billion and that s reflected in the numbers as well. fiscal year 2022, 2.4 million people came across the border illegally. year-to-date so far 874,000. that s on track if it continues to be 2.6 million for this year. it would set another record. it slowed down a little bit in january but overall, victor, the numbers are out of control. they are out of control, john. let me tell about the slowdown in the number. not cause they stopped coming but because of the new initiative of cbp1 this administration initiated. which i believe is pleatly against the law to do that but
the sound that is generated from the wind turbines is one of the theories out there, anyway, that would redirect and disorient the whales. you talk to the experts. what do they tell you about that possibility? i m just a small-town mayor but as a small-town mayor one of the things i hate the most is hypocrisy, right? this administration, the federal administration, governor, if there were this many other whale deaths occurring for another reason they would dig into it. the reason they aren t is they re trying to shove these projects through as quickly as possible. why is that? it is money. this isn t a mom and pop operation, this is a multi-national corporation, shell energy, and others and they stand to make billions of dollars from this. i think that s the core component here when you look at the state of new jersey already invested $5 hundred million taxpayer dollars readying for
american express set aside $5 hundred million to cover loan losses. hope it doesn t go that way. i don t think it s a ton of money for big companies like that but you can answer it in a second. stunning. americans living paycheck to paycheck right now, larry, right now they are at 64%. how do you see it? i hardly know where to begin. banks are in pretty good shape, by the way. they have a lot of capital and it is prudent that they put together some additional loan loss reserves. we are going to have a tough year. i think 2023 will be a difficult year. more than 50, 60% likelihood of a recession. so you ve got some problems there. on the household expenses versus income, it is true those numbers have been rising. i don t know if i can verify i tried to verify some of the numbers. i couldn t verify all of them.
defang, defund, devolve policing in this country. we re seeing the results in urban areas. when soros managed to do is he has, through influencing elections, has institutionalized of the progressive wish list and he managed to do it in the wake of the george floyd killing. a lot of these things got pushed through and institutionalized. you have this raft of d.a.s. they are in contact. the idea there is nothing collusive is fanciful. they go on retreats and have conventions. new york city facing billions in budget deficits and yet we prosecute for jumping the subway turnstiles. $5 hundred million a year. these prosecutors have decided they are legislators as well. this particular statute we won t prosecute. once it is institutionalized and