tonight about immigrants at the border. the governor of texas is now launching a new tackle force there point fingers and do little else. jacqui heinrich at the white house with the president s slumping approval data and the latest on the expiration of title 42 we begin with correspondent bill melugin along the border in brownsville, texas. good night good evening, bill. bill: bret, good evening to you. texas governor greg abbott made a major announcement today saying is he going to be deploying several hundred elite texas soldiers down here to the southern border equipped with riot gear in an effort to block any mass migrant crossings into his state. is as we are now just three days away from the end of title # 2 and, already, we are seeing record high illegal crossings. president biden s open border policies is going to cause a catastrophic disaster. bill: today, texas governor greg abbott announced the formation of a new elite border response force made up of hundr
re-elections in republican leaning states. we are going to push it as quickly and as hard as we can. michael hardway leader to hakeem jeffries say moderates have nothing to worry about. i think he is trying to drive the conversation. sanders is rallying the left ahead of a presidential election. even if there is nothingth not going to be a bill passed through the senate someone has to keep it out there for perception for media and public sentiment purposes and that s really bernie s job. really about building energy on the left as we also move toward a presidential election. and, bret, senator sanders will hold a mark-up hearing on his bill next month. in the meantime we reached out to leader schumer to find out if he, perhaps, anticipates holding a vote on this bill this congress. redid not hear back. bret? brit: aishah aishah hasnie ln the hill. thanks. tonight again series education in america look how the coves
right before last year s midterm elections. congressional correspondent aishah hasnie tells us where things stand tonight. there will be political consequences. an on news warning from vermont senator bernie sanders to his caucus over a fight to raise the federal minimum wage to $17 per hour over a five-year period. this is not a radical idea. the bill has little chance of reaching 60 votes to overcome a g.o.p. filibuster. especially after seven democrats and one independent rejected sanders previous attempt at a $15 wage to a covid relief package before the midterms. including then democrat kyrsten sinema who caused an uproar with a thumbs down and curtsy to vote no. ms. sinema? ms. sinema, no. calling another vote could create heart burn for leader chuck schumer who wants to protect vulnerable senators like sinema, jon tester and joe manchin who all faced tough