he is enabling mass shooters. biden administration has destabilized the southern border. it s a lie when administration officials claim they have operational control over the southern border. mexican drug cartels have control of the southern border. they have allowed it to worsen. they have actually refused to take any action to meaningfully secure our southern border. there is a war at our southern border and right now we are losing it. sandra: begin america reports with slamming biden for surrendering the southern border to the mexican drug cartels. i m sandra smith in new york. great to have you here, trace. trace: they argue biden could have cracked down on the cartels and drug smuggling by putting pressure on mexico s president when they met earlier this month but he failed to do so. sandra: those lawmakers also say open borders have helped turn human trafficking operations into a multi-billion dollar business for the cartels, which has made them even more of
understood you correctly. you said previously in your assessment with the military and economic aid to ukraine that at this point thus far you have not seen any signs of corruption or misuse. correct. thanks, john. can you tell us a little bit more about how the u.s. settled on the number of tanks it s providing, 31. very specific number. i kind of got to it a little earlier. it s basically the size of a ukrainian tank battalion. a little astray of my knowledge, i was a naval officer, but as i understand it in american tank battalion has about 50 tanks in it and organized with more companies to comprise the batallion than in ukraine. it s just the way the ukrainian army is organized. not right or wrong, their battalions are basically at i believe two companies, so they are just smaller, and so two companies, it s about 15 tanks a company and that s how you get to the 30, 31.