to tap into an authority that former president donald trump tried to use when he was president at something democrats decried and eventually it was struck down in the courts. but certainly this comes as biden in this trial trying to show he is doing more when it comes to border security at a time when republicans have tried to paint him as weak on the issue. okay. arlette saenz. thank you for the reporting from the white house thank you all for joining us this morning. i m alison camera radha, our next our of newsroom with wolf blitzer starts now you are in the cnn newsroom. i, wolf blitzer in washington. we re following the breaking news up on capitol hill right now, house republicans have been grilling the attorney general of the united states merrick garland. that s about to continue. merrick garland is being asked about supposedly spreading baseless let s conspiracy theories that have been going on. and the justice department is using alleged lawfare. this is what repub
didn t want biden yeah, get any benefit, political benefit if it would have passed right? exactly. because if you look at the polling when we dive down on on issues, donald trump is crushing joe biden on questions about the border and it s why house republican, senate republicans and clearly the trump campaign as well feel that this is their opportunity to campaign to not just voters who are concerned about the border but specifically hispanic voters who were very upset with biden s enforcement on this. and we see donald trump is somebody who says i m when i do something on day one that may or may not have happen, but you don t make promises of i m going to do this on day 1,200, and that s where joe biden is right now. and these images that we see of people coming across the border, or a big reason why it s just been too little too late at this point, despite the legislation, it s a very, very serious issue going into the election as we all know, doug. hi, thanks very much. actually,