good evening, we begin tonight, keeping them honest the biden administration s 1500 troops to the border of mexico. the move is aimed at freeing up resources so customs and border protection officers can cope the expected surge of migrants when a trump era policy expires next week. the policy was called title 42 and it allowed authorities to quickly expel certain migrants using the covid pandemic has a reason. the new troops will join 2500 others who were sent to the border last fall because, clearly, there is a problem. but there isn t, not now and not for decades is a comprehensive solution at least not one that enough people in both parties can get behind. the administration tried sending a comprehensive immigration reform bill to congress on day one, january 20th, 2021. that went nowhere, so, instead like so many others before him president biden is taking a series of far smaller steps while trying to paint those-limited measures in the best possible light. which raises a
troops to the border with mexico, the goal to free up resources so they can cope with the expiration of the trump policy. it allowed authorities to quickly expel certain migrants using the covid pandemic as a reason. clearly there s a problem. what there isn t or hasn t been for decades a comprehensive solution. the administration tried to send a immigration reform bill to congress on day one. went nowhere. instead, he s taken far smaller steps and tried to paint them in the best possible light. when does selling a policy veer into overselling it. this exchange yesterday. how to address this challenge. a lot of people come here, is this one of the issues that is job not done, not finished? he has asked congress to take action, republicans to take action and work on this in a bipartisan way. he s going to continue to do that. in the meantime he s put forth he has tools he s used to make sure that we do this. we actually deal with the immigration system in a humane way th
today for the first time since the horrific attack is outfront as we are learning more tonight about the shooter s mysterious past. plus, we are live in moscow, where the head of wagner group is publicly breaking with putin. over a 13 year old girl and her father. it is a story you ll see first outfront tonight and one republican senator single handedly holding up 158 military jobs. even his own party thinks he s gone too far. is he putting america s national security at risk? let s go, outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight you re looking at live pictures out of nashville. a grieving community. they re gathering to honor the three children and three adults who lost their lives in a mass shooting at covenant school. then not everything. seems like a crow that you re listening to their contents. sheryl crow is performing the first lady of the united states. joe biden is also there, along with families and friends of those lost in the senseless attack, an
on. the deadline is noon, but it could happen before then. the justice department has been ordered by a federal judge to release a redacted version of the affidavit used to justify the fbi s search of mar-a-lago, again, by noon today. it could come out earlier. the affidavit lays out why investigators believe there was probable cause that crimes had been committed. and in his order that came out yesterday very quickly judge bruce reinhart said the justice department had made a good argument for why portions of this document that are behind the mar-a-lago search should remain shielded, saying, quote, disclosure would reveal the identities of witnesses, law enforcement agents, uncharged parties, maybe the investigation s strategy, direction, scope. sources, methods and grand jury information. the judge agreeing with the justice department s requested cuts as we are learning new details about what s happening inside trump s legal team and the advice that he is getting from a
could high level negotiations be an explanation of this new surge in military activity? plus, news you can use about forgiving student loans. cnn is asking what exactly is the rollout plan to relieve millions of dollars in student loan debt? senator elizabeth warren will visit the lead as well to respond to the criticisms of biden s plan. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we ll start with breaking news. just moments ago, a judge ordered the release of the mar-a-lago after date. but with the redactions proposed by the justice department. the affidavit is the document that outlines why prosecutors thought they needed to take the step of searching the home of a former president and why they believed there was probable cause that crimes had been committed. let s get to jessica snyder. what did the u.s. magistrate judge bruce rhinehart say in his decision? reporter: the judge here acting with remarkable speed. less than four hours after the doj submitted their redact