mexico and attempting to enter the united states without going through our legal processes. we responded by using and ensuring there are two safe and lawful ways for someone leaving the country to come to america. that was one of the reasons you were proposing. first, if they are seeking asylum, they can use an app on their phone called cbpone. that s to spell it out. not the number 1. to schedule an appointment at a port of entry and make their asylum claim there without crossing the border unlawfully and have a decision determined by an asylum officer, do they qualify? second, in october we worked with the mexican government to launch a new parole program. there s another program you know it but the public may not. it immediately showed results by reducing the number of people crossing the border unlawfully. the way this parole program works, one must have a lawful sponsor here in the united states who agrees to sponsor you to get here. then that person has to go good
and two weeks after the supreme court ended the federal right to abortion, the nightmare scenario is playing out across the country as we get new evidence of hope and growing backlash. all in starts right now. good evening from new york i m chris hayes. you know, it may be 2022 but today we have a new story in the official investigation into an apparent or possible trump administration s conduct. today, the irs announced it is asked the treasury department inspector general to look into audits of the two who dared to cross donald trump. james comey and andrew mccabe. they were both selected by the irs, supposedly at random for very rare intensive financial audits. to give you a sense of just how rare this invasive random audit is, just one out of 30,600 taxpayers i selected for in any given year, and all the sudden interment us occasion with the irs is still run by the trump appointee commissioner claims it is quote, ludicrous untreated suggest that senior irs officials are
talk. why this uvalde teacher now says he s angry at law enforcement who he heard in the hallway while 11 of his students were being killed. and office ultimatums. return to the office or lose urjob. the tough decision more workers are now facing. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our politics lead today. president biden now getting involved as a key democratic senator says negotiations with republicans on gun reform have reached a, quote, critical stage. that democrat, chris murphy of connecticut, visited the white house today to give president biden a rundown of where bipartisan negotiations stand. before murphy headed back to the hill for yet another meeting with his fellow lawmakers. they have expressed growing optimism a deal for a narrow targeted bill could potentially be reached as soon as the end of this week. so what remains on the table? well, incentivized states to pass red flag laws. potential waiting periods for 18 to 21-year-olds buying
October 14th. Im alicia menendez. Just hours ago, israel announced that it would allow safe passage for evacuees along the two roads of gaza through 10 am to four pm local time. It is now just past five pm in gaza. And expected Ground Invasion by Israeli Forces could begin any moment. It is a response to a series of horrific terrorist attacks executed by Hamas On Israel last week. Those attacks represent the deadliest single day virtues since the holocaust. Hamas also took hostages in those attacks. Israel currently estimates that hamas is holding up to 150 hostages. The u. S. Official familiar with causes evacuation plans just with the u. S. , egyptians, and israelis have reached a tentative agreement to use the rafah border with egypt to allow safe passage for u. S. Citizens seeking to leave gaza. But the official stretches that the situation on the ground remains fluid and it is unclear whether hamas will even allow people inside of gaza to reach the Border Crossing. And nbc news ha
First weve got huge news from this classified documents case. If you remember that case was set to kick off may 20th, less than two weeks from today. Weve been waiting for judge Aileen Cannon to set the trial date since march. But today we got the news the judge has postponed that trial indefinitely. This means the odds donald trump will end up in a florida courtroom before the general election, those odds are slim to none which is very good news for the former president. But less apparently good news for the former president is the fact trumpde was back in manhatn criminal court. Today was day 14 of the Hush Money Case against him and it was by no means a normal day. Today we got testimony from the central figure at the heart of this case, Adult Film Star stephanie clifford, who you probably know better as Stormy Daniels. As far as the spectacle of this trial goes today was a blockbuster. A lot of theay testimony really sounds like it was ripped from the tabloids, which makes sense be